In 1985 the United Nations designated 5th December as an international observance day to celebrate the power and potential of volunteerism and to raise awareness for the contribution they make to communities.
This year the theme is solidarity through volunteering and will focus on promoting the collective power of humanity to drive positive change through volunteerism.
Today we celebrate and give thanks for the efforts of all volunteers.
The Feast Day of St Edmund Campion was celebrated today with a mass delivered by Rev Fr Sean Gough.
This is a hugely important day in our Catholic school calendar, where we celebrate the feast day of our patron saint. Blessed Edmund Campion (1540-1581) was an English Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr, canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul V1 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England.
All students and invited guests came together to pray and remember St Edmund Campion.
Thank you to everybody who entered our Year 7 Christmas Card Competition. We had lots of creative entries and it was wonderful to see lots of year 7’s getting involved and submitting their designs.
It was a very difficult decision for our judges, but we narrowed it down to the following:
- Aaron Guest- The Winner. He will receive a £10 Amazon voucher
- Jaya Kenth – Runner-up. She will receive a chocolate box
- Student in 7FOS – Runner-up. She will receive a chocolate box
The winning card will be printed professionally in-house and used by the Principal, Mrs Hazeldine, to wish our stakeholders and wider St Edmund’s family a merry Christmas.
Photo: Aaron Guest holding his winning design.
