Well done to our very own Sebastian Desoisa for winning this year’s GBC Junior Sports Personality of the Year. Last year’s winner; Sebastian’s incredible journey continued in 2017 following up 2016’s successes on the golfing scene with yet more silverware. Most notably the title of European Champion in Craiglaw, Scotland, plus second place in the…
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Year 5 visited Seville on Thursday 15th March. The trip organised as part of their curriculum studies was a huge success with children visiting many local attractions. As part of the Geography Topic “Contrasting Localities: Gibraltar and Seville”, the Year 5 pupils went on a field trip to Seville to visit some of the most…
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Loreto participated in the Middle Schools’ Chess Tournament, held at Caleta Hotel on Thursday 15th March. Four Loreto teams competed against teams from all other middle schools and as always, performed wonderfully. Special mention must be made of Pablo Kussner Nunez, who played on board A1 and won all of his matches, beating some of…
DetailsOn Friday 9th March, local history was taught to the year 5 pupils, on the Geography field trip as part of the Geography Topic “Contrasting Localities. The children visited areas around Gibraltar including John Mackintosh Square, Parliament House where they sat in Parliament to hear about the history from the current speaker. Next was Convent Place, where…
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The brief explored in this project for Technology was the following, Explore what considerations engineers have to consider when designing and constructing bridges. Research the following types of bridges, beam, suspension, cantilever and arch bridges. For the design and construction of their bridges year 7 pupils have studied the key developments, advances and materials used…
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After many months of planning, it was finally time for the Library staff at Loreto Convent School to start World Book Day 2018. Despite the wind and rain, the children started to arrive in their fancy dress as a book character. After many weeks of preparation, the costumes were the best that the school has…
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On Saturday 25th, our school netball teams compete in the Netball competition at the Tercentenary Hall. After action packed matches, the teams played well together and the results were as follows; Red Hawks finished Runners Up in the A competition (only losing 7-8 to the winners). Yellow Hawks finished 1st the the B Competition (winning…
DetailsLast week saw both our First and Middle School choirs and a recorder ensemble participate in the Gibraltar Festival for Young Musicians (GFYM). On Thursday 22nd February the choirs and ensemble performed at the John Mackintosh Hall, competing against other local schools. The First School choir sang beautifully, the adjudicator said their performance was exciting, with…
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As part of the conclusion to their History lessons, year 6 pupils have experienced a day in the life as a Victorian. On Friday 09th February pupils were transported back in time attending a Victorian school. Pupils have been learning about life in Victorian times where they all produced some fantastic journals as part of their project work. …
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During Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February, some of our children entered the Tradewise Junior Chess championships. In the U10 category, Zach Hamilton came 3rd and Oliver Jarvis came 1st. These children will join other Loreto children in the annual Middle Schools tournament, held at the Caleta on Thursday 15th March from 9-1pm. Well done…
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