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Rajbir Singh attends the Wolverhampton BJJ Club and regularly takes part in mixed martial arts (MMA) events under the supervision of instructor William Haycox who is currently ranked 3rd in the UK.
I am writing to inform you that St Edmund’s Catholic Academy is being visited by Ofsted Inspectors on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th November 2019.
A team of 2 inspectors will be on site during the 2 days and this is an opportunity to demonstrate the work of the school to date, progress over recent years and share our plans for the future.
You are invited to complete an Ofsted Questionnaire on ‘Parent View’ on the Ofsted website at https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/login?destination=give-your-views
Please complete the online survey by 11am on 26 November 2019 as this will give the inspection team more time to consider your views. However, the inspectors will consider all online responses that are completed during the inspection, although the free-text box facility will not be available after noon on 27 November 2019.
Thank you for your support to date and I will share the outcome of the Inspection once we have received the official report.
Maggie Hazeldine
Principal
St Edmund’s Catholic Academy work tirelessly to fundraise to help others and have recently donated £130 to Mission Together via MISSIO.
Mrs Hazeldine, Principal, said, “MISSIO was launched by Pope Francis and connects us with world wide communities to make a direct and lasting impact on the lives of others”.
For more information how you can give to a project to make a real difference see the link below.
Well done to Year 9 girls who competed in the indoor athletics championships last night. They all performed really well and, during the heats, the team secured four 1st place positions.
Congratulations to Khadija Henry, Olivia Lavan, Maxine Mawaro, Chelsea Ntomchukwu, Cristina Agbasoga, Rachel Clifton and Adrianna Brown.
Sunday 20th October 2019 – Day 1
The Gold Care Award trip 2019 had started!
Everyone gathered at the train station at 1:00pm, excited to begin the journey. We boarded our train at 1:30pm and we were off on our way to Stafford (the first stop), which was where we had a bite to eat. Soon we were on our second train to Liverpool! As soon as we arrived, we took a calm walk through the city centre towards our accommodation. After we sorted out rooms we set off to start out sightseeing adventures.
First, we took a walk to one of the cathedrals. Although it was rather windy and cold, the experience was still great. The design of the cathedral was quite historic and it had some interesting features like the organ and there were also many more. Next we went to the Catholic Cathedral where we noticed a different style of architecture. This one was round, bright and extremely modern compared to the Anglican Cathedral. When we went inside, we saw how different it was in layout as well as atmosphere.
After this we walked around Liverpool to find something to eat. We then ventured around Liverpool to where the Beatles started off but quickly had to leave due to the time of night. We returned to the Hostel and Mr Harris took a group of students onto the ferris wheel and we had an amazing view of the night sky. Then we went back to the hostel and got ready for bed, however, not without a few games of cards!
Monday 21st October 2019 – Day 2
The day began at 7:45 when we all woke up and prepared ourselves for the second day in Liverpool. Everyone met in the cafeteria, where we all had a delicious breakfast whilst playing cards. We brought down our bags and grabbed our lunch. By 10:00 we were on our way to explore the first museum!
First, we travelled on foot to the Slavery Museum. As soon as we arrived, everyone parted ways to go take a look around. There were numerous floors dedicated to a range of different sections, for example the Titanic and Slavery. We saw many different things, from life size human figures to video clips. In my opinion, the video about the Titanic was the most interesting because it showed us the whole journey, right up to it’s tragic end. Furthermore, there were fact phones dotted around where you could listen to someone talking about their point of view at certain points in history. Once we had all looked around, we met back at the entrance and went out to the docks. There were many shops and cafés! Once again, we all split up and did some shopping. The sweet shop caught our eyes first! After venturing around, everyone met up at the tables and shared lunch together that we had packed earlier on in the day.
Afterwards, we started walking to the Museum of Liverpool. Again, we explored and took in the facts about the history of Liverpool. There was an amazing life size train on the second floor, which we could sit in and see the view looking down at the ground floor. This was my favourite museum because of the unusual and creative layout of the place. In addition to that, there was even a karaoke booth where you could sing along to the Beatles songs. The Beatles of course were loved and appreciated, especially by the residents of Liverpool as that was where the famous group originated and performed many of their songs. You could learn about John Lennon, his wife and their history together. I think it’s most definitely worth a trip there because it was so cool to learn all this stuff through a physical walkthrough, which not everyone would get the opportunity to experience.
After a long day of walking about and enhancing our knowledge of British and Liverpudlian history, we came back to our accommodation and grabbed our bags. Everyone had a final group chat about our experience and showed our gratitude to the members of staff who made us feel so welcome before we began our journey back to Wolverhampton. We took our final walk through the city centre and hopped on our train. In no time we were finally back home!
Liverpool Cathedral
“It was a pleasure to lead this trip for the Gold Care Award winners in recognition of their huge contribution to the academy and I hope they enjoyed their time exploring one of our most culturally significant cities” – Mr Harris.
By Ashpriya & Charlotte
Year 10
On Monday 11 November St Edmund’s Catholic Academy held a Remembrance Assembly to honour the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces community, the British and Commonwealth veterans, the Allies that fought alongside us and the civilian servicemen and women involved in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
Mrs Hazeldine, Principal, said, ” Today we remember all the people who have died in wars, not just World War One, and together we commemorate the signing of the Armistice”.
On Friday 11th October twenty Year 8 students went to Olive Grove Pub in Hednesford and had a French restaurant experience ran by JLH Languages.
Students spoke only in French for the duration of the three course meal and had to order all of their food and drink in French. Students also had puzzles to solve and games to play whilst there. Everyone ordered and ate a three course meal sat at a traditional dining table. Some of the food included soup as starter, roast chicken or vegetable lasagne for main and a warm french crepe or creme caramel as dessert.
All students had a wonderful time and enjoyed practising their French in a real life situation. Marcel said, “I enjoyed the trip, it was a very exciting opportunity. Overall it was fun, educational and tasty”.
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