Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School

Cathedral school choir joined with Motherwell Diocesan Choir on Wednesday 20th December for the annual carol service in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral. The children’s contributions included ‘Of the Father’s Love Begotten’, ‘Away in a Manager’ and a funky rendition of ‘Jingle Bells’. Many thanks to Mr Greechan for his work with our choir throughout this term and well done to the children for their beautiful performances during this year’s carol service.

After all the hard work of our Nursery Christmas show, Primary 3 – 7 Christmas concert and Primary 1 and 2 Nativity, Cathedral learners had the opportunity to BE the audience on Wednesday 20th December when M & M Productions performed ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The familiar story was retold with the usual pantomime drama, costumes, songs and humour (oh, yes, it was!) and the festive production was a well-earned treat for pupils (including our nursery children) and staff alike.

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!