St Paul's Catholic School

The Milton Keynes Mental Health Support Team are offering summer holiday groups to help children and their parents/carers learn practical ways to understand panic and worry, manage anxiety, and build healthy coping skills together. More details on the image.

If you have connections to St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery Milton Keynes please save this date! The school would love to see you at their 20th anniversary summer festival

We have a few more pictures to share with you from our visit to Wintershall and The Life of Christ. We hope everyone has a great weekend.

Yesterday we took a group of students to the Wintershall Estate in Surrey to see a performance of 'The Life of Christ'. This incredible, colourful open air spectacle was a moving depiction of the life of Jesus from his birth through to his crucifixion and resurrection. We moved around the estate to witness the four act play and our students were mesmerised by the powerful and interactive performances. Thank you to Mr Beckett for driving the minibus on such a long journey and to our students for representing St Paul's so well.

Congratulations to Daphne who has been chosen as one of the winners of the Simon Powell Poetry Prize. Daphne was inspired to enter the national competition for young poets after visiting Poetry Live with the school this year. You can read her wonderful poem, Sallqa, here https://www.st-pauls.org.uk/news/archive/post/466-student-excels-at-poetry-competition

Very well done to Year 8 student Oscar who has successfully undergone training in the art of Jiu Jitsu and has been awarded the rank of Junior Yellow Belt. He was also awarded the title of Student of the Month at Milton Keynes Jiu-Jitsu Yubukan Dojo. Congratulations on all your hard work Oscar.

Year 8 Bushcraft update from Mrs French:

"The pupils have continued to have fun on the trip and we're so proud of how resilient they have been, despite having endured a very rainy and cold day. In the morning they learnt first aid skills and got to put them to good use on a surprise SOS scenario, where they had to rescue the teachers from the wreckage of a plane crash. It was touch and go for Mr Abakah Phillips... "

We hope you're looking forward to them sharing their exciting adventures with you when they return to school today.

We've had an update from Mrs French on the Year 8 Bushcraft residential:

"The Year 8 students on the Bushcraft Residential are having a great time, despite some rain and thunder on the first day. They have been learning how to build shelters, how to make a fire and practiced their camouflage skills, along with visiting the local pigs that live on the site!"

We hope they have a wonderful time on their final night.

Yesterday a number of our students received guided tours of our new Sixth Form building. They were able to see the work in progress and also had classroom sessions where they learnt about the project's progression and received advice about careers in construction. We're very grateful to Luke from Derbybeech for sharing so much valuable information with students and to our Careers team for organising this opportunity. Students were very engaged during the site tour and asked some excellent questions.

We're delighted to share this fantastic feedback from MK Wanderers FC about one of our students, Rihanna. She is embodying our school's mission to love, serve and do the best that is possible. Well done Rihanna.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Rihanna at R.A.C.E for her exceptional support at the MK Wanderers FC Tournament this past weekend.

Following a serious incident involving rival groups, which was assessed as a potential 'danger‑to‑life' situation - in which the Police were dispatched. Rihanna immediately stepped forward to protect and support our younger participants.

She delivered an impromptu First Aid session, keeping the children calm, focused and safe while the situation was managed.

Her professionalism, composure and care go beyond her role as an event first aider, and we feel she is a true credit to the company and to her family.

Thank you, Rihanna — we are truly grateful 💚

Ps - the children all want to know when lesson 2 is being held 😂

RACE -Rapid Aid for Competitive Events