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• Wednesday 25 June 2025 Bambisanani Partnership Visit to South Africa Following eighteen months of preparation, planning and fundraising, we are happy to report that fifteen of our Year 12 students recently returned from their mission to deliver a ‘Leadership Through Sport' programme' to students at Mnyakanya High School situated in the remote, rural Nkandla area of South Africa.
• Wednesday 25 June 2025 Year 10 Trip to Cologne Last week, 36 Year 10 students visited Germany, exploring the cities of Cologne and Aachen, as well as the beautiful Rhine Valley. They were a credit to the school, and all participated fully in the activities, immersing themselves in the language and culture.
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Congratulations to Leo Convey
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Year 7 Fantastic Artwork Inspired by African artists Thango and Twins 7 7 patterns. Repeat pattern prints created using string on cardboard. Well done Year 7, they look fantastic!
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 St Mary's Summer Concert As part of the celebrations for St Mary's 60th Anniversary, this year's summer concert will feature music from the last 60 years. A fun and informal celebration of our pupils and school featuring, Jazz Band, Choir, Rock bands and soloists. The concert will take place on Thursday 3 July 2025 at 7.00pm. Tickets £5/3 from Mr Scholey, Subject Leader for Music, p.scholey@stmarysmenston.org we hope you are able to join us for will be a fun and uplifting evening.
• Wednesday 11 June 2025 Netball Leaders Our wonderful Netball Leaders supported the Bishop Roche U11 Netball competition on Tuesday 3 June 2025. The girls umpired the 7-aside games with such proficiency and received lots of praise from the primary staff. The Year 10 girls have provided outstanding support over the past few years, volunteering countless hours, umpiring, coaching and leading activities to enable younger students to participate in activities. Coaching Year 7 netball club all season, supporting fixtures and attending umpiring training. Supporting inclusive events and a cricket festival. Most importantly being positive role models for the school, they have the kindest hearts and how they interact with the primary children is so heartwarming we could not be prouder.
• Wednesday 4 June 2025 Ireland Rugby Star
• Wednesday 4 June 2025 Cricket Leaders Congratulations to our fantastic cricket leaders for delivering a fun packed afternoon of cricket games at Guiseley Cricket Club on Wednesday 21 May. They put into practice the skills they had learnt in the cricket leadership course, and ensured the children had a positive experience, joining in, and sharing their passion for the sport.
• Wednesday 21 May 2025 Annual National Altar Servers Mass
• Wednesday 21 May 2025 Leeds Book Awards Ceremony
• Wednesday 21 May 2025 Martial Arts Awards
• Wednesday 21 May 2025 SVP Sponsored Walk
• Wednesday 14 May 2025 Yorkshire Cricket Leadership Training
• Wednesday 14 May 2025 VE Day 80th Anniversary Service To mark the 80th Anniversary of VE day a group of St Mary's students, supported by Mrs Baines and Mrs Bird, attended a Service and celebration at the Kirkland's Community Centre in Menston. The students took part in reading a poem ‘The Gift of Peace’ read by Eve Robinson and Bidding Prayers for Peace read by Ethan Butland, Alexander Jardine, Jack Young, Seb Greer and Harry Noble. The students reflected on the bravery and sacrifice of the men and women who gave so much, in battle, on the home front, in the factories and in other acts of service. The students enjoyed meeting people who were present at the very first VE Day celebration, the Home Guard from Haworth and the guest speaker Dr Manoj Joshi MBE, resplendent in uniform representing the Lord Lieutenancy Office of West Yorkshire, they also enjoyed the delicious afternoon tea and music. Many thanks to Mrs Baines and Mrs Bird and to our students, we are incredibly proud of you all. A big thank you to the Menston C
• Tuesday 6 May 2025 Year 7 Artwork Our Year 7 students have been producing some fantastic artwork inspired by the artist Michael Craig Martin.
• Tuesday 6 May 2025 DRAW! Bradford 2025
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Coding Club Success
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 The Great Big Read
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Oxplore Essay Competition
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Year 7 Netball Tournament On Tuesday 1 April 2025, our Year 7 netballers played at a tournament at Prince Henry Grammar School. Mrs Robinson said “I was incredibly proud of all the Year 7 netballers; they played their best at the tournament in sunny Otley. Both teams achieved 4-0 wins. With the green team reaching the quarter finals. Emily and Lauren, our Year 10 coaches managed the black team and umpired their games enabling us to take 18 students along. A really positive afternoon developing skills and displaying excellent team work” A big well done to everyone involved and thank you to Mrs Robinson for making this possible for our students.
• Tuesday 8 April 2025 Easter Card Competition Winner Congratulations to Sophia Rhodes in 7P who won the Bambisanani Easter Card Competition. Sophia's card will be sent to our friends in South Africa and our supporters of The Bambisanani Partnership. Sophia was presented with a Lindt Easter Egg for her winning design. Mr Nield and Miss Wood delivered the good news to Sophia.
• Wednesday 2 April 2025 11th Annual Martin Green Golf Tournament We are pleased to announce the date of this years Martin Green Memorial Golf Tournament. The tournament will take place on Sunday 21 September at East Morton Golf Club.
• Wednesday 2 April 2025 SVP Easter Egg Appeal Thank you to everyone who generously donated Easter eggs to our SVP appeal. 10C collected over £20, and bought eggs with the money. A special thank you to one parent who made a considerable donation of Easter goodies. Thank you to the CARITAS Group for organising and for writing cards to go out with the eggs.
• Friday 28 March 2025 OFSTED Quotes Our OFSTED success is a testament to the pupils of this school from Year 7 to 13, who all contributed to the inspection in their way. To help us publicise this to the community Mrs Barnes and Mrs Hawkins got some of them together with some key quotes form the report to help us celebrate this achievement. What a fantastic job they did too!
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 Year 7 and Year 8 Easter Card Competition
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 Bambisanani Chocolate Hamper Raffle Wouldn't it be great to win all this chocolate for your Easter Celebrations. The Bambisanani Team are raising funds for their upcoming volunteering in South Africa. Please support their work by purchasing a ticket and a chance to win this huge hamper of chocolate. Tickets are £1, available via ParentPay or from Mrs Chattoe in H22. The winner will be chosen on Thursday 3 April 2025. Good luck everyone!
• Wednesday 19 March 2025 Flame 2025 A group from St Mary’s travelled down to Wembley Arena with students from St John Fisher Harrogate to join with 10,800 other young Catholics for the biannual CYMFED Congress. The Theme was Unstoppable. It was a day of reflection, talks, worship and lots and lots of fun. Bear Grylls OBE was one of the speakers along with David Wells with music performed by the One Hope Project, Guvna B and the World Youth Dance Crew. Seb Greer and Danielle Kativhu, Year 9, who attended said, ‘it was a unique, impactful experience. Others should go in the future if they get the chance.’ Juliette Stewardson, also Year 9 say’s ‘I haven’t been able to stop talking about Flame. It was amazing to share the day with so many other young Catholics.’ The day concluded with Adoration led by Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
• Wednesday 19 March 2025 Gymnastics Gold Lottie Dalton (7C) won a gold medal at the weekend with her gymnastics partner and will now represent Yorkshire at the British NDP finals in May 2025. Congratulations Lottie, a fantastic achievement. We are all very proud of you
• Wednesday 19 March 2025 Pi Day
• Wednesday 12 March 2025 Royal Air Force Cadets Promotion Congratulations to Alexander Jardine in Year 10 who was recently promoted to Corporal with the 2387 Pudsey Squadron. Alexander said ‘I have been a cadet for 2 ½ years with 2387 Pudsey Squadron. Being a cadet involves a high level of discipline and deportment. I am very proud to have achieved the rank of Corporal. I am now responsible for taking drill, taking duty and being in charge of my Squadron's football team. Being part of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets has given me lots of opportunities and I would highly recommend to everyone. The Royal Air Force Air Cadets is more than just flying!’ what a fantastic achievement Alexander, we are all so proud of you.

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