Below you can see a photo of the amazing mural designed by pupils at St Edwards Catholic Primary School and painted by artist Julie Bradshaw.

 

The mural has been installed for public display at Sheerness on Sea railway station.

 

We’d like to thank the artist Julie Bradshaw for sharing her incredible talent in producing the mural and to Community Rail Network, Southeastern, Network Rail and Sheerness Town Council for their support with this project facilitated by Kent Community Rail Partnership. Well done to all involved!

We are extremely proud to contnue to follow our talented Year 11 pupil, Ophelia, from St Edmund's in Dover on her ballet journey:

 

Opera de Paris - Frejus - France

During the summer, she has been dancing under the guidance of Monique Loudieres (ex-etoile of Paris Opera) in the south of France and performed in a public presentation at the Roman Amphitheater in Frejus. For this course, she was chosen out of hundreds to participate in a small group of 15-18 yr old pre-professional dancers. It was deeply inspiring for her to work with such fantastic dancers all training in the French Opera style. During the week, they also had panel discussions with the teachers and at the end of the show, each dancer had to briefly present their "dance journey and aspirations' to the public. This was followed by a Q&A with the public. Ophelia has left with new insight and objectives on how to reach her goal.

 

Russian Masters Ballet - Spain

The three weeks in July at Russian Masters Ballet training with Masters from the Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg was truly transformational. Six hours a day training, six days a week culminating with two public Galas in Alicante was not only an incredible experience but a trampoline in her technique, artistry and development. At the end of the course, each parent was offered an interview with the principal teacher via an interpreter!

 

The dancers shared the stage with leading soloists from top European companies who flew into dance with the students at the final STARS GALA!

 

Ophelia looks forward to continuing her training in London at Masters of Ballet and completing her GCSE year at St Edmund's Catholic School this year.

The Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards is an annual event to showcase the people, organisations, and initiatives that help us cope with life. The event’s three themes are: mental health; wellbeing; kindness and compassion.

 

Huge congratulations to Lynda Sutton (Higher Level Teaching Assistant), Clare Watson (House Manager) and Paula Kerr (Maths Teacher) at St Edmund's Secondary in Dover; they have been selected as the winning Pastoral Care Team for 2023! Well done, we are so proud of you all!

The ground breaking ceremony for the new build of St Mary's Primary in Deal took place at the end of the summer term; representatives from the DfE and contractors, Baxall, were in attendance, together with St Mary's Headteacher, Maria Pullen, and, of course, some of our very excited pupils!

 

Construction of the new school is now well underway and we are hopeful that staff and pupils will be able to move into their modern, purpose-built building by next Easter!

 

 

A huge welcome to St Benedict's Primary in Chatham!

 

The school joined the Trust on 01 September 2023, and we are delighted to have them as part of our Catholic family.

 

We very much look forward to working with Mrs McAlpine and her skilled and dedicated team of staff, and supporting St Benedict's wonderful pupils!