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School Transport Proposals - Response
Following the recent council decision to retain the school bus service, the Leicester Catholic Schools Council has written to all parents. The letter can be downloaded here
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award
Congratulations to the Year 11 girls pictured here who have successfully achieved the Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award. The girls were presented with their certificates in assembly by Mr Carney. This award is a result of tremendous commitment and hard work during the last two years. Thank you to Mr Manger and Ms Spink for generously giving their time to support all of our Duke of Edinburgh students.
SSCO Girls’ Football Cup
Congratulations to the Year 9 and 10 Girls’ Football Team who took part in the SSCO Cup on Thursday 10th May. Of the nine teams entered English Martyrs came a creditable 3rd. In addition the team won the Fair Play Award. At the presentation the organisers explained that English Martyrs’ students showed all of the Olympic Values and thus deserved this award. Very well done girls!Good News - School Transport Cuts
I am delighted to inform you that Leicestershire County Council has taken note of the strength of feeling coming from our catholic school communities and at their meeting on Tuesday 8th May 2012, decided not to proceed with these cuts. The service is to continue for at least the next two years. Thank you to all those who spoke to or wrote to their councillors to make our voice heard.
MT CARNEY
Principal
CAFOD Lent Fundraising
Thank you to everyone involved in the recent fundraising for CAFOD. £2,200 was raised for CAFOD's water aid appeal, which will be doubled this year by the government. The Diocesan total was £102,000 (which becomes £204,000!)
Dance Show 2012
In March, 120 students performed at the school's annual dance showcase held at the Peepul Centre, copies of the show are now available for sale from the school reception.
Football League Champions
Congratulations to Year 7 Boys' Football team who defeated Winstanley on Tueday 27th March, 2 -1. This means that the team, who have been unbeaten all season have won the league title. Well done boys!
The Year 7 Girls' Football team has qualified to the Leicester City League Final on the 25th April. Good luck girls!
The Y8 Boys' team defeated Rushey Mead school 6-4 on Monday 19th March.
Meanwhile Year 10 Boys convincingly defeated New College 5 - 1 in their game on Tuesday 13 March, with Jared Rydquist 9 Ward (playing up a year, declared Man of the Match). Year 11 Boys won against Crown Hills 1-0 on Wednesday 14th March, remaining unbeaten so far this season.
Basketball Success
Year 10 Boys defeated Burleigh College in the Semi-Final of the Leicestershire County competition on Tuesday 27th March but lost to St Paul's in the Final at Gateway College on Thursday 29th March.
A Level - Congratulations
During March, students in Year 12 and 13 received excellent results in the module examinations they took in January. When the results were distributed in the Common Room on Thursday there were many happy faces. Well done all!
Thank you to the school's Hospitality Team 2010-12
A formal presentation was held this week to mark the completion of the current term of office of the school's hospitality team. Mr Carney thanked the team for their work in receiving guests and catering for visitors during the last two years. The group - the school's first ever Hospitality Team - were recruited when in Year 8 and are now in Year 10. All received professional training at a local hotel and all accredited in food hygiene. Among the many high profile events they have organised have been BBC Radio 4's broadcast of "Any Questions" from the school last July, as well as Awards Evenings and many Performing Arts and Arts Festival events. Thanks to Mrs Proctor and Mrs Conaghan for training, organising and encouraging the group. A new Team is now being formed and the outgoing team will help with their training and formation.
English Speaking Union Regional Final
Well done to our Year 11 Public Speaking team who competed in the Regional Final of the English Speaking Union Competition on Saturday, 10th March in the Guildhall, Worchester, competing against 6 other schools. The team: Bradley Setchell, Laura Saunders and Stella Musiyiwa acquitted themselves really well and although they didn’t win the competition outright, Stella received a prize for ‘Best Personality’.
Welcome to the New Sixth Form!
At a special assembly last Thursday Mr Carney and Mr O' Hagan welcomed the members of Year 11 who have been offered places to study at English Martyrs' Sixth Form from September. On Friday 16th March the students will spend the day taking Sixth Form classes. A further round of interviews will take place later in the term should any further students wish to apply. For further details please contact Mr O' Hagan at the school.
Maths Challenge
The following students have recently been successful in the Intermediate Mathematics Challenge. From Year 9 Bronze Awards were achieved by Fiona Chacko and Meryll Deguzman; Silver by Oliver Clayton Smith, Nathan Leung and Aoife Holohan and Gold by Dominic Cross who also qualified for the Grey Kangaroo challenge. In the Senior Challenge Joseph Cross Y11 and Zoe Hodgson, Y10 achieved Bronze, Matt Hollis and Suzanna Newton and Olivia Norris, Y12, achieved Gold. Congratulations to all.
Year 9 Employability Awareness Fair, Thursday 2 February
At Year 9’s Employability Awareness Fair on Thursday 2 February students enjoyed the opportunity to meet a cross section of the Leicestershire business community, as well as representatives from the Higher Education Sector and the Public Services. As well as visiting the many stall holders students were able to spend time talking in depth to business representatives and ask them about their businesses.
In a letter to Mr Carney, Samantha White of the LEBC said: “A critical success factor that made a massive contribution to the overall event was the student hospitality team who greeted us and the employers who volunteered to participate. From the warm smile and greeting as soon as we entered Reception to the enthusiasm and maturity they demonstrated, to each task they undertook. From hosting the employers, encouraging their peer group to interact, to gathering evaluations, setting up and helping to clear up after all had left. They were, without a doubt, fabulous ambassadors for the school. All the employers complimented the students, the bench mark had been set when they met the hospitality students and was upheld when they met the rest of year 9.”
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Eilish Hughes, Y13, who has been awarded a place to read History at Girton College Cambridge next year. Eilish attended her interview at Cambridge in December and had to compete against a field of highly accomplished hopefuls from schools in the UK and throughout the world! Eilish currently studies English, History, Art and Drama and is one of the Arts Officers.
Rugby Triumph
Congratulations to Y7 and Y8 Boys' Rugby teams who won the City Cup (November 2011). Well done boys on this fantastic achievement!
Schola Cantorum sings at Selwyn College, Cambridge
On Thursday, 3rd November, the Schola Cantorum visited Selwyn College, Cambridge and sang evening prayer "Evensong" with the college's professional choir of undergraduates. This was a very beautiful and prayerful occasion and the first time our choir have sung with singers of such a high standard. Everyone gave a wonderful account of themselves and the choir has been invited back to Selwyn College in the future!
"Best ever!”
Students at English Martyrs are today celebrating the school’s best ever GCSE results with a stunning 93% of students achieving 5 passes at grades A*- C and 67% achieving 5 passes A*-C including English and Mathematics. The school has much to celebrate as these results follow record breaking A Level results achieved last week which improved for the third consecutive year.
A Level Results
A Level students at English Martyrs School are celebrating a year of outstanding success with a 99% pass rate, 79% A*-C and 21% of students achieving the highest A* or A grades. The results represent a further rise in achievement year on year over the last three years. For the first time a number of students also took the “Extended Project” qualification which also saw very high achievement.
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Some of our students enjoying steel drum lessons