We are so very proud of all our talented students who were cast in Oliver! The Musical. We welcomed Year 6 children from our partner primary schools who watched the dress rehearsal with huge excitement and applause! A sell-out production over 2 nights, showcasing 74 students across Year 7-11. Thanks to our amazing staff team who worked behind the scenes and to all our parents and audience, who came along to watch and support our students. You were all amazing! 💜🧡🎭💃🏻🎵

This year, our Jubilee Feast Day Mass was celebrated at English Martyrs school with student and staff representatives from primary and secondary schools, within the Thomas Aquinas CMAT. 15 of our students from Years 7-9 attended as servers, readers, and banner carrier, along with our Principal, Mrs. Conaghan and Deacon Seamus. 💜🧡🙏✝️

Congratulations to our Year 7 girls basketball team who won the City final 46-12!  They now progress to the quarter finals of the county competition. They were truly awesome, well done girls you should be very proud!

Schools begin the Jubilee Year called by Pope Francis on Friday 24 January. This Holy Jubilee Year is held every 25 years in the church as a way for us to restore our relationship with God, with one another and with God’s creation. The theme Pope Francis has chosen is ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, so we created our Form room doors, as ‘Doorways of Hope.’ On Friday, special services will be held in the Chapel reflecting on ‘Hope’, with double positive points and fast-track passes, for the lunch queue hidden inside some of the cutlery! 

A fantastic day had by all who attended the Art and Photography trip, to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; this also included a guided tour at the Ikon Gallery.

Despite the horrendous weather and our internet going down, we welcomed everyone back to school on the Feast of the Epiphany when the wise men, visited baby Jesus.  In many countries, ‘Chalking the doors’ is an old epiphany tradition where we ask for God’s blessing on the home.  The blessing is something that we do here at St. Paul’s.  The gospel tells us that the magi (wise men) found Christ “on entering the house”.  The door to our home is a holy threshold.  You can bless those who come in and go out by inscribing above the door in chalk the first two numbers of the year + C + M + B + the last two numbers of the year- 20 + C + M + B + 25.  Tradition tells us that the letters represent the names of the magi: Caspar, Malchior and Bethasar.  It may also mean “Christus mansionem benedicat” or “may Christ bless this dwelling”.  Mrs. Conaghan hosted an assembly and Deacon Seamus gave out the 2025 blessing door signage and will bless the doors with holy water this week; this means, we are all blessed as we walk through our school doors.

If you are in the Leicester General Hospital over Christmas then do pop into the Chapel to see the Crib Figures made by Year 7 students at St Paul’s and Yr 6 students at St John Fisher School. With thanks to LACY and Ed Pike (Hospital Chaplain) for asking us to create them. This morning a group of students with Deacon Seamus blessed the crib and sang carols with staff from the Hospital and members of LACY (Leicester Active Catholic Youth).

Our Christmas market was a huge success with double the amount of stalls, on the previous year. Our thanks to staff and students who helped organise the evening and to all parents/carers and friends, who came along and joined in the festive celebrations. We are always so very grateful for your support. 🎄💜🧡🎅

Huge congratulations to our Year 9 Girls Netball team. The girls were behind for most of the game but with true resilience and perserverance, they won the quarter final. We are very proud of them, well done girls! ⭐💜🧡