As the September weekend approaches, you may be starting to think of activities to fill the days. Walking is one of the easiest ways for us to become more active and maintain a healthy lifestyle. North Lanarkshire Council is running a Walking Festival this September weekend, with lots of opportunities for adults and children to explore new places on foot and get fit at the same time.

One of the walks on offer is the Seven Lochs Trail, a 5 1/2 mile trek starting at Frankfield Loch and finishing at Drumpellier Park. The walk will take place on the afternoon of Monday 26th September and includes a free mini bus from the Visitors Centre at Drumpellier Park to the start of the route. Keep an eye out for the special leaflet which lists all of the walks, or email greenspac@northlan.gov.uk to book a place.

I’m presuming it was one of our parents who handed in a whole case of Thorntons chocolates to the school yesterday morning. However, it was such a busy time of the day, neither Mrs Clare nor I can remember who actually handed us the bag! If you’re reading this morning’s blog, THANK YOU! We’ll put your generous donation to good use in the raffles we do to purchase items for the Christmas Fayre.

On a similar note, many thanks to two of our parents, Mrs Woods and Mrs Linnen, for very kindly donating and wrapping our first two raffle prizes. These will be raffled off over the next two weeks. What a great bunch of parents we have!

Finally, you may have noticed that I have been in St Bartholomew’s every day this week. This is because I will be attending the annual Catholic Head Teachers’ conference in St Andrew’s on Thursday and Friday. As always, Mrs Bolland will at the helm in my absence.