Professional actor and Frantic Assembly theatre practitioner, Steve Miller recently came into college to deliver specialist workshops to our Lower Sixth A-level Drama and Theatre Studies students. Students learned how to choreograph work and add lifts, before layering meaning into
Read storyFebruary saw forty-six lucky AS and A2 Art, Photography, Graphics, 3 D Design and Textiles students crossing the Atlantic and heading for New York City. The aim was to enable students to see a range of art at some of
Read storyThe Reading Group reconvened early in March, with Muriel Spark’s popular modern classic The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie up for discussion. Student opinion tended towards enjoyment of the novel but reservations about the central character. Several were of the
Read storyOn a Monday evening in February Loreto faced an Allerton High team that had troubled us greatly in a previous encounter. We got off to an encouraging start, going on a 10-4 run in the opening 4 minutes. Allerton recovered
Read storyBy Anna Seifu Loreto’s gender equality week took place this term, after months of discussion and planning by Lower and Upper sixth students. The week brought with it many thought provoking events to make students think about how gender is
Read storyDillon Tootill, an A2 Film student, has been accepted on to the prestigious BBC First Steps scheme, a programme of mentoring, work shadowing and employability skills with the broadcaster. The scheme involves one-to-one mentoring with a BBC staff member to
Read storyThe very first Loreto HCPT group will be travelling to Lourdes, France during the Easter holidays. They will be on pilgrimage holiday to the shrine of Our Lady and working very hard to support disabled and disadvantaged children and young
Read story30 Geography and Biology students have just returned from a 5 day residential field trip to Iceland – the land of ice and fire. The students enjoyed visiting some of Iceland’s premier attractions. Of particular note was walking behind the
Read storySnoop Dogg, Smokey Robinson, Justin Timberlake…just a sample of the diverse range of clients that recording studio owner and sound engineer Ian Stewart has worked with during a long and fascinating career in the music business. Recently a mix of
Read storyStudent Nicole Henry writes: On the 27/01/17, I took part in remembering the Holocaust and other genocides around the world through a day presented by UK Jewish Film and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, with the theme of ‘How can
Read storyLove was in the air this week at Loreto. Cupid was hard at work. Students at the college developed a scheme to show someone they care by sending a Valentine in the form of a rose. The roses were delivered
Read storyIn February, thirty-eight Computing students from Loreto took part in an educational trip to Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes. The site is of extreme historical significance because it is where British cryptologists worked to decipher the Enigma code, which was a
Read storyLoreto’s Pol Soc was delighted to host Dr Sherilyn MacGregor, Reader in Environmental Politics, UoM, to speak about the issues surrounding environmentalism under Trump’s presidency. Sherilyn has a research and teaching profile that is international and interdisciplinary. One of a
Read storyThis year’s debate saw six intrepid members of staff trying to convince a sceptical audience of students that their chosen item or idea was the greatest that mankind has ever known. Making the case for chemists everywhere Colin Fielding kicked
Read storyStudents form our A-level Drama and Theatre Studies and from our BTEC Performing Arts courses were treated to a workshop held by Nathan Crossan-Smith, who trained at LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) – one of the most
Read storyYear on year the success of Loreto students applying to and receiving offers from top universities goes up: 2017 is no exception. The twenty-five Oxbridge offers cover a range of subject areas at the two globally respected institutions, from medicine
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