Monday morning brought the arrival of our living eggs. Primary 7 have been responsible for the care of our eggs. Wednesday saw our first arrival, Eggness, and by Thursday we were busy caring for 9 fluffy chicks! Primary 7 have been hosting visitors all week as the whole school enjoys the learning experience of having the chicks in school.
Primaries 6 and 7 also started their training for the annual ruby festival on Monday, this will continue over the next three weeks.
Our Quality Link Officer, Mrs O’Neill, visited the school on Tuesday to discuss the continuation of our improvement agenda following our Education Scotland visit. Mrs O’Neill was delighted to hear of the variety of learning experiences our pupils continue to engage with in St. Cuthbert’s.
Wednesday saw the beginning of our Lenten Fundraising, a little earlier than usual, with our Workout for LEPRA. As always, our pupils and families supported this venture fully and Marion Barr from LEPRA was most appreciative of all efforts. Marion will be in touch with the final total raised.
Primary 6 had a focus day on electricity on Wednesday with the visit from an auto electrician. They learned how to interpret circuit diagrams and how to construct a parallel and series circuit.
In the nursery we said goodbye to Miss Lawwell, a teaching student who has been with us for a month. The children continue with their learning and develop Fairyland for the dragon. Señorita McLaughlin continues to visit weekly for Spanish and this week the boys and girls enjoyed learning colours and playing games with their new vocabulary. The nursery are also joining in with the ‘Spanish Phrase of the Week!’
The week ended on Friday with a wonderful celebration of faith. To mark the end of Catholic Education Week, the whole school community, joined with parents and friends for a Service of Light. This was a very prayerful celebration where we gave thanks for our Catholic schools and considered how each one of us can continue to ‘Shine the Light of Faith’. A huge thanks to all who participated in the service on Friday but most of all to our pupils. The service was followed by our Fairtrade Coffee afternoon to mark Fairtrade Fortnight.
Primary 4 have been selling raffle tickets all week as they used their initiative to raise much needed funds for their First Communion retreat and educational excursion to The Chocolate Factory. They raised a grand total of £219. Thanks to all involved.
All families will receive their Lenten Fundrasing programme this week. We will have activities each Friday to raise funds for our charities and will also have an early morning prayer programme led by Mrs Hall and Miss Prentice. Please check bags this week for further details and the March newsletter.
I will finish with the phrase of the week – Buenas tardes and Adios!

Mrs Hendry