Pupils take a trip back to the future
St Bride’s Primary pupils helped officially open their new school building with a trip down memory lane.
Children from across the school and nursery class entertained parents, teachers and VIP guests with a time travelling show that projected four primary seven pupils into the future to reminisce about their school days and the achievements of their classroom peers.
St Bride’s originally opened as a church school in 1878 and became St Bride’s Primary in 1936.
The new school building cost £8.5 million to build and features 12 classrooms and a nursery.
The building includes a gym/ assembly hall, dining room, ICT suite, spacious general purposes spaces and in addition to the playground has a multi use games area.
Depute chair of finance and corporate resources, Councillor Walter Brogan said: “There must have been tens of thousands of children educated in the old St Bride’s and generations of families with a shared memory of the school and the building.
“I thought the show was a brilliant way of projecting us into the future to see what exciting people and memories this new building will have a part in creating.”
Head teacher Amanda Maguire added: “The pupils put on a fantastic show for their parents and our VIP guests who I am delighted to say included several former teachers and head teachers.
“The new building is a great environment for teaching and learning, it is designed with the needs of a modern school very much at the forefront and I am more than confident that the spirit of the St Bride’s Primary School community has carried over into this new setting and will continue to be passed on through the generations.”