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Fifteen schools accepted the invitation to take part in the annual tournament. With some of them intending on bringing two teams making 18 teams competing in total. However, one school withdrew their entry at the last moment which meant we had to play another team in order to make up the group knock out numbers. Notwithstanding the changeable weather, all teams participated with enthusiasm. Ursuline A, B and C teams played with determination and despite some of our girls playing against older girls they held their own. Ursuline A and B teams played in the semi-finals against Woodlands, Hutton Manor [...]

Children from Pre-Reception upwards and staff gathered to mark the beginning of Lent in our Ash Wednesday service, which was led by Fr John. The service reflected on repentance, thinking of others, and preparing ourselves for the joy of Easter. Upper Two assisted in leading the liturgy and read beautifully and the younger children responded enthusiastically to Fr John’s homily. The school community received ashes on their foreheads with the words, ‘Repent and believe in the Good News’.

On Tuesday, 13th February, we held our annual Shrove Tuesday, Pancake races. The weather being as it was, the races took place in the school hall. The children had a great time with the final house placings as follows: St. Patrick’s St. David’s St Andrew’s St. George’s

Upper Two followed up their trip to the Warner Bros. Studios on 8th January with their own school- based Harry Potter themed afternoon this week. We invited our year 6 friends from St Mary’s, Hare Park to join in the fun and a muggletastic time was had by all! The afternoon started with each pupil being assigned their Hogwarts House by the sorting hat. From there the children took part in a host of wizard themed activities including coding, green screen photos, and craft. A selection of weird and wonderful science investigations was also on offer and the children had [...]

Huge congratulations to our Lower Two netball team. Today they went to New Hall School accompanied by Mrs. Walsh and Mr. Lewis to compete against 15 other teams in the New Hall Invitation Cup Competition. I am absolutely thrilled to share that they were unbeaten in all matches including the final against Bancrofts School and have now been crowned champions in this tournament.

Lower Two had a Viking themed day with Portals to the Past last Tuesday. The children and staff all dressed up in Viking outfits. During the day the children learnt about how the Vikings came to Britain and how over time they moved from being raiders to invaders and then settlers. They also studied their beliefs, the roles of men, women, and children in their cultures, and also about them as travellers and traders as well as warriors! The children played a traditional Viking board game called ‘Geese and Fox’ and looked at and discussed artifacts and there uses. All [...]

On 31st January, Transition braved the cold and windy airfield of Duxford to learn about the History of Flight as part of their History topic. They went into British Airspace and looked at and explored the Comet, Concorde and Hermes. They sequenced the History of flight and discovered the Vulcan and Flying boat. After lunch they went over to the American Hanger and explored American aircraft which included the B52 Bomber and The Black bird Spy plane. They listened carefully to the sad story of 9/11 while watching a recording of the aircraft activity of that day. The children were [...]

Mr. Lewis accompanied William Barker, Yishai Choo, Blake Gibson and Bertie Heighton to the ISA National Table Tennis Competition that took place at the University of Nottingham today. The children had a very early start this morning, leaving here at 7am. I am delighted to share with you that in the Cup Competition Yishai came 3rd and Blake 4th, in the Plate Competition Will came 1st and in the Bowl Competition Bertie came 3rd! Well done boys, a fantastic achievement!

On Monday, the school hosted the inaugural District Dance Competition. Several local schools took part in the competition that was judged in two age categories. The Judge, Ms. Staunton, had a very difficult time in selecting the prize winners from a very diverse range of dance styles, some of which featured up to 30 children whilst others entered solo performers. We were thrilled to share with you that we came first in both categories. Children from Lower One and Upper One performed their street dance ‘Gangsta Grannies’ and children from Lower Two and Upper Two performed their contemporary piece ‘How [...]

The school was pleased to welcome Fr John back to the school to celebrate mass in honour of the founder of the Ursuline Order, St. Angela. Upper One made an important contribution to the liturgy with their readings and prayers. They had worked hard in their preparations by learning about the life of St. Angela and her vision for education and shared some lovely writing with us at the end of the mass. Fr John talked to the children about St Angela’s vocation and what it meant to be a saint, which was very interesting and inspiring. [...]