The final amount we have raised for CAFOD is £106.71. This money will be doubled by the government meaning this will pay for two toilets!
Thank you to everyone who donated, including students who donated their pocket money and staff who gave up their weekend takeaways.
Dorset SSCT
Thank you to the Dorset Safer Schools and Communities team for coming in to talk to our Year 8 students this morning about how to stay safe online.
Great Debate Final
Libby Masding, in Year 12, will be attending the Houses of Parliament on Saturday to represent Dorset for the final of the Historical Association’s “Great Debate” competition. We wish Libby the best of luck and we can’t wait to find out how she gets on!
Weekly Sport Update
A huge well done to the Year 7A netball team for coming 3rd in the County Netball finals. They lost out on a place in the final by losing to Parkstone Grammar by 1 goal, but managed to win against Bournemouth School for girls in the 3rd and 4th play off.
Well done to our Year 8 netball teams for last weeks matches. 8A netball Player of the Match was Oli hajipetrou and 8B netball Player of the Match was Jemma Rickards.
Conical Sphere Event
For more information please go to – http://music.conicalsphere.com/tag/st-edwards-school-fundraising-event
Well done
Alexander Miles, in Year 12 has been accepted on an EDT 2018 Headstart course at Queen’s University Belfast studying Physics. This course has been over-subscribed with more than 1,100 students who weren’t lucky enough to be offered a place, so this is a massive achievement for Alex – Well done.
Well done
Congratulations to Izzy Taylor in Year 12, who has managed to secure a work placement with the Met Office in July. This is a hugely competitive opportunity that Izzy has worked hard to secure – Well done.
National Science Week
Friday 9th March marks the beginning of National Science Week with the theme this year being ‘Discovery and Exploration’. Students in Year 7 and 8 will be discovering how one of the first types of plastic was made from milk, and will be conducting their own surveys for homework on the extent of the plastic problem in our local area.