Last Wednesday 28th St Mary’s College hosted the second league race in the Southampton Schools Cross Country competition, with over 150 competitors.  The temperature for the race was more suitable for cricket than cross country, and claimed a few casualties.  This was in stark contrast to the previous year which produced torrential rain, and not so many photos – Father Michael took them from the Whitehouse!  St Mary’s as always produced some great performances, in particular, Alex Ruggles and Rosie Lynch who came 2nd; Dylan and Sam Kirkwood who finished 3rd; and James Doherty, James New, Stephen Whorwood and Dan Wallis who finished 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th respectively in their races.  Thank you to both staff and students who helped marshal. Remaining dates and venues for Southampton Schools Cross Country league 2011

A big thank-you to all the staff and students at the College who made the Open Evening on Monday such a success. The energy and enthusiasm of the students especially, is a real measure of the quality of the College community. The comments from visitors were very positive and many stayed beyond the formal presentation to enjoy the broad variety of activities on display around the site.  A special thank-you to our Chair of Trustees, Brother Francis OBE, for greeting our visitors and demonstrating the continued commitment of the Brothers to this community. May I also extend my thanks to members of the Parents Association for providing and serving the refreshments.

Parents familiar with the Blog will have followed the development of the Fitness and Drama room over the last 6 months. The re-development of old classrooms  near the Biology Department has finally been completed. Mr Lickley invited Brother Francis, our Chair of Trustees, to officially open the room in front of all the members of the Parents Association and students that have contributed enormously of their time to insure the success of this project. The room will be available to students on completion of a formal induction process and final safety checks of all the equipment.

The minutes of the Parents Association meeting held on the 11th September 2011 are available for download, please click on the link below.

sept 11 minutes