Vacancies: Parent or Staff Representative for our Academy Committee

24th March 2017Mrs D Curtis

Do you want to make a difference? We’d like you to become INVOLVED!  Become a Parent or Staff Representative of our Academy Committee here at St Edmund’s and join like-minded people who WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE and move forward.

Have a say in reviewing our Mission, the Curriculum Plan, ensuring a healthy environment for our students, maximising the potential of the site, admissions, helping to move St Edmund’s forward.

                           AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Please contact Mrs Gallagher [email protected] or Mrs Knowles [email protected] 01902 558888 Extension 120 in the first instance

 YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID.

 

 

Fasting and Temptation

21st March 2017Mrs D Ferris
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Fasting and Temptation

Last week Mrs Ferris our Lay Chaplain led the assemblies on the schools weekly prayer theme of ‘Fasting and Temptation’.

The main questions where how were our Lenten promises going, how can we resist temptation, why is temptation difficult to resist? When we are tempted, do we have a choice?

A common reason we fall into temptation is the reasoning “Everybody is doing it, so it must be ok?” Is it? Temptation often happens during our weakest moments, when we are at the limits of our strength, patience, love and health. What can we do? Walk away, ask for help, and do not put yourself in that situation. Pray, ask the Lord for help. Do not follow the crowd.

We looked at the story of ‘Adam and Eve’ and talked about Jesus’s 40 days in the desert, without food- that is real fasting.

We finished with the prayer

Dear God,

Please help us to say ‘no’ when we are tempted to do wrong.

Please help us to stand up for other people when we see wrong things happening to them.

Thank you that you are always with us and will give us the strength to say ‘no’.

Amen

 

Reconciliation-Confession

20th March 2017Mrs D Ferris

Reconciliation Liturgy

On Wednesday 150 students from Year 8 attended a Reconciliation Service. The students listened to and watched a video of the Prodigal Son and Fr Mark explained to the students about the Sacrament of Penance.

10 students along with Mrs Ferris, the Lay Chaplain, read of an Examination of Conscious, asking questions such as:Do I put myself first in my life, before those less fortunate than myself?  Do I take time on Sunday to spend time with my family? Have I shown gratitude for the blessings in my life? And many more.

We were blessed to have five priest, Fr Mark, Fr Guy, Fr Brendon, Fr Simon and Fr Paul who listened to the student’s confessions and prayers.

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Aspiring Medic Sixth Form Visit

20th March 2017Mrs D Curtis

On Monday 20th March Zoe Johnson, who is currently in her third year at Cardiff University studying Medicine, came to talk to our students on the Excellence Programme in Year 11 and 12.

Zoe gave students an insight into what life is like as a medical student, as well as advice on applying to university, personal statement writing and gaining work experience. Students left with a better understanding of what was required of them to study Medicine and other pathways they could take in this career field.

Students enjoyed the presentation and individuals were able to speak to Zoe afterwards about their career pathways and were given advice. Year 12 student Magdalena Kot said, “It was very eye opening to what medicine requires from you and it is very useful for anyone who wants to go down that route”.

We would like to wish Zoe good luck with her studies and thank her for taking time to share her career with us, it was a great experience and has inspired many students!

Student Testimony-Place of Worship

17th March 2017Mrs D Ferris
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I’m Naomi Eguavoen and I am a Christian. I go to the Redeemed Christian Church of God Testimony Parish. I go there every Sunday and sometimes at weekdays such as Friday.

When I get to church, we start off with a session named Sunday school, we all have a book specialised for this session, it is based on modern day issues and how we can deal with them, for example temptation.

After we go out with our main service, we start with Praise and Worship. This is a time of thanksgiving to God for everything he has done for us.

In my church we split the children and teenagers up, so after we go into our groups. I am in the teenager’s lesson, we speak about topics that teenagers face every day and what God wants from us as Christians.

When I go to church I feel with God, I feel like it’s a place where I can speak to God and other people about God. I really enjoy church and I feel like my relationship with God gets stronger.

12HM Coin Mile Challenge

17th March 2017Mrs D Curtis

On Friday the 10th of March, 12HM attempted to create a Mile of Coins on the tennis court. Preparation for this event lasted whole week, starting on the Monday, when everyone gathered together to make a plan and volunteers each received a task that they had to complete. After students had measured the tennis court and diameter of the biggest coin (2 pence) they  calculated that, in total, there were 64,000 coins needed in order to complete the  given challenge.  

On the Tuesday the collection began and the coins started to roll in. Students walked around the academy with their buckets, collecting coins from both students and staff.

On the last day of the collection, 12HM gave one last push and walked around the academy collecting any additional change that they could get.

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Friday morning arrived and it was time to walk out and lay all the coins down on the tennis court. Music played as the challenge continued.  Whilst the mile length was not quite reached, students were happy to see that they had raised a total of £80.46 towards our Lenten charities.  Students were very happy to have raised money that would help others.

Well done to everyone involved. Another challenge success. 

Vacancy for Clerk to the Board of Directors

16th March 2017Mrs D Curtis

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Clerk to the Board of Directors working across our five academies within the Bishop Cleary Catholic Multi Academy Company.  We require a highly organised and hardworking clerk to provide quality support service to the Board of Directors, associated committees and PA Support to our Business Director.

Scale Point 31-34 (£27,394-29,854) pro rata to term time working

37 hours a week – Permanent

 Closing Date:  Friday 31st March 2017  

For more information please do visit our Vacancies section or click on the link below.

http://www.stedmundscloud.co.uk/jobs/clerk-to-the-board-of-directors-2/

We Will Rock You

15th March 2017Mrs D Curtis

Last week St Edmund’s Catholic Academy and S. Peter’s Collegiate School presented a wonderful production of We Will Rock You.  The students from both schools worked so hard and did phenomenally well performing to four sell-out audiences (even managing to stay awake in their lessons during the day!!)  Staff, students , parents and guests from each of the schools were able to experience a wonderful evening. Special thanks to all members of staff and students at both schools who were involved working front of house or backstage to make this a great success.

St Edmund’s Cast

Jessica Bradley
Abigail Caron
Christina Clifton
Sinead Cullen-Barrett
Grace Hewitt
Leah James
Molly Kerin
Saoirse Kerin
Rheanna Longman
Roisin Murphy
Elizabeth Ocran-Dadzie
Stacey Pearce
Naomi Ricci
Jan Delos Santos
Lorna Shorthouse
Corrin Smith
John Smith
Evelyn Thorpe
DVDs of the show will hopefully be available to purchase soon.
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Flame 17 National Catholic Youth Event

14th March 2017Mrs D Ferris
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On Saturday 11th March 6 of our students, alongside other young people from Birmingham, England and Wales, just over 10,000 to be exact, travelled to Wembley for ‘Flame 17’.  This was the third National Catholic Youth Conference.

There were many guests and performers, for example: Rise theatre, the One Hope project, Mike Pilvachi, young workers from Cafod, David Wells, Cardinal Charles Bo who had travelled from Myanmar to be with us, and many more.

David Wells asked everyone to Facebook, text, etc. at least one person with the message ‘God Loves you’ so spread the word.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols led a beautiful Adoration in the afternoon and we finished the whole day with Matt Redman, a very popular Gospel singer, who gave us 10,000 reasons to believe. I was personally filled with hope and joy in my heart to sit and watch the whole stadium join in song, praising and ‘Worshiping his Holy Name’.

Debbie Ferris

Lay Chaplain

 

 

Armed Forces Day Competition

13th March 2017Mrs D Curtis

As part of the celebrations for Armed Forces Day on Saturday 24th June 2017, Wolverhampton City Council will be running a competition for primary and secondary school pupils. There are lots of prizes to be won. For details of the competition and how to enter please contact Hannah Pawley on 01902 554937 or at [email protected]v.uk.

To find out more information about Armed Forces day please click the link: https://www.armedforcesday.org.uk/