22 May 2013
On the 14th and 15th May one of our gappers, Sarah Crutch, visited the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office by personal invitation of the Rt. Hon. William Hague MP. Sarah, along with Peter Vickers from Newcastle's Youth Ministry Team, was selected as a CAFOD representative to take part in a youth forum. During the day she met with Simon Fraser, Baroness Warsi and many other head honchos to discuss the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There were opportunities to put forward, on behalf of some of the UK's biggest and most influential charities and organisations, opinions on how this work should progress in years to come. The evening finished with a formal reception in the FCO’s famous Dunbar Court, where the National Youth Orchestra played and canapés were devoured. The next day Sarah visited the Houses of Parliament to take part in a Religious lobby for the #IFcampaign, urging MPs to act on global hunger and influence world leaders in the upcoming G8 summit. Sarah was met by her local MP, Gordon Marsden, who expressed support for the campaign. Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour party, addressed all attendees, thanking them for the 'vital' work of CAFOD, urging them to continue to nag the government and acknowledging that 'Politics is too important to be left in the hands of politicians'. All in all an inspiring and empowering few days.
St Mary’s Art Department are proud to announce that JJ Brown (Year 10) is Blackpool and Fylde’s official Young Artist of the Year 2013. 
A massive congratulations to the Year 11 boys' football team who on Tuesday night did the Harry Johnson and Lancashire cup double beating Park School of Colne 3-1 at Wren Rovers. A superb team performance with the boys coming out worthy winners. The first half was dominated by St.Mary's, who had a number of decent scoring opportunities and should have been out of sight by half time. Nevertheless the boys finished the half 2 goals to the good, a brace from Luke Higham who scored from the spot and a classy 25 yard top corner strike.
Thank you to all students who gave us feedback on the quality of teaching & learning. We had over two thousand seven hundred responses and these have all been collated and a summary 
Please remember to keep all your computer passwords, i.e. Realsmart password, domain password and laptop passwords, safe and secure. Make sure your passwords are unique and will be hard to guess. If your password has been reset by the ICT technicians, please make sure that you have changed it to something secure, and easy to remember. Most importantly, you must remember to NEVER reveal your password to anyone. This advice also goes for any passwords for websites and devices you use outside of college. If you need any help changing your password or need more information please see the ICT technicians.
Hats off to the U15 Boys’ Hockey team who won the Blackpool Secondary Schools’ Competition with a 5-2 victory over Palatine in the final. The success was particularly impressive as the squad consisted entirely of players from Years 8 & 9.
From the 7th -10th of May, 43 pupils made the picturesque landscape of the Lake District home for a week whilst on retreat at Castlerigg Manor. Over the course of the week they engaged in activities to explore their faith, build on teamwork and step out of their day-to-day routine. All this of course, whilst having lots of fun! A big thank you to all of the students who embraced the back-to-basics lifestyle enjoying picnics in the garden and even parting with their phones for the week. They were each a credit to the school. A thank you also to the Castlerigg team who, as always, were hugely hospitable and brought out the best in our students. A fantastic week. You can view the photos of the week on the TV screens on the streets.
Year 8 were defeated for the first time this season in the final of the Lancashire Cup at Squires Gate FC on Friday th 10 May 2013. 
On Friday 10th May the year 8 boys play in the Lancashire Schools' Football Cup Final at Squires Gate kicking off at 5:00 p.m. The Year 11 boys also play in their Lancashire Cup Final next Tuesday 14th May at Wren Rovers, kick off is 7:00 p.m. More Articles...
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