St Cuthbert’s R.C. Business & Enterprise College

Saint Cuthbert High School

Many congratulations to the cast of Bugsy Malone for their fantastic performances last week. The show was watched by more than 600 people and everyone commented on how talented and committed the whole cast were. Thank you to all the staff who have given up months of their free time to make this wonderful annual event possible.

The Sixth Form annual review also took place on Tuesday, with a staff pantomime, songs and dances to raise money for next year’s Lourdes visit.

"You have to be in to win" Attendance Challenge Winner for this week is Justyna Korzeniewska, form 7.7. Well done also to Mr Lockett’s form 7.5 with a fantastic weekly attendance of 100%.

A big thank you to Mr Farrell and his year 7 teaching groups for their presentation in assembly on the history of St Cuthbert and their special rendition of the Lord’s prayer which was recited in Latin.

Well done to year 7 pupils who have been selected as a "Star in your form" pastoral postcards have been sent home, please join us in congratulating your child.

Our first ever Business Breakfast took place on Wednesday morning with fifteen members of our local community joining to complete a community audit and to identify the needs and strengths of members of our wider community. The second meeting will take place in the new year, when we will begin to form an action plan for the coming year.

More than thirty parents and children attended an introductory meeting in our Partnership Learning Centre on Tuesday evening to gather ideas for a Polish Complementary School. Ms Zuranska has taken everyone’s ideas away and will introduce plans for extra-curricular work in the new year.

The facilities in our Partnership Learning Centre are available for parents and for any Parish Groups who wish to produce resources for church or develop their own learning. Please speak to Louise Moore for details (01706 647761).

Would any parent collecting a child during the school day please report to reception where pupils will wait. Due to health and safety reasons, pupils must not wait at the gate to be collected. Thank you for your support in this matter.

St Cuthberts are especially proud of their super star swimmer Laura McDade who competed for aquabears in the County Swimming Championships. Laura excelled in the competition winning 5 gold medals in the 100metres breastroke, 200metres breastroke, 50 metres breaststroke, 200 individual medley, 50 Metres butterfly. She also won silver medals in 50 metres backstroke, 200 metres freestyle and a bronze medal in the 100 metres backstoke. Laura is currently doing GCSE PE at St Cuthbert's and we all wish her well in what looks like a very bright future.

The under 14's boys hockey team competed in the rochdale schools tournament finishing 3rd overall. In what was their first ever competitive competition they did really well.

Under 12's girls football

A team
st cuthberts 2-0 st annes
matthew moss 1-1 st cuthberts
sidal moor 0-1 st cuthberts

B team
st cuthberts 1-0 middleton
st cuthberts 0-0 beech house
st cuthberts 0-3 hollingworth

Under 15's boys football team lost 2-1 to Cardinal Heenan in the last 64 of the English Schools Cup. They played exceptionally well and were unlucky to be defeated. Mr Lockett praised the efforts of the boys who have been magnificent throughout the competition.