This week, representatives from SYSTRA, an international engineering and consulting group, worked with Primary 6 and 7, discussing sustainable transport and the effects that different modes of transport have on our environment. They will return next week for a whole school action day where our senior pupils will raise awareness of these issues and how we can help. This action day fits perfectly in with our ECO priority of transport and is an excellent follow up to Walk to School week.
The discussion on the work that SYSTRA does was also an excellent follow up to our Skills for Work week. Our Skills Week was a great success, with many of our parents volunteering to come into classes to talk about the skills they use in their chosen career. A massive thank you to our parents, who inspired and captured the interest of our pupils. We now need to think how we can improve on this success for next year!
Our girls took part in a 5 a side tournament on Friday, competing for the ‘Belt Up Cup’ against various other Hamilton schools. As we are the reigning trophy winners we were over the moon when they returned home with the trophy, however that was not the main reason why I was bursting with pride on Friday afternoon. The girls played in a very close final against Chatelherult Primary. Initially St. Mary’s were winning 2-0 but then Chatelherault scored 2 goals which resulted in a penalty shoot out, at which we won. Our girls showed true sportsmanship by being extremely graceful when winning by shaking hands with the losing team and waiting until they had left the pitch before celebrating. This shows that our pupils truly live by the values we try to instil by being empathetic to the feelings of others and by the lessons Mr McManus continually teaches all of our footballers. I am extremely proud. Well done girls!
On Saturday we held our yearly Summer Fair. Once again, it was a roaring success due to the support of our family and friends who came to take part in activities such as tombola, hook a duck, mega ball games, St. Mary’s Bake Off, bouncy castles, glitter tattoos and many more. The event could not have been such a success if it had not been for our amazing Parent Council who organised and worked tirelessly throughout the day!
The weeks are flying past and it will soon be our Summer holidays, however our children and staff will continue to work hard and develop their skills until the last day!
Thank you for reading,
Mrs. Elaine Fitzpatrick
