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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… Read more
Posted 5th December
“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 of… Read more
Posted 28th November
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… Read more
Posted 26th November
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… Read more
Posted 21st November
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… Read more
Posted 14th November
The roll call of Loreto sporting internationals has a new name: BTEC Sport student Ed Irving. Ed was introduced to the sport of handball whilst a pupil at Sale Grammar and has now been playing competitively since the age of… Read more
Posted 7th November
Following our recent contribution to a Radio 4 series presented by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, exploring notions of morality and modern society, Loreto had the honour of hosting an episode of the network’s flagship religious programme, Beyond Belief. Each week, a… Read more
Posted 1st November
An encouraging number of mainly Lower Sixth students joined one or two Upper Sixth stalwarts to discuss the opening choice for the Reading Group this year: Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5. This peculiar novel has been dividing opinion since its publication… Read more
Posted 31st October
Written by Loreto College performing arts student ambassador Maria Collins.As aspiring performers wanting to go to drama school in the near future, any opportunity of taking part in an experience with such a prestigious school like LAMDA will be welcomed… Read more
Posted 29th October
Loreto Biology students are not simply microscope gazing boffins, as they proved at the recent Biology Bake Off, part of Biology Week. Swapping pipettes for palette knives, and condensers for cookie cutters, our enterprising and talented students set to with… Read more
Posted 19th October
All Loreto schools and communities endeavour to live by the seven core values of Mary Ward; these values are the foundation of all we do at Loreto College.
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Sincerity
Truth
Joy
Freedom
Excellence
Internationality
