Welcome to my final blog of the academic year 2013-2014 and what a year it has been! St. Cuthbert’s Primary has enjoyed an extremely successful year and everyone associated with our school should be rightly proud of what we have achieved.
The highlight of our week had to be our Leavers’ Assembly on Friday afternoon. The sun was shining outside and the stars of Primary 7 shone brightly in the school hall as we were joined by staff, pupils and family members to celebrate the achievements of our senior pupils.
This particular group of pupils were the first primary ones in the present school building. On Friday afternoon we were entertained using words, song and dance and the theme of ‘I’m a St Cuthie get me out of here!’ shared with us the memories of the current P7s. There was much laughter and many tears as we listened attentively to the super story of their experience in St. Cuthbert’s. Many thanks to Miss McKendry for masterminding this event.
All primary 7 pupils received their John Muir Certificates and Miss McKendry and Mrs McCart proudly presented pupils, for the very first time, their individual learning journey folders. A fantastic record of the plethora of learning taken place this year.
Kaila read her poem Welcome All beautifully and this piece of work will live on in St. Cuthbert’s for a long time to come as it is now our official school poem.
In the nursery, the boys and girls are busy rehearsing their final concert that will be performed to parents on Monday of this week. We look forward to hearing their special memories of their time at St. Cuthbert’s nursery.
Congratulations to Mrs Hewitt and Miss McLaughlin who successfully completed the St. Andrew’s Hospice Midnight Walk on Saturday night. The ladies represented the staff and have raised money to donate to the hospice, one of our business partners.
And so to our final week. Our final celebration of faith will take place on Tuesday at 10am in the school hall. Everyone is welcome to join us for this very special mass. After mass we will have our presentations of the House Shield, the Commonwealth Cup and the Miss McMurray Endeavour awards. We are delighted to welcome Mrs Ann O’Neil, our Quality Link Officer, and Mr Tony Gilhooly, our Active Schools Coordinator, to join us for mass and to present our awards along with Fr Bogan.
May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy, safe and relaxing holiday and I hope the sun shines wherever you are. It has been an absolute privilege to be Head Teacher of St. Cuthbert’s Primary this year and I look forward to another very productive year of learning next session.
Mrs Hendry
Head Teacher
