Dear Parents/Carers,

We wished farewell to the month of May during the half term holiday, but what a lot of things we fitted into school life in that first half of the summer term. This month’s Heart News brings you some of those highlights, with stories of the visitors we have had in school who have encouraged and motivated, as well as news of some of the impressive trips out of school our students have taken.

This month’s issue really does showcase what a wide variety of gifts and talents we have within our school community and how many opportunities there are in school to be inspired every day. Reading these stories, you cannot fail to see how our Sacred Heart Goal of Personal Growth has been lived out by so many this term already.

The rest of the Summer term brings even more opportunities for all. As Year 11 and 13 students make the final push to the finish line after their exams, they can start to think about the exciting next steps they will take in the world. We look forward to inviting Year 11 back to the Sixth Form for subject taster sessions from Monday 24th June to Wednesday 26th June, when they will get the chance to experience what life will be like for them here in Year 12.

And we still have a school show - Little Shop of Horrors, Sacred Heart feast day trips, Year 11 and Year 13 Leavers’ Proms and a whole school Big Mass all to look forward to before we break up in July!

Mrs Howell

Headteacher

We are delighted to announce that three of our talented students will perform in The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) Garden Outdoor Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from the 22nd to the 24th of August.

On Friday 17 May, Year 10 and Year 12 students, were lucky enough to attend a talk by JESSICA HEPBURN, who is the only woman in the world to have swum the English Channel, run the London Marathon, and climbed Mount Everest.

Last half term fourteen of our GCSE Design Technology students attended a careers workshop at Nissan.  The morning included a very interesting guided tour of the trim and chassis section of this vast manufacturing plant and students gained an insight into the world of car manufacturing.   

Well done Year 10. Another 21 students completed their practice expedition for their bronze Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

Six of our Year 10 Design Technology students had the opportunity to visit the huge HMRC site that is currently being developed in Newcastle on Pilgrim Street. 

This half-term we are celebrating the Feast Day of our foundress Madeleine Sophie Barat, as well as May being the month of Mary in the Catholic Church. 

This half-term we took our largest group of students ever away to the Emmaus Youth Village on retreat. 99 students in total spent two days getting involved in creative and spiritual activities, focusing on the theme of 'Lost and Found'.

Students studying Art, Ceramics and Textiles will present in an open gallery this month to celebrate this year’s A level and G.C.S.E work.

Following our lecture/seminar pattern, after a lecture from Mr Spraggon on Jonathan Swift, this month Julia de Cecco led the seminar session on A MODEST PROPOSAL, Swift's seminal satire.

A huge well done to some of our Year 10 students who have completed their practice expedition for their bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Unifrog have published a new list of webinars for students and their families this half term.