On Monday 15th May, Loreto Convent School hosted a FireTech Camp for the day. Year three pupils were lucky enough to attend a workshop on coding using Ozocode and the Ozobot. Split into exciting, ‘hands on’ activities the pupil’s first activity was to learn about how the sensors in the Ozobot worked. In black pen…
DetailsYear one have been in full rehearsals as they preformed their ‘Seasons’ assembly. With a full ensemble of songs and poetry beautifully presented to the parents in the audience. Well done to all our pupils and staff for their hard work. A full write up including photographs will be published in May’s edition of our…
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Loreto Convent School is proud to present this collection of ‘missing’ Roald Dahl chapters. The book is a collection of creative writing by the pupils of our school. Library Prefect Hannah shows off the new Loreto Convent book. Hannah’s own story has been published on page 117, titled ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and me. For…
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Loreto Convent hosted a Cyber Security talk earlier this week. The Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) and Dr Daniel Gideon Dresner both gave presentations to parents and staff. Superintendent McGrail introduced his team – PC Danny Rodriguez and PC Simon Debono gave an overview of the current problems that the RGP are facing in Gibraltar. With…
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Year four visited ERE CULTURA near Chiclana on Tuesday 2nd May. The visit formed part of the history curriculum, where pupils will be investigating Prehistoric Gibraltar; looking into the daily life of the Neanderthal man. On arrival the children were placed into three groups, blue, green and pink. It was off to a straw thatched…
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Dr Daniel Gideon Dresner, BSc (Hons), the Academic Coordinator for Cyber Security at the School of Computer Science, Manchester, is visiting Gibraltar and giving a series of lectures on the important topic of Cyber Parenting in conjunction with the RGP. We are extremely pleased that Dr Dresner has offered to give a talk to both…
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Well done to all our Chess team players who participated in the Inter schools Chess tournament. Held at the Caleta Hotel, the tournament started at 9am and came to a close after 3 hours of intense Chess being played. Loreto Convent left the tournament with the following results: The A team were positioned second overall,…
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Following on from the Brazil workshop earlier this year, our Year 2 pupils presented a wonderful assembly on Brazil. The children informed the audience about many facts relating to this marvellous country. They showcased their fantastic singing, dancing and acting skills. Continuing their journey through Brazil with guest appearances by Patrick Cabezutto and Miss Azzopardi,…
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Winners of ‘The Best Local School Choir’ in the Gibraltar Festival For Young Musicians. Well done to the Loreto Middle School choir.
Year 5 visited Seville on Thursday 23rd 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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