St Paul’s Serenade
Seven am on a cold Monday morning in late November; the good folk of Manchester staggering bleary eyed into a new week. But not the case for one happy band of travellers: the Loreto Plop Choir was already on the
Read storyToilet Twinning – celeb link up
Now in its sixth year, Loreto’s Toilet Twinning campaign received a boost when much loved entertainer and ornithologist, Bill Oddie, paid a visit to college. Alumni of the celebrated Cambridge Footlights Revue, one third of the famous Goodies, musician and
Read storyInternational handball success
The roll call of Loreto sporting internationals has a new name: BTEC Sport student Ed Irving. Ed was introduced to the sport of handball whilst a pupil at Sale Grammar and has now been playing competitively since the age of
Read storyLoreto on Radio 4 – again
Following our recent contribution to a Radio 4 series presented by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, exploring notions of morality and modern society, Loreto had the honour of hosting an episode of the network’s flagship religious programme, Beyond Belief. Each week, a
Read storyEnglish Department Reading Group
An encouraging number of mainly Lower Sixth students joined one or two Upper Sixth stalwarts to discuss the opening choice for the Reading Group this year: Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5. This peculiar novel has been dividing opinion since its publication
Read storyLAMDA workshop
Written by Loreto College performing arts student ambassador Maria Collins. As aspiring performers wanting to go to drama school in the near future, any opportunity of taking part in an experience with such a prestigious school like LAMDA will be
Read storyBiology Bake Off
Loreto Biology students are not simply microscope gazing boffins, as they proved at the recent Biology Bake Off, part of Biology Week. Â Swapping pipettes for palette knives, and condensers for cookie cutters, our enterprising and talented students set to with
Read storyArt Department progression event
Last week the Art department held a progression conference for our Arts students. The event was extremely well attended, with 165 students taking part. Loreto would like to thank Denise Bowler, from the Whitworth Art Gallery, for offering our students
Read storyGeographers enjoy North Wales research
The sun shone as geographers headed to the beautiful Welsh coast to develop key research skills as part of their A level course. The students carried out various activities at Llandudno, in North Wales, including calculating beach profiles, investigating weathering
Read storyBlack History Month
Alexia Kambode, an A Level student at Loreto, spoke at this week’s commuituesday event, celebrating Black History Month. Below is an excerpt of what she delivered: This was a speech I heard a couple of years ago, and I really
Read storyPractical dissection experience for Loreto students
Sixty budding bioscience, healthcare students and medics had a unique opportunity to boost their anatomy and physiology understanding, with real dissection of real organ specimens, when acclaimed human anatomist Samuel Piri, fresh from a highly successful appearance on TV entrepreneur
Read storyTheatre Trip: Meek
A Level drama students attended their first theatre visit of the year to see a 62 minute play called Meek. Staged by Headlong Theatre in association with Birmingham repertoire, Meek tells the story of Irene, imprisoned because she has written
Read storyRecord number of Medics, Dentists and Vets 2018
Loreto is once again celebrating the successes of the 59 students who will be taking up their places at university to study Medicine (50), Dentistry (8) Veterinary Science (1). The students will be studying for their professions in a medical,
Read storyOxbridge successes 2018
15 Loreto students have met their offers to study at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.   The successful students came to Loreto Sixth Form College  from a range  of high schools  in  Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and
Read storyWorld 200m Champion
Jona Efoloku an ex student from St Francis RC Primary, St Peters RC High School, before he joined us at Loreto College has become the World 200m Junior Champion (under 20’s). Years and years of hard work and training have
Read storyFreshers’ Fair 2018
The early autumn weather did us no favours as the fifth Loreto Freshers’ Fair got underway recently. Grey Mancunian skies frowned on the campus and a touch of rain in the air drove the planned outdoor stalls to seek the
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