Year 7 pupils have had the privilege of being taught by Mr Numbervator this term, as he visited us to share his passion of Maths.

Mr Numbervator is a remarkable character utterly dedicated to getting the essential skills and concepts of Maths across to the younger generation in an imaginative, action packed, challenging fun way which extends children’s thinking.

He also writes and presents maths programmes on BBC 1 and Teachers TV. All of the pupils thoroughly enjoyed it and it was refreshing to explore new ways of teaching maths.

For Children In Need St Edmund’s held a ‘Mufti’ Day to help raise money for Children In Need. Staff and pupils all wore their own clothes and donated £1.

Mrs Hogg, Sixth Form Mentor, and the Sixth Form students also arranged a wonderful cake sale; all proceeds raised will go to Children In Need.

So far we have raised £740.34.

Sixth Formers organised the Year 7 and 8 Disco last week, and they had a fabulous night. They danced the night away and even had the teachers on the dance floor.

Mrs Truelove commented: ” A good time was had by all, students were well behaved and it was nice to see them having a great time.”

Adria Dongo, Alex Dongo, Judin Jude-Gubral and Chloe Diamond pupils of St Edmund’s, all performed beautifully at the opening of the new Wolves Academy on 7^th November.

The Wolverhampton Mayor, Councillor Michael Heap, gave a passionate speech on the link between the city and the team at the opening of the £7m facility.

He added: “I was a governor of St Edmund’s school which stood on this site for 25 years and I was chairman of those for five, during which time in the late 1990s when moves to get Wolves into this area with playing fields between St Peter’s and St Edmund’s began…

“I must take my hat off to the architects here because there’s not a flat roof in sight!”

Earlier this month, St Edmund’s Year 7 and 8 girls football team played in a 6 a side tournament at the newly opened Wolves academy dome.

The team were drawn in a league with Moreton, Wolverhampton Grammar School and Coppice with their matches being played on the Steve Bull pitch. St Edmund’s created a number of opportunities in their first game against Wolverhampton Grammar School and were unlucky to lose the game 1-0.

The second match was more successful with a 0-0 draw against Coppice. St Edmund’s had to win their final game against Moreton to have any hope of qualifying for the semi-finals. St Edmund’s created a number of opportunities in the opening minutes of the game but were frustrated not to score.

Just as it looked like the game was heading for a draw, Ciara Nicholls scored, finding the top corner of the goal and giving the goalkeeper no chance. Sadly this wasn’t enough to get through to the semi-finals. Considering the team hadn’t played together before, they can be proud of their performance and they are looking forward to more fixtures in the future. Congratulations to Amy Cox, Rhian Cullen, Ciara Nicholls, Caitlin Grady, Kushbu Dass, Ruby Cochrane, Ellesse Green and Kye Green.

Yesterday, St Edmund’s Catholic Academy came together as a whole school as part of our Remembrance Assembly in honor of the sacrifices made by our brave Service men and women.

It was a moving Assembly with readings read by both students and staff. Pupils came up to the front and laid a poppy in front of the commemorative display, along with the name of the soldier they’d like to remember.

Adria Dongo Year 11 played the violin beautifully and Mr Lloyd showed his hidden talent by playing the trombone along with Catriona Roberts who played the piano.

We’d like to thank all students and staff for taking part and also those who have helped organise such a lovely Service.

Deborah Ferris, Lay Chaplain added: “The students were very respectful and a credit to our school.”

Sixth Form students have been busy selling poppies in remembrance of  the sacrifices made by our brave Service men and women. If you would like a poppy, they will be available to buy in the Dining Hall during lunch time until next Tuesday.

A whole Academy Remembrance Day Assembly will also be held on Tuesday 11th November.

The Happy Puzzle Company were on tour last month and came to St Edmund’s Catholic Academy to provide some wonderful Maths games and challenges for our Year 7 pupils.

These puzzles and games were designed to help and develop maths and thinking skills, team skills, communication skills, logical reason and help to raise children’s’ expectations of what they can achieve.

Pupils enjoyed games such as the Penguin Ice berg challenge, the road map challenge,  and many more. There were also a number of sessions after school which parents were invited to.

Ameena Bukari, Year 7 said: “Miss told us that the puzzles were nearly impossible to solve, but working as a team together we solved them, we were proud of what we achieved”

Mr Morris Curriculum Leader Mathematics said:  “All pupils felt a sense of achievement at being able to tackle the seemingly impossible tasks. But through teamwork and perseverance they found strategies to succeed that will help them progress in their everyday lessons”