Jo-Anne Hoarty

This week we celebrate Number Confidence Week and want to let you know about a free webinar for parents, carers and teachers of children aged 5-13. You don’t need to be confident at Maths to help your child develop a love of numbers. Details and sign up on image.

Our Year 9 CGSE Art students have been making poppies for Remembrance Day on 11th November. They have had free reign to fashion their poppies using wire, paper and pipe cleaners and have created some beautiful shapes and styles of flowers.

This morning Fr Francis celebrated Mass with us to commemorate the souls of our faithful departed. We're grateful to Fr Francis, our altar servers, our readers, our Eucharistic Ministers, the choir and, of course, our students for making this such a reflective occasion.

Despite a hot summer, the St Paul's bees are doing well. Trays of water helped them through the drought and wildflowers, planted by students, meant they were well fed. The perseverance shown by our bees, students & staff embodies our spirit of doing the best that is possible!

In #BlackHistoryMonth we welcomed Peter Bakare, a former Team GB Olympian, who played indoor volleyball at the 2012 Games. This year he was elected a Local Councillor for the Woughton & Fishermead Ward. Thanks Peter for sharing your fascinating life insights with our students.

We're proud to celebrate Rhylee who won the Emmaus and the Maureen Grant Award our KS3 Awards Evening. "Rhylee’s perseverance and dedication to his attendance, education and academic progress has been remarkable. He shows compassion to others in ways not many other humans do."

We recently hosted artists from @MK_Gallery in the VI Base. They worked with a group of our VI students to design the next sensory tour for a Lowry exhibition that is coming to the Gallery later this month.

Our wonderful catering staff have been working hard preparing tasty treats to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth. Today we have some Jamaican inspired sweet treats for breaktime and at lunchtime the daily special is mac and cheese and chicken wings.

In D & T Yr 8 did the egg drop challenge. An A-level Engineering student judged the winners and here they are with their trophies. In woods, metals and plastics Yr 9s have been making contraptions for the marble run challenge. They'll test them next week to find a trophy winner.

Congratulations to the award winners and nominees at our Key Stage 3 Awards. We're grateful to keynote speaker Dennise Hilliman, Founder/CEO of The LEAD Mindset, for her inspiring talk. Thanks also to our student, Liam Hanley, for his music and to all the families who attended.

A great collaboration between our Horticulture and Yr 11 NCFE Food and Cookery students. Blackberries and apples were provided by Horticulture and made into delicious fruit compotes and pancakes by our Food and Cookery students. Mrs Lee said it was a really successful lesson.

We're sharing this on behalf of Woughton Community Council for any members of the St Paul's Community living in or near Leadenhall. It's a great way to get involved and give something back to the local community facebook.com/events/21130385…

If you're looking for a primary school where your child will be part of a caring community that provides excellent learning and fantastic opportunities, make sure to book a tour of @Stbernadettes05 Tours start in November.

Congratulations to our Sixth Form student Roshayne who gained his 1st international caps in the U19 RAN Champtionship in Mexico. His team, Jamaica, won their group matches against Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago, losing to the USA in the final.