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Our 21St Century Schools Planning Catholic Education in the Diocese of Cardiff for the Next Generation Newyddiadur Swyddogol Esgobaeth Caerdydd Issue 261 September 2018 Official Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cardiff Pick up your FREE copy today Our 21st century Schools Planning Catholic Education in the Diocese of Cardiff for the next generation As we celebrate the exam results is based on strong spiritual values and sound in our Catholic schools (see the educational research. Our ambition is:- • The creation of a world-class Catholic article on this page) Archbishop education system that enables all the George reflects on the mission for children of the Archdiocese to achieve their spiritual, educational and human Catholic education in the diocese potential. • To work closely with stakeholders on ‘In your Catholic schools, there is always a re-structuring our schools to deliver a bigger picture over and above the individual sustainable system that is fit for the future. subjects you study, the different skills you Our mission is wholly in line with Welsh learn. All the work you do is placed in the Government’s aspirations for education. This context of a growing friendship with God and is backed by Organisation for Economic Co- all that flows from that friendship. So you operation and Development (OECD) learn not just to be good students, but good evidence. I am conscious of the need for citizens, good people’. closer working between our schools. The His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. proposal for a new 3-16 school to replace St. Alban’s High School and St. David’s and Our ‘The mission of the school is to develop a Lady of th e Angels Primary Schools will allow sense of truth, of what is good and beautiful. for a seamless transition from early years up And this occurs through a rich path made up to GCSE. It will allow us to co ntinue to build of many ingredients.’ upon the excellent educatio n currently His Holiness Pope F rancis. offered by thos e schools in a state-of-the-art Within the Archdiocese of Cardiff part of campus. our mission is to build on our current good practice to ensure the future excellence and 20 18 St Mary’s Hereford GCSE students Maggie Hearne, Sam Hey, viability of Catholic Education. This miss ion • Contin ued on Page 2 J uvita Abraham and Columbus Layton celebrate GCSE success Archdiocesan Sc h ools and College Ex a m S u c ces s! The Rev Dr Philip Manghan, Music; Olivia Curtis (A*, A, A) Law; Carla Catholic Education Service Advisor Elipane (A, A, A, B) Medicine; Katrin Higgin son (A*, A, A, B) Medicine; Kuganan for Wales and Archdiocesan Jegatheeswaran (A*,A, A, C) Civil Engineering; Schools, sums up the exam L izlie Jorolan (A, A , A, B)Arc hitecture; Georgia successes of our Catholic schools. Phillips (A*, A, A, B) Medicine; Morgan Philips (A* A* A* ‘I came so that you may have life and have it A *) Natural Science s (Cambridge ); to the full’ (John 1 0:10) Konstancja Preisner (A, A, A, B, B) Business The mission of our Catholic schools and Management; Grace Speakman (A, A, A, A) college in the Archdiocese of Cardiff is to Mat hematics; and, Georgina Taylor (A*, A*, A, proclaim this Good News of Jesus Christ: God, A) Theology (Cambridge). our loving Father, loves us and wants us to have life to the full. There are many ways in which we see this lived out daily in our schools and colleges: their inclusivity, their outreach to the vulnerable and their striving always for the very best education for our children and young people. One particular measure is our schools and college examination results, particularly at A Level and GCSE and 2018 has been a particularly strong year. Sixth Forms In the 16-19 age, as you can read later, there has been great success at St David’s 6th Form College and our schools are also reporting high achievement. At Archbishop Cambridge bound Archbishop McGrath A McGrath Catholic High School in Bridgend, Level students Mo rgan Philli ps and Headteacher, Mrs Keller, reports that this ye ar Georgina Taylor with Bridgend D irector of over 62% of students received offers from Education, Lindsay H arvey Russell Group universities, including Amelia Bunce (A*, A, A, A) Law; Eve Clark (A *, A*, A)Veterinary Science; Angharad Croot (A, A, A) • Co ntinued on Pag e 2 2 CATHOLIC PEOPLE ARCHBISHOP GEORGE’S Archdiocesan Schools ENGAGEMENTS • Continued from Page 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 At Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Similarly, students at St Alban’s Catholic Pontypridd, Headteacher, Mr O’Sullivan, has High School, Pontypool, have doubled the 4 September Opening of Syrian Refugee Housing Project congratulated the class of 2018 who have percentage of students achieving at least 3A*- achieved a 100% pass rate, including Lowrie A grades to almost 20% of the student Davies (Theology and Philosophy, Oxford) and population, including Laura McGriele, now Newport 11am Joe Jones (Mechanical Engineering, Imperial studying English Literature at Oxford. And at St College, London). Joseph’s Catholic High School, Newport, 5 September: Meeting with Bishop Brian Dunn around two-thirds of students gained at least 3 subjects at grades A+-C, including Jasmin Celtel, who will be studying English Language 7 September: Adoremus Eucharistic Congress, Liverpool 10am and Literature at Oxford 8 September: Celebration of Evensong Tintern Abbey 3pm 10 September: ICEL Teleconference 12.00 noon 18 September: Dept of Christian Life and Worship Meeting, London 1pm 20 September: Celebration of 150th anniversary St. Joseph’s Aberdare 7pm St Joseph’s, Newport, A Level student, Cardinal Newman A Level student Zoe Jasmin Celtel (English Language and Jones (Theology and Philosophy at Oxford) Literature at Oxford) 21 September: Bishops Conference Patrimony Committee Meeting London 1pm Planning Catholic 23-30 September: Ad Limina Visit, Rome Education in the Diocese of Cardiff for the next generation • Continued from Page 2 I firmly support this proposal, which will develop:- • a learning campus where children will develop their faith, skills and knowledge as confident citizens of the 21st century who are proud of their community and heritage; • continued improvement founded on current excellent practice; • a campus with excellent facilities for each age range; • a centre of excellence in Catholic teaching and learning that works in close partnerships with all its feeder church schools; • a worship and social centre for the schools’ parishes and their communities It is important that the vision of what can be achieved for our community is shared and understood by all. This consultation process will give all involved with our community of Catholic schools the chance to ask questions about this exciting proposal. I am confident that the proposed 3-16 Catholic school in Cwmbran will be a strong and nurturing environment. I know the school will build on the ethos, success and achievements already recognised in the three separate schools it will replace. It will continue to build on the high standards of its feeder primaries by working in ever closer partnership with them. Our children deserve nothing less. Consultations on this proposal and a similar one for Merthyr will be taking place this Autumn. ARCHDIOCESAN DIARY OF EVENTS BEL – Belmont Abbey – The Retreats Secretary - email: [email protected] or tel: 07799 811 646. All retreats begin with Vespers at 6.00 pm – check-in at Hedley Lodge from mid afternoon LL – Ty Croeso Centre, Llantarnam Abbey, Cwmbran tel: 01633 867317 PRC – Pastoral Resources Centre, 910 Newport Road, Rumney, Cardiff tel: 029 20360044 St.P – St Peter’s Church, St Peter’s Street, Cardiff CF24 3BA SEPTEMBER 7 September: Heritage Open Day. Free Tours of Belmont Abbey Church and sacristy to see the vestments and church plate. Open 10.00am - 4.30pm 7 September: Adoremus Eucharistic Congress, Liverpool. visit by parishioners of the Archdiocese 8 September: Heritage Open Day. Free Tours of Belmont Abbey Church and sacristy to see the vestments and church plate. 10.00am - 4.30pm. 20 September: Celebration of 150th anniversary St. Joseph’s Aberdare 7pm To list Archdiocesan and Deanery Events in this Diary contact: Dr James Campbell-Editor. Archbishop’s House, 43 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HD. Tel: (029) 2022 0411 Fax: (029) 2037 9036 Email: [email protected] Articles to be received by the 20th of the month for inclusion in the following month. CATHOLIC PEOPLE 3 and College Exam Success! GCSE indicator with an increase of 12% on Catholic Education Service Census for last year for the Level 2+ indicator’. 2017 shows that there are three-times GCSE programmes in both England Notable successes included Zak Kirk as many non-English speaking and Wales have undergone (12A*, 1A); Maximillian Blakeley (10A*, students in Catholic schools and the considerable changes in recent years 3As); Rebekah Magee (8A*, 5A); college compared to the Welsh and our Catholic schools have risen to David Johnson (7A*, 6A); Georgia national average. They are truly Editorial the challenges these have presented. Payne (7A*, 6A); Phui Shuen Lum inclusive and staff and governors St Mary’s Catholic High School (6A*, 7A); Evelyn Alex (5A*, 6A); Fiona continually strive to ensure all Headteacher, Stuart Weston, reports Aclan (4A*, 6A); and, Aiden Gale (2A*, students reach their full potential. that 81% of the year group achieved a 10A). Archbishop George Stack thanks Well done our grade 9-4 in English and Maths with At Archbishop McGrath Catholic the staff and governors of our schools 55% gaining a Strong Pass (5+) in the High School, Bridgend, Mrs Keller for all they are doing, ‘We can Catholic Schools! two Core Subjects. A quarter of all reports that almost a third of all justifiably be very proud of all that our grades achieved at St Mary’s were 9-7 students achieved at least 5 A*/A schools and college achieve for our You can all see the success of our schools (equivalent to A*/A in Wales).
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