April 2016 Loreto Convent School
IN BRIEF New school uniform
Polo shirts and P.E.
T-shirts
From Tuesday 19th April, our new P.E. T-shirt and school polo shirt (Summer uniform), will be available.
Year 5 Trip to Seville
As part of our Geography Topic “Contrasting Localities: Gibraltar and Seville”, the Year 5 pupils went on a field trip to Seville to visit some of the most famous buildings in the city.
We firstly visited the Cathedral and saw Columbus’ tomb and the stunning Altar Mayor which shows different moments in Christ’s life. We then climbed...
Class Photos
Pupils across the
school have had their
annual class
photographs taken.
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WHAT’S ON 2, 5 & 30 May:
No school
3 May:
Summer uniform to be worn
16 - 22 May:
Test week— *Please ensure
your child attends this week*
25 May:
First school sports day
Moroccan Fundraising Dinner -click here for more details.
TERM DATES
Last Day of Summer Term:
First Day of Autumn Term:
Friday 1 July
Wednesday 7 September
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Inter School hockey
Over the course of three days, Loreto had eight teams competing across four tournaments, held as part of the Hockey Inter School Competition. This was more than any other school and was due to the high standard of hockey shown by the children in their P.E lessons. All teams showed great…
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Chess Competition
Two recent inter-school Chess tournaments have proved enjoyable and success-ful for our various chess teams. In our last tournament, the Loreto B team per-
formed extremely well, coming 3rd overall. Well done to Harri-son Herd, Carlos Kussner, Marta and Carlos Chacon Perez and Alec Harbinson. The Loreto A team (Anushree Jain, James Wilson, Michael Bowry, William Beard and Adriana Garcia Martinez) were narrowly beaten into 4th place. Along with the Loreto C team (Louis Bruce, Juan Pablo Linares Mompeon, Yann Collado Lemahieu, Charlotte Scott and Alejandro Pacheco), all the children performed extremely well and enjoyed a Saturday playing in the brand new St. Bernard’s school.
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School photograph
It was a lovely day on Monday
18th April for the annual
whole school photo.
Building update
Casais are on schedule with phase 1 of the building works. The internal windows and walls are being finished, pathways being laid. Scaffolding has started to be removed.
Spring success
Well done to Maddy Hill, She has been presented with her 'Highly Commended' certificate in the Spring Festival.
Masters of Art
Pupils in years 6—9
have excelled in their
Art, creating some
excellent examples
using different forms of
media and techniques;
from pencil, pastel and
lino printing. Some Van
Gogh's in the making!
World Earth Day
Pupils in year 3 made posters as
part of World Earth Day. There
were two winners, Esther Herrera
and Ruby Isola. Well done to
everyone for your posters.
Holy Communion & Confirmation
Pupils in Mrs Wilson and Mrs McNiece’s class attended their
First Holy Communion services at St. Joseph’s Church. The
confirmation of pupils in year seven also took place this
month.
Science in Action
As part of their Science
lessons, Year 8 pupils have
been interactively studying
the Solar System.
Retreat weekend
The Retreat was enjoyed by
those who attended. A video of
the weekend is available here.
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Gibraltar Visit
The year five pupils went on a fantastic Geography field trip on Tuesday 26th April. They visited the Parliament, City Hall, The Convent and 6 Convent Place. During their visit they had the pleasure of meeting Lady Davies and were surprised by Mr Picardo... Click here for the full article.
Visiting Author
The Author and Publicist of The Pomegranate Tree will be in school on Monday 23rd May to talk to our Year 8 and 9 pupils and will be selling signed and dedicated copies of the book which is suitable for readers over the age of 12.
Click here for more details including the book pre-order form.
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