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• Wednesday 29 November 2023 Year 9 Aquinas Experience to the Birmingham Rep Theatre On Wednesday we took the year 9's to the Rep theatre to watch the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The performance was fantastic, filled with music, singing and magical effects that captivated our students in awe.
• Friday 24 November 2023 Red Wednesday and Mass at St Chads Over the last few weeks, we prepared for ‘Red Wednesday’, an initiative organised by ‘Aid to the Church in Need’.
• Friday 10 November 2023 Remembrance Service As a school community we gathered this morning to remember those that had fallen. Students who are in the Cadets laid a wreath and delivered a beautiful service remembering those that had fallen. The children took part in two minute silence and a student from Year 8 played the Last Post.
• Monday 30 October 2023 Rewards Assemblies We are delighted to share the wonderful news from this week's rewards assemblies. Our students have once again demonstrated our school virtues, and we celebrated their achievements by awarding them virtues badges.
• Tuesday 24 October 2023 Year 13 Education Evening - October 2023 On the evening of the Tuesday 24th October, parents and students in year 13 were invited in to school to find out more about the year ahead. We discussed the importance of exam readiness, revision and how to cope with stress and ways to be more efficient and effective when students get to pressure points in the year.
• Monday 23 October 2023 Year 11 Breakfasts This week, year 11 students enjoyed breakfast in the St. Bernadette Centre with Mr Howes. They were able to enjoy the space usually reserved for our Sixth Form Students, as well as hear information about courses next year and beyond. Year 11 will have plenty of opportunities this year to explore post-16 options such as apprenticeships, college and of course, Sixth form at STACS!
• Monday 16 October 2023 Year 11 Education Evening and 6th Form Open Evening On Monday evening this week there was a superb turnout for our Year 11 Education Evening. This important event was, for many parents, the first occasion in a long time in which we've been able to come to school in such a way, so it was lovely to welcome you all back in! Students received academic data which gave them some targets to focus on, and some revision resources to help them make a start on preparing for the forthcoming trial exams. This very special year group have so much potential, and are rich in character, ambition and determination, and their commitment to learning really showed. I am so proud to be their Head of Year!
• Thursday 12 October 2023 Family Mass - October 2023 Full report to follow ...
• Wednesday 11 October 2023 Year 7 Retreat - October 2023 Last Wednesday Year 7 enjoyed their first retreat day. It was a day off timetable to spend reflecting on their own gifts and talents and how together we build up one Body of Christ.
• Friday 29 September 2023 Sports Results - Week Beginning 25th September Adam was representing Team GB in Holland this week and he had two races after some initial training.
• Friday 29 September 2023 Open Evening and Open Mornings Open EveningLast Thursday was a resounding success! We had record numbers of prospective parents and children through our doors and their feedback was incredible. The undisputed stars of the show were our faculty helpers, prefects and choir who were incredible ambassadors for the school.Christ is the centre of our school community, where we live, love and learn together.
• Tuesday 26 September 2023 Soli House - September 2023 On Tuesday 26th, a large group of year 10s school for the Soli House retreat. To start the trip off, there was a day of fun at Alton towers where we all got to go on rides, explore the park and watch the Oktober fest celebrations.
• Saturday 23 September 2023 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Last weekend was the result of over a year of planning. It is difficult for me to find the words to sum up the occasion … so I will leave that to some of the emails I have since received;
• Friday 22 September 2023 Open Evening 2023 - What an amazing occasion! Last night we had our annual Open Evening which as usual was an amazing occasion. Take a look at what went on!
• Thursday 24 August 2023 GCSE RESULTS DAY - THURSDAY 24TH AUGUST 2023 The Class of 2023 were only the second set students to sit their GCSE exams since the pandemic.
• Thursday 17 August 2023 A LEVEL RESULTS DAY - THURSDAY 17th AUGUST 2023 Students have been celebrating their achievements in today’s A Level results.
• Monday 7 August 2023 Joint Trip to Asia - Summer 2024 The Head Teachers/Principals of @ABIlsley @BishopChalloner @JHNCC_Solihull @StPetersSch & @STACSBirmingham are delighted to announce a joint trip to Asia in the summer of 2024 for new Year 12. With thanks to @ChallengeAbroad and @TuringScheme_UK. @BhamDES @FS_Foundation pic.twitter.com/IA0E0k17di
• Thursday 3 August 2023 Scavenger hunt at Keble College, Oxford We had an introduction to studying at Oxford, a scavenger hunt around Keble college, lunch in dining hall, a tour through Oxford to Christ Church college where Harry Potter was filmed and ended the day with an introductory lecture to beginners Turkish!
• Friday 21 July 2023 Sports Day 2023 Thanks to the PE Faculty for organising a fantastic Sports Day. Despite the forecast, the weather held until just before the end. A wonderful day of sporting achievement and team spirit with Years 7-10 participating, and Year 12 on hand to help the events run smoothly.
• Monday 17 July 2023 Devon - July 2023 On Monday 17th July, as dawn broke 40 students set off to spend their final week of Year 7 in the beautiful South Hams, Devon. The 5-day camp was truly fantastic, and all students thoroughly enjoyed their adventure. We were lucky enough to have exceptional weather throughout the week, quite different to here in Birmingham, so I am told! The students enjoyed some great times, including: • Multiple trips to the beach • Canoeing on the local lay • A stunning coastal walk • Forest school • Archery • Quiz night • Camp fire including roasting our own marshmallows • Feed the local goats and chickens
• Friday 14 July 2023 6th Form Taster Day - July 2023 This Tuesday we suspended the Yr 10 timetable to enable get a flavour of expectations at Key Stage 5, whether that was A Levels, Vocational Courses or indeed apprenticeships. The day started with a presentation on all the options available to our students and the different pathways they can take. Information was shared about higher level qualifications such as degrees and apprenticeships. After the session our students engaged in some taster lessons that they chose over the course of the day and spent their break and lunch down in the refurbished St Bernadette Centre. When asking for feedback from faculties, each and every one of them was very complimentary about the students attitude and engagement throughout the day. It was great to see so many students making the most of this opportunity and asking some really interesting questions. Well done year 10.
• Thursday 13 July 2023 Year 6 Transition Days - July 2023 On Wednesday and Thursday this week we welcomed our new Year 7 students into the school community. Two fantastic days sharing the 'Aquinas Way' and making new friends that culminated in a wonderful prayer service of welcome. Huge thanks to the new Year 7 team and all involved in making the days a great success - we can't wait to welcome the children back in September as members of our school community!
• Thursday 6 July 2023 Asthma Friendly Schools In December 2020, our school community sadly lost Jake 8-JP after complications from Asthma. In memory of Jake, the NHS was in school this morning delivering the launch of ‘Asthma Friendly Schools’. We are hoping from these sessions for students to volunteer to be ‘Asthma Champions’ to help promote health and share their learners with our MAC primary schools. This initiative may also lead to school being able to offer approximately 50 students the opportunity to become ‘NHS community researchers’ working alongside NHS staff.
• Thursday 29 June 2023 Arts Award Programme students visit the MAC On Thursday, we spent the day at the mac in Edgbaston. we had a great time looking at different forms of art such as paintings, photography, music, sculptures and mosaics. We visited two exhibitions, one centred around inclusive arts for children with special educational needs with mediums such as inclusive music for non verbal children. In the second exhibition it was mostly themed around elan valley, a dam used to transport water to Birmingham since 1904.
• Thursday 29 June 2023 St Peter and St Paul Mass - 29th June 2023 Our students marked the Feast Day of St Peter and Paul celebrating diversity, singing enthusiastically, wearing national flags and dramatizing the poem ‘Refugee’ at the beginning of Mass.
• Tuesday 27 June 2023 Year 12 Ecology Trip On Wednesday the 28 of June the Year 12 Biology class walked down to King's Norton Park to complete a core practical investigating factors that affect species distribution. The year 12 students showed resilience as when they arrived the grass had been cut making it slightly harder to identify flowers, but they persevered by identifying their chosen plant species by their leaves! All the students enjoyed the experience and within their pairs completed the practical collecting lots of data.
• Friday 23 June 2023 'The Big Bang Fair' at the NEC Wednesday 21 March was an exciting day for 64 Year 8 students, as with staff from the science department they joined in the multitude of Science, Engineering, Maths and Computing organisations at ‘The Big Bang Fair’ at the NEC. Our students were exposed to a range of exciting and challenging STEM activities and stage shows. The students’ imaginations were captured as they explored the latest in computer technology and tried out their skills with problem based activities from various STEM industry giants. Some students even found time to virtually drive F1 cars and perform keyhole surgery, code, clean ears, assemble engines, solve mathematical problems and even hold hissing cockroaches. All the science staff and I agree that the year 8 students here, at St Thomas Aquinas, made this amazing trip worthwhile. But what were their thoughts• ‘Best day of year 8 so far.’ – Jeremi 8-JP• ‘An exemplary experience of what science actually is.&rsq
• Friday 16 June 2023 Visit of Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP On Friday 16 June 2023 The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for Schools, visited the school to find out more about our journey of school improvement.
• Monday 12 June 2023 Cyber Girls Challenge On Monday some of our year 10 girls visited The Cyber Security Innovation Centre at Aston University for the Cyber Girls event. We got to hear from role models in the industry, learn about the fantastic work West Midlands Police cyber forensics do and we even got to speak with a spy!
• Friday 9 June 2023 Sports Results - Week Beginning 5th June The Inter-Regionals finals is an event for players representing West Midlands at a National LevelWe are pleased to share with you that Agnes 10-TE, Adrian 7-TE and Monica 8-MA all competed and did exceptionally well. Adrian represented West Midlands in the under 13 boys team and in the individual age group events where he completed the first round.
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