Staff Raise Over £1000 For Movember Foundation

30th November 2017Mrs D Curtis

Globally, the rate of suicide is alarmingly high, particularly in men. Too many men are ‘toughing it out’, keeping their feelings to themselves and struggling in silence. The Movember Foundation is aiming to reduce the rate of male suicide by 25% by 2030.

Mr Tolley, Mr Banks, Mr Lynch, Mr Vazquez and Mr Smith decided to grow facial hair throughout November to generate funds for the Movember Foundation.

Mr Tolley said, “I can say we have been truly overwhelmed by the generosity of staff and even pupils who have joined in and donated and can say, after putting on the cash donations we have received, we will have raised over £1000 for Movember.  This is amazing as we started off with a target of just £250 and we have smashed it!

There is still time to contribute.  Please use the link https://moteam.co/hu-mo-nities

 

Well done guys.

 

Back row: Mr Banks, Mr Lynch and Mr Smith

Front row: Mr Tolley and Mr Vazquez.

 

Year 7 and Year 8 Basketball Challenge

30th November 2017Mrs D Curtis
The Year 7 and Year 8 basketball players participated in the Wolverhampton Schools 3v3 competition on Wednesday 29th November at St Peter’s. Sean Cadiz, Gjovani Cinari, Adriel Samiento, Eimantas Simiatis, Mohammed Ali, Shadi Ali, Roy Aneke, Harold Wilcox, Lamic Haile and Lukas Lopetaitis all did a great job representing the Academy.
Each team of three players competed against four other schools to see if they could progress into the next round. Even though they didn’t progress to the next round, there was some very good basketball and numerous points scored.
Mr Selvey said, “Adriel Samiento was the standout player from St Edmund’s. Well done to him and all the players above”.

Year 13 Chemists Visit University of Wolverhampton

28th November 2017Mrs D Curtis

On Wednesday 22nd November, the Year 13 Chemistry class had an amazing experience at the University of Wolverhampton. The activities of the day incorporated many of the skills needed to succeed at A-Level Chemistry.

The first session started with an experiment involving the use of activated carbon to purify water using specialised equipment. In the second practical, we used potatoes to generate electricity to light up LEDs, we then took this further to look at electrochemical cells. It ended with several interesting lectures regarding drug discovery and cancer.

We were impressed by the selection of food provided by the university and thoroughly enjoyed the day!

 

 

 

City Indoor Athletics Championships

27th November 2017Mrs D Curtis

Well done to Year 9 & 10 girl’s athletics teams who represented St. Edmund’s at the Indoor Athletics Competition.  All girls performed exceptionally well and both teams were placed 6th out of 11 schools.

Year 10 team – Emma Espedes, Ruby Cochrane, Sophie Abbott,  Shannon Morgan, Shanice McConnel

Year 9 team – Lysia Bayley, Priya Kennedy, Ami Patel, Daisy Streete-Williams , Emily Cox, Isabella Cooper.

Rohitt Dhaliwal, Hubert Wieczorek, Szymon Bralewski and Dawid Gorzard represented the Academy very well at Aldersley Leisure village on Thursday 9th November.
Notable achievements were:
1st place in heat for the hurdle relay team.
1st place for Dawid Gorzard in his heat for the two lap race.
3rd place for Szymon Bralewski in his heat in the four lap race.
1st place for Rohitt Dhaliwal and Hubert Wieczorek in their heat for the six lap paarlauf.
1st place in the heat for the one lap relay team.
Mr Selvey said, “It’s been a very good evening of results for the boys”.
Well done everyone.

Stars In Our Schools

27th November 2017Mrs D Curtis

On Friday 24 November St Edmund’s took part in the nationwide Unison Stars in Our Schools event to celebrate the wonderful work support staff do every day.

Members of the Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body served tea and cake to support staff to say thank you for all they do in helping St Edmund’s students reach their full potential.

Mrs Hughes, Principal, thanked each and every member for rising to the challenges they face every day and emphasised the vital role they play in education.

Mrs Gallagher, Chair of the Academy Committee, said, “I think the event was very well received and what beautiful cakes!  The timing of the support staff “Stars in Our School” was very timely as we’re going to need everyone’s support to ensure the success of Mission Week.  I’m sure it will be another great week for everyone”.

Special thanks to members of the Catering Team for helping to organise the event and a massive thank you to Sam Hamilton who made the beautiful cakes.

Left to right: Paula Jones (Catering Supervisor), Sam Hamilton (Baker) and Pam Dhaliwal (Head Chef)

 

Left to right: Mrs Raj (Business Director), Mrs Hughes (Principal), Mrs Gallagher (Chair of Academy Committee) and Mrs Shorthouse (Member of Academy Committee)

 

Member of the Support Team enjoying tea and cake.

 

Sam’s delicious cakes

23rd November 2017Mrs D Ferris

As I write this notice, we have 3days 12hours, 25mins and 42 seconds left until St Edmund’s Catholic Academy embark on their first ‘Mission Week’. All staff and students will have an opportunity during the week to encounter God in different ways. Our theme for the week is ’Make your Mark’. On the last World youth Day Pope Francis asked us all to get off our sofa’s and ‘Make a Mark’ on the world.

Who has made a Mark on your Life? How can you be more like then?

Some of our students at our Soli retreat wrote our Mission Prayer, please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers over the next week. I am sure this will be an amazing week for all and we will be blessed with the Love and Joy of our Lord

Remembrance Day

23rd November 2017Mrs D Ferris

On Friday 10 November 2017 our annual whole school remembrance assembly was held. Mr Lloyd set the tone at the start of the assembly by playing ‘The Last Post’ on his trombone. The theme of this years assembly was ‘Remembering: Then and Now’.

Guided by Mrs Hazeldine and the visual images, the students and staff were very reflective throughout. It was fantastic to see participation from our Year 11 and 13 students who delivered readings, war poetry and a contemporary dance to Flanders Fields.

May I take this further opportunity to pay respect to all of the British Service men, women and their families who sacrifice for our freedom. ‘Lest We Forget’

Exam Invigilator Vacancies

22nd November 2017Mrs D Curtis

We are an 11 – 18 Catholic Academy with 876 pupils on role including 137 in the Sixth Form.  We are seeking to appoint to St Edmund’s Catholic Academy a number of Exam Invigilators to work under the supervision of the Examinations Officer to ensure the smooth running of both external and internal examinations.

Good numeracy and literacy skills required together with the ability to be flexible and to be able to relate to children and adults.

 

EXAM INVIGILATORS

Vacancy Ref:  ES004

Permanent Casual Contract

Hours: To meet the needs of the Academy during Examination Periods (no guaranteed hours)

Rate of Pay – £8.35ph

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

For more information or for an application pack, please contact Reception, at the company registered office: (c/o: St Edmund’s Catholic Academy; Compton Park, Compton Road West, Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU or call 01902 558888).  Application packs can be accessed via our Academy website:  www.stedmunds.org

 Completed applications can be returned by post to the registered office or via email to   [email protected]

St Edmunds is part of the Bishop Cleary Catholic Multi Academy Company. You can find out more about the Bishop Cleary Catholic Multi Academy Company at:  bccmac.co.uk

Closing Date:  Tuesday 5th December 2017 

Interview Date:  Thursday 14th December 2017

Cleaner Required for Jan 2018

22nd November 2017Mrs D Curtis

We are an 11 – 18 Catholic Academy with 876 pupils on role including 137 in the Sixth Form.  We are seeking to appoint to St Edmund’s Catholic Academy an Academy Cleaner to carry out under reasonable direction the appropriate duties in the case of buildings and the teaching environment, in matters of safety, cleanliness and comfort, conducive to the working needs of pupils, staff and other site users.

 

CLEANER – VACANCY Required for Jan 2018

Vacancy Ref. ES003

Rate of Pay £7.78 per hour

15 hours per week – 3.45 – 6.45pm Monday to Friday

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

For more information or for an application pack, please contact Reception, at the company registered office: (c/o: St Edmund’s Catholic Academy; Compton Park, Compton Road West, Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU or call 01902 558888).  Application packs can be accessed via our Academy website:  www.stedmunds.org

 Completed applications can be returned by post to the registered office or via email to  [email protected]

 St Edmunds is part of the Bishop Cleary Catholic Multi Academy Company. You can find out more about the Bishop Cleary Catholic Multi Academy Company at:  bccmac.co.uk

 Closing Date:  Tuesday 5th December 2017, 12.00 Noon.

Interview Date: Thursday 14th December 2017

 

Senior Prefects Are Wonderful Ambassadors

17th November 2017Mrs D Curtis

We are very proud of our Senior Prefects here at St Edmund’s who hold roles of prominent responsibility.  A ballot is held each June when all students and staff in the academy vote,  thereby appointing a Head Boy/Head Girl/Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl to serve for the following academic year.

We would like students in the lower year groups to be setting their sights on appointment to these roles in years to come – thus holding a position in high regard and a valuable addition to one’s CV!

Some of the duties of our Senior Prefects include:-

  • Being Ambassadors for the Academy – they represent St Edmund’s and the student body at a variety of public functions during the academic year, including Open Evening for Year 7 and Year 12 and Presentation Evening
  • Greeting important visitors to the academy
  • Sitting on the Academy Council
  • Representing and speak for all students in the academy and support and prepare activities that encourage and support the learning of others
  • Raising money for Charity via many events throughout the year and regularly report to our Academy Committee on their progress to date
  • Organising and completely funding a Senior Citizens’ Christmas Party each year which is always a huge success
  • Acting as outstanding role models for all students at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy
  • Escorting students in the lower year groups around the Sixth Form Area and answer any questions they may have about progressing to the Sixth Form

They lunch with our Principal, Maggie Hughes and Academy Representatives (pictured here), fortnightly to discuss their progress and ways to move the academy forward and certainly make a very valuable contribution.

 

 

Pictured left to right:-

Alisha Swali (Deputy Head Girl), Mrs Hughes (Principal), Will Tudor (Head Boy), Georgia Everiss (Head Girl), Tom Boyce (Deputy Head Boy)