Netball news: Loreto fall short to in-form Oldham side

The netball team travelled to Oldham Sixth Form College on Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately, a depleted Loreto squad lost out to a well-established, in-form Oldham side. Loreto started the game well, with both teams going goal-for-goal. At the beginning of the

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Shadow schools minister Mike Kane MP visits Loreto College

Shadow schools minister Mike Kane MP visited Loreto College on Friday to show his support for the Raise the Rate campaign aimed at securing an increase in funding for sixth form education in this year’s spending review. Mr Kane completed

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22 Oxbridge offers in 2019

Year on year the success of Loreto students applying to and receiving offers from top universities is impressive: 2019 is no exception. The 22 Oxbridge offers cover a range of subject areas at the two globally respected institutions, from Medicine

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Loreto Sport students visit St George’s Park

BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport second year students experienced what it is like to train and play like an elite athlete recently.  Students attended an ultimate experience day at St. George’s Park, home to the England football teams.  The park

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MUN event at Manchester Grammar School

After a gap of four years, MUN returned to Manchester Grammar School in December, with large numbers of sixth formers from across the north west representing a variety of countries in passionate but thoughtful debate. Ms Tattersall took a relatively

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Musicians in demand

The festive season is marked by a number of events at the college and our numerous talented musicians and singers, under the direction of Head of Music David Lloyd-Mostyn, are very much to the fore. First up was the Hulme

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Certificate Evening

After many years celebrating the achievements of our students in an annual event held at Manchester Town Hall, Certificate Evening finally came ‘home’ this year and the class of 2018 was able to return to the college to receive certificates

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English Department Reading group

The Reading Group reconvened just before Christmas, to discuss the latest book choice, Paul Auster’s enigmatic novel, The Music of Chance. It was anticipated that this strange piece of fiction, sometimes described as being ‘absurdist’ in style, would divide opinion

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College Musical

The glitz and glamour of country queen Dolly Parton brightened up dark December nights in Hulme as her engaging musical 9 To 5 was brought to the stage in spectacular fashion by Director Danny Price’s large and enthusiastic cast of

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Close fought match for netball team

The netball team won in spectacular fashion during a recent fixture vs Cheadle Hulme. A last gasp goal scored by player of the match, Freya Coggins, saw Loreto win a highly competitive match by one goal. The game was closely

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MINT at the Whitworth

The Loreto Art Department student collective, MINT, had a fantastic opportunity to sell their work at the Frost Fair, held in December at the Whitworth Art Gallery. This was an excellent opportunity for them to gain insight into the reality

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St Cecilia Concerto Competition

A firm favourite on the Loreto calendar, the Concerto Competition, named for the patron saint of music and musicians, St Cecilia, took place at the end of November. Seven talented instrumentalists, a record number, competed for the prestigious award, and

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MANCEP Shakespeare Festival

“The plays’ the thing”, so said Hamlet and hundreds of 11-18 year olds proudly performing in their abridged play in this year’s MANCEP Shakespeare Festival. Established in November 2012, the MANCEP Shakespeare Festival is a celebration of youth performance and

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“Michael Crick is in reception”

A routine message from Jenny Ward on duty on the desk recently, but these five words have been known to send senior politicians and prominent public figures scurrying for the exits, rather than face the prospect of a grilling from

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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

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Toilet 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

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