The partnership of home, parish and school is particularly important when children are preparing to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Although the school plays a key role in preparing children for these three sacraments, these are not school ‘events’ but parish liturgies, celebrated within the parish community.
Now that the restrictions of COVID-19 are well behind us, Father Lamb requests that those Cathedral pupils being presented for the sacraments be formally enrolled for each sacrament by their parent(s) and that their child attends Sunday Mass. As intimated in Sunday’s parish bulletin, all parents/carers intending to enrol their child for either First Reconciliation or First Holy Communion are invited to a short information evening on Tuesday 24th January in St Bride’s Hall at 6.00pm. Attendance at this meeting is strongly recommended as Father Lamb will outline details of the parish’s enrolment process.
Children who turn 5 between 1st March 2023 and 29th February 2024 should be registered for primary school during the week commencing Monday 16th January 2023.
Here at Cathedral Primary, registration for August 2023 will take place from Monday 16th to Friday 20th January 2023, from 1.30 – 2.45pm each day. Parents and carers should come to the main entrance and will be directed to the dining hall.
Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 
Six Primary 6 and 7 pupils represented their 
Houses on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st December in the very first ‘Great Cathedral Bakeoff’. The standard of baking was incredible and the three judges (Kristina from the kitchen, Mrs Imray from the Nursery and Mrs Ellis, DHT Firpark Primary) had a very difficult decision choosing the winner. However, the winner, with his delicious Oreo cookie cheesecake, was a young baker from Primary 7c. This earned him 5000 House points for Carey. The other contestants earned 2500 for their respective Houses.
As you may have read in a previous newsfeed post, brass instruction is fully back up and running in Cathedral Primary and, following an
investment in new trumpets and trombones, more pupils than ever before are able to participate.
Pupils from Primary 6b led Christmas storytelling in the two weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays. As part of their Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) activities, the children took on the role of architects, designing and building an incredible gingerbread house as the backdrop for their storytelling. They also made fantastic decorations which transformed Ambition Avenue into a winter wonderland!
Mr Young was blown away when the Primary 3 pupils pictured above brought along their artwork to show him. Not only was the artwork beautiful, the children could also articulate the skills they had developed and used to produce their paintings:
The latest ‘Spotlight this month’ to appear in the library focuses on books to curl up with this winter.
Cathedral pupils were treated to a fabulous festive feast on 14th December at our 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, lots of Christmas music to sing along to!
Primary 6 and 7 members of the Cathedral Primary choir brought festive cheer to Christmas shoppers on 8th December when they
visited Pauline Books & Media in St Enoch Square, Glasgow. The children sang an extensive repertoire of carols (traditional and new), bringing smiles to shoppers, many of whom stayed around for the entire performance.