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As always, this term has been incredibly busy. We were delighted to welcome our new Year 7 students in September as well as the students new to Year 12, alongside several new members of staff. Our community is extremely friendly and I know that our new members have benefited from the help and support available to ensure everyone is happy and settled as soon as possible. We were delighted to welcome the parents and carers of our new Year 7 cohort to our welcome event on October 16th. Students had prepared a beautiful version of ‘This is Me’ from Camp Rock for us all to enjoy on the evening.
Our Chair of Governors, Jane Inzani, presented each boy with a personalised folder which we hope they will keep their certificates awarded from different subjects, letters of praise and other good news. Our visitors also enjoyed a short film which shared images from our students’ first few weeks at our school. It was a very special occasion we all shared and thank you to everyone involved who helped facilitate the event.
Parents and carers will know that we have an amazing track record of making a very positive contribution to The Common Good here at our school. Fundraising and charitable activities are an essential part of our Catholic school and are taken seriously by our young people. Thank you again to our incredibly supportive families for all you continue to do in making our endeavours successful, and so securing a real difference for our chosen charities. Students in each Year group research different charities, discussing the remit they have and then agree which charity they want to support during this academic year.
For 2025/26, the chosen charities are:
Year 7 – North London Hospice
Year 8 – Cancer Research
Year 9 – Crossroads Women
Year 10 – Spread Your Wings
Year 11 – Alzheimer’s Research
UK Sixth Form – Noah’s Ark Hospice
Alongside these individual Year group charitable activities, we also support whole school charitable activities, for example with CAFOD family fast day recently. Thank you again for your help and support with making our collective contribution to the Common Good a reality. I wrote home recently to ask for feedback related to our Catholic Life and the teaching of Religious Education, ahead of our expected Section 48 Inspection this academic year. Huge thanks to parents who were able to respond and give us areas to look at. We have written home again this week to give further suggestions of how parents can be involved in the prayer life of our school. Thank you in advance for your involvement and support.
Sadly, the completion of our Sportshall has been affected by delays. I really hope that I will be able to write home shortly after half term with more positive news linked to this development. Thank you as always, for your support and cooperation as it is valued and appreciated. I wish you all a restful and enjoyable half term break and look forward to students returning to us on Monday, 3rd November.
With every good wish.
Niamh Arnull