On Thursday 27th October, our Primary 6 pupils had the opportunity to visit The Travelling Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in a bus which set up for the day in the school playground. This year’s exhibition was entitled “Re-connect”, very apt as the country moves out of COVID restrictions.
All of the children thoroughly enjoyed their visit to the gallery and were inspired by the artwork.
‘I really enjoyed learning about all the artists and all of their different art styles.’ (Freya)
‘I really enjoyed it. The artists worked really hard and their art was outstanding.’ (Charlotte)
‘It was very cool and I was surprised how big it was inside!’ (Jakub)
‘I like the fact that you could look through the artists’ sketchbooks.’ (Monica)
Our Halloween discos, which took place on the evening of Tuesday 25th October, were a freakishly huge success. The children’s costumes were fantastic and every boy and girl from Primary 1 all the way up to Primary 7 had an absolutely great time on the dance floor. The above photograph of four Primary 7 pupils who coordinated their costumes to form the Ghostbusters team caught Mr Young’s eye straight away!
To mark Black History month, Primary 7a worked with ‘Scoutable’ throughout the afternoon of Thursday 13th October. Scoutable United was founded to showcase the best young, multi-ethnic, Scottish footballers who are overlooked by the scouting system. In their first year alone, Scoutable placed 7 young pros at Scottish clubs.
Some intrepid book explorers visited Scotia Books in Kilsyth on Thursday 13th October with an important literary mission. Three of our House Captains were sent off by Mr Young with a budget of £2000 to choose additional books to supplement our school library. Spending £2000 was great fun and with the help of Anna and Linzi at Scotia, the new books, primarily for our middle school, will be winging their way to us after the holidays.
On Tuesday 11th October, our whole school community joined parents and parishioners in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral for a special Mass to formally welcome our new Primary 1 pupils and also bid a sad farewell to Fr Chromy and Fr Mark who both move to new parishes later this month. This was the first time since before the pandemic that the entire school had been able to gather together in the Cathedral, making it all the more special. The children participated in the Mass attentively and prayerfully and lifted the roof with their enthusiastic singing of the opening and closing hymns.
Primary 7 took to the stage on Friday 7th October for their Learning Showcase. The hall was packed with the children’s families who all thoroughly enjoyed the vibrant and humourous performance all about Growth Mindset. The children did themselves and their teachers proud and demonstrated just what a fantastic Primary 7 year group they are.
This year’s ‘Come Clubbing @ Cathedral’ programme, which offers pupils a wide range 
of extra curricular activities, is now well underway. Our Cooking Club has, once again, been very popular, giving budding chefs the opportunity to try out new recipes and develop their culinary skills.
Following the launch of our Ca-Fi Connections initiative in August, almost all Cathedral and Firpark pupils have now had the opportunity to visit each other’s schools. On Thursday 6th October, the ‘Ca-Fi Council’ enjoyed a tour of Cathedral Primary together, along with Mrs McGuire (Principal Teacher, Firpark) and Miss Cawley (Principal Teacher, Cathedral).
Cathedral Primary has always been known for its strong musical tradition, so the suspension of instrumental tuition due to COVID-19 was a particular blow to the school. However, following a significant investment in new trumpets and trombones using the school’s Pupil Equity Fund, instrumental tuition has made a welcome return to Cathedral on an even bigger scale than from before the pandemic. 
