A very happy 80th Birthday to Pope Francis, who celebrated his special milestone on Saturday. Our school community prays for the Holy Father in a special way today as he continues to inspire and lead the church.

We’ve arrived at the day of our final Christmas show of 2016, with our P1-3 pupils taking to the stage this afternoon for their Nativity. The children had a very successful dress rehearsal on Friday and are all set to tell the Christmas story today to a packed hall. The words, songs and costumes, combined with the children’s enthusiasm (and, of course, bucket loads of the cute-factor!), are sure to captivate this afternoon’s audience. The Nativity begins at 2.00pm.

The remainder of this week will be taken up with our various Christmas parties, our end of term Mass on Thursday and our annual Movie-Duvet-Day on the last day. Please note that the school closes on Friday at the slightly earlier time of 2.00pm.

Finally, I had another sports superstar visit my office on Friday. This P2 girl can be seen proudly showing off her Hip-Hop trophies: one for participation and the other for coming 3rd in the competition. Well done!