12 March 2010
Dance class - all years 3.10 until 4.30pm
Dance Exam - Years 10, 11 12 & 13 from 3.10 until 5.00pm
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Year 9 Mass - 11 March 2010 Year 9 celebrated their Mass on Thursday morning. It was a wonderful occasion which brought the whole year group together with their form tutors and other members of our school community. The theme of the Mass was faith, which was demonstrated throughout by the reverant and respectful manner of each and every pupil. The mass concluded with a reminder of how generous this year group has been, revealing that since Year 7 they have raised nearly £9000 for charity. Special thanks go to all those who volunteered to take part in the Mass from every form. Well done to all the Year 9 form ... [Read more] |
Villa Cup Semi Final - 10 March 2010 On Wednesday afternoon our previously undefeated team travelled to Washwood Heath School for the semi-final of the most prestigious cup in local schools football, the Aston Villa Cup. Our opponents yet again were to be Bishop Challenor a team that is always well organised and determined to succeed. The first half was goalless although Tommies had the better of the game. Good opportunities were created but our front players were hesitant in front of goal. The second half saw us play with the slope and wind and although we were again well on top, there was a risk of being caught on ... [Read more] |
Year 10 7's Rugby Report Never having played 7-a-side rugby competitively before, it was always going to be a tough challenge for our year 10 team which was also supplemented by four year 9's. Arriving at King Edward's Aston, the challenge grew even larger as we discovered that the other teams in the tournament were all rugby-playing grammar schools. The gap in experience was made clear in the first match against the eventual easy winners, King Edward's Aston; the heavy defeat was a great lesson. The team showed great spirit and an ability to bounce back and win the second match against Queen Mary's Walsall. This ... [Read more] |
Year 10 Girls Football Report Throughout the last 5 weeks, the year 10 girls' football team have played some outstanding football at Colmer's astro turf pitches in Rubery. We have had some fantastic results with the girls being undefeated until the last week where they unfortunately lost 1-0 to Bartley Green. However, we must give credit to them as all other matches were won. Lauren Wilson, the captain, stayed calm and collected in defence and with outstanding control on the ball kept pressure on the opposition's attack. Shardai Gaye in midfield supplied the forwards with some accurate overhead passes. Grace Grandon, the sharp shooter had ... [Read more] |
Alton Castle 2010 78 year 8 pupils visited Alton Castle from 1-3 March. The Retreat Centre is owned and run by the Archdiocese of Birmingham and has over 7000 children visiting every year. On the first evening, the pupils were put into groups and took part in team building exercises and were given a tour of the historic castle. During the course of the retreat, all pupils took part in 3 activities which included trekking, survival skills, wall climbing, the adventure course and crate stacking. At some point during all the activities, there was a break and the children were all asked to meditate and ... [Read more] |
World Challenge Team Building Day On Friday 26th February Miss Lloyd, Mr Jaep and 9 mighty world challengers set off for a fun-filled day at Oakerwood Leisure Centre. Leaving school at 8:30 in walking boots and tracksuit bottoms, we sat in the famous St. Thomas Aquinas mini bus and wondered what the day would bring. We arrived at Oakerwood and entered on our journey to find the codes and open the mysterious treasure chest which, to our dismay, seemed to be floating on a raft in the middle of a lake. We then took part in lots of team building activities such as, Jacob's Ladder, ... [Read more] |
Year 9 Rugby Birmingham and Black Country Emerging Schools Festival 2010 Year 9 Rugby Birmingham & Black Country Emerging Schools Festival 2010 On Thursday 25th February 2010, the year 9 rugby team went to Aston Old Edwardians to take part in the Birmingham & Black Country Festival for Emerging Schools. There were twenty different school teams taking part and wanting to take home the trophy. Our first game was against Wheelers Lane Boys' who proved to be the most challenging team in our pool, as the final result was a narrow 5-0 win to Tommies. The second game against Windsor school was a great result with Tommies winning 25 -0. The team played great together ... [Read more] |
Year 12 Media & Communications visit to The Electric Cinema On Thursday 25th. February, 13 Year-12 Media & Communication students visited The Electric Cinema as part of their Unit-1 module. Whilst there, they listened to a talk about the British film industry, the history of the the oldest working cinema in Britain (The Electric) and had a private screening of the BAFTA-award winning film Fish Tank. The visit was a resounding success. A big thank you to all of the students who attended the visit: you are a credit to the school, your Head of Year and yourselves!... [Read more] |
Lovely Family Mass on Wednesday Evening Once again it was a great pleasure to come together as a family community at the beginning of Lent for our termly Family Mass on Wednesday evening. There was a good turnout including excellent support from our musicians and singers who were there in force. Thank you as always to Fr Stefan, Anne-Marie, Miss Cutler and Mr Weekes and indeed to everyone who was there. Our next Family Mass takes place on Wednesday 7 July and we are hoping that Archbishop Bernard might lead us on this special occasion! Watch this ... [Read more] |
Villa Cup Quarter Final - 10 February 2010 The year 10 boys' football team visited St Peter's School in Solihull to play a quarter final match in the Aston Villa cup. Guided by Mr Adams and managed by Mr Smyllie and Mr Mohammed, the boys looked to maintain their unbeaten record. However, an early error let in St Peter's for a soft goal but just before half-time Kieron McCalla equalised. The second half saw Tommies take control of the game but on a rare attack the home side went 2-1 ahead. Constant pressure saw us go close to scoring on many occasions and eventually Dale Kenny grabbed the equaliser. The game ... [Read more] |
Visit to Physics Factory On February 10th, six of our year 11 pupils visited the Physics Factory located in a modern laboratory in King Edwards VI Five Ways School in Bartley Green. The aim of the visit was to benefit from the high quality physics resources in one place (‘The Factory') to improve pupils' internal assessment grades, especially from B to A and from A to A*. The day was very busy, giving pupils the opportunity to do practical work followed by group discussion to understand what it takes to get the maximum grade. There were some fun activities at the end of the ... [Read more] |
Attendance Assemblies - January 2010 It was fantastic to be able to reward our pupils for excellent attendance and punctuality during our special assemblies over the last two weeks.Pupils from years Seven to Eleven were awarded with certificates for showing excellent standards in attendance and punctuality. Well done to all those fantastic pupils for setting themselve such high standards. Year 7 100% Attendance & Punctuality Top Attending Form Top Punctuality Form AWEGiulio GrandonTiernan GreenSarah Tierney CCODaniel LyttleShannon O’DonnellLakeisha Robinson JDEJoe FarrugiaKatie LarkinLuke RobertsNishal Thakrar 7CCO with 96% 7WGA with 45 lates Year 8 100% Attendance & Punctuality Top Attending Form Top Punctuality Form AHEColm Connolly EWOMary Joy Guerrero ARADominic HortonAnthony Sargeant 8ARA with 96% 8CKA with 47 lates Year 9 100% Attendance & Punctuality Top Attending ... [Read more] |
St Thomas Aquinas Feast Day - 28 January 2010 MassWhat a privilege it was to be part of the celebration of our Feast Day yesterday. We began in tutor groups with each pupil producing a prayer that was then presented in a procession at the beginning of Mass. Mrs Jones called on each member of the school community to be generous in allowing everyone else to pray and to reflect on the meaning of the day. And that is exactly what happened as we celebrated a wonderful Mass together. After communion Mrs Dee McCann from Acorns Hospice was delighted to receive a cheque for £4,636 which was 50% of ... [Read more] |
Year 3 Primary Multi Skills Festival On Wednesday 20th January, Hayley Hunter, Reece Chapman Carry, Michael Kenny and I attended a multi skills festival. We went to help out as young sports leaders. Throughout the day we assisted Year 3 pupils in learning different and new skills. We had to lead a warm up then demonstrate the new skill that the pupils had to follow at our station. Over the course of the day there were over 500 pupils involved, including pupils from our old primary schools, St Brigids, St Columba's, St John Fisher and St James'. As GCSE PE students, it was a good experience as it... [Read more] |
Christmas Mass 2009 Our term finished today in the perfect way with our Christmas Mass when we came together as a whole school community. As with all of our whole school Masses, our Sports Hall, recently the venue for Year 11 Trial Examinations, was transformed in to a place of worship by the respect and prayerfulness shown by our pupils. The Christmas Mass is always a special celebration. The readings and prayers and the musicians and choir enabled us to reflect on this major feast of the Church. The meaning of Christmas was also remembered in the many hampers donated by the different fo... [Read more] |
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