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Inclusion Charter Mark Awards Ceremony
St. Benedict's College was represented at the Inclusion Charter Awards Ceremony at the Town Hall on Thursday 12th May, after winning two awards Advanced Level Liverpool Inclusion Charter Mark and a Special Awards Certificate (in recognition of being awarded a commendation at the Northwest Region Inclusion Awards 2004 "The Inclusive School").
St.Benedict's college Woodwind Group and the Year 10 dancers performed at the ceremony, which was hosted by Roger Phillips of Radio Merseyside, and attended by teachers representing both primary and secondary schools across Liverpool, various guests from the Local Education Authority, and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
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Liverpool Festival of Performing Arts
St Benedicts took part in the Liverpool Festival of Performing Arts in the Town Hall. The festival gives children of all ages a chance to show their artistic talent.
They perform either a poem, acting piece, music, singing, dancing or other things in front of a panel of judges to win a medal or cup. Gary Jones did exceptionally well bringing us back a bronze medal for his piece, "Liverpool Docks".
The representatives said the day was very enjoyable. They performed again for the "Music Night", held in school, and they all did an excellent job, especially the first timers and we are very proud!
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Music for a Summer Evening
Our school held an event called 'Music For A Summer Evening'. There were performances from the school band, poems by some of the students and dancing from girls in year 10. The audience was kept occupied all night by the talent shown by our students. Katherine Jones and Colin Mills read out poems, and Louise McKeown, Nicole Abraham, Rachael Scully, Talisha Lindsay and Heather Rogers performed a dance.
The night finished with a performance from Steven Stanley, Heather Rogers, Louise McKeown, Alex Tsang and Daniel Phizakalea, the school band. They performed a version of The Beatles classic 'Let it Be', as well as 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' and 'American Idiot' by Green Day.
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Aim Higher - You can follow your dreams
Recently a group of year 9 students visited Edge Hill College in Ormskirk to find out what it was like to be at university. They received help and advice on how to choose a university, what courses were on offer and what qualifications are needed to access higher education.
The day was very informative and all students come away feeling very positive and determined to work hard so that these opportunities will be available to them.
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From the Vatican
Mr McTague wrote to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, on behalf of the Governors, Staff and Children to wish him well in his new position. We received a reply from Pope Benedict's Assessor expressing "his gratitude for the kind message of good wishes". Pope Benedict, "deeply appreciated the thoughtfulness and invokes upon all members of the school community God's blessings of joy and peace".
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Friday Fling Charities Supported
£500 has been raised by the Friday fling and will be given to Calder Kids Adventure Playground. The Abbey have matched our £500 and therefore our total donation to calder Kids is a massive £1000.
Calder Kids are organising a trip to Skipton in Yorkshire for their children that have additional needs. The money will not only pay for the trip but it will also give the children's parents a break as well.
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Technology
St Benedict's College now have two state of the art computer suites which are available to all students at some time during the course of every week.
It is part of the National Grid for Learning with ready access to the internet.
The provision of accredited ICT (Information Communication Technology) lessons is also available after school on three nights a week.
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Sixth Form College
St Benedict's College has an expanding sixth form which provides opportunities for all students to achieve success irrespective of their ability. We cover a broad and balanced curriculum with continuity form Key Stage 4 and one which encourages progression to higher education.
The curriculum consists of an attractive package of A/S, A2 and ACVE's which is enriched by courses in Key Skills, PE and RE. At 'A' level all traditional subjects are offered including Psychology, whilst areas such as Business, Leisure and Recreation, Health and Social Care and IT are provided by the vocational ACVE's.
Sixth Form Maintenance Grant
Parents may qualify for a maintenance grant if their son or daughter stays on for a 6th Form Course. This grant is dependent upon pupils maintaining a good record of attendance and level of work.
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