Celebration Weekend….p.03

Italian Restaurant Trip….P.05

Former Student Revisits All Hallows ….p.06

Chaplaincy Training Day…. p.07

Rosary Beads….P.09

Faith Council….P.10

Life of a Prison Officer….P.11

PTA Chester Zoo….P.13

Year 8 Retreat….P.15 A Night At The Movies….P.17

All Hallows Animals….P.19

Queen Of Teen!….P.23

The Millionaire’s Club….P.24

Readathon...P.25

Recommended Reads….P.26

AHLC Sports tournament….p.29

Staff Vs Sixth form….p.31

Year 7 Activity Day….p.33

Prayer...p.34

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CELEBRATION WEEKEND

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Celebrate North West took place recently at All Hallows Catholic College and that is exactly what happened: we celebrated! From babes-in-arms to great grandparents, 400 of us each day, celebrated our Faith, our Unity in the Body of Christ and just being together, enjoying ourselves. In the troubled and uncertain times in which we live, it was a time of affirmation, renewal and encouragement - and it was great fun! The theme of this year's Celebrate was “Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly with your God "(Micah 6:8) and this was a great encouragement and confirmation to see that very same verse actually printed onto the wall, in the corridor outside our main conference hall at All Hallows. A great part of the success and the joy of Celebrate North West is the welcome, support and encouragement we receive from All Hallows College: The Principal, Mr Tony Billings, Deputy Principal, Mrs Ann-Marie Connor, Assistant Principal, Mrs Michelle Garvey and School Chaplain, Rev David Harrison all attend the Conference and students from the school do tremendous work, stewarding and helping out generally - and all is done with such good grace and warm smiles- nothing is too much trouble! Although Bishop Mark was not able to attend this year, he did send a message: "I very much welcome Celebrate North West to the Shrewsbury Diocese as an opportunity for families and young people to come together to deepen their faith and prayer in a true atmosphere of celebration" The gospel message was presented through talks, drama, dance, mime, and music. It was particularly inspiring to see so many young people participating in the Liturgy -and thoroughly enjoying themselves and then again, at other times, to witness their silence and reverence for the Blessed Sacrament. One of the great blessings of Celebrate is just that; we gather together to relax and celebrate - our love of God, our faith and our fellowship with one another - as family: the family of God- and to be reminded, if needed, that it isn’t boring to be a Christian today -and that nobody is a stranger in God's family; as well as meeting up with old friends, we all made new ones and shared stories, memories - and had lots of fun! In the Celebrate programme, we were invited to reflect on some words of Pope Francis: "I invite all Christians to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ". (Evangelii Gaudium 3) Next year's Celebrate will take place at All Hallows on 22 and 23 April 2017; we are so blessed that the Celebrate weekend for the whole of the north west takes place within our parish; please do make a note of the date and try to attend; you will not regret it! But, book early -the weekend has become so popular that this year's Celebrate was fully booked in advance. Very, many thanks to all our parishioners who helped with accommodating the Celebrate Team (26 in all) and to all who offered to help. This was greatly appreciated and showed, yet again, what a caring and generous parish St Alban’s is. Thank you! Catherine Mossey, St. Alban’s RC Parish, Macclesfield

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Catering students from Year 9 enjoyed a delicious Italian meal at the famous "Fina bar and grill" restaurant in Macclesfield. Students were able to choose from the special lunchtime menu, with firm favourites being Margherita Pizza, Penne Crema, Fusilli Pollo and their chef's special Pasticcio dish. Students were delighted with the speed and efficiency of the service and the modern décor and electronic methods of communication and ordering systems. The food was delicious as always and certainly was a treat. On their next lesson students will be reflecting on their experience and writing an extended piece on their visit. Students are already asking Mrs Heaton "where are we going next?" To which the reply was uum let me think - how about "Chester's restaurant in Macclesfield for some fine dining" Mrs A Heaton

ITALIAN RESTAURANT TRIP

Former student Kieran Truefitt came into College to talk to Year 12 about his charity work. Kieran left All Hallows in 2010 and is now a pilot. In 2012 one of Kieran’s close friends and another alumni of All Hallows Abe Vincent was diagnosed with primary bone cancer, which disproportionately affects young people aged 10-24. In the subsequent years Kieran and his close group of friends, including Mr Hamlin, raised money to support Abe and the institutions caring for him. Abe sadly passed away in 2015. Following this Abe’s friends and families committed to raising as much money as they could for the Bone Cancer Research Trust. They have raised in excess of £13,000 to fund further research, awareness and support for those who suffer with bone cancer. Kieran’s next fundraising initiative is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Kieran has been training in the mountains of North Wales, though still has a way to go as Kilimanjaro is five and half times the height of Snowdon! Kieran has also arranged the sale of blue wrist bands for people to show support, these are available from Alyce King, Alex Hartley, Chloe Williams and Charlotte Tilley in Year 12. We all wish Kieran every success in this endeavour and if you wish to donate you can do at Kieran’s justgiving page. Mr D Howells

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CHAPLAINCY TRAINING DAY

In April, a day course, led by Sister Judith Russi (SSMN), was attended by Year 7 and Year 8 students from

the All Hallows Chaplaincy team and students from St Benedict’s, St Alban’s, St Mary's and St Paul's

Catholic Primary Schools. The course enabled the All Hallows students to develop their roles as members

of the Chaplaincy team and to meet their counterparts from Primary schools in the Learning Community.

Mrs Jane Gornell, Headteacher, and Mrs Nicola Nixon of St Benedict's Catholic Primary School currently

represent the Learning Community as members of the working party to develop a model for Chaplaincy in

Catholic Schools and Colleges in the Shrewsbury Diocese. Primary Schools in our Learning Community are

developing GIFT (Growing in Faith Together) teams and are addressing the chaplaincy needs in a

variety of ways including the involvement of Rev. Harrison and through designated adult leaders

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of chaplaincy in each Primary School.

The adult leaders of the GIFT and Chaplaincy Teams have attended a training course at Salford Cathedral,

led by Sr. Judith and are working collaboratively across schools in the network to further develop practice

in response to students’ strengths but also to ensure best practice which adheres to Diocesan guidelines.

All Hallows students proved once again to be great ambassadors and were an inspiration to other

students in the Learning Community.

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May is the month of Mary - which is dedicated, in a special way, to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. One of the traditional ways we do this as Catholics is by praying the Rosary and, for some years now, members of St Alban's and St Gregory's parishes have been invited into All Hallows College to pray the Rosary with Year 7 and Year 8 students. We go in pairs and simply introduce the rosary to the young people, sharing a little of its background and, sometimes, our experiences of praying it. We pray one of the mysteries of the Rosary together and each young person is given a Rosary and a prayer card to keep. The students then write down their own prayer requests; these are completely confidential and afterwards are collected and taken to St Alban's Church to be placed by the altar during Mass. Each of the groups is slightly different and so we are "led" by the students themselves; some want to tell us their own stories, some ask questions; some are very vocal, others less so - but all are polite

and well- behaved and it is always a real pleasure to spend time with them and experience being part of the College Community, even for a short time. Catherine Mossey of St. Alban's

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Our local primary schools came along to All Hallows with their Head Teachers. Whilst the Head Teachers put their heads together the students met with the Faith Council for a creative day based on Values. During the day we focused on the meaning of values. The four key values we looked at were Love, Courage, Respect and Co-operation. We looked at what the Bible says about these and how we ourselves can put them into action. We focused on a series of games where we needed to display each value. Our final activity was to create a values tree made of clay. We wrote our values on a piece of card and how we had put these values into action. We then hung our cards on the tree. Each primary received their own clay tree to take back to primary school to share with their students. To conclude the day we delivered a presentation based on our activities to Mr Billings and Mrs Connor, alongside the heads of the local primary schools. This was a really enjoyable day where we were able to reflect and have fun! Mrs C. Friend.

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LIFE AS A PRISON OFFICER On the 4 May 2016, Andy Platt an ex-prisoner officer from Strangeways Prison came into speak to our Year 12 students on what life is like as a prison officer in one of the UK’S most dangerous prisons – HM Prison Manchester or most commonly known as Strangeways. It is a high-security male prison in Manchester, holding prisoners remanded in custody from courts in the Manchester area and Category A prisoners (those who are classed as highly dangerous). Strangeways opened in 1869 and is a grade II listed building. Andy describes it as living museum. He talked about the hanging tower on B wing where 100 people were hanged between 1869 and 1964 and the C cells were where the prisoners waited before they were condemned. Currently in Strangeways there are 1035 males who are locked up 365 days a year. The cost of this is immense- £58,000 a year to lock up one prisoner, once court costs and all other steps are taken into account. Our prison system was not built to hold the amount of prisoners it currently does, let alone the predicted increasing numbers. Although the capacity of the penal system is being increased, the rise in the number of people within the system is outstripping the rate at which new places can be provided. Andy raised the question: Should we be spending more money on prisoners? Strangeways is so full to

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capacity at times it is necessary to put mattresses in the gym on the floor to house people because all of the cells are full. Andy’s humour and approachable nature had students sat on the edge of their seats and eagerly asking questions. Who are the prisoners? Andy said the prisoners were no different to you and I. They do not have a sticker on their head or wear a badge. He said 5 out of 100 people will end up inside prison at some point! What is a prison cell like? A prison cell consisted of a bunk bed. A cupboard where prisoners put their belongings. A sink for prisoners to wash their plastic cutlery. A toilet which has no screen or privacy. Prisoners are not allowed to cover the walls in case they are trying to build a tunnel to escape. How do prison officers keep control? Prison officers used to work on 1:13 ratio and cuts to the prison service means they now work on 1:27.5 ratio. That means one prison officer to 27.5 male prisoners. Andy explained they worked on a rewards and privileges system. The better the prisoner behaved the more rewards they received. If they did not behave punishments would then be issued. He explained 99% of situations can be defused by verbal humour but if necessary verbal instructions would be issued and if necessary prison officers have a right to defend themselves. Andy showed us a variety of items he had brought in to help issue punishments like handcuffs and a body belt. Privileges for prisoners included having your own underwear brought in on your first visit to phone cards. When famous people go to prison how are they treated? The same as everybody else. Firm but fairly. Have you ever met an ex-prisoner when you were not on duty? Andy said he popped into a pub in Manchester to have a quiet drink and someone from the bar had sent him a drink over. He looked over and realised it was an ex-prisoner. He explained because he was firm but fair he had earned the respect from all prisoners even when they were on the outside. Are drones a problem at Strangeways? Andy explained Drones were being used to bring in SIM cards, drugs and mobile phones. The drones were quiet, durable and disposable and it was easy for the drones to fly into the prisoners nets outside cell windows. He said they are currently looking at an American anti-drone technology which will ensure drones are killed when they come into prison. Andy’s final thought was, it is easy to judge the prisoners as criminals and think they don’t deserve anything. But they are human beings who have families. Many thanks to Andy Black for his informative and inspiring talk. Mrs C.Friend.

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Over 40 students from Years 7-10, plus extended family and younger friends enjoyed a great day out at Chester Zoo. Map reading proved to be one of the first things that everyone managed to perfect and literacy skills were definitely developed through the use of the very child friendly map and interactive information guides around the park about the various animals and their habitats. Children and adults thoroughly enjoyed the day and with the sun shining all throughout we even managed to have our picnic al fresco. The trip was organised and subsidised by the PTA so that all children could take part, and extend their knowledge of a wide range of animals and the environments in which they live. Our favourite parts of the day were definitely the Bat Cave, the Elephant house and comparing how tall we are to a baby giraffe!

Mrs A Heaton

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Over 70 Year 8 students attended a beautifully sunny, residential retreat at Alton Castle Youth Retreat Centre, in Staffordshire, the theme for which was, ‘Who am I?’ Students were given the opportunity to explore how God created them to be and to grow in confidence as they embarked on a series of fun activities and prayer over the three days. Each student had their own favourite activity, be it trekking, mountain-biking, crate stacking, climbing, archery or survival training, student comments included, ‘It was brilliant….it was fun and interesting…I made new friends… the activities were fantastic... it was a great experience! Due to demand, next year’s retreat has already been booked with the Castle for May 3 to May 5 2017 – Year 7 please note in your diaries! Rev D Harrison

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YEAR 8 RETREAT

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A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

All Hallows College Performing Arts department hosted a fabulous evening last month entitled ‘A Night at the Movies’. The disciplines of Music, Dance and Drama came together to play and perform scenes from the silver screen and the audience took all this in whilst sipping wine and eating cheese. How decadent! The night consisted of musical scores being performed by our orchestras and junior/senior choir. The theme tunes of Jurassic Park, Forest Gump and Titanic were beautifully played whilst the audience cheered in appreciation of the Inspire Dancers recreation of ‘that moment’ from Dirty Dancing- YES, they did do the lift. Patrick Swayze would have been proud. Year 8 took us back in time with their silent movie performance of ‘The Evil Landlord’ which was highly amusing and they were accompanied by our string orchestra. Our swing band transported us to a Smokey atmospheric 1920s jazz bar with their versions of Basin Street Blues and walking home with Brother Bill. Other momentous renditions worth a mention were our acapellas’s rendition of The Cup Song and our all male street dancers contemporary offering from ‘Straight outa Compton’. Ever bored at home? Check the All Hallows Performing Arts web page or our twitter account @AHCCPerfArts to make sure that you don’t miss out on our events. Feedback from the audience once again commented on the dedication and talent of all our young people. The Inspire choir sounded belting with tracks from the upcoming Lion King and Adiemus- good work Mr Andrews. Once again I can sleep peacefully knowing my team and I are providing our students and our community with high quality entertainment (not to mention cheese, wine and cupcakes) Thanks to Food tech for all their support, thanks to Ms Elliott for transforming our school hall in to a fabulous space for the audience and of course to the Performing Arts staff who made it all work so wonderfully. Miss J Pridding - Head of Performing Arts

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As the reception class weren’t able to visit when the rest of the school did, we decided that we would take

some of the exotic animals to visit them! Consequently, the week following the farm visit, a couple of

snakes, the ferrets and sundry other wee beasties were bundled into carriers and popped in the back of

the van.

Ivy Bank isn’t far, so even though it was a beautiful, hot day, they were still calm and cool when we got

there. That was more than could be said for the children…

they were incredibly excited and all but fizzing with

anticipation.

Nonetheless, they soon got themselves settled and sat in a

ring to “meet and greet” the animals we had brought. One of

the staff from Ivy bank was keen to help, so she circulated a

snake in one direction and the other went round the ring the

other way! The children nearly all touched, some of them

were brave enough to hold and they all enjoyed looking at

the snakes and talking about their bright colours and the way

they felt. They enjoyed the other animals too, which included a very spikey Bearded Dragon and a slimy

Giant snail. The children were encouraged to try and describe the way the different animals felt. With the

children all sitting in a circle, we briefly let the ferrets run free in the middle. This was very popular with

the children, especially those who let the ferrets sit on their laps! The children (and the staff) all seemed

to really enjoy the session, and they showed their appreciation for this and for the previous weeks

activities by presenting us with a lovely cake made by one of the TA’s and decorated to look like a farm;

complete with model animals. Needless to say, it didn’t last long once we got it back to school!

In addition to all the above excitement, we have also had

some new arrivals in the Animal room. We had a baby

rabbit born over Christmas who has turned out to be a

female so we will be keeping her with her mother. The

students have named her Holly. We have also had snake

eggs in the incubator and for the first time we have had

some hatch successfully. We now have 4 baby snakes, two

of which are albino and very pretty. They are doing fine,

although a couple are a bit reluctant to feed. Once I am sure

that they are feeding and shedding OK, we will look for

good homes for at least a couple of them. We have also welcomed a couple of new leopard

geckos donated by one of our students. Happily they are both female, so they are now living

with Gertie, our original Leopard gecko and all three seem to have settled down really well.

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The sheep are ready for shearing and I have already

done one with the cordless clippers we bought last

year. The poor sheep is probably very embarrassed

because I’m really not very good at it, (think the

Specsavers advert!!) but we have a perennial problem

getting someone in to

shear just a handful of

sheep…especially

since it is so weather

dependant. If anyone

can help…please let us

know!

At this time of year there is plenty to do both

with the animals and in the garden. The rabbits

have a new, more secure run which means they

can get out and enjoy some fresh air and grass on

a daily basis. At this time of year there are also

plenty of wild plants that they enjoy so on the

days that they don’t go out due to the weather

they can still enjoy plenty of fresh wild greens.

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The garden is really taking off, the gardening club have planted tomatoes, potatoes, strawberries and

carrots, courgettes, pumpkins and ornamental gourds, sweet peppers and parsnips. We have loads more to

plant as the weather allows. As usual, we seem to need to get everything into the ground at once which is

always difficult, but what can you do when the weather is as crazy as it has been? Some more gardening

volunteers would be a huge help, so if you are at school and want to get involved please let someone in

Science know. We could also use some adult help to do the heavy work and generally keep on top of things

during the growing season…so if you have some time on your hands and you’d like to get involved please let

the school know!

Mrs D Stratford, Farm Manager

The chickens have a new run

with an electric fence that

means they can stay out at

weekends and during

holidays without being at

risk from Mr Fox. This is

obviously much better for

them, and hopefully will

stop them pulling each

other’s feathers out when they get bored. The Call duck is also living in that

pen at the moment. Sadly we lost her partner to a fox over the Easter holiday

and I have been unable to find her a friend locally. On her own she is lonely

and VERY noisy so I moved her to avoid complaints from the neighbours. I am

still looking for a friend for her, if anyone has or knows of a Call Duck (male or

female) that needs rehoming we’d be delighted to hear from you!!

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ALL HALLOWS GIRLS MEET THE QUEEN OF TEEN!

In May, Ms Sinclair and Mrs Weaver and a group of keen readers visited King’s Girls Division to listen to bestselling author, Cathy Cassidy talk about her new book, ‘The Broken Heart Club’. The best-selling author entertained the audience of students by explaining how she became an author which was by day dreaming a lot in school, apparently! Cathy also talked about how she creates a mood board at the start of each new novel to create a fantasy world for her characters to live in, while she is putting a story together. We then took part in a quiz to see which of the characters from ‘The Broken Heart Club’ we most resembled and then listend to an exciting extract from the book. Our girls were then able to ask searching questions and get a signed book!

We all enjoyed the event tremendously. Some of the comments our girls used to describe the event were. ‘brilliant’,’ really good

fun’ and ‘extremely interesting to find out how a writer works’.

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AHCC Accelerated Reader Facts

Front row: Sophie McGuigan, Simon Price, Phoebe Plant and Eleanor Pollard. Back row: Jacob Towse, Acacia Chadwick and Bethany Hughes

Congratulations to our super readers who have recently hit the reading jackpot and become word millionaires, and in one case a word multi-millionaire! Year 7 and 8 students use the Accelerated Reader scheme to help measure their reading progress throughout the school year. The system records lots of data about their reading habits, including the number of words they have read. As a reward for reading over a million words, our successful students were given a certificate and book token. Their names will also be nominated for the KS3 Leading Reader award, which will be presented in the summer term as part of the KS3 Celebration Evening. Any student can be a millionaire, advice from Ms Sinclair is to ‘keep reading! There are plenty of books in the library to choose from.’

The total number of words read by our Year 7 and 8 students so far this school year is: 80,139, 711! The top reading year tutor group is 7PP with 10, 564, 860 words read and in year 8 8MW have read 8, 1919, 696 words in total! Ms S Sinclair

It’s common knowledge that reading enriches lives – but can it actually save lives, too? Well, yes! This term, as part of their English homework, Year 7 took on the Readathon challenge. Readathon is a long-running charity that was set up to raise money for seriously ill children in the UK, as well as encouraging a love of reading. The students were challenged to read as much as possible and get sponsored for each book they managed to finish. Overall students managed to raise an incredible £811.71! That money will be used to buy brand new books for seriously ill children in hospitals and to organise storyteller visits to the wards. Money also goes towards CLIC Sargent, which provides vital support to children and young people with cancer, as well as Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, which helps seriously ill and disabled children. Miss L Fowler

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Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine ‘Iris’s father, Ernest, is at the end of his life and she hasn’t even met him. Her best friend Thurston, is somewhere on the other side of the world. Everything she thought she knew is up in flames. Now her mother has declared war and means to get her hands on Ernest’s priceless art collection. But Ernest has other ideas. There are things he wants Iris to know after he’s gone. And the truth has more than one way of coming to light…’ A story of love, lies and redemption. Recommended for confident year 8 readers upwards.

The Carnegie Medal is the most prestigious annual book award for teenage fiction. The award was first given in 1936 to Arthur Ransome’s ‘Pigeon Post’. Past winners have included authors such as, Philip Pullman, Mal Peet, Patrick Ness, and Gillian Cross. Many of the winning novels are available from the AHCC library to read. Below is my selection from the shortlist of eight books. All the books are challenging in their own way but will prove rewarding. The books cover a variety of genres and subject matter, showcasing what the judges believe to be the best currently available to teen readers. Log onto the website for more details about these and the rest of the books: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie.php

RECOMMENDED READS— MS SINCLAIR SAYS…

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge www.franceshardinge.com/ This novel recently won the Costa Book of the Year 2015. http://www.costa.co.uk/media/400329/cboyfr.pdf ‘When Faith’s father is found dead under mysterious

circumstance, she is determined to untangle the truth from lies. Searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. A tree that feeds off whispered lies and bears fruit that reveals hidden secrets. But as Faith’s untruths spiral out of control, she discovers that where lies seduce, truths shatter…’ Suitable for confident year 7 readers upwards.

The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick www.marcussedgwick.com ‘The spiral has existed as long as time has existed. It’s where a girl walks through the forest, the moist green air clinging to her skin. There centuries later in a

pleasant Greendale, hiding the treacherous waters of Golden Beck that take Anna, who they call a witch. There on the other side of the world, where a mad poet watches the waves and knows the horrors they hide, and far into the future as Kier Bowman realises his destiny. Each takes a step in life. None will ever go back to the same place. And so their journeys begin…’ An unusual and haunting story. Recommended for year 9 readers upwards.

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Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award If you have read Five Children and It, why not read this homage to E Nesbitt’s original story. The characters are the same but the setting is very different – the eve of World War One. ‘The five children have grown up - war will change their lives for ever. Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The Lamb is the grown up age of 11, and he has a little sister, Edith, in tow. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories...until he suddenly reappears. The

siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead is here for a reason, and his magic might have a more serious purpose. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint - factory-workers, soldiers and sailors, nurses and the people left at home, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.’ A brilliant read and a real page turner. Recommended for year 7 readers upwards.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness http://patrickness.com/ ‘Not everyone has to be the chosen one. The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts or whatever this new thing is with the blue lights and death. And what if there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world and you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life?’ Recommended for year 9 readers upwards as there are some adult themes in the story.

NEW BOOKS FOR YEAR 7

Cat Burglar Schoolgirl by day, cat burglar by night...Scarlet McCall thinks she has it all figured out. She and her dad are on a mission to return stolen treasures to their rightful owners. But when they take an ancient Aztec bracelet, her world turns upside down. Dad goes missing, and mysterious powers erupt inside Scarlet. She's hunted by sinister people, who will stop at nothing to possess the bracelet. Searching for her dad, Scar must learn who to trust before it's all too late.

Trickster First a rat must earn his name. Then he must live up to it. This is the story of Gabble, a young rat with a wild, beloved, but unpredictable brother, Ash. At the start of the book Ash tricks Gabble into going out with him on a 'name raid', a dangerous mission to earn a True Name, normally reserved for older rats. Gabble finds himself drawn into a perilous adventure, crossing boundaries, fighting with enemy rat packs, and eventually being forced to confront both his brother and himself in the most dramatic fashion.

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Danny Dread You know how it is when your dad's an evil super villain? OK, so maybe you don't, but Danny does. As heir to the Dread dynasty, he's expected to carry on the family business of kidnapping world leaders, maiming innocent bystanders, and brainwashing sharks. You know, general evil stuff. The problem is, achieving world domination isn't Danny's idea of fun. In fact, he'd much rather be saving the planet than enslaving it. But when Dad Dread hatches his most diabolical scheme yet, Danny realizes that to defeat evil, he's going to have to start thinking evil ...

Electrigirl Holly Sparkes is just your average 12-year-old, that is, until she's hit by a bolt of lightning. Now Holly is EXTRAordinary. Like a human battery Holly can generate a massive amount of electricity in seconds, which could come in handy if she's ever going to solve the mystery of her best friend's disappearance. Because when you're dealing with the likes of Professor Macavity and her mysterious CyberSky corporation, you need all the help you can get! This exciting story includes black-and-white graphic novel style illustrations.

Nancy Parker’s Diary of Detection Nancy Parker has recently been engaged in her first position - as a housemaid for the very modern Mrs Bryce. It's not Nancy's dream job (she'd rather be investigating crimes like they do in her beloved six-penny thrillers) but as Mrs Bryce starts to entertain her new neighbours with lavish parties, it becomes clear that something strange and interesting might be afoot. Local burglaries, a cook with a deep, dark secret - and Mrs Bryce's own glamorous but murky past. Will Nancy solve the mysteries while still keeping on top of her chores? A hilarious and energetic middle-grade mystery, narrated part in the third person and part through Nancy's journal.

The 3rd annual Year 5/6 All Hallows Learning Community Athletics competition took place on the 18 May at Macclesfield Athletics track. Teams from St John's, St Alban’s, Saint Mary's, St Benedicts, St Gregs and St Pauls competed. All the teams involved demonstrated a high level of skill, commitment and embodied the 12 virtues of sport that the John Paul II foundation for sport looks to develop in our students. After the very competitive track and field events with over 120 students taking part the top 2 positions were only separated by 2 points. The final standings were as follows: 1st Saint Mary’s 52pts 2nd St John’s 54pts 3rd St Benedict’s 71pts 4th St Alban’s 72pts 5th St Gregory’s 93pts 6th St Paul’s 96pts Congratulations to Saint Mary’s who have now won the athletics 3 years in a

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The annual challenge to staff by Sixth Form students was duly accepted and the game was played out in perfect match conditions. The students started the game brightly with Niza Chilufya and Jake Petrie particularly prominent during the early exchanges. As the game wore on the superior fitness levels of the staff led to the students being pinned back before Mr Lawson scored with a tidy finish from a surprisingly accurate cross from Mr Mercer. Mr Lees, who may have found his new position in goal, was called into action to save a one on one from Matt Weetman and made the save look comfortable. Davies, Hutchinson, Bratt and Horrocks came under increasing pressure from the staff as the half wore on and the students were glad to hear the half time whistle with the score at 1-0.

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wasteful finishing by Chilufya up front. Morale was lowered even further for the students when Mr Lees scored with a tidy finish past the now helpless Williams in goal. Changes in the students line up with Sarah Hanson coming on at right back and a cameo from Harry Silcock steadied the ship and kept the score at 3-0, until during a rare sortie into the opponents half, Jake Petrie smashed the ball past Mr Faulkner to give the students a boost - could they come back into the game? A ball cleared off the line by Mr Mercer (Mini) and a couple of speculative efforts by the students saw the staff come out on top with the score 3-1. Well done to the students and the staff who helped out on the sidelines, all doing their parts in raising over £120 for charity. As Year 13 students are in a reflective period I think it would be good to include a poem written by a young Aled Williams, way back when he was in Year 7. How times have changed for Manchester United, and our Year 13 students. Goal The eagle eye of a sunset, Watches over the match, As Wayne Rooney stopped the ball dead, like an animal that had just caught its prey, Then smoother than a marble he chipped the ball over the goalkeeper into the net. As the referee blew his whistle, The fans chorused about their team and Victory As 22 soggy players headed for their dressing room, Manchester United were back on winning form, As they beat Arsenal 1-0 in the sunset. Mr T Parke

On Tuesday 10 May Year 7 took part in a team building day. A company called ‘Wise Up Team’ came in and challenged the students to work together in teams of 10 to take part in the ‘Hub Challenge’. The Hub encourages the students to plan, communicate, work together and stay motivated in a fun, energy packed day.

The emphasis is on students taking ownership of their learning, using critical thinking to develop ideas on how to solve the challenges. Their social skills will be enhanced as they learn to communicate with their team mates, on plans and solutions as well as evaluating their own performance after each activity. They graded themselves on their ability to complete the task but then also their planning, co-operation and communication skills. Year 7 responded brilliantly to the day and developed excellent team building skills.

Jay Stanier and Yazmin Smith, Year Council Representatives, when asked about the day, highlighted how much they enjoyed working with people whom they otherwise wouldn't. They also added that the poor weather didn't dampen spirits and that the core values of compassion and respect were seen many times throughout the day. The students particularly

enjoyed the activities relying on trust and communication and that succeeding at the tasks set gave them great satisfaction. A fantastic day was had by all!!!

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YEAR 7 ACTIVITY DAY

Prayer God our Father,

may all that we see and

experience

lead us to grow

in wonder and respect,

that we may value and be

thankful

for everything in our lives

each day.

Inspire us to choose wisely

and live positively,

and make good use of our

knowledge and talents,

both for ourselves

and for the benefits of others.

Amen.

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