St Edmund's Catholic Academy

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”

Before half term some of St Edmund’s Year 13 students headed off to Alton Towers as part of their Physics trip.

They had a fantastic day out and was intrigued to learn all about the physics behind the mechanics of the rides.

“It was a great day out and we all had a huge amount of fun. However, it was also really was interesting to see how the ride-designers use the principles of Physics that we learn about in class and then applying them to the real-world by designing these safe and exciting rides.”

A group of enthusiastic pupils at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy have been getting stuck in and growing fresh vegetables to make a curry, as part of National Curry Week.

Heather Rous, retired Science teacher of the Academy and who runs the garden club added: “We run the garden club every Wednesday lunchtime – where we grow marrows, courgettes, parsley and spinach and as it is national curry week, we wanted the students to contribute in making their own lunch as the cooks made a curry this week.

The students really enjoy planting seeds and seeing them grow; in particularly it was lovely for them to see the curry produced with the vegetables they had grown!

Miss Mifflin and the  A Level Art students from across the consortium of St Edmund’s, S. Peter’s and Wolverhampton Girls’ High, braved the weather this term and took a train and tube visit to a collection of galleries across London.

Students visited the Natural History Museum, where they saw collections from the natural world. They walked across London to the Saatchi Gallery to visit a collection of modern art instillation, and finished the day at the Tate Britain where they visited the old master from the 18^th Century through to modern day artist, including visiting this year’s Tunner prize entries.

They all had a brilliant day and enjoyed seeing the wonderful art displays across London!

A group of eager students at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy have been taking part in the practice round of the IFS (Institute of Fiscal Studies) stock market challenge online.

We entered 8 teams of aspiring stock brokers, which included: 4 students, drawn from years 10,12 and 13 ranging from Economics and Business Studies students.

Congratulations to the winning team for the practice round, which were the  ‘Fantastic Four’, a group of year 10 students: Cameron Uppal, Diarmuid Hehir, James March and Tiahne Addo.

They finished first in St Edmund’s Academy, 48th in the region (out of 809 teams)and 308th in the UK (out of 4005 teams). They also beat the only other local school participating in the competition, Wolverhampton Grammar.

The real competition started this week and will run for the next three months, our students are all geared up and ready for the challenge!