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.