Vacancy For Staff Governor

27th September 2019Mrs D Curtis

We are excited to announce that we have a vacancy for a staff governor.

The Articles of Association and Scheme of Delegation of the St Francis & St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Company requires that the local governing body must include one staff governor who has been elected by the staff at the school.

Eligible members of staff are now invited to take part in the election of this staff governor. Official nomination forms are available from Wendy Harding or from the School Website. Forms should be returned to Margaret Gallagher, Chair of Governors, no later than 12 noon, on Tuesday 1st October 2019.

For more information please see click on the links below.

Notice of Election – Staff Governor – Google Docs

Nomination form – Google Docs

Year 7 Football

27th September 2019Miss A Kane
On Monday 16th September the Y7 football team played their first game together. They played WGS in a friendly match to help decide tactics and formation. The boys below did very well, winning 8-1 and playing some of the best football I have seen from a Y7 team. They have set themselves up for a very good season.
Players:
Dylan Coe
Josh Welford
Josh Ife
Rocky Tighe
Mason Taylor
Luis Aneke
Roman Duggan
Harry Lynch
Bobby Hughes
Alfie Moss
George Cooke
Harry Craze
David Osifo
Dylan Ridley

Year 9 Football

27th September 2019Miss A Kane

On Wednesday 11th September the Year 9 football team played against St Peters in preparation for the upcoming season. A fine performance saw the game finish 3-3. St Peters controlled the first half and we did very well to only be 1-0 down at half time. A spirited second half performance saw end to end action with neither team deserving to lose.

The pupils below represented the academy very well and have set themselves up very  for a successful 2019 – 2020.

Pupils:

Phallen Wakeley

Millie McInnis

Raymond Aneke

Roy Aneke

Leo Bayley

Oliver Green

Lamic Haile

Jack Jepson

Suleman Khan

Karanveer Manku

Natius Mapiye-Howl

Christian Ohiaer

Amari Stewart

Vacancy for General Catering Assistant

17th September 2019Mrs D Curtis

We have a fixed term vacancy for a General Catering Assistant, up to July 2020, for 20 hours a week.

The successful applicant will be joining St Edmunds Catholic Academy at an exciting time as we are part of the new St Francis and St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Company launching in September 2019.

We are an 11 – 18 Catholic Academy with 915 pupils on role including 112 in the Sixth Form. Situated in Compton Park, a quiet and leafy suburb of Wolverhampton, adjoining St Peter’s Collegiate School and Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Academy.

Working under the direction of the Catering Team Leader assisting with the preparation, cooking, cleaning, washing up and serving of meals to pupils and staff.

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

For more information, please contact Reception at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy; Compton Park, Compton Road West, Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU or call 01902 558888.  Application forms can be accessed via our Academy website:  www.stedmunds.org

 Closing Date:  Thursday 19th September 2019

Interview Date: to be confirmed

For more information please visit our vacancies page.

https://www.stedmundscloud.co.uk/jobs/

St Edmund’s Open Evening – 10th October

9th September 2019Mrs D Curtis

St Edmund’s Catholic Academy will be holding an Open Evening 6.00 – 8.00pm Thursday 10th October.  There will be an opportunity to look around our facilities, meet staff and students, engage in classroom activities and ask those all important questions.

If you are unable to attend our Open Evening there will be tours of the academy during Open Mornings:

  • 9.00am Thursday 19 September 2019
  • 9.00am Tuesday 1 October 2019
  • 9.00am Wednesday 16 October 2019

For more information contact our Admissions Team on 01902 558888 or email [email protected]

 

 

St Edmunds Battlefield Trip

21st August 2019Miss A Kane

The first day of our Battlefields trip began very early as we had to be at school at around 5.30am to then get on the coach at 6am! We stayed on the coach until we got to the Eurotunnel. When we got there we have about 20 minutes to go and buy some food and drink and then we had to get back on the coach where we continued our journey to France.We were on the Eurotunnel for about half an hour before we saw daylight again and when we did, it was very hot! From the coach we travelled to the Commonwealth War Graves. After this we visited the German trench system and looked at the use of ground, the trench construction and the problems with the trenches whilst they were fighting. We then went and dropped our bags off at our hostel and went for dinner. After dinner we went to the Menin gate and watched a last post ceremony.

On the second day, we woke up and ate breakfast; there was a variety of cereal, fruit and pastries. They also served chocolate milk, orange juice and hot drinks.  After breakfast we went on the coach and began our journey to the Somme. At the Somme, we went to the Sunken Lane, and learned about a soldier who fought there. Then we went to visit some of the graves by the Sunken Lane and saw the grave of the soldier we had learnt about.   After lunch, we went to visit the trenches and we walked across the battlefields and  went to visit a mine crater. Later we went to the Ocean Villas tea room to have dinner, which was lasagne and chips with a side of bread. Once we finished our dinner, we went back to our accommodation. When we arrived, we were given the opportunity to go on a walk, which some of us did.

On the last day, Wednesday 19th of June, we  departed our accommodation and visited the first German Cemetery called Langemarck and the tour guides taught us about how Hitler changed part of the cemetery and accidentally buried some English men.  Outside of the cemetery there was a structure made from metal that was formed into poppies.  One of the flowers was painted white and it signified that one special person in someone’s life that was in the war. We went to the St. Julien Memorial site and learned about how gas masks evolved throughout time, we then listened a reading of Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est.” After this we went to the Passchendaele Museum where we went into the British and German trenches and compared the better ones. We judged that the Germans had better trenches as they were more spacious and was dug deeper which meant shells wouldn’t be able to go into the trench.  After lunch we had fifteen minutes of free time in Ypres, Belgium to buy whatever we wanted. Our trip ended went we returned to the coach to begin our return trip to England.  We arrived at school at 12pm.

 

Rowan Ridley, Maegan Rose and Grace Chihowa

Wolverhampton Schools Sports Award

10th July 2019Miss A Kane

On Monday 8th July the successful Y7 indoor athletics team (Tyrone Jones, Aedan Mapaelo, Osasu Irabor, Tobe Ireogbu-Duruh, Jarnel Kilworth-Singh-Sidhu, Henry Aneke, Jaafar Abubakar and Sam Owokoniran), Y10 football team (Luxan Arumainayagam, Martin Adam, Giuseppi Biscotti, David Bochniak, Shaun Davies, Favour Enoghama, Henok Haile, Darren Machilika, Yash Malhotra, Jayden McIntosh, Jamal Morris, Liam O’Brien, George Oginga, Kacper Siwiec, Theo Tieku, Josh Tomlinson, Kyle Wood and Szymon Wieczorek) and the outstanding gymnastics team (Maja Ura, Amelia Beet, Brientony Jayarajan, Lysia Bayley and Josh Dodd Matthews) collected their trophies from the Wolverhampton Schools Sports Award Evening.

 

This was held at Grand Station and celebrated the sporting achievements of hundreds of Wolverhampton pupils in a wide variety of sports. Alongside the winning teams and individuals from sports such as athletics, football, gymnastics, swimming, badminton etc. the unsung heroes of sport in the city were recognised. These included awards for the best sporting leaders and volunteers alongside people who have served sport for long periods of time and have made a huge impact. It was a very successful event and pupils from St Edmunds looked very smart.

Mr Selvey – Head of Year 10

Mrs Cartlidge – Curriculum Leader PE

 

 

Assistant to the Deputy Mayor of London Visits St Edmund’s

3rd July 2019Mrs D Curtis

James Potts took time out from his busy day job, as Assistant to the Deputy Mayor of London, to speak with the sixth formers about his career pathway.

 

Since leaving St Edmund’s, James went on to achieve a Bachelor of Arts, Politics, at Nottingham University. He then became a Parliamentary Assistant in the House of Commons before becoming a Research and Support Officer in the Greater London Authority.

 

James went onto speak to the sixth formers about his St Edmunds experience and how it lead him to such a glamorous career, regularly meeting with politicians. He is due to meet Jeremy Corbyn tomorrow.  James talked about the implications of social media and twitter in the world of politics. He touched upon the issue of knife crime and media portrayal.

James was delighted to learn that Adeel Khan has a work placement arranged at the Labour Office for the MP for Wolverhampton South West, Eleanor Smith.

 

Mrs Hazeldine, Principal, said, “We are extremely proud of James’ achievements”.

Pictured with James Potts (centre): Usman Mahmood, Adeel Khan, Naomi Eguavoen, Silvia Konkwo, Sophie Tudor and Giancarlo Trinidad

 

Black Country Museum

2nd July 2019Miss A Kane

Earlier some Year 7 students went to the Black Country Museum to find out about life during the industrial revolution. They visited the mines – which thankfully were safe, albeit very dark .They saw statues of miners working hard in coal pits to get the little money they were paid as a wage and saw the dangers that the miners faced.  As well as this they visited a methodist chapel in which we found out how they gave free health care.

 

In addition,they went to many Victorian shops and went to the local school.They learnt about Victorian currency and met Mr Griffins who treated us like traditional victorian pupils – apart from the caning and physical harm!  They also learnt about the types of medicines and the lack of gender equality in pay and status; a problem we sadly still haven’t solved.

 

Overall people must feel that life in the industrial revolution was unbearable for those who endured it but this was the sad reality they faced.  However, the relief provided by some games must have brought some comfort – although we at Campion Chronicle would definitely prefer to live in modern times!

Austin Jijo

Year 12 Students Motivated By UCAS Exhibition NEC 2019

26th June 2019Mrs D Curtis

It may have been wet and cold day but that didn’t stop our brilliant year 12 representing the academy at the UCAS Exhibition this week.

There was something for everyone for our budding Sixth Form, ranging from Actuarial Sciences to Aerospace Engineering.

Silvia said, “Today has motivated me to work harder”. The students experienced a 360 degree movie about life on campus, talks on personal statements, apprenticeship opportunities, bursaries, scholarships and much more.

Year 12 students left the exhibition loaded with pens, prospectuses and with more clarity around the five university selections they will be making next term.

Photograph: Year 12 Students, Jasdeep Kulair, Adeel Khan, Jayana Chuhan, Amy Cox, Jason Randhawa, Taran Seehra and Barbara Poczatek