Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School

Primary 3’s recent Christmas Post enterprise project has raised a fantastic £109 for St Andrew’s Hospice. Not only did the boys and girls have lots of fun developing new skills through the project’s various activities, the children’s incredible teamwork has provided financial support to a vital local charity. Thank you and well done, Primary 3!

Cathedral pupils partied the morning away on Wednesday 20th December at their year group Christmas parties. The children looked absolutely fantastic in their outfits and thoroughly enjoyed the games, dancing and party food. Santa Claus even made a special visit to our Primary 1 children and Mr Young was delighted to hear every Cathedral pupil is on the nice list!

There ain’t no party like an OLGA party!

Cathedral gym hall was packed out on 19th December for both performances of this year’s infant nativity, ‘Gabriel’s Big Break’. The audience were whisked back 2000 years to the Holy Land, where the first Christmas was retold through a storyline taken from the angel Gabriel’s point of view along with an array of fun, toe-tapping songs.

Well done to our Primary 1 and 2 pupils (you were FABULOUS!) and many thanks to teaching and support staff for all your hard work getting things ready for the big day. Particular thanks to Mrs McCoy, director and choreographer extraordinaire, as well as ‘Uncle Joe’, our lighting and sound engineer. What a team!

Mrs Duffy, the ‘baby’ of the leadership team, celebrated a very special birthday on 19th December.

Many happy returns from your Cathedral family!

It might be fast-approaching the Christmas holidays, but Cathedral pupils are still racking up their wider achievements. The above two Primary 4 pupils were recently awarded certificates for their beam and floor gymnastics routines and the two Primary 3 boys below were recognised for their impressive football skills. Well done to you all!

It’s been a very busy week in Cathedral nursery. During the course of the week, our young learners created their own Christmas lists, which they posted in Santa’s basket. In the outdoor area, the children selected baubles to decorate the Christmas tree. Of course, the highlight for the children was their Christmas party on Wednesday 13th, which included an entertainer and a visit from Santa.

Cathedral’s Primary 3 pupils have been very busy this week preparing and sorting candy-grams for delivery to our four learning streets next week. There are going to be lots of smiles come Monday when pupils and staff from Discovery Drive to Ambition Avenue receive their festive messages!

Andrew Dickson, a Cathedral parent and international trade specialist within the Scottish Space Programme, along with his colleague, Derek Harris from Skyrora, delivered an exciting presentation on space to Primary 5a, 5b and 5/6 pupils on Friday 15th December. The children learned about satellites and rockets being launched right here in Scotland and found out how satellites and rockets are built. They also had the opportunity to hold a prototype of the satellites being built by Skyrora and even touched part of a rocket which had been successfully launched into space! Many thanks to Mr Dickson and Mr Harris for bringing Cathedral pupils’ learning to life… it was OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Our Cathedral family were treated to a fabulous festive feast on Wednesday 13th December at the annual school community Christmas dinner. There was a choice of turkey with all the trimmings, steak pie or the vegetarian option, rounded off with ice cream and a chocolate treat. The occasion was made all the more special with table cloths, napkins and even table service from the teachers! And, of course, there were lots of carols to sing along to and Mr Young’s usual dreadful Christmas jokes!

Many thanks to Kristina and the rest of the catering team for preparing such a delicious Christmas dinner for Cathedral pupils and staff!