27 May 2022

Bronze DofE Award

2021-2022

This year, 102 students have enrolled onto the DofE Bronze Award; a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, that has since expanded to 144 nations.

Headteacher's Message

Thank you to everyone for enabling St Bede's Feast Day to be a wonderful celebration. Congratulations to Carmela on winning the Face of Jesus competition and to Lulu, a close runner up.

Enjoy your half term holiday, but don't forget to use your time wisely preparing for examinations when we return!

Take care of yourselves

Mrs Pike

Mrs S Pike

Headteacher

Theme of the week

Ascension

“Father, may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you,
so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.”

John 17:22

Challenge

As Jesus ascended into heaven, God prepared to send the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Take time to prepare for the coming of the Holy Spirit this Pentecost by praying “Come Holy Spirit”.

Prayer

Lord God, thank you that you ascended back to heaven to reign as King. I invite you to be King of my heart. Bring your love and understanding into my life. Amen.

Parents' Guide to Live Streaming

Parents will be aware that for many young people a large part of their online time is taken up by watching videos on streaming sites and apps. These are a great way for pupils to learn about, literally, anything. However, there are risks that parents should be aware of. - Mr T Sanders

Saint Bede, Patron Saint of the College

Every May 25th we celebrate the feast of Saint Bede, the man who inspires us and for whom we are grateful for the legacy we continue to pass on to the whole school community today.

On this important day, pupils and staff from the College and Sixth Form walked in procession to the English Martyrs Church ready to celebrate our patron Saint. Holy Mass was celebrated by Fr Joe Evans, College priest and concelebrated by Canon Cleary, parish priest and Fr Michael Deas, College alumni. The house captains of Siena, Bosco, Campion, Magdalene led a grand procession as mass began with their house banners and colours followed behind by altar servers Emily, Michael and Rafal. The newly appointed Head Boy John T read the First reading, Ecclesiasticus 39:6–10. Head Girl, Katy C read Psalm 36. Deputy Head Boy and Girl, Kieran O and Martha Rose O led the pupils in the Prayers of the Faithful.

This year we were very blessed to be able to bring part of the College orchestra, led by Mr Davies and organ teacher Mrs Reece. Head of Sixth Form, Mr Rose was Cantor for the Kyrie Eleison and Gloria. Kelly Y made her premier on the English Martyrs enormous organ and performed the Post-Communion reflection.

On return to College the pupils were treated to ice cream. - Mrs C Hibbert.

Meanwhile, in the College chapel, the whole of the Prep School was in a jubilant mood ready to celebrate the Feast Day of our Patron Saint with a beautiful mass. The mass started perfectly with the joyful singing of ‘Meet me here’. Later in the mass the levels of joy and celebration were raised with the hymn ‘You and me’ and ‘This Little Light of Mine’. The children ended the commemorational mass with ‘Great Big God’, a wonderful and fitting end to a Mass celebrating the Feast Day of St Bede. - Mr J Joyce-O'keeffe

Who Was St. Bede?

Read Here the May Issue of our Careers Newsletter

‘Queen of May’ Assembly

On Thursday and Friday, Nursery and Reception Classes were excited to perform their ‘Queen of the May’ assembly for the Prep school, family and friends. It was a wonderful celebration for the month of May and has become a very special tradition for the youngest members of our school. The children have been working very hard to learn all their songs, words, poems and actions and performed them with ease. We are bursting with pride at how they were able to speak clearly and with such confidence and expression. It’s hard to believe that some of these children are only three years old!

Well done children, we think you are fantastic! - The EYFS Team

Bedian Alumnus Phil Foden Wins Premier League Young Player of the Season

Phil Foden has been voted Premier League Young Player of the Season for 2021-22. In addition to that, last Sunday Manchester City were crowned Champions of the Premier League.

Cole Palmer, CJ Egan-Riley, James McAtee and Luke Mbete have all featured this season for Manchester City. The Academy have also had a very successful season winning U16 and U17 Premier League Cup as well as the U18 League and U23 League. - Mr C Woan

See the full details on Manchester City Website

Manchester Schools Athletics Competition

The Under 14 boys and girls teams participated in the Manchester schools Athletics competition. There were 14 schools participating and we finished 4th overall. These pictures are the team and our medal winners. Georgia 3rd in the Javelin, Grace 3rd in the Shot Putt Havana 2nd in the high jump and Penny 1st in the long jump. The girls relay team also finished 4th overall.

- Mrs N McCormick

A Beautiful Day to Play Football in London

Cian O, U4WAS, played football in London this weekend for ISFA (Independent Schools Football Association) Under 14s against Wales School Boys. It was a beautiful day and the teams were really evenly matched. England were winning 3-2 but unfortunately conceded an own goal right in the last minute to draw 3-3. National anthems were played before kick-off to give a fantastic experience for the boys. - Mr M Parker

Upper Third Celebration Assembly

We were delighted to present our Upper Third netballers with their medals for achieving runner-up place in the Manchester Schools' Tournament, a hotly contested competition, and we also congratulated our Headteacher's Commendation certificates. - Mrs A Vyce

Upper Third Celebration Assembly

Outdoor learning continued with Prep 3 spending an afternoon in Alexandra Park. It was a follow activity as part of their topic ‘The Rainforest’. They were able to identify many deciduous and coniferous trees in our beautiful park during the day. They also played the role of scientific detectives and were able to label the different trees based on the shape of their leaves. They discovered there were a large number of horse chestnut, ash and birch trees in the park. In addition, there were some recently planted oak trees. It was a great opportunity for the children to spend time out of the classroom and they enjoyed the experience very much. - Mr J Joyce-O’Keeffe

Not Resting in Idleness

L5COR brought in food for the Hope Foodbank project based locally in Wythenshawe to celebrate St Bede's day. We have been praying regularly for those who are struggling with the cost of living crisis and particularly those who can't afford to feed their families, so we thought we would do something about it, following the example of St Bede and 'not resting in idleness'. - Mrs M Corbett

Inter-House Mastermind

On Wednesday, the Lower Fifth competed in Inter-House Mastermind. It was a fiercely contested affair, in which our four competitors demonstrated their scholarly general knowledge and strong specialist subjects.

James represented Siena and scored a respectable 13 points, with a specialist subject of Season 1 of the US Office. Kamwana represented Campion and finished with an impressive 26 points, showing a superb knowledge of the anime series Demon Slayer. Rafal finished a close second for Bosco House, scoring an excellent 31 points with his wonderful knowledge of the Marvel Universe. However, out in front was Patrick, from Magdalene. He ended with an outstanding score of 34, impressing with his knowledge of Season 2 of the US Office and some superb general knowledge.

The event was very well attended, with the Lower Fifth coming out to support their friends and I'd like to thank all of those staff who assisted, in order to once again make the event a success. - M L Rodriguez

‘Face of Jesus’ Competition Winners

During the season of Lent the Chaplaincy department ran a competition for College and Sixth Form pupils. Pupils had to create their own artwork on the ‘Face of Jesus’. At the end of mass on the feast day of Saint Bede the competition winner was announced. Carmela won first prize for her incredible artwork of Jesus wearing the Crown of Thorns. Second prize went to Lulu for a beautiful watercolour image of Jesus. Two highly commended prizes were awarded to Eli and Bridget. The pupils' images will go on display after the unveiling ceremony on the 12 June at Saint Augustine’s Church in Manchester. Gift vouchers were awarded to first and second place.

All members of the College Community are welcome to attend the Salford Diocese, Young Adult's Mass at St Augustine’s Lower Ormond St
M15 6BY at 5.30pm where the artwork will be unveiled. - Mrs C Hibbert

Bible Recital Prize

Congratulations to Prep 4 pupil Victor who qualified for an international contest called "Talantul in Negot" (after the parable from Matthew 25:14-30). Victor and his family attend their local Romanian Evangelical Church which organises an annual contest which encourages children to read the Bible. Victor has been reading and studying the Gospel of Mark, Book of Esher and Letter to Filimon from the Bible since October.

Victor qualified for the International Finals, winning first place in his age category over all Romanian Evangelical Churches in the UK. There were 70 contestants in all age groups and 20 in Victor's group age. We wish Victor the best of luck in the finals - Mr J Joyce-O’Keeffe

We know we have some very talented students, but we want to be even more aware of all their successes, including the ones they achieve when they walk out of the door of our buildings.

Please contact the relevant department head and send us photos and information about your child's achievements. We'll be proud to share it with the whole Bedian family.

#Be part of a Great Tradition #BeBedian

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