Prep Ski Trip

Half term has been action packed for 27 children in the Prep School as we travelled to Lungau in Austria to ski the slopes.

After a long 27 hours on the coach and some fish and chips on the ferry we arrived in the sun baked mountains of Lungau topped with snow, slopes and adventure.

Not shy of a challenge our young skiers hiked up hills carrying skis, boots, poles and helmets to get themselves ready for the week ahead.

We enjoyed four hours of skiing each day, lunch on the mountain and jam packed evening entertainment which included everything from curling to a fancy dress disco. Crispin the Camel enjoyed entertaining other guests in the hotel and we even learnt that Romanian for camel is Camilla!

The pupils were a credit to the College and we received some excellent comments from the hotel and ski instructors about their behaviour, manners and attitude.

A huge amount of purpose, passion and challenge shown by all.

Miss Clark, Mr Bishop and Mrs Doran

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Debating Success – Heading to ICYD Finals Day

Eight Year 9s and 10s travelled to the International Competition for Young Debaters hosted by Cambridge University at Grange School, Northwich on Saturday.

It was a fabulous day for all four teams, with Jan M and Lehtu M leading the charge. After the first three rounds in which they won two debates and came second in the other, they broke into the Regional Final in second place (out of 29 competing teams).

In the Regional Final they again came second, losing out to the host school, but securing a Finals place at Cambridge University in April. Lehtu came joint second for overall speaker points over the day.

Other successes of the day were secured by Year 9’s Amelia Y and Amelia R, who after coming fourth in their first debate bounced back with two successive wins. Sama I and Hajra K had a torrid start but managed to secure a win in their final debate.

A great day was had by all, and kudos must go to Ms Diamond for the work she has done with these younger debate groups in Activities sessions.

Mr Barnicoat

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Mash Up at the Unity Theatre

On Thursday 14 February, a small group of Year 9 Expressive Arts pupils had the pleasure of watching a performance known as “Mash Up” at the Unity Theatre in town. Involved in the performance were: singers, puppetry and mime, beat boxers, and spoken word artists. Also at the end of the night there was an open mic which was open to anyone in the audience and one of our own pupils, Lucy C, sang a brilliant cover of Shallow from A Star is Born. 

The night was fabulous, and gave the pupils an insight to different creative ways of performing. Thank you very much to Miss McWatt, Mrs Hall and Mr Bishop for organising it!

Gracie B and Isabella H

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U11 Netball Success

On Wednesday 13 February, the U11 A and B netball teams played St Pius away. We had a fantastic afternoon of sport and all the girls thoroughly enjoyed two very competitive matches.

The U11 A team came away with their biggest win of the season at 7-4 with some fantastic goal scoring by Lena A and Aurelie O. The U11 B team had a brilliant match with a great win of 9-4. A special mention must go to Grace M, Anya C and Holly W for their shooting skills. I was very proud of the girls’ sportsmanship and their clear love of the game! A successful afternoon all round!

A big thank you to Miss McLindon for all her help with training and umpiring. I’m looking forward to our next fixture! 

Miss Brooke

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Half Term Sport Awards

During the final secondary phase assembly of the half term, the following pupils were awarded Sports Certificates for outstanding accomplishments and sportsmanship in games this half term:

Year 7
Daniel M (School)
Siya H (Howards)

Year 8
Charles H (School)
Mia P (Selwyns)

Year 9
Derin B (Howards)
Ella W (Selwyns)

Year 10
Matthew G (Howards)
Isabella W (Selwyns)

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Y10 Sustainable Fashion Workshop with International Designer

A number of Y10 GCSE art pupils took part in a Palm House site visit, creative workshop and lecture with Patrick McDowell, an international designer who has worked with Rita Ora, Lady Gaga and M.I.A and who specialises in developing sustainable fashion.

The pupils reported back on their experience:

“I really enjoyed the workshop I thought it was a really good experience to work with a professional artist. It was exciting to see his work as this was an area we have yet to cover. I enjoyed working with others designing and he gave us lots of advice and tips on careers in the fashion industry. Working in the palm house was good to try landscape drawing and use this to link into fashion ideas later that day. It was great to use the palm house cuttings to create and recycle materials.” Rosa A.

“The workshop was fun working with natural materials from the palm house. We learnt new drawing techniques especially when drawing from observation. We tried blind drawing techniques which was challenging and new. A good experience.” Safea A R

“I really liked the structure of the day, collecting research, drawing and gathering ideas. I enjoyed working with others in groups. A unique opportunity.” Alex R

“It was good to recycle materials to create fashion. We received lots of tips and careers advice too, in order to help with our future plans”. Bethany W

“I liked seeing a new artist and their perspective and their style of art and I enjoyed doing a new type of art. Getting out of the class, it made me feel that I wanted to do more work - I got inspiration and wanted to excel. To think about art for a full day was brilliant.” Jude PC

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