Visit from Charlie and Dermot

On Friday 26th April we had two very special visitors in school - therapy donkeys Charlie and Dermot. The pupils and sixth formers were pleasantly surprised to see the animals in the sports hall and had a lot of fun feeding, cuddling and stroking the donkeys. As the Resurrection event was unfortunately cancelled, we invited St Michael's Reception classes to visit us in the morning to join the experience.

The donkeys are specially trained to work with children - they can help with anxiety, stress and have an incredible calming presence.

Well being Champions attend Conference

This April, Year 9 Well being Champions attended a mental health conference delivered by stem4, a mental health charity based in Merton, headed and founded by Dr Nihara Krause. Dr Krause has years of experience as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and she uses her knowledge, tips and guidance to educate and raise awareness of how we talk about mental health, how we support our friends and family with mental health conditions and how we become resilient ourselves when faced with stresses and daily challenges.

Saint Cecilia’s Well being Champions won third prize in ‘design an assembly about sleeping habits’ and we hope that the assembly can be delivered in the summer term. For more information, go to stem4.org.uk

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Congratulations to the recently selected Wimbledon BBGs

Many congratulations to the following pupils who have successfully been selected for the Wimbledon BBGs (ball boys and girls) training programme: Victoria Lambert, Harry Sanderson, Joseph Horrobin, Oliver French, Lydia Martin, Badger Ewins and Hector Price.

The prospective BBGs will attend 2 – 2.5 hours of rigorous weekly training sessions in order to prepare for the prestigious tournament in July 2019.

More than 700 participants apply for this opportunity but only approximately 250 are selected so well done to all!

Jack Petchey ‘Speak Out’ Wandsworth final

Congratulations to Judah Ankrah and Harriet Ashton, both in Year 10, who took part in the Wandsworth final of the Jack Petchey ‘Speak Out’ challenge on Monday 18th March.

They both worked really hard to get to this stage of the competition and represented the school brilliantly at the event. They didn’t win the title this time but their speeches Dream! Believe! Achieve! (Judah) and Still Beating! (Harriet) really impressed the judges!

Well done also to all the pupils who took part in the challenge.