Food Bank Trip

By Miss T GAUGHAN8th June 2015

“It is good to help others as the ‘Golden Rule’ is the foundation of our religion which teaches the importance of helping others. The Trussell Trust is a nationwide food bank which is helping people who have met troubled times giving them emergency food for three days. In the parable of the sheep and goats it says ‘I was hungry and you gave me something to eat’. We at St Joan of Arc have actively supported Jesus’s teaching by supporting this charity and we are helping our local community and wish to continue doing so. We would like to say a huge thank you to both year 7 and 8 for their tremendous generosity as they have truly helped so many people in the community. No doubt year 9 will be as great.”

Year 10 A.R.C Peace and Justice Group.

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Year 13 Leavers Day

By Anthony Da-Silva3rd June 2015

Just before half term we held our Year 13 Leavers’ Day which began with a final Mass which was held at Our Lady’s.  This was followed by an assembly and prize giving which celebrated their time in the Sixth Form.  Refreshments were kindly provided by the PFA.

These events mark the formal end of their time with us at St Joan’s although they will always be part of our community, wherever they go and whoever they become.

It has been a privilege to work and support these young people, most of whom have been with us for 7 years and some have joined us more recently, but I hope they all feel proud of their achievements, academically, socially and spiritually. They have been an inspiration to us all and we wish them every success in the future.

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Music Gamelan 2015

By Anthony Da-Silva18th May 2015

On the 26th March 2015 the Music Department took students from Year 8, 12 and 13 to the Southbank Centre to participate in a Gamelan workshop. Gamelan is type of music from Indonesia which all Year 8s have studied this year and the upper sixth students are also studying a piece of Gamelan music for their A level. During the workshop we first learnt some background information about the history of Gamelan music and how to correctly play the instruments. We then had the chance to play the instruments and learnt a traditional Gamelan song that we performed together. The day was exciting, interesting and inspiring and really brought what we had previously learnt in school to life.

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Rome Trip 2015

15th April 2015Anthony Da-Silva

Eighteen pupils from Year 9 and 10 joined Mr Doyle, Miss Dell’Orto and Miss Edge for the Italian department’s annual trip to Rome. During our trip we walked lots and visited many of Rome’s most famous tourist attractions including St Peter’s Basilica, the Colosseum, the Vatican museums, la Bocca della Verita’, the Roman Forum, Piazza Spagna and il Vittoriano. We enjoyed the opportunity to try out our Italian for real and also managed to eat lots of pizza, pasta and ice cream. Even the constant rain on the first day didn’t dampen our spirits too much!

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Battle Of The Bands 2015

15th April 2015Anthony Da-Silva

Images from the recent event

Well done to all the bands that competed on Thursday evening. We heard from ‘The Icebreakers’, ‘The Northern Line’, ‘The Regal Narwhals’, ‘The New Strange’ and ‘Vinyl Plan’. We also had a special guest performance from ‘Funk Fever’, a few faces you may recognise…

‘The Northern Line’, starring Daisy-Anne Breen Kalsi, Nicola Rogers, Andrew Laszcz and Michael Evans, are our new trophy winners after a close audience vote.

Thank you to our presenter Annie Beckley who kept us entertained between acts and to Luke Gomm for mixing the sound.

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Maths Week – Mathemagician Photos

By Mr M WALSH10th March 2015

‘The Magic of Maths’ shows by Andrew Jeffrey proved a great hit with the students…

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Click here to read reviews and quotes from pupils.

Congratulations to Stacey Carroll in 8 Campion who won the ‘Puzzle of the Day’ competition and to Mrs Perotti who won the staff competition.

Hope you all enjoyed Maths Week, see you next year!

Y7 Girls ESFA Finalists

By Anthony Da-Silva6th March 2015

On the 2nd March, Joan of Arc were invited to Derby Soccerdome for the National Finals of the ESFA Munich Trophies U12 5-a-side competition. Our school reserved the right to participate at these finals after our Year 7 Girls won both their local and regional tournaments to get there (A massive achievement in itself!).
We watched from the sidelines as the Girls battled against the best teams in the Country, showing amazing teamwork, determination and ability. We won 1 of our 3 games, unfortunately meaning we did not qualify past the group stages of the competition. We played a friendly at the end of the tournament and won 4-2: this helped ease the pain a little from their temporarily broken hearts!

St Joan of Arc are incredibly proud of our Girls being crowned overall 5th best in the country out of 1000 schools that entered!
What an unbelievable achievement. The most memorable and proudest day in my career and I hope a day that the students will remember and cherish forever.

Miss Beament

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Geography West Coast USA Trip

By Mr A KELLY5th March 2015

Here are some photos of the Geography Department’s recent trip to the West Coast of America from 11th-17th February. As you will see from the photos, The Students, Mr Kelly and Miss Kara all had an amazing time, saw some jaw-dropping sights, learned lots and sampled some truly American culture!

The trip covered over 1,600km and we travelled through three US states, visiting San Francisco, Death Valley, Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon and finally onto Phoenix. It was quite the Epic Road Trip!

We really did have a superb experience and we have some wonderful memories that will remain with us a long time!

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Maths Week – Brainbuster Cup

By Mr M WALSH5th March 2015

2015 winners - 7 WardCongratulations to 7 Ward who won the 2015 Brainbuster Cup after a nail-biting final.
The capacity crowd were whipped up into a mathematical frenzy as they narrowly beat Campion 17 -15. Well done 7 Ward!

 

 

The draw for the Puzzle of the Day Competition will take place at break time on Friday 6/3 under the big umbrella. Out of 214 entries, 70 were correct and will be entered into the draw.

Solutions will be posted at 6am on Friday morning – click here to find out if your answers were correct.

Good luck!