What an amazing end to our Diversity Week – all culminating in ‘This is me…” non uniform day.

” ….And that’s wrap ….” Well done to all our performers in Beauty and the Beast. It was wonderful to be able to perform to a live audience again! HUGE thanks to our Performing Arts Team who worked tirelessly to get the show off the ground.

We come from all walks of life but we are UNITED at St Paul’s. We have the same vision of love and care towards each other.

We RESPECT, WELCOME and INCLUDE everybody because we are all unique and equally important.

ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE.

Jide Macaulay was a delight to have in school!

Amna, Taslin and Aasiyah  gave an excellent, informative presentation on Islam and their own faith journeys including their choice to wear a hijab. They spoke with great clarity and conviction and Year 7 were very engaged.

Thank you to Sarah Hagger-Holt who came in to talk to students in Years 7 & 8.

Thank you to our fabulous visitors who made up our Inter Faith Panel for Diversity Week Ibrahim Mogra, Daljit Singh, Jim Strupish and Fr Andrew Lee. 

Year 9 Food & Nutrition students this week have been very fortunate to learn the complex skills of handling, preparing and cooking with fish as part of their GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition course.

• It started with a masterclass of learning how to fillet mackerel and using this to produce a tasty mackerel and potato salad ‘burger’
• Following on from this we partnered with the Alaska Seafood University to help our pupils become dab hands at preparing and cooking fish dishes in an initiative that is angling to promote awareness of sustainability and nutritional benefits of wild fish, as well as a chance to discover the tastes, textures, and versatility of Alaskan Seafood.
• We have netted funding through the FISH Hero program for four cases of Wild Alaskan Pink Salmon during Wild Alaska Seafood Month .
• This week, pupils prepared Wild Alaskan Salmon for a delicious recipe of fish cakes.
• The wilderness of Alaska and its cool, clear coastal and inland waters are home to some of the world’s best sustainable seafood. Fish of all varieties abound in its three million lakes, 34,000 miles of coastline and 3,000 rivers. It is here that five different types of wild salmon – king, sockeye, keta, coho and pink: premium black cod and wild Alaska pollock thrive and mature at a natural pace.
• We hope the scheme will be good for the sole with pupils becoming experts at using and handling Wild Alaskan Salmon.

School Performance – Beauty and the Beast

Wednesday 23rd February 6pm – 8pm
Thursday 24th February 6pm – 8pm

A few tickets still available – £5 from the School Office or via ParentPay.

Click here for our Diversity Week timetable

Diversity Week Menu

We welcomed God and the Big Bang in conjunction with Durham University for a trial project working with schools to explore how science and religion compare in today’s society.

Groups from Year 11 and Sixth Form enjoyed lectures and activities led by theologians and scientists.

Feedback from our students:

Tamzid
I think the program was very informative and engaging as it allowed for us to present our opinions instead of being just listening to a lecture , it really made us realise that you can link science and faith and have the best of both worlds instead of having a huge barrier between the two.

Naisha Patel
I really enjoyed listening to the covid talk and hearing about others experiences during lockdown. I also enjoyed the question and answer at the end of the day, because I learnt the aspects of RE and hearing the different opinions from other views.

Finn Reilly
I really enjoyed the question and answer at the end because I thought it helped to go through in depth what have been learnt throughout the day. This has also helped with understanding and developing aspects of the specification that we have learnt in lesson. The day was really well organised.

Cameron Oakley
It was a fun learning experience which taught us about Faith and Science and how they can be used together. The question-and-answer session provided good insights from the Scientists and shared their views on the compatibility of Science and Faith. It was a very interactive session which allowed us to voice our opinions on pressing issues and reflect on our experiences. In addition to this, it allowed us to learn about climate change and the opinions of the future generations.