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13th March 2023

MFL Trip to Normandy

Our French trip began at 6:00pm on a Thursday. After a long journey, we arrived in Normandy where we made our way to the American Cemetery which was very interesting. Once at the Château, we had lunch and were only allowed to speak French from then on - which improved our French a lot! Whilst we were there, we did different activities such as aeroball, archery and bread-making, forcing us to speak French. One evening we had a French quiz and a French food evening where we had to dress up and eat French food like snails - a good experience! Another evening we had a treasure hunt and we had to retrieve the items on a list - all in French. The workers would not talk to you in English, because they didn’t understand what we were saying. We had many trips out, such as visiting the town of Granville, where we had to fill out our journals and we also experienced a French protest march! We also got to speak to locals. We had a day out where we went to Mont St Michel which was tiring because there were so many stairs, but when we got up to the top, it was all worth it.  To finish the trip off, we went to a Crêperie, to get a real, authentic French experience in a restaurant. We are happy that we went on this trip because it has benefited our French and made things easier in French lessons. Mrs Williams - MFL Department on behalf of Year 11 Students Anna, Grace & Emily   Written by Admin
30th January 2023

Letter from the Mizen Foundation

Dear Bernadette, I hope you and everyone at St Joan of Arc had a peaceful festive period and a great start to 2023. I am writing to thank you for organising 'Jumpers for Jimmy' at your school and raising an incredible £354. Everyone at the Mizen Foundation is so grateful to you and your students.  Please would you, on my behalf, thank all your pupils, staff and everyone involved. We are so very grateful for all you have done in helping us at the Mizen Foundation, to widen and deepen that legacy of forgiveness, peace and hope that we all desire for young people everywhere. We look forward to hopefully visiting your school in the future.  Together we can make our communities safer for young people. Thank you and best wishes, Margaret Mizen MBE  
23rd January 2023

Geography Field Trip

From Monday 23rd January to Wednesday 25th January, our A level geographers travelled to the Field Studies Centre at Juniper Hall, a stone’s throw from beautiful Box Hill in Surrey. Over the three days of fieldwork, the specialist tutors helped the students to explore some fieldwork techniques associated with the urban, water and carbon topics that are studied during the A level course. This will be invaluable to the students as they look to create their own geographical question for their coursework. Thank you to the students for their enthusiasm and for their impeccable behaviour throughout the trip, they were a credit to the school!
20th January 2023

The London Art Fair

On Friday 20 th January the Art department took 40 Year 11 and 12 Art students to The London Art Fair at the Business Design centre in Islington. The trip is designed to kickstart the students GCSE and A level exam projects by exposing them to the huge variety of Artists whose work is exhibited at the exhibition. This year The London Art Fair welcomed 111 exhibitors from all over the world, showing the work of contemporary Artists such as Picasso, Chagall, Hockney, Henry Moore, Grayson Perry,Banksy and many, many more. The students enjoyed engaging with the works as well as talking to the artists and curators who helped to create such a vibrant atmosphere. The student’s behaviour was impeccable and they were an absolute delight to take. Mrs Henderson Art department. Feedback from some of the students who attended: “It was a fun and exciting day trip” “The variation of art allowed us to explore even more possibilities for our final pieces. The experts there made interesting observations on the Art, and the freedom we were given at the gallery made the experience much more enjoyable.” “I found Artists pieces there that I will use to help my own work” “I really liked seeing so many different styles of Art in one place”  “Motivating for my own work” 
15th December 2022

Religious Education & History - G2G talk

Religious Education and History- Year 9 G2G talk (generation to generation) Pupils who have shown an incredible effort in Religious Education and History were selected to receive a reward for their dedication. Pupils were given the opportunity to hear about the story of a woman's family who survived  the Holocaust and how they were able to survive. Pupils were mesmerised as she explained about the amount of deceit and betrayal that her family had endured but also heard about the bravery of others to stand up against such clear persecution and were willing to sacrifice their safety in order to do what is right and stand for justice, truly following our ethos ‘Love Christ, Inspire others’. It was such a pleasure to offer this opportunity to the pupils as a reward and we hope they consider studying our subjects at A-Level as they are already showing such an incredible work ethic. Keep up the work and who knows who knows what the next reward will be....  
12th December 2022

Religious Education - School visits

On the 12th of December Year 11 had the incredible privilege of having a talk from Margaret and Barry Mizen. Margaret and Barry truly live out the example of Jesus through their ability to forgive and show compassion, after their son was murdered in a horrendous incident they chose to raise awareness to crime among the young and how forgiveness has enabled them to be able to do something good after something horrific had happened to them. Our pupils, as always, were outstanding ambassadors and showed great respect during the talk. Many pupils commented on how they admired the couple and that ‘it was moving to hear how it is possible to forgive even the darkest actions’. If you would like to donate or read more about the Mizen foundation attached is the link to their website: http://mizenfoundation.org/
7th December 2022

Champions of Religious Education

Champions of Religious Education It has been my absolute pleasure to award students across the school as ‘Champions of Religious Education’. They have shown their teachers a clear passion for the subject and produced some outstanding work. They really should be so proud of themselves, they have shown an outstanding work ethic and set exceptionally high standards for themselves. Pushing themselves to reach their full potential which is something we should all aspire to do. “Do not neglect the gift you have” 1 Timothy 4:14. We look forward to seeing who will be the next ‘Champions of Religious Education’. Keep up the excellent work!   Ms Gaughan 
6th December 2022

Foodbank Collection

This half term Jerome house were bringing in items for our local foodbanks. We want to express our immense gratitude for your generosity. The items will be delivered in the coming days. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God 2 Corinthians 9:10-15 12 Jerome Diligence (Food bank team)
5th December 2022

Diocese of Westminster Christmas Card Competion

We have taken part in the Christmas Card Competition from the Diocese of Westminster. The work our pupils produced has been incredible, they truly made it exceptionally hard to decide who to put through to the final stage. All pupils will be given a green card for their effort. A huge congratulations to our top three entries, if only we were allowed to enter more. We will be sending the Christmas cards to our local care homes which I am confident will bring them as much joy as they did the R.E Department.   Wishing you a blessed Christmas The RE Department    
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