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On Monday our KS2 Choir had the opportunity to perform as part of a choir of 8807 children from all over the North West and Wales, as part of the 2023 Young Voices Concert series.

On Friday 20 January, a group of our Year 7 boys and girls entered a team competition of Sports Hall Athletics. The competition was against several schools across Manchester and all students showed a great competitive spirit when engaging with competition.

On Wednesday 25 January, a range of pupils from Year 7-10 took part in a Multi-Sport Panathlon Competition at Sports City.

A group of our Year 8 students absolutely "smashed it" at their Rowing Competition on Wednesday 25 January.  There were over 400 pupils taking part, from lots of different schools.

Our Year 12 Art Class went on an Art Trip to Salford Quays to gather primary source photographs and observational drawings.  We plan to use all images gathered in the next unit of "Urban landscape and Portraiture".  

A group of our Year 7 and 8 boys played in the Manchester Schools U13s Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday 25 January at Our Lady's High School.

On Friday 20 January, eight of our Year 12 History Students visited the University of Manchester to take part in a workshop on US Civil Rights.

On Tuesday 17 January, Year 2 visited a synagogue as part of their RE topic on Judaism.

This term, sixteen Year 10 students have been coached by a member of staff to help them improve an area of school life. The students and their coaches were split into two teams, to add some healthy competition, and over the course of the 7-week coaching intervention they have been trying to get the fewest detention and Reflection Room referrals.

On Tuesday 13 December, the Music Department hosted a wonderful concert in the Great Hall to a very supportive audience of parents, students, friends and staff. The evening began with the fabulous All-Stars Cuban Band with a rendition of 'She's Royal' and 'Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher' and continued with fantastic soloists (Eden, Fatima, Edlyn, Chandan and Yousef), Grace Notes Choir singing 'Santa Claus is Coming To Town', Year 7 and Senior Steel Bands, Year 10 and Year 11 Bands, Ukulele and Co. to name a few! 

On Wednesday 14 December, a group of twelve Year 11 students visited Lyme Park in Stockport. Having visited the Park when they were in Year 7, the students were very keen to recreate their fun day out and experience Lyme Park in the winter... and they were not disappointed!

On Friday 9 December 2022, students from 7T went on an educational visit to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.

On Friday 9 December, a group of our Year 9 students took part in a Sale Harriers Athletics Competition at Sports City. They competed against 21 schools from the North West in a range of different events. All performers were exceptional and showed determination and courage within their events.

On Tuesday 6 December, we welcomed our friends from Henshaws who were serenaded by KS3 Grace Notes Choir, a Year 11 soloist, and Ukes and Company.

On Tuesday 6 December 2022, Resourced Provision students and staff were treated to a day out at Manchester Christmas Markets.

Students in our Drama Club were given an amazing opportunity to be involved in a Clean Air Workshop run by 'Let's Talk Clean Air'.

On Tuesday this week, the Food & Nutrition Department held the KS4 Inter-House Masterchef Competition. The standard was very high with students making a great mix of highly skilled, tasty, savoury and sweet dishes.  

Thursday 9 December, was Christmas Jumper Day. Staff and students wore Christmas and festive jumpers to raise funds for the charity, Hug in a Blanket. We managed to raise £150 on the day; enough for 18 blankets! Hug in a Blanket is a very small charity made up of volunteers so they will be absolutely delighted with the donations and we will have put a big smile on 18 very special children’s faces.

On Wednesday 7 December, our Smart School Council Communication Team took part in Manchester Healthy School's virtual Voicebox event, where Student Councils from schools around Manchester met to discuss topical issues and plan for how our schools can address them.

Twenty of our Year 10 French GCSE students attended a French study session at Home Cinema in Manchester on Tuesday 6 December.  The session was led by IsabelleVanderschelden, a Manchester Metropolitan University Lecturer in French and Film Studies.