We heard this week that this super talented Artist who is in Year 12 had a piece of her artwork accepted by the Royal Academy of Arts for their exciting online exhibition.

The artwork is entitled ‘Rye Lane Snail Merchant, After Parmigianino’ and is simply wonderful.

The Royal Academy received over 21,000 submissions for consideration this year and we are so proud that her work will feature in the Royal Academy Young Artist Summer Show.

The Artist says she wanted to propose a thoughtful reaction against the idea of figurative work laying claim to authenticity based mainly on the nature of the work’s subject and resisting a drive towards postmodern humour.

We can’t wait to see it online amongst all the other pieces. 

Headteacher, Mr McCormack, was thrilled to officially congratulate this Year 10 student in school today, April 26, who represented the England Under 15s Basketball squad in a tournament in Alalior in Menorca during the Easter holidays last week.

He performed superbly well scoring the winning basket in the final which was won by just one point.

He was also England’s top scorer and chosen as one of the best five performers in the tournament one of the ‘Mythical 5’.

Mr McCormack said: “The entire school community is incredibly proud of his outstanding achievement and it is reflective of all his hard work and commitment to his sport.”

He is back performing with his teammates at school in the National Cup this Friday, April 29, and we wish him lots of luck.

Thanks to our generous parents, carers, staff and students, we raised an amazing £1227.50 including gift aid during our Culture Day recently.

Fifty percent of the money raised is now on its way to the CAFOD Ukraine Emergency Appeal with the remainder being set aside for CAFOD’s General Emergency Fund.

It was a wonderful, enjoyable day and we are grateful to everyone who gave so generously and supported this event. The donations will make a real difference.

To finish off Culture Day in school yesterday, March 23, and as part of Year 12 enrichment, our 6th Form students arranged a Cultural Showcase that was described as amazing and delightful.

There were show-stopping performances from the 6th Form band as well as a Mauritian dance, songs performed in Spanish and Tamil, Indian drums and dancing.

The students were also treated to a performance from teacher, Ms Clarke-McGhie, of her new recording entitled ‘I’ve Got You.’

The show opened and closed with a fashion show that highlighted the vast cultural diversity of our 6th Form.

Many students and staff took the opportunity to have henna designs painted on their hands by our very talented 6th Form students. “It was simply wonderful and everyone that attended had a fantastic time” concluded Ms Rahman.

Sounds like a perfect ending to a perfect day.

Our Year 12 CAFOD Young Leaders have organised a non uniform Culture Day next Wednesday, March 23, to embrace and celebrate the diversity of cultures in our school community to raise money for CAFOD and the Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.

For a donation of £2 via ParentPay, students can swap their uniform for cultural dress, relevant sporting kit, clothing coloured in their flag, or any bright attire.

6th Form Leaders have worked very hard to organise and plan this fundraiser and feel passionate about the cause.

We are looking forward to seeing the corridors aglow with colour and hope we can count on our wonderfully supportive parents once again to back us this Lent. 🇺🇦

Ms Logier arranged for medical students from King’s College London to come in to speak to Year 12 A level Biologists for a clinical skills workshop yesterday, March 15, and it was a huge success.

Students were really engrossed in the workshop and learnt a lot about how to do CPR on a dummy and how to extract blood albeit fake blood of course.

Ms Logier went on to say: “The workshop and simulations exposed them to a lot of new practical and vital skills and they threw themselves into the lesson fully. It was marvellous to see them getting involved and interacting with the medical students who were fantastic by the way. It was a very useful session.”

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Last Friday’s Family Fast Day simple soup lunch in support of the CAFOD Ukraine Emergency Appeal and organised by our Year 10 and 12 Chaplaincy Team managed to raise a wonderful £425.

Our caterers Olive Dining provided the broth and a roll lunch to make certain all money went to the worthwhile appeal. We are so grateful to them for their support and to all the students and staff who participated.

Watch this space for more fundraising Lenten drives we have planned including CAFOD and the Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.

This Friday, March 11, we are holding a Family Fast Day lunch in support of the CAFOD Ukraine Emergency Appeal.

For a minimum donation of £2.50 (the cost of a lunch) students will get a portion of vegetable soup.

This will be both a fundraiser and a powerful act of solidarity with those who do not have enough to eat on a daily basis.

Parents will need to pay via ParentPay by 10am on Tuesday March 8.

Thanks for your support.

What would you do if you found a purse containing a significant amount of money, credit cards and personal belongings on your bus ride one morning?

We all know what we should do and what the right course of action should be, but this Year 11 student had no hesitation whatsoever as he knew exactly what he had to do.

He is being praised for doing the absolute right thing and taking it straight in to school so staff could do some detective work and set about reuniting it with its rightful owner.

After some inquiries, the purse’s owner was identified and it was returned to its worried owner who was both relieved and highly delighted to get her purse back.

The student picked up a certificate from the Headteacher yesterday, March 3, for his honesty, integrity and his calm and mature decision that day.

We would expect no less from a St Bonaventure’s student.

He is a fine young man and we are hugely proud of him.