D-Day Celebrations at Gold Beach

Talitha P in Year 12 took part in the D-Day 80 ‘We Will Remember Them’ celebrations at Gold Beach last week with the London Youth Chamber Choir. Talitha performed as an alto, singing the French and British national anthems and premiered a piece by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber written for the event called ‘Lovingly Remembered.’ According to Talitha, “It was amazing to be part of such a momentous occasion. I was so honoured to be able to sing in front of everyone at such a special event.”

This is a fantastic achievement and we are very proud of Talitha for taking part in such a prestigious and important historic occasion. The service also featured one of our alumni, Olly Livingstone, who is a Royal Marine.

Wings of Hope Award Celebration

Sisters Grace E (Year 12, pictured below in blue) and Martha E (Year 10, in black) have raised over £2,000 WOHAA (Wings of Hope Achievement Award), a children’s charity, and qualified for their prestigious Gold Award. They were recognised this week at the charity’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations held at the beautiful Chelsea Physic Garden. The girls were asked to speak and read a poem which described their experience of the award. Both were brilliant and received so many compliments from the guests. 

Raising Money For Tackle Africa

‘We participated in this year’s Tackle Africa Football Marathon and thanks to the money raised by the school and our local community, we raised almost £1,000 adding to the event’s grand total of over £100,000. Funds will be used for the prevention of and education about HIV and other STIs in African communities. Tackle Africa aims to educate children and protect them from sexual diseases, using the popularity of football to promote and raise money. The marathon tournament featured more than 40 teams and lasted over 12 hours, including a celebrity appearance from ex-footballer Clinton Morrisson. Thank you to everyone who supported us.’

 Ollie D, Year 12

Set Design for ‘Shrek The Musical JR’

In set design this Tuesday, the Art Department gathered together backstage helpers plus extra artists from Key Stage 3 to create the huge backdrop and flats needed for the school production next month. Pupils arrived ready to be creative and fully involved; it was such a successful day! Texture and tone were added to the massive designs and we’ve really created the atmosphere needed for the production. It was an immensely enjoyable and productive day and pupils learnt a lot about the skills needed for creating huge set designs. A massive ‘thank you’ to those who were involved.

Charity Book Sale

“Thank you to everyone who donated and bought books at the second-hand sale in the Library before half term. It was lovely to see so many getting involved and raising funds for The Mark Evison Foundation.

The charity uses all funds to financially support young people across the country to take on a physical or creative personal challenge. For my challenge, I am writing a novella and, with the charity’s support, hope to see it in print. The book sale was a fitting way to raise money for this charity and share my love of literature.”

Ruby S, Year 12

Saint Cecilia’s Art and Textiles Summer Exhibition

This year’s Art and Textiles Summer Exhibition will take place on 27th June from 4.30pm to 7pm. We are immensely proud of our fantastic artists who have created some stunning artwork.

Computer Science Awards

Congratulations to two Year 10 GCSE Computer Science pupils for achieving external accreditation for their coding and problem solving skills. Melina P achieved her Bronze Duke of York iDEA Award and is now working toward her Silver certificate. Robert K successfully completed the CISCO Python Essentials 1 course and also the CS50 Introduction to Programming in Python Course from Harvard University where he had to solve nine coding problems and create an AI noughts and crosses project using a minimax algorithm.

ESSA Cup - Our Best Ever Results!

A team of 56 pupils from Years 8-10 competed in the first round of the English Schools’ Athletics Association cup competition in May. Each pupil competed in two events: every throw/jump/run meant points for the team, so they had to run as fast, jump and throw as far as possible. There were some outstanding performances. Four competitions were held across London with the best schools all competing and schools with the most points qualify to the next round. Overall, our junior boys came 5th/32, junior girls 4th/36, inter boys 5th/32 and inter girls 11th/32. These are the best set of results we have had since entering this competition! A HUGE well done to all.