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Students invited to hear Newman experts
Students will have a rare opportunity to hear some of Britain's leading experts on John Henry Newman next month, when a series of talks is held in in north London, ahead of the Papal visit and beatification. A group of 50 students and teachers will gather at Netherhall House, Hampstead, Read More ...
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Irish Church considers divesting patronage of primary schools
The Council for Education of the Irish Bishops' Conference have welcomed the publication today of data by the Department of Education and Skills on possible divesting of patronage of primary schools. Catholic Bishops have for some time stressed their willingness to cooperate in the process of ensuring a greater variety of patronage within the primary school system to respond to the needs of parents. Read More ...
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Derbyshire schools host disabled children's holiday week
Sixth-form pupils from a Derbyshire school have launched a new charitable venture, for children with disabilities and special needs. Mount St Mary's College, invited children from Chesterfield charity Home-Based and support group Fairplay, also based in Chesterfield, to come and use the facilities on offer at the College, and enjoy a stay at the Mount's boarding accommodation. Read More ...
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London: schools minister visits St Gregorys
St Gregory's Catholic Science College in Kenton, was chosen by Schools' Minister Nick Gibb MP on 7 July to launch his plans to "put head teachers and teachers back in control of the classroom". St Gregory's Catholic Science College is a leading good behaviour school. Read More ...
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St John's relay team swims English Channel
Four boys aged 12 and 13 years have successfully swum the English Channel in relays - in less than 12 ½ hours. The swimmers from St John's Beaumont - the Jesuit Preparatory School in Old Windsor - consisted of Michael Bamber, Jack Griggs, Oliver Mason and Alistair Wilson, accompanied by member of staff, Geoff Williams, and Erik Boyter, a parent. Read More ...
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Derbyshire pupil wins national poetry prize
A talented pupil at Mount St Mary's College has been crowned a national winner in a prestigious poetry competition. Ella Watts, a boarding student at the Derbyshire school, was one of ten students to be awarded the Simon Powell poetry competition prize after entering a Poetry Live! day in Sheffield. Read More ...
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Outstanding Catholic schools pick up 6 out of 15 TES awards
Catholic schools picked up an exceptional number of educational awards at the 2010 TES Schools Awards ceremony, held on 17 June as the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Six out of the 15 categories of awards were won by Catholic schools, an extremely impressive achievement since Catholic schools make up only 10% of schools nationally. Read More ...
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Stonyhurst students take action for Zimbabwean boy
Pupils of all ages at Stonyhurst College have been raising money to help a physically disabled boy in Zimbabwe receive the medical care he needs. A fun-run this week has finally achieved their target of £5,000. 14-year-old Kundai Mangoma suffers from a rare disease which has caused a huge tumour on the right hand side of his face; this has left him with breathing difficulties and blindness in one eye. Read More ...
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A school trip with a difference!
Year 11 students from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, enjoyed the school trip of a life time when they visited a children’s charity in Thailand. As part of their Citizenship classes, 20 pupils, and four teachers, joined the UK-based Thai Children’s Trust in Pattaya, Thailand, where they visited a children’s day care centre and a school for the blind. Read More ...
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New Principal at St Mary's
Bishop George Stack, Chair of Governors, has today announced the appointment of Professor Philip Esler as Principal of St Mary's University College in succession to Dr Arthur Naylor. Philip Esler is currently Professor of Biblical Criticism at the University of St Andrews. Read More ...
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Catholic Education chief urges caution over new Education Bill
Catholic Education Service Director Oona Stannard announced today that her department will be carefully considering the new Education Bill which automatically would allow 'outstanding schools' to become academies. She said in a statement: "CESEW has already received a number of communications seeking guidance on the implications for our sector. Read More ...
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First sports chaplaincy degree in UK launched
A unique postgraduate course focusing on the training and accreditation of sports chaplains is to be launched at the University of Gloucestershire. The MA in Sports Chaplaincy, which is the first course of its kind to be developed in the UK, will help ordained clergy, church leaders and lay workers to explore in depth the many and varied aspects of sports chaplaincy.
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London: Living Theology Summer School
A Summer School of Catholic Faith: LIVING THEOLOGY ALLEN HALL 2010 will be held from 9 - 12 July, Friday to Monday, at Allen Hall, Beaufort Street, Chelsea, London SW3. This optional residential or non-residential long weekend is a collaboration between Allen Hall (Diocese of Westminster Seminary) and Living Theology Summer School. Read More ...
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New Anglican/Catholic academy for the West Country
A turf cutting ceremony has been held at the site of a new ecumenical Academy in Cheltenham. All Saints’ Academy will replace Christ College which is due to close on 31 August 2011 and will specialise in science, sport and religious education. It is sponsored by the Anglican Diocese of Gloucester and the Catholic Diocese of Clifton. Read More ...
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West London school pupils experience Cardboard City
Year 6 pupils at a west London school recently took part in a project to support the local homeless charity, Acton Homeless Concern. They began in class working on issues surrounding homelessness, challenging stereotypes of homeless people, and looking at all people as children of God. Read More ...
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Lancashire: eco-school wins three Green Flags
Following a recent eco assessment St Teresa's RC Primary School in St Helens, Lancashire has become one of only a handful of schools in the country to be awarded three green flags. Green flags are awarded to schools which promote a culture of sustainability in curriculum and culture and the 'eco warrior'pupils Read More ...
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Maria Fidelis is Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year
Maria Fidelis Convent School Gospel Choir, in Euston, London, is the Senior BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year 2010. On its first competitive outing, Maria Fidelis Gospel Choir beat previous St Aiden’s CE High School, Harrogate, a previous winner and Rugby School, a third time finalist, to win this prestigious competition. Read More ...
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Hackney school weightifting team wins national competition
A Catholic school in east London has achieved some outstanding results in a national weightlifting contest. Although it was their first national competition, the team from Cardinal Pole Catholic School in Hackney won in several categories at the British Schools Championships in Oldbury, Birmingham. Read More ...
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American Catholic school gives lessons in kindness
All pupils at St Peter the Apostle RC School, in Philadelphia, have been focusing on kindness this year. School social worker Jessica Baskin Taylor, MEd, has taught lessons on kindness, tolerance, anti-bullying, and anti-prejudice in each class from Kindergarten to the 8th grade.
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Archbishop Nichols to deliver annual UCL lecture
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, will deliver this year’s University Catholic Lecture, at University College London on Tuesday 23 March. The title of the lecture will be Faith in the Academy, and will consider some aspects of Newman’s Idea of a University. The Archbishop has been invited by UCLU Catholic Society. Read More ...
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Bilingual school opens in London
Free bilingual state education in French and English will be available to 56 primary school pupils in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham from September this year. The scheme, involving Holy Cross Catholic Primary School and L'école Marie d'Orliac was confirmed by the signing of a formal declaration Read More ...
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Oxford Chaplaincy to host BBC's 'Any Questions?'
Any Questions?, the long-running BBC Radio current affairs panel discussion programme where the audience ask the questions, will be coming live from the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy (OUCC) next Friday, 12 March. The programme will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 8pm - and repeated on the Saturday at 1.10pm.
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Manchester pupils learn how to keep safe on-line
Pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Manchester, recently took part in Safer Internet Week where the 2010 theme was 'Think Before You Post'. They looked at mobile phone technology and the potential dangers, social networking sites, cyberbullying, how to use the internet and e-mail safely and responsibly and staying safe in chatrooms. Read More ...
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Thai Children's Trust writing competition winners
Schoolchildren across the country were invited to enter the Thai Children's Trust writing competition. There was a tremendous response, and the winners are being announced today. Author Tabitha Suzuma who judged the competition said: "I was absolutely staggered by the quality of the stories
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Stonyhurst pupils to visit Zimbabwe
A group of pupils and staff from Stonyhurst College, Lancashire leave for Zimbabwe this week, to visit their Jesuit sister school, St Peter’s, Kubatana. Packed in their suitcases will be gifts of various things which are in short supply in Zimbabwe, such as first-aid materials, art equipment, and footballs. Read More ...
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Westminster: Chorister Outreach Programme
Primary school children in the diocese of Westminster are being invited to sing in the newly formed Westminster Diocesan Children's Choir, which rehearses every Saturday morning at Westminster Cathedral Choir School.mThe Westminster Cathedral's Chorister Outreach Programme also offers specialist singing tuition to six primary schools within the archdiocese. Read More ...
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London: £47m Learning Village opens in Tower Hamlets
Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School's £47 million Learning Village project in Tower Hamlets, London, was officially opened at 12.30 pm today, by the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, in a ceremony attended by Bishop George Stack, local civic and faith leaders and the school community. Read More ...
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MP presents Robin McNair Prize
David Burrowes MP yesterday presented the 2009 Robin McNair Prize in the Houses of Parliament. Student contestants wrote essays on bioethical issues including abortion, human embryos and the rights of the disabled.
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Snow rest at Mount St Mary's
It was business as usual for staff and students at Mount St Mary’s College in the north of England today. Despite snowy conditions, the school stayed open and lessons continued as normal. Read More ...
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Convent school choir reaches Songs of Praise final
Maria Fidelis Convent School FCJ, in Euston, London, has reached the final of the BBC Songs of Praise programme and so is in the running for the title of 'School Choir of the Year 2010'. On its first attempt the school has become one of the three finalists chosen for the senior section having beaten the competition from the national pool of entries. Read More ...
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Report shows faith schools build community
'Strong schools for strong communities', a report published by the Church of England demonstrates that schools with a religious character contribute strongly to community cohesion. The report features a study of recent Ofsted data assessing schools' progress Read More ...
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SCHOOL WRITING COMPETITION
Primary and secondary school students are invited to enter The Thai Children's Trust Writing Competition. A case study of a boy called ‘Chap’ has been chosen to inspire young people to produce a creative writing piece. Chap lives at a Drop in Centre for Street kids in Pattaya, Thailand. Read More ...
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Catholic Sixth Formers call for tighter internet controls
Sixth formers at two Catholic schools in south west London have called for tighter policing of social networking web sites and greater restrictions to prevent under-18s accessing adult material on the net. The students - from the Ursuline High School in Wimbledon and the Jesuit Wimbledon College Read More ...
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Children help each other through Mission Together
More that 11,000 children and adults were abducted by LRA in Uganda between 1990 and 2000. The young boys and girls are targeted to carry LRA booty and later be trained as child soldiers. Young girls are exchanged for guns. Some of the girls are taken as housewives, while others are raped and abandoned. Read More ...
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Pax Christi Young Persons' Peace Challenge
Pax Christi have launched their fourth annual competition for young people focusing on peace heroes and heroines. Young people between the ages of 15-18 are invited to work in teams of four to determine what makes a peace hero or heroin and then to tell their story in a DVD or video. Read More ...
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England: school sex education to be compulsory at 15
The right of parents to take their children out of sex education classes in England is being ended for 15-year-olds. The change means all pupils, including those in faith schools, will have to receive at least one year of sex and relationship education before their 16th birthday. The course will include areas such as same sex relationships and contraception. Read More ...
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Newman College offers Theology scholarships
Students considering studying for a degree in Theology are set to receive a helping hand with the launch of three new annual scholarships at Newman University College, Birmingham. The scholarships, which are funded by The Fernham Trust, will be awarded annually from 2010 and both full tuition fees scholarships and partial bursaries are available. Read More ...
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Queen visits St John's Beaumont School
Pupils at St John's Beaumont School in Old Windsor, Berkshire, enjoyed a thrilling afternoon yesterday when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth came to officially open their new Dermot Gogarty Sports Centre. On her arrival, the Queen, dressed in a pale turquoise suit and hat, was greeted by a group of young pipers Read More ...
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Manchester school collects toys for Thai children
Staff and pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe recently made an appeal for toys for their pupils to take with them when they go to visit the Pattaya Orphanage in Thailand. The trip, which will take place next year during the school holidays, Read More ...
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Hundreds of school students hit streets of London
Hundreds of secondary school students from all over London will walk from Hyde Park Corner to Westminster Cathedral in the Catholic Children's Society 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' event on Wednesday. The event will conclude with an ecumenical service at Westminster Cathedral presided over by Monsignor Seamus O'Boyle, Read More ...
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Wimbledon College launches appeal for Indian flood victims
Wimbledon College is launching a 'Pound for Pannur' campaign, following serious flooding in the state of Karnataka in India. Their aim is to raise a pound from every pupil - and to expand the appeal to their parents and friends outside the college. The Jesuit comprehensive boys' school in south west London Read More ...
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Surrey sixth formers befriend Thai street children
Five students from Holy Cross Catholic Girls School in New Malden, Surrey, experienced the trip of a lifetime over the summer when they went on their first visit to Thailand to see for themselves how their school was supporting under-privileged children through the UK-based charity, Thai Children's Trust.
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Latvia: only Catholic school in Riga under threat
The only Catholic school in Riga, which accepts children from Kindergarten up to the age of 19 is under threat of closure due to the severe financial situation that is gripping Latvia. Last week the Latvian Gas Company has requested an immediate payment of €27,000 from the school for outstanding gas supplies or else the system will not be restored. Read More ...
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Manchester schoolchildren grow their own
Staff and pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Manchester, have been enjoying growing their own food on the school’s allotment. The pupils have grown many vegetables from seed, they have then had the pleasure of eating these vegetables. Read More ...
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Glasgow: St Aloysius' College celebrates 150 years
This weekend will mark the 150th anniversary of St Aloysius' College in Glasgow. The College was originally founded by the Society of Jesus in the Bridgeton area of the city in 1859; it soon moved to its current location on Hill Street. A variety of events will be taking place over the next few days, including a Mass for the Junior School tomorrow at 9.15am, at which the principal celebrant will be the Most Rev Mario Conti, Read More ...
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Rare chance to see Stonyhurst's historic collection
Where can you see a hat that belonged to St Thomas More, a lock of Mary Queen of Scots' hair and Arthur Conan Doyle’s school desk, all under one roof this summer? Well the answer of course is Stonyhurst College, which is once again opening its doors to the general public for guided tours during August. Read More ...
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Publication: Keep the faith schools?
Independent faith schools have been at the centre of a media storm in recent months, with Ed Balls ordering an Ofsted survey into whether they are meeting requirements on the moral, social, spiritual and cultural development of their pupils. Is the UK faith school model broken, or can we learn from the examples of other countries? Read More ...
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London: Christian teacher re-instated after row over gay sex education
A senior London teacher, suspended and threatened with the sack for expressing his Christian beliefs at work will be back at work next term. Kwabena Peat, 54, was suspended after he complained that a staff training day was used to promote homosexual rights, and to marginalise and label those who disagreed with homosexual practice.
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Mount St Mary's choir wins national music award
Mount St Mary's College Junior Choir has just won the Voices Foundation Junior Choirs Award for Excellence at the National Festival of Music for Youth in Birmingham. Mount St Mary's was one of 22 choirs from across the country chosen to perform in the city's Symphony Hall Read More ...
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East London students reach out to Burmese refugees
As the oppressive in Burma is currently causing hundreds of children to escape across the border, pupils at Our Lady & St Joseph Primary School and Cardinal Pole RC Secondary School, both based in Hackney, were being encouraged to correspond with a school for 'forgotten' refugee children Read More ...
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Egyptian mummy returns to Stonyhurst
A 2,500 year old Egyptian mummy, discovered by a Jesuit missionary and archaeologist in 1850, has returned to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. Since the 1970s the remains of the unidentified young boy, aged five or six, have been cared for at Manchester Museum. Read More ...
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Government minister praises Catholic education
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, paid tribute Catholic schools at the CESEW annual Parliamentary Reception last Wednesday. He joined headteachers, principals of Catholic sixth form colleges, diocesan officers, MPs, Peers and other friends of Catholic education to celebrate the success of so many Catholic schools Read More ...
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Ascot: school wins eco- prize
The Marist Senior School in Ascot, Berkshire, has been awarded an Eco Schools Bronze Certificate and has held an Environment Week to raise awareness of environmental concerns by involving the entire school in a range of different eco projects. Read More ...
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Archbishop Nichols to address Heythrop conference on education
The Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, will address a one-day conference at Heythrop College, University of London, this Wednesday. The theme of the event will be Education and Young People, and the archbishop will be joined by the British Jesuit Provincial, Fr Michael Holman SJ,
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School for forgotton children
A school for the 'forgotten' refugee children on the north western border of Thailand is being highlighted by the Thai Children's Trust for lessons in Catholic schools
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London: schools gear up for music festival
To celebrate 150 years of caring for children, the Catholic Children's Society (Westminster) is holding a High School Music Festival for secondary school pupils and their families at the All Saints Pastoral Centre in London Colney on Sunday, 28 June. Read More ...
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Creepy crawlies visit Manchester school
Pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Manchester, were recently visited by the Wild Roadshow, an educational animal handling event where they got to meet and handle many small animals, including a snail, a lizard, a tarantula, a hedgehog and a centipede. Read More ...
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Hertfordshire school raises funds for leprosy home in Calcutta
St Joan of Arc Catholic School in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, held a barn dance on Saturday evening for the children of leprosy sufferers, some of whom have the disease themselves. £2,600 was made for Udayan, the home in Calcutta which the school has helped to support for a little over four years. Read More ...
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