St Cuthbert’s RC High School

Caritas Ambassadors meet Bishop John

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Caritas Ambassadors meet Bishop John

The role of a Caritas Ambassador is to take the lead in school to raise awareness and take action to support the most needy in society.

St Cuthbert's Caritas Ambassadors recently met with other pupils from high schools across the Diocese to share ideas with each other and with Bishop John at Salford cathedral.

Two of our Ambassadors represented the St Cuthbert's team to present an update including our last Mission Week which focused on issues "In Our Own Back Yard"; our recent CAFOD Shared Harvest Lunch; the recent clothes and food collection for refugees in Calais and their plans to welcome any refugee children who may come to St Cuthbert's in the future.
Bishop John was impressed that our Ambassadors are addressing current issues of need and thanked them for their hard work.

The Ambassadors were then recommissioned in their role by Bishop John during a special Mass in the cathedral. They were also presented with a certificate and handbook.

Expressive Arts news:

Our 'stars of the week' are as follows:

• Music: Mia Connellan for achieving her 'Mission Impossible' on the keyboard
• Drama: Kenya Stirling for her emotive monologue
• Art: Edmilsa Cassandra for her beautiful drawings
• Media: Nanawa Kena for her film making skills All will receive certificates and vivos 'Jack and the Beanstalk' - please check rehearsal times in the usual places. We have finished blocking Act 1 and are going to do a complete 'run through' next week. Please learn the words for the cast songs: 'Happy Town' and 'I'm a Believer'
• Mrs Knox and Mrs Maloney are in the process of organising next year's London Theatre trip. Look out for details in the near future Yr. 11: please remember that Expressive Arts intervention is on Fridays after school.
• Music: Please check your lesson times for instrumental/vocal tuition. GCSE pupils: a reminder to fill in your log book to record your practice.
• Drama: Well done to all Yr 11 pupils who performed monologues/duologues for their controlled assessment. Mrs Knox commented on how powerful and intelligent the performances were.
• Art: extra sessions available at lunchtimes and after school for GCSE pupils to develop their work.
• Media: Well done to Yr 9 for completing your films. They demonstrated a high level of artistic and technical skill.

Ukulele Orchestra

The St. Cuthbert's Ukulele Orchestra made their debut performance at Open Evening recently, performing the 60s hit 'I'm a Believer' by the Monkees to two packed audiences as part of the Expressive Arts Department showcase.

The 30 plus students from years 9-11 have been learning the instrument as part of their regular Music lessons, and the new group provides the opportunity for students to continue to practice in their free time as an extracurricular activity.

Ukulele Orchestra rehearsals run on Wednesday lunchtimes in the Music Department and all players, from beginner to advanced level, are welcome to join!

UNICEF Charity Football match:

A chance to see David Beckham!
ICT and Business are running a prize draw for Year 11 ICT and Business students. Names will be entered by subject teachers when controlled assessment criteria has been met. There are 30 tickets available to the Match for Children with players including David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane. Students can attend lunchtime and after school sessions to catch up on coursework. Please ask Miss Irshad or Miss Shabir for more details.

PE News

This week we saw the final cross country championships which took place at Falinge Park High School. After a gruelling 3 weeks, overall, the year 7 girls team came 3rd - this team consisted of A. Dinnen, E. Fortnum, E. Riley, J.Butterworth, P.Sadiki, L. Green, A. Amisi and R. Nogajewska.

The year 8 girls’ team also came 3rd overall. This team consisted of- N.Jewell, M. Dunne, E. Bullock, A.Brookes, T. Williamson, A. Towers, E.Gillespie, B Broadbent and H Taylor.
The U16 boys (year 10 and 11 combined) came 3rd overall- E. Danleme, E. Cadd, D. Walsh, O. Higney, E. Balde Mane and M. Stagg.

K.Halligan also qualified to represent Rochdale in the Greater Manchester schools cross country.

Highest Achievers

• Year 7 Alfie Glover 
• Year 8 Brandon Price
• Year 9 Ashleigh Higney
• Year 10 Jack Kelly
• Year 11 Ireneusz Kula 

Attendance Winners

• Year 7: 7.3 
• Year 8: 8.7 
• Year 9: 9.5 
• Year 10 10.2 
• Year 11: 11.6