BBC School Report

On Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th March six pupils from Year 6 became journalist for the BBC School Report.  The children have been working on a project based around journalistic writing as part of their lessons.  The pupils researched their own stories which they then produce to camera as a news article.  The next stage…

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St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations

A series of activities have been organised across the school, many with a sporting theme.  The Sports Leadership Team from Prior Park School have organised sporting activities for the First School children. The Middle School children have been participating in Netball and Football tournaments, with all the houses battling for the St Patrick’s day winners…

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UK Chess Championships

On Saturday 11th March, three teams of enthusiastic Loreto chess players participated in the National Primary School’s U11’s Chess Team Championships at St Bernard’s Middle School.  Amongst the three teams were two development teams that consisted of players new to chess, developing their skills, knowledge and understanding of game play.  Some of our year 7 pupils…

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World Book Day

Local Author reads to Loreto Pupils What an exciting day in the Loreto Convent Calendar.  In early January the preparation began when posters were displayed in the school.  Our younger pupils were asked to draw a picture of their favourite book to commemorate the 20th anniversary of “World Book Day” and the 100th anniversary since…

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Victorian Day

On Friday the 24th our year 6 children took part in Victorian Day. Top hats, chimney sweeps, fancy dresses and patched up trousers filled up the playground at the start of the day. After prayers in chapel the children were taken back in time to a Victorian classroom run by a very strict and scary…

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