Year 7 proved very adept at building newspaper towers on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Thom brought both classes together for an opportunity to ‘build’ relationships and communication skills. The event proved to be very successful and was followed with the presentation of certificates for the teams. A big thank-you to Mrs Thom and well done to all our Year 7.

St. Mary’s College was represented in Hyde Park on the Saturday that the Holy Father lead a celebration of prayer and praise Chris Mc.Gill (Year 10) was one of the pupils and he writes:

“I had a wonderful day visiting Pope Benedict in Hyde Park. I accompanied Brother James and his friends. There was a short walk through security when we arrived, then we had to find our allotted position. It gave us a fantastic view.  Among the vast crowds I came across Nina Nannar (from ITV News) and Carol Vorderman; but neither compared with the Pope. When he arrived a great cheer went up and the experience that followed was magical. A ‘once in a lifetime’ experience. To sustain us on the way home we managed to find a McDonald’s open. It was an absolutely fantastic day and our thanks to Brother James”