1 A group of girls from Suffolk will be swapping A-level exams and regular work for teaching English to Cambodians this summer, as part of a Diocese of East Anglia twinning link. They are collecting items requested by those in Cambodia, including toothbrushes. To support them, visit https://crowdfunding.
justgiving.com/cambodia-alana.
2 Dimitri Coutya, a Year 13 student at St Benedict’s School in Ealing, west London, has qualified for the Rio Paralympics in both Foil and Epee Wheelchair Fencing Category B.
3 Rob Simmons, headmaster of St Benedict’s Junior School in Ealing, starts the demolition of the old Ark building which will be replaced by a new three-storey extension, due for completion in September 2017.
4 The Catenians have founded a new group in Sussex, known as the Adur Valley Group.
5 Seven young chemists at St Joseph’s College in Trent Vale, Staffordshire have gained Crest Science Silver Awards normally reserved for those studying at GCSE level, even though they are only in Year 8.
6 Pupils at St Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls, Enfield, north London, visit the Colosseum during a half-term trip to Rome.
7 Parishioners of English Martyrs Church in Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, have celebrated the golden anniversary of the ordination of their parish priest, Fr Liam O’Connor.
8 Bishop Richard Moth blesses a new icon of Blessed Margaret Pole, painted by Sister Petra Clare for the Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi in Midhurst, West Sussex.
9 Frank Azzopardi, a much-loved science teacher at St Ambrose College in Hale Barns, Altrincham, is preparing to retire after 46 years of teaching.
10 Staff at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester have undergone defibrillator training potentially equipping them to save lives.
11 The Children’s Rosary Group from St Cadoc’s, Newton Mearns visit the Holy Door at St Mirin’s Cathedral, Paisley.
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