Our Primary 7 Leavers’ Mass and Prize Giving takes place this afternoon at 1.30pm. This year’s class have been an absolutely fantastic bunch and today will give our whole school community, along with parents, family and friends, the opportunity to give thanks to God for the children’s year in Primary 7, pray for the boys and girls as they move onto high school and, in the Prize Giving, celebrate their many, many successes and achievements. Mark and Lucy Millar have, once again, taken time out of their busy schedule to be with us this afternoon and Mark posted the following Tweet yesterday:

Mark currently has 75,500+ followers on Twitter, so it looks as if our Leavers’ Mass and Prize Giving are common knowledge across the globe!

Please can I also extend a very warm welcome to Joe McAvoy, our former Quality Improvement Manager, who has been a good friend to the school over the years. Joe will be retiring in a few weeks and we’re delighted he has agreed to join us for today’s proceedings.

Unfortunately, Father Doherty will be unable to attend today’s Mass. However, Father Patrick Duffy from the Conforti Institute has very kindly agreed to step in at extremely short notice to celebrate Mass. Many thanks, Father Duffy, and a very warm welcome to St Bartholomew’s!

Finally, I was delighted to receive a visit from one of our Primary 7 pupils yesterday when he popped down to my office to show off a trophy he was awarded by Dunbeth Football Club. You can see him proudly holding the Rab Campbell Achievement Award for his outstanding attitude and consistent performance throughout the year. Well done! What a great achievement!