It has been a busy few weeks in St. John’s and my final blog of term 3 gives a snapshot of events and activities in the school. We begin with our official school opening on the 9th of March. It was a great morning and we were delighted to welcome to the school, local councillors including Councillor Gordon Muir who officiated at the ceremony. We were also joined by Mr Brian McKenna Depute Chairman of the Education Resources Committee, Head of Education Mr Stewart Nicolson, Mrs Ann O’Neill, Quality Improvement Officer as well as Mrs Carla Fagan, Depute Head at Holy Cross High School and Head Teachers from the Holy Cross Learning Community. The wider parent body was represented by the office bearers of our Partnership Group and the local community by Father Rooney who performed a blessing at the end of the ceremony. Our guest were piped in by Anna Thomson (P7). The children entertained our guests in song and word and were lauded by our guests for their fantastic performance. A huge thanks to staff for all their hard work in getting the school ready and organising the gifts for our guests as well as preparing the children so well for their performances.
We also said goodbye to Miss Wadsworth during that week, when she left St. John’s to take up a permanent class post at a new school. We wish her well in her new post and are delighted to welcome Miss Natalie Costello, who will team teach with Mr Hall in Primary 5/6/7.
The school received a visit from Zoolab on Monday 20th of March where the children got up close and personal with snakes, tarantulas and cockroaches!! I’m assured by the class teachers that the children enjoyed the experience but don’t know if I can say the same for the staff!!
Our Lenten fundraising continues with our Fun Day taking place on Friday. It was a great afternoon which raised over £200. Thank you to all the staff for organising the activities and giving the children such a fun afternoon. We will conclude our fundraising this week with our Easter Bonnet Parade. Parents and carers are welcome to pop along and see the parade at 2.00 pm. A huge thank you to all our parents and carers for your support as we wouldn’t be able to send such large donations to our chosen charities without your generosity and kindness.
Our Primary 7 pupils who will be moving to Holy Cross High School in the Summer, continued with the transition programme by taking part in a Team Building day on Friday morning. Despite a few nerves and some trepidation before they set off, the children returned to school full of excitement after having a fantastic morning and are already looking forward to their induction days in June.
It is hard to believe this is the final week of term 3! Just a reminder that the school closes at 2.30 pm on Friday 31st of March and re-opens on Tuesday the 18th of April at 9.00 a.m. May I take this opportunity on behalf of myself and all the staff to wish you lovely relaxing holiday and a Happy and Holy Easter. Hopefully the sun shines like this weekend!
Thank you for reading my Blog.
Mrs McCart
