As you may recall, I informed you that the children would be visiting Fr Doherty at his new residence. Myself, Trish Morris and four St Bart’s pupils all popped in to see Fr Doherty on Friday afternoon. He provided us with a guided tour and certainly proved to us that he was very settled in his new surroundings and enjoying his retirement. The children were very  impressed and Fr Doherty was delighted to have their company. Thank you for making us all feel so welcome!

As you are no doubt aware, it is a Holiday of Obligation on Wednesday as it is All Saints day. I have already informed Fr O’Kane that we will,uncharacteristically , not be attending mass as a school on this feast day. Mass times will remain the same and an evening service will be available at 7pm for you to attend, as a family.

We have a very full schedule, all week, in order to accommodate our ‘Developing the Young Workforce events. Quite a number of our pupils will be out of school,on Wednesday,visiting some of our business partners. Unfortunately we have to fit in with others’ schedules, although we are very lucky to be able to provide our pupils with such wonderful experiences. The entire week will be jammed packed full of brilliant opportunities and experiences for all of our pupils. Thank you to all of our parents and carers who have volunteered to supervise our pupils to various events and locations this week.We have, however, made alternative arrangements to mark this important feast day and have timetabled the Oratory accordingly.

As always, please keep your eye on Twitter , class pages and the daily HT blog to follow our pupils’ exciting activities and experiences.

Mrs Bolland