Welcome back, everyone. I hope you had a great long weekend and managed to enjoy the sunshine that came our way.

Please remember that, due to our whole school show at the end of March, this term’s Parents Evening is slightly earlier than usual. Parents Evening will take place three weeks today, Thursday 9th March, and appointment times will be sent out in due course.

As you know, things have been very tight in the school office this year following Mrs Smillie’s retirement at the end of last session. Thank you to parents and carers for your patience over the past seven months and many thanks to Mrs Clare for all the extra work she has put in to running the office on her own. I’m delighted to say that interviews for a new clerical assistant will take place this morning and we’ll be back to having two members of staff in the office in the very near future.

Last, but not least, a final formal farewell to Mrs O’Neill who left St Bart’s last Friday after twenty-five years in the school. We wish Mrs O’Neill well in her new role as full-time RE Advisor with Motherwell Diocese.