Our pupils returned for Easter Week after having a lovely Easter holiday.  Primary 5 had no time to settle in as they took part in Hamilton Schools Rugby Festival organised by Hamilton Rugby Club and SLC Active Schools!  The pupils had a great morning playing ‘touch rugby’, learning skills with lots of other schools.

Room 7 also ventured out this week for their First Communion Retreat.  Pupils in St. Mary’s preparing for sacraments go to Holy Family in Mossend to take part in a day of reflection, conversation and meditation organised by Motherwell diocese.  The children had a wonderful day.  Room 8 will experience the retreat next week, ensuring that all of our Primary 4 pupils are thoroughly prepared for this special Sacrament.

We had our Parent Council meeting on Wednesday night.  I am extremely grateful to our Parent Council, who support our school so well.  Approximately 26 parents were in attendance at the meeting, which is a fantastic amount to promote discussion on matters important to our school.

Our Parental Survey closed on Friday.  90 responses were made to the survey, representing 112 pupils.  The results and comments of the survey will be given to parents in the next newsletter.  Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to complete the survey, it really makes a difference to us and helps us move the school forward together.

Our week finished with 4 of our Primary 4 pupils representing the school at the Hamilton Schools Tennis Festival on Sunday at Hamilton Tennis Club.  The boys had a great morning, taking part in 10 games of tennis each!  SLC Active Schools work in partnership with many local clubs to develop sporting skills in our pupils.  We are also very fortunate that Hamilton Tennis Club volunteer every Thursday lunchtime in our school to work with Primary 3 pupils.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read our blog and find out what we have been up to during the school week.  Remember photographs from our week are on Twitter!

Thanks,

Mrs. Elaine Fitzpatrick