We began this week celebrating Rabbie Burns Day. Primary 7 presented a wonderful Rabbie Burns assembly to the whole school, educating everyone on the life of Burns, reciting poems along with some Scottish dancing and singing. They then entertained customers at Morrison’s in the afternoon. On Tuesday, Primary 7 continued the celebrations with a Burns Supper – the hilarious toasts to the lassies and laddies can be seen on our Twitter feed. We now have 50 followers on Twitter! Thanks to Mr Rimmer, the feed is updated daily with photographs and news of school events.
We are very fortunate to have so many dedicated staff and volunteers to organise extra curricular clubs for our pupils. Our Primary 2 lunch time club run by South Lanarkshire Active Schools for the next 4 Tuesdays has been a great success. The children have loved taking part in multi sports, developing their skills and working in teams.
On Wednesday night St. Mary’s staff went to the Education Mass at Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral, celebrated by Bishop Toal, to mark the beginning of Catholic Education Week. The theme of Catholic Education Week this year is ‘Learning to be merciful’, echoing this, the Year of Mercy. Archbishop Tartaglia’s letter to all parishes reinforces the importance of Catholic Education and of Catholic teachers. Pupils of St. Mary’s and Holy Cross High School will mark Catholic Education Week at 10am mass on Sunday, 14th February. This will also be our enrolment mass for primary 3 pupils making their Sacrament of Reconciliation and our Primary 4 First Communicants.
As always, thanks for reading this week’s blog – I hope it keeps you up to date with everything that is happening in our wonderful school!