Thirty eight History & Politics students, accompanied by four members of staff, met at 3.30am in Manchester Airport to begin a journey across the Atlantic that started In New York and ended in Washington DC. Following the flight and transfer
Read storyStudent Chloe Kayes reports: After an early start at Piccadilly Station we arrived safely in London and caught the tube to Wembley Arena (a new experience for some). We took our seats amongst the 9,993 other people in the arena.
Read storyStudents Cat Goreham and Gemma Watts report: The joint Loreto and Aquinas exchange to Lübeck took place in March. The exchange involved a German school, the Katharineum Gymnasium, and we stayed with host families during this time. The Katharineum Gymnasium
Read storyZehra Raza writes: Having arrived at the chaplaincy, we just stared at the walls initially, not knowing each other. However, by the time we were on the minibus, we were all laughing, joking and singing along to the radio –
Read storyIn response to the British Heart Foundation’s offer to provide sufficient CPR dummies and associated gadgetry to train our students in vital life-saving skills, we took up the challenge and are now well on our way to having equipped over
Read storyStudent Ellie-Jo Johnstone reports: International Women’s Day 2017 promoted the slogan #BeBoldForChange, encouraging men and women all over the world to make a bold choice in promoting gender equality. As Sociology students at Loreto we are encouraged to take matters
Read storyStudents and staff gathered together to celebrate St Patrick’s day at Loreto. Dressed in green attire, the college choir performed to students and staff at the college. There was traditional Irish music played with Irish fiddle and folk flute. There
Read storyAnother emphatic victory was celebrated  by Loreto Men’s 2nd Football team with a 4-2  win against Sir John Deane’s team. Loreto  stay at the top of the league. There was  a great opening to start to the game with great link
Read storyProfessional actor and Frantic Assembly theatre practitioner, Steve Miller recently came into college to deliver specialist workshops to our Lower Sixth A-level Drama and Theatre Studies students. Students learned how to choreograph work and add lifts, before layering meaning into
Read storyFebruary saw forty-six lucky AS and A2 Art, Photography, Graphics, 3 D Design and Textiles students crossing the Atlantic and heading for New York City. The aim was to enable students to see a range of art at some of
Read storyThe Reading Group reconvened early in March, with Muriel Spark’s popular modern classic The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie up for discussion. Student opinion tended towards enjoyment of the novel but reservations about the central character. Several were of the
Read storyOn a Monday evening in February Loreto faced an Allerton High team that had troubled us greatly in a previous encounter. We got off to an encouraging start, going on a 10-4 run in the opening 4 minutes. Allerton recovered
Read storyBy Anna Seifu Loreto’s gender equality week took place this term, after months of discussion and planning by Lower and Upper sixth students. The week brought with it many thought provoking events to make students think about how gender is
Read storyDillon Tootill, an A2 Film student, has been accepted on to the prestigious BBC First Steps scheme, a programme of mentoring, work shadowing and employability skills with the broadcaster. The scheme involves one-to-one mentoring with a BBC staff member to
Read storyThe very first Loreto HCPT group will be travelling to Lourdes, France during the Easter holidays. They will be on pilgrimage holiday to the shrine of Our Lady and working very hard to support disabled and disadvantaged children and young
Read story30 Geography and Biology students have just returned from a 5 day residential field trip to Iceland – the land of ice and fire. The students enjoyed visiting some of Iceland’s premier attractions. Of particular note was walking behind the
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