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Bringing history to life

Year 4 pupils have been learning about the Great Fire of London. To bring their learning to life they designed, created and decorated houses from the period of 1666 and then set them alight during forest school. They witnessed how …
21st October 2021

We made the finals!

What an opportunity! St Dominic’s School football team qualified for the engage in their future 2021 7-a-side football tournament finals, held at St George’s Park in Staffordshire on 14th October. This followed matches played in the qualifying tournament in West …
15th October 2021

Work experience opportunity

Callum in Year 11 has made an excellent start to his work experience in the school kitchen at St Dominic’s. He has helped out with the daily preparation of school lunches and has excelled at working in a team environment. …
13th October 2021

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Year 11 are getting ready for their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE), they went on a practise expedition from Black Down in West Sussex and back to school. Pupils had to use their communication, map reading and navigation skills and …
28th September 2021

Welcome Back to School!

We really cannot believe summer has come to a close and a new school year is underway. We have been so looking forward to seeing everyone back at school and we give a warm welcome to our new pupils and …
20th September 2021

Congratulations to our Class of 2021 on their GCSE results!

We are delighted to congratulate the Class of 2021 on their brilliant GCSE results. In the last 18 months our pupils and students have shown exceptional resilience and determination to ensure that their education was not impacted by COVID 19.  …
12th August 2021

Career Dress-up Day

Last week we had a career dress-up day for Years 3 – 8. Pupils came to school dressed up to represent a job. We had a newsreader, detective, builder, gamer, vet, footballer, restaurant worker, golfer, and a scientist. We were …
10th May 2021

Red Nose Day!

Teachers, students and pupils alike, had fun celebrating Red Nose Day today.  We will let you know next week how much St Dominic’s raised. Please see this week’s Friday Flyer for more photographs.
19th March 2021

Living Eggs!

Pupils and students had a lovely time last week, looking at and holding our newly-hatched eggs from ‘Living Eggs’. Living Eggs ‘Ready to Hatch’ is a two-week comprehensive programme which provided us with everything we needed to hatch chicks.   …
15th March 2021

We all need a laugh this year!

Red Nose Day is on Friday 19th March. At school, we are planning some fun activities that pupils can get involved in to raise a smile and raise some money! Crazy hair day! Style your hair in the craziest way you …
2nd March 2021

The Parents’ Guide to National Careers week

National Careers Week (NCW) is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support …
2nd March 2021

It’s National Careers Week!

It’s National Careers Week 2021 and to celebrate we are sharing our pupils’ work experience stories. Against a backdrop of Covid-19, external work experience opportunities were unavailable this year, however, to ensure pupils didn’t miss out, we put together a …
2nd March 2021