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• Wednesday 18 December 2024 Sixth Form Spirit Week We’re halfway through Sixth Form Spirit Week and today the theme was Matching Day where students dressed to match their friends. We had plenty of characters from Dispicable Me, including lots of Minions, Gru, Vector, Agnes, Edith & Margot. We also had Daphne and Velma from Scooby Doo, and video game characters Fireboy and Watergirl! Tomorrow is ‘Future Me’ day so we’re excited to see what outfits appear!
• Tuesday 26 November 2024 Charity 'Do and Sixth form Year of Jubilee Introduction Our Head Boy Siyanda has raised over £200 for Aid to the Church in Need and to support the Sixth Form fundraiser, by cutting his braids off. Siyanda had been growing his hair for four years, so this was a big sacrifice to make for a very worthy cause. Well done Siyanda!
• Wednesday 20 November 2024 Coppafeel challenge to raise awareness about Breast Cancer A group of year 12 students have taken up the Coppafeel challenge to raise awareness about Breast Cancer. The students undertook training a few eeks ago, before delivering informative briefings to students reminding them that Breast Cancer can affect people of ANY age, and boys as well as girls. In addition the students have been inviting questions from students and produced a social media campaign to support their work.
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Sixth Form Spooky Film Night Before half term, members of Student Leadership Team planned, organised and hosted a spooky movie evening to mark the end of the first half term. Students chose Jeepers Creepers to watch and enjoyed treats from the tuck shop, with profits going to the Lourdes fundraising effort. Thanks to all the students who came along to support but in particular, Head girl Meredith, Deputy Head Girls Isabela and Charis, and Student Leaders Demie and Destiny for decorating, hosting and clearing up afterwards!
• Tuesday 5 March 2024 Year 13 presentation on Student Finance On Tuesday morning our Year 13 students had a really useful presentation from the Aim Higher team about Student Finance. Getting to grips with the application and then considering some of the realities of budgeting were a real eye opener for lots of students. Thanks to the Aim Higher team for joining us and we look forward to having them in school again very soon to meet with Year 12.
• 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.
• Friday 26 May 2023 Year 13 Leavers Mass - May 2023 On Friday 26th May, Year 13 celebrated final Mass of the year with family and staff. It was an emotional occasion with the opening procession reflected their seven years and in a few cases eight years at St Thomas Aquinas.
• Tuesday 8 November 2022 Year 12 trip to Aston University On Tuesday 8th November, four Year 12 English Language and Literature students sampled a day of university life at Aston University. The day focused on what it would be like to study English, but also gave us a wider insight into life on campus. Our day began with a welcome, followed by a lecture on Point of View in Prose Fiction delivered in a lecture style theatre. This was followed by a tour of the campus where we saw other lecture theatres, the Law school, the impressive library, the sports grounds and the student union bar (which certainly impressed our students!) Following lunch purchased on campus, we ended the day with another lecture and information on the undergraduate courses the university offers. It was the first time some of our students had visited a university so it was great opportunity to get a feel of what their future holds!
• Thursday 14 July 2022 Year 13 Leavers' Ball What an amazing evening! On Thursday 14 July, at beautiful historic Highbury Hall, Year 13 and staff celebrated their Prom. The evening started with a finger buffet and excellent service from the staff at Highbury Hall.
• Thursday 7 April 2022 6th Form Students Achieve 100% Attendance This morning we recognised the sixth form students that have 100% attendance this academic year. We celebrated in the SBC with doughnuts. A special mention to Mia V (12 ABI) who has never missed a day off school in her entire school career!
• Saturday 2 April 2022 Gold DofE Expedition - Offa's Dyke (2nd - 5th April) Early on Saturday morning, our first Gold expedition in three years headed off to the Shropshire Welsh border to undertake their pre-Practice Expedition.
• Friday 18 March 2022 6th Form BIG Sleep On Friday evening last week students and staff started to gather at 6pm to take part in our annual BIG sleep for thehomeless. On a day which seen nearly £3000 raised in one day for our school fantastic Lenten charities (Mary’s Meals& NICE) 40 students and staff took part in an overnight camp to raise money for Tabor House in Digbeth, the only 24hour shelter for the homeless in Birmingham.
• Monday 17 January 2022 Year 12 Celebration of Committed Learners Congratulations to the Year 12s who achieved the top attitude to learning average in their most recent progressreview. In particular, well done to Kirsten 12-ABA, Harvey 12-AKE, and Jessica 12-AKE, who achieved 1s in all of theirsubjects. They all celebrated their hard work this morning with doughnuts and orange juice! Well done to all and keepup the fantastic work.
• Friday 7 January 2022 6th Form Taster Day Last Friday we suspended the Yr 11 timetable to enable get a flavour of expectations at Key Stage 5, whether that was A Levels, Vocational Courses or indeed apprenticeships. Whilst 25 students headed off SSBC with Mr Gay, the rest of 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.
• Wednesday 8 December 2021 Faith in Action We were delighted to go to St Columba’s on Wednesday and were invited to come and help the primary children pack bags for the SVP.
• Friday 12 November 2021 Sixth Form Homeless Outreach Visit We were invited to join Fr Cecil on his monthly homeless outreach to the city centre. We volunteered because we were intrigued to find out why so many people are actually homeless. We also wanted to go and help give out drinks.
• Thursday 21 October 2021 6th Form Open Evening It was great to invite students and parents around last Thursday for the first 6th Form Open for a couple of years. In addition to the many faculty demonstrations, there was also the opportunity to find out more about extra-curricularactivities on offer to our 6th Form students.
• Tuesday 12 October 2021 Year 12 Geography Fieldtrip to the City Centre On Tuesday 12th October Year 12 Geography students went to Birmingham city centre to begin developing their data collection and fieldwork skills in preparation for an independent geographical enquiry. The students carried out a variety of surveys, a people count, questionnaire and urban derive. They explored the changes which have occurred due to the regeneration through the Big City Master Plan linking to both the Changing Places and Urban Issues topics studied through the A level specification. The students are fantastic geographers and were excellent representatives for the school. We hope they will be extremely successful on their A level journey.
• Thursday 15 July 2021 New Student Leadership Team - 2021-2022 Over the past fortnight, we saw the greatest number of students (16) apply for roles on the Student Leadership Team. During Thursday and Friday of last week we interviewed these students and were able to appoint 11 of these applicants to key roles in the team (see attached)
• Thursday 15 July 2021 Student Leadership Accreditation This week, we received confirmation from the Schools, Students and Teachers Network (SSAT) that 8 of our Y13 student leaders have been awarded a Gold Award for the Student Leadership Accreditation.  This is a nationally recognised award, which is a result of various leadership tasks undertaken this year by our incredible 6th form leadership team including leading school council meetings, assemblies and competitions within school.  This is even more of an achievement given the nature of the school year and the young leaders have had to adapt and be resilient to change throughout so should be very proud of their work this year.
• Friday 9 July 2021 Sixth Form Taster Week Last week, we had an amazing turn out of students who applied to our 6th form that were invited into school for lessons in the subjects they have chosen to study. The lessons were based on gaining an understanding of what 6th Form lessons are like and to prepare them ahead of their arrival.
• Tuesday 6 July 2021 Year 12 Geography Fieldtrip to Bournville On Tuesday 6th July Year 12 Geography students visited Bournville to undertake a pilot study of the data collection methods they will use for their NEA coursework (worth 20% of their final A Level grade). Students worked in groups to collect data using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods including environment surveys, sustainability score cards and people/traffic counts. The aim of the activity was to trial the methods and make final adaptions and improvements before carrying out their final NEA methods. Students worked exceptionally well and were excellent representatives of STACS. They thoughtfully reflected and evaluated their methods, making final improvements before their final data collection next Tuesday.
• Friday 18 June 2021 Well Done year 13 Physicists! Two exceptional Physicists from year 13 have won Bronze medals in the annual British Physics Olympiad.
• Wednesday 2 December 2020 Virtual School Council Meeting Last Wednesday, the School Council met for the first time this year in a new virtual format! Due to restrictions of year group bubbles mixing, the two representatives from each year group accessed the meeting through Microsoft Teams and were able to discuss key matters, using their voice to help drive whole school change.
• Thursday 22 October 2020 B30 Foodbank Donations Every year, our school collects donations for our local food bank to help those less fortunate in the local area. We collect condiments and other foods as well as other essentials they may require. Our school teaches us to be exceptional people and helping others is an excellent way to practice this. This year we had a healthy donation from both staff and students who were kind enough to go out of their way to help out. It is great to see students showing such compassion towards others showing how much we care for everyone no matter the situation they find themselves in. Our school values integrity, compassion and service and by donating to the food bank we live up to these values.
• Friday 25 September 2020 The tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict's Mass at Cofton Park The tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict’s Mass at Cofton Park Ten years ago, we celebrated the huge event in Birmingham, just up the road at Cofton Park, where thousands upon thousands of people gathered from all over the world to attend Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict. I rehearsed for months with many choirs who had united to form one large choir. We arrived at 5am to get ready to sing. On the same day, one of our present teachers, a former pupil at St ThomasAquinas had the honour of being chosen to be an altar server. She has written a brief summary of her memories of that special day.
• Friday 22 May 2020 Year 13 Leavers Service
• Friday 7 February 2020 Biannual awarding of the Baker-Chapman Biology Cup This week the Science faculty were very grateful to Mr Martin for awarding the Baker-Chapman Biology cup to Zain Ahmed. 
• Wednesday 18 December 2019 6th Form Christmas Meal and Ice Skating A wonderful night, the food was delicious at the masala merchants. The 3-course meal we had was delicious which was matched by the company. Many teachers and students talking about many things, magic tricks being shown, and the Munich 10-year reunion is already being planned. A wonderful evening to round up the end of our Christmas term and to full get us in the festive spirit.
• Saturday 26 October 2019 Year 13 Trip to Munich What better way to spend the first weekend of the half term break than with 29 students on a History trip to Munich? After a smooth flight into Munich, we caught the S-Bahn to our hotel to check in before heading out for the day. We were treated to warm sunshine and clear skies! We visited the historic centre of Munich and Marienplatz, to search for somewhere to eat. Many of us tucked into traditional Bavarian dishes like pork belly and potato dumplings, or schnitzel and cabbage. Others went for pizza or burgers! Our first historical visit was to the former Nazi Documentation Centre - where we learned about intolerance under the Third Reich as well as the lessons learned from the Nazi period. Afterwards, we took in sights around Munich before heading back to the hotel for a brief rest, and then out to eat in the evening at a local restaurant. 

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