St Cuthbert's RC Business and Enterprise College

Seminarian, Gavin Landers visit to St Cuthbert’s RC Business and Enterprise College

Mission Week 9-13 February

In preparation for our mission week we were delighted to welcome Seminarian, Gavin Landers, into school on Tuesday. Gavin is in his fifth year of training to be a priest at Oscott College near Birmingham.

He shared the story of his faith journey so far with pupils throughout the day and spoke in a most entertaining way about vocation and how we can all become Saints of the New Millenium if we listen to what God wants for us. He met with our Pupil Chaplains and Liturgy Music group at luchtime and gave them great encouragement in their ministry. We will continue to keep Gavin and those in training for the priest hood in our prayers.

Sports News

Year 8 girls played in a Volleyball competition coming 3rd while the boys also participated and came 2nd out of 5 teams, they lost their last game coming in as runners up. They received bronze and silver medals for their efforts! Well done.

Year 8 boys and Year 7 girls came first in the indoor athletic qualifying for the Greater Manchester Championships, well done.

Safer Internet Day Tuesday 10 February

Next week St. Cuthbert’s Year 7 students will be taking part in a video broadcast and question and answer session aimed at increasing their awareness of Safer Internet Day which is held the following week on Tuesday 10 February.
Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.

Globally, Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over a hundred countries, coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and 31 national Safer Internet Centres across Europe.

The day offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community. It calls upon young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers, and wider, to join together in helping to create a better internet. Ultimately, a better internet is up to us!

Book Fair 2-6 February
All pupils are invited to our Book Fair, Monday 2 to Friday 6 February. With so many brilliant books to explore, it’s the perfect way for them to get the latest titles at their fingertips. There are over 200 titles for them to browse through, and with fantasy, thrillers, chick-lit, non-fiction, comedy and lots more starting from only £2.99, there’s sure to be a book for everyone to enjoy.

Don’t forget that every book you buy can help to get FREE BOOKS for our school! Parents/Carers can visit www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/parents to find out about Book Fair Gift Vouchers – the safe, secure way to ensure you get the books you really want. These can be exchanged at the Book Fair.

Pupils can also enter our ‘Design A bookmark’ Competition. First Prize £10 plus three runner-up prizes of £5, which they can spend at the Fair. Letters and Leaflets have been sent home with Yr7 & Yr8 pupils with all the information you need to support this event.

Year 7 News

Form stars for the week are:Cole Cadd, Delphine Nonleh, Jennifer Mande, Brandon Price, Alicia Brookes.
All have been issued with Vivo points - well done.

The form with the highest attendance last week was form 2 again -well done. Vivos have been issued to the class.

Well done to the Year 7 athletes who were presented with medals from Miss Holt for their amazing achievements in the athletics tournament last week.