St Cuthbert's RC High School

Year 8 girls win Rochdale Indoor Football Competition

On Thursday night the year 8 girls won the Rochdale indoor football competition. They won all 4 matches that they played. They did extremely well as they were playing against other year 9 teams. They are now through to the final in 2 weeks.

The team included: P. Kinsella, D. O'Neil, M. Conellan, A. Hardman-Elliot, E. Bullock, C. Ridgway and G. Flint.

Year 8 students in the Rochdale School Sports Hall Athletics

This week a group of year 8 students took part in the Rochdale School Sports Hall Athletics competition. They came up against 6 other schools from across the borough battling it out over sprint races, long distances races, long jump, speed bounce and many others.

Miss Hatton said: “Every single student worked extremely hard and put 100% into each even they took part in.

“Special mention needs to go to Harvey Holden for a fantastic shot put throw and Kai Smith for completing over 70 jumps in 30 seconds on the speed bounce.

“Ellie Gillespie won her 6 lap race by a full length of the sports hall and Nondja Tavares had us all on the edge of our seats during her 4 lap race.

“The relays were both equally exciting. Over all the boys team stole the show and came in 1st place and the girls came in 3rd.

“With all the fantastic performances and excitement, I cannot wait for the summer athletics season to begin”.

Musical Liturgy Group and Pupil Chaplains

The Musical Liturgy group and pupil chaplains sang beautifully a celebration mass at Holy Family last Sunday in the presence of the Bishop.

Thank you to Mr Turner for all his hard work with these special young people who thoroughly enjoy expressing their faith through music.

Year 11

 

• Yr 11 Drama students should be now working without scripts in preparation for their performance controlled assessment of 'The Crucible'. The assessments begin the week beginning 8th February.
• Yr 11 Media students will be starting their examination topic Science Fiction films. Pupils can access the lessons as revision materials on the school website.
• Yr 11 Music students should be aiming to complete their compositions by half term.
• Yr 11 Art students need to complete their linked piece of work to add to their controlled assessment folder.
• All Yr 11 pupils should be attending intervention sessions where appropriate.

 

Chaplaincy News: Holy Family Parish welcomes Bishop John

Fr Gaspar invited St Cuthbert's to join Holy Family parishioners for a special celebration Mass with Bishop John on Sunday 24 January.

In addition to our pupils who attend Mass regularly at Holy Family, some of whom are also altar servers, our Music Liturgy Group and members of the Pupil Chaplaincy team represented school.

Bishop John was delighted with the welcome he received at Holy Family and in his homily, challenged us to think about what God's purpose and plan is for us as part of a vibrant and diverse Christian community.

Our musicians and choir, led by Mr Turner, sang beautiful Taize chants during Holy Communion and joined Holy Family's choir, harmonising during the singing of the hymns.

They received great praise from Bishop John, Fr Gaspar and parishioners who have spoken to us already about being involved in a Youth Mass at Holy Family.

After Mass, there were refreshments and time for everyone to meet Bishop John and Fr Steven Parkinson, the Bishop's Secretary.

Library News

Congratulations to author Frances Hardinge on receiving the Costa Children's Book of The Year Award. Frances's book 'Cuckoo Song' was the most popular Bookbuzz choice for our Year 7 & Year 8 pupils. We will make sure that lots of copies of her new book 'The Lie Tree' are available for loan from the library.
The library dome is open every break and lunchtime for reading, homework and board games.

Year 8 Consultation Evening

Parents and Carers will have the opportunity to meet teaching staff on Thursday 4 February between 4pm and 7pm.

Students will receive a letter this week. Students will then be expected to make appointments with their class teachers based on the time slot you indicate on the reply slip.

If you have any concerns, or would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Hardy or Mrs Angove.

Expressive Arts Stars of the week:

 

• Art: Taylor Stewart for fantastic enthusiasm
• Drama: Katelyn Hales for taking brave steps to improve her performance skills
• Media: Nanawa Kena for her resilience 
• Music: Mara Tavares Cabral for her fantastic improvement in singing lessons

 

REwards

Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded 50 Vivos for their positive contributions to their RE lessons.
Mrs Bowden: Ella Coward
Mr Hall: Taylor Hall
Mr Kenny: Sophie Keown
Mrs Walters: Bailey Pole
Miss Steciuk: Montana Price

Highest Achievers

Year 7 Alex Pilkington-Steele
Year 8 Poppy Kinsella
Year 9 Emily Binns
Year 10 Jade Hedderman
Year 11 Emmanuele Danleme

Attendance Winners

Year 7: 7.4
Year 8: 8.7
Year 9: 9.5
Year 10 10.1
Year 11: 11.1 & 11.2