St Edmund’s has two sessions available from September 2016 for the hire of St Edmund’s Sports Hall. The room is set up for indoor football, however, we may be able to accommodate other sports on request.

The sessions available are for long term lets only in the first instance and the cost is £32 per session.

Tuesday 6pm – 7pm

Tuesday 7pm – 8pm

Please contact Emma Thomas 01902 558888 ethomas@stedmunds.org for further details

Earlier this term, 41 year 8 pupils and 5 staff departed for North Wales to spend five action packed days at Towers, the outdoor education centre. Over the course of the five days, pupils experienced orienteering, gorge walking, canoeing, kayaking, mountain walking, rock climbing, abseiling and zip wiring. A good time was had by all; here are some extracts from their diaries:

“Today, we went kayaking and Canadian Canoeing. It was a new experience for me as I had never done anything like that before. When we went canoeing we saw the beautiful lake dazzle with the light of the sun, it shone everywhere a glistened. The water was sharply cold and the mountains were as tall as ever, we saw Mount Siabod. Everything was surreal and I wished it never ended.”

“Today we did rock climbing and abseiling, I’ll admit at first I was scared but I got over it. It looked really far but it was amazing, the best ever.”

“The gorge was fun, however it was difficult. After lunch, we went on the via ferrata at Towers and used carabiners to climb the rock face. It was fun but scary because we were so high up.”

The sun shone brightly on Monday 16 May when Mrs Hughes and Mrs Wrenshall-Jones visited Buckingham Palace to help celebrate the 60^th Anniversary of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.  HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T., Founder, HRH The Earl of Wessex, K.G.,G.C.V.O., Trustee and HRH The Countess of Wessex, G.C.V.O were in attendance.

Mrs Hughes and Mrs Wrenshall-Jones were allocated to group 44, which included English Rugby Union footballer Danny Cipriani and Sports Presenter Jim Rosenthal (pictured below).

Mrs Hughes advised that it was a wonderful day of celebration and that the gardens were absolutely stunning.  She said it was difficult to believe that you were in the heart of London, apart from the noise of the traffic, of course!

Rob Marris, MP for Wolverhampton South West came to visit St Edmund’s on Friday 13 May.  His visit was as a result of a letter he had received from IFS University College informing him of outstanding work at St Edmund’s.

Mr Marris met with Mrs Hughes and Mr Auger, who gave him a lot of information about how our students are prepared for employment. Mr Marris took a great deal of interest in our new academy.  It was his first visit.  Mr Marris said, following a tour of the academy, that we have good facilities and purposeful spaces.

Coming Soon…. The Bishop Cleary Reward Scheme!
Which level will you reach?

Parents and visitors will have noticed the improvements that have recently been made to the road through Compton Park.

As part of these improvements the City of Wolverhampton Council has installed a new “Tiger Crossing”. This combines a pedestrian Zebra with a crossing for people on bikes. They are called “Tiger” because early versions had yellow stripes on black tarmac. The Tiger Crossing works in the same way as a Zebra Crossing. Drivers should pay particular attention to cyclists or pedestrians approaching and give way to if they wish to cross.

As part of the ongoing works yellow lines have been installed along parts of the road. Double yellow lines indicate a prohibition of waiting at any time. You MUST NOT wait or park, or stop to set down and pick up passengers on yellow lines.

These restrictions will be strictly enforced by City of Wolverhampton Council Parking Wardens and West Midlands Police.