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A Busy Week Ahead

As we prepare for the Birth of Christ on Christmas Day the school continues with a programme of events and charitable deeds throughout this season of Advent.

On Monday our Enterprise Committee have requested a Christmas Dress Up Day that will cost £1.00 with all donations going to Mary’s Meals.  This will mean that Monday is an own clothes day with children free to adorn themselves with all things Christmassy!!! Having seen the great variety of Christmas jumpers, T-shirts, hats and hair bands on show recently the school will be a vision tomorrow!!

On Tuesday we have our afternoon performance of our Christmas Concert. Our invited guests in the afternoon will include a family who have moved into the authority from Syria .  We are both delighted and honoured that they have chosen to join us in our celebration of Christmas.

On Wednesday we have a very busy day with the exciting opportunity for the boys and girls to come out at night and perform their Christmas Nativity and Concert in the evening. The show starts at 7.00pm with all children requested to come to school at 6.30 pm. Many thanks in advance for  supporting the school and bringing your child along to perform with their class on the night. All children can be picked up after the whole show  finishes at roughly 8.30pm.  Many thanks for your support in this regard.

On Thursday the whole school may well be recovering from a few hectic days  but not the pupils of Pr. 4 and 5 as they have their Christmas Party. It is an early lunch for everyone that day.  Children going home must be collected from the school as there will be no crossing patrol at 12 o’clock.

On Friday afternoon our Pr.  6 and 7 pupils are sure to arrive in all their finery for their party at 1.00pm. Once again children must be collected at 12 o’clock if going home to get ready.

Remember to check the school blog for picture galleries of our week.

 

Faith in Action

Our Pr. 7 pupils have responded wonderfully well to an appeal from Father Kane to support a charity and to work together as a collective team to raise money for Lepra as part of their preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.  The project is all about working together and responding to an appeal to put their faith into action by carrying out good deeds that will impact upon others.  The children gave up their own time to help prepare for a Christmas Fun Day that was held in the Church Hall after the Sunday services. The school looks forward to welcoming a representative of Lepra in the very near future to talk to the Pr.7 pupils about the impact of their fundraising on the lives of others. Here are a few pictures of our Pr.7 pupils working together to show Faith in Action.

Silver for Syria

Our generous pupils and supportive parents responded very well to a recent appeal that we ran a few weeks ago in partnership with our friends at St. Ambrose High School. Children during their break time and lunchtime very generously donated their silver to our Silver for Syria campaign thanks to excellent awareness raising by Francesca from Pr.5. We are delighted that we were able to provide Mrs. Marcuccelli, Principal Teacher of Pupil Support from St. Ambrose with £200 to buy the children from Syria, who have joined the authority, a Christmas present that they will receive when they attend a Christmas Party hosted by St. Ambrose. Gospel values in action.

Global Citizens

Our hard working Global Citizens committee ran a very successful campaign over the last few weeks to gather donations for Coatbridge food bank.  There was an excellent response with over 40 bags full of donations being uplifted on Friday morning. Well done everyone, the food bank were delighted with your very generous response.  Here is a picture of some Global Citizen committee members with some of the bags that were uplifted.

 

Dress Rehearsal

The whole school gathered together on Friday for a dress rehearsal for the Christmas Show that will take place on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening. Tickets for both performances are still available from the school office priced at £2.50 for adults and £1.00 for OAP’s. They are selling fast so don’t forget to get your tickets. The hall capacity is restricted to 400 for each performance.   Here is a sneak preview of the infant nativity ‘Manger Mouse’.

Pupil of the Week Awards

It is wonderful to report that the list of pupil accomplishments increases each week . Today at our Wednesday afternoon assemblies we had a long line of pupils who were recognised for their good citizenship, marvellous manners and individual achievements in class. Awards were also presented to two of our young musicians and a dedicated group of Sports Leaders who have just completed their training.  Well done boys and girls, keep up the great work!!