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Year 11 ARC groups have been working hard this term putting their faith into action. One of our groups had focussed on the refugee crisis. They felt they wanted to do something to help and so looked to the advice of Cardinal Vincent Nichols. The Cardinal suggested that Catholics can above all else pray. So with this in mind one of our groups prepared an all day prayer vigil for Wednesday 7th October. They prepared TCT resources for tutor groups, they wrote letters to the Cardinal inviting him to join us. (unfortunately he is in Rome with the pope!)Students prepared a power point as a focus for groups in the chapel.Groups were brought down in their RE lessons for 20 minutes at a time to pray for refugees in crisis. The chapel remained a constant place of prayer all day with staff and students covering break and lunchtime. Everyone agreed it was a worthwhile undertaking. Well done year 11 ARC!
Year 13 A.R.C have been looking into the ‘Catholic Worker Farm’ which offers accommodation and support to 22 destitute female asylum seekers and their children. All of the women have been homeless and have been recommended to the Catholic worker Farm by refugee services. The Catholic Worker Farm gains no support from the government and strongly relies upon donations. This year, the 13 A.R.C group will be supporting this cause by collecting basic items which may seem little to many of us but is of great importance to the Farm. Already they have shown great generosity and I am sure that this will continue to be the case. Keep up the brilliant work! “Jesus came to serve not to be served.”
Congratulations to all our pupils on a fantastic set of examinations results this year.
The overall pass rate at GCSE has risen for the fourth consecutive year to our best ever figure of 76% for pupils gaining 5 or more A*C grades including English and maths.
The average points score has also risen significantly from 323 in 2014 to 382 this year and is a reflection of the hard work and dedication from our pupils and staff throughout KS4.
Pass rates for English (88% A*C) and Maths (88% A*C) have also seen a significant rise whilst the following students are a sample of the many who have gained excellent individual results, well done to everyone.
Callum Watson (9A*, 2As)
Abinmon Jain (8A*, 1A)
Aisling O’Connell (7A*, 4As)
Adam O’Malley (7A*, 3As)
Ryan Jayesinghe (7A*, 2As)
Rachel Murray-O’Shea (6A*, 3As)
Rebecca Smith (6A*, 3As)
Alice Goad (5A*, 5As)
Niamh Costello (5A*, 5As)
Tara Breslin (5A*, 5As)
Sarah Lawrence (5A*, 5As)
Edward maling (5A*, 4As)
Sarah Meehan (5A*, 4As)
Senior Committee Members
All roles have now been allocated and the Student Executive Committee for the 2015-16 academic year will be as follows:
President – Charley McInerney
Vice Presidents – Carrie Gandemer & Rebecca Reilly
CLOTS and Charity Officer (Associate Senior Committee Member) – Hannah Roberts
Student Voice Rep (Al, Be, Ca, Cl) – Felise Martin
Student Voice Rep (Fr, Mo, Th, Wa) – Rebecca Miranda
Arts Representative – Harriet St. Ledger
Community and Environment Officer – Amy Gardner
Media and Communications Officer – Ryan Chamberlain
Sports and Activities Officer – Calum Goodchild
CLOTS and Charity Assistants (Associate Committee Members) – Hope Williams & Isabella Fuller
HEADS OF HOUSE
The following students have been duly elected as Heads of House for their respective form groups and will work closely with the two Student Voice Representative Members on the Student Executive Committee:
Alban: Matthew Cranny & Anna Ferrara
Bede: Imogen Moore & Abigail Wildman
Campion: Eleanor Barton & Harry McCarthy
Clare: Elle Brooker & Sean Smith
Frances: Chennel Fernandes-Todd & Olivia Spencer
More: Michael Evans & Niamh McGrath
Theresa: Declan O’Reilly & Nicola Rogers
Ward: Megan Higgins & Molly O’Regan
Form captains for each of the forms in next year’s 7, 8, 9 and 10 will be elected in September.
Congratulations to all elected members and a huge thank you to all that applied to be part of the Committee for the upcoming academic year.
Have a great summer!
A group of pupils from years 8, 9 and 10 attended Hertfordshire University for a Computing Enrichment Day. The day included programming robots, coding with the Raspberry Pi, App development and two inspirational talks by a Master Inventor at IBM and Kate Russell from BBC Click.
Festa di Carnevale
Images of a Festa di Carnevale with Year 7 and 8 just before half term.
Udayan Mission 2015 **Updated 18/2**
Latest Post HERE or Twitter @joaudayan2015
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Food Bank Visit
‘It was a great experience to go to the local food bank, and it did make me realise that everything that we are doing is helping people, which felt good. I hope we continue to support collecting food for the local food bank, as people do tend to forget that people in their own community also may need support but are too embarrassed to say anything. Establishments like this food bank offer people support when they need it most, and as Catholics it is our duty to help. Thank you to all those who helped us make such an excellent donation’
Year 10 A.R.C Peace and justice group.