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60 Year 6 pupils from a number of local schools stepped back in time today when they took part in a History Experience Morning hosted at St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form. The children were split into four groups and took part in a variety of sessions, each focussed on a different aspect of History….

St Edward’s Senior B Team scored with the final kick of the match to seal victory against Hereford Cathedral School in a hotly contested home match this week. Both teams struggled to get a foothold in the game throughout, but Hereford started the game stronger, hitting the crossbar in the opening stages, before taking the…

A group of students from Shukutoku Sugamo High School in Tokyo visited St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form today, spending time with pupils in Year 7 and Year 10. The day was part of a busy programme in place for our Japanese visitors whilst they are in the UK, providing them with an opportunity to…

The Modern Foreign Languages Department held their annual Poetry Recitation on Monday lunchtime, with pupils from Year 7 to Year 11 taking part. The event is a House competition, which sees pupils from each year group, prepare and recite a piece of poetry in French or in Spanish. Their readings are then graded and judged…

It was a classic case of “Who Dunnit” at the Senior School on Thursday as students in Year 7 to Year 13, took on a whole school game of Inter-House Cluedo, as part of our World Book Day celebrations. Our chosen theme this year was “Crime” and students (and staff) in each House were challenged…

This week has seen many netball matches take place at St Edward’s, providing not only great enjoyment but some great success as well. Tuesday saw the U12 A and B sides win fixtures at home against Bowbridge School 16-10 and 10-5 respectively. The U13 A side also played against Bowbridge, winning a resounding 16-1 in…

Members of our Year 7 after-school Science Club got very creative, and very messy, this week when they had a go at making clay, using household kitchen items. With just cornflour, some glue, vegetable oil, and a bit of elbow grease, the students were able to work the mixture to create their own mouldable clay….

This week the whole of Year 9 travelled to Bristol to participate in a Geography Field Trip, learning about the regeneration of Bristol Harbourside. The group undertook a variety of field work including completing land use survey, carrying out an environmental quality assessment and collating a pedestrian count at different locations around the Harbour. They…

On the last day before half-term, Year 7 students were treated to an afternoon of Zumba as a celebration and thanks for their tremendous efforts to raise money for the charity, Lepra, during the first term of this academic year. Lepra is a UK-based international charity working to beat leprosy. Leprosy affects the most vulnerable…

In their Art lessons this term, students in Year 7 and 8 at St Edward’s have been learning about composition and impact. Students were initially given a selection of shells, from which they chose an effective composition to work from, which was set as a rock pool. From their rock pool they were tasked with making…