St Therese of Lisieux

The children threw rose petals to welcome the relics of St Therese.

St Therese of Lisieux

Bishop Michael Campbell receives the relics of St Therese.

St Therese of Lisieux

The children from year 5 and 6 welcome the relics of St Therese to the Cathedral.

Deputy Head Boy is very interested in trains

Deputy Head Boy Jack Nicholls got up very early last week and went to Lancaster Train Station to see this steam train.

The Cathedral Dog

During the summer Finn took the Cathedral Dog on his holidays. It looks as if they both had a great time.

Trial of the 2011 Census at Ashton Memorial

Head Boy, Head Girl and Deputies were invited to help launch the rehearsal for the 2011 Census at the Ashton Memorial. A large purple bus which is made out of paper using the art of origami is one of the focal points of the campaign. The children took part in a number of activities using origami and enjoyed having their photographs taken and being interviewed by a number of people.

St Peter's Cathedral is 150

In 2009 on 4th October St Peter's Cathedral will celebrate 150 years since its dedication. The children were asked to think of ways they could help the Cathedral celebrate. The children all painted a tile to depict an area of Cathedral life and these are displayed in the front entrance of the school. One of the children Yvette who was in year 5 at the time came up with the idea of the children forming 150 on the junior playground and Father Andrew taking a picture from the tower of the Cathedral. This took time to arrange and finally took place on Thursday 17th September, we are very pleased with the result.

A New School Year 2009 to 2010

It was the start of a new school year on Thursday 3rd September after the long summer holidays. The first job of the new term is to elect the new Head Boy and Girl with deputies from year 6. The children vote for the people they think will carry out the role of Head Boy/Girl to the best of their ability, in representing the school at a range of functions and to be able to tell visitors and parents about the school and all it offers the pupils. The children voted the following:

Head Boy - Linus Kirk

Head Girl - Cerys Barton

Deputy Head Boy - Jack Nicholls

Deputy Head Girl - Marianne Hill.

The children were presented with their badges at Assembly by Canon Stephen and Father Andrew on Friday 11th September and their first offical engagement is on Friday 18th September at the Ashton Memorial. Look out for more pictures next week.

Miss Goddard meets the nuns of Mother Theresa

In the summer holidays Miss Goddard went to the Philippines and once again visited the school which the children have helped to support over the past three years. The picture shows Miss Goddard handing over the money which the children collected after the Key Stage 2 Play in the summer term to one of the sisters who help run the school and look after the children. The statue in the background is of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette. The sisters were very grateful for the gift of money and it will be used to buy toys for the classroom and a slide for the playground.