RIP – Mr Des Pastore , aged 97. Des, a former RAF pilot, who flew hurricanes during WWII was one of the thousands who escaped from Singapore before it fell to the Japanese in 1942. Des was a pupil and teacher at St Bede’s. He founded the Old Bedians Sports Centre in Didsbury in 1954 [...]
The BBC Breakfast team visited England Rounders’ training session in Leicestershire. College pupil Maria McGoff was training with the squad and met Mike Bushell the BBC Sports Presenter. The footage will be shown on BBC Breakfast News this Saturday 14th January 2012.
Former College pupils William and Michael Keane have made their senior debuts for Manchester United in recent months. Michael came on as substitute in a Carling Cup fourth round fixture away at Aldershot on Tuesday 25th October 2011. William had to wait a little longer for his debut but he came on as substitute against [...]
An impressive total of 46 students from the U5th, L6th and U6th took part in this year’s Senior Maths Challenge, organised by the UK Mathematics Trust. Theo Sharrock, Samuel Walsh, Mike Chen and Isabella Zhang all achieved the prestigious gold award, with Theo, Samuel and Mike qualifying for the British Maths Olympiad! I cannot remember the last [...]
Rising Manchester group The Rainband have added a new date to their December tour calendar – to drop in on aspiring musicians at the annual Battle of the Bands at St Bede’s Not only did the band make the College event a more star studded affair this year they have also offered a once in [...]
Grand Christmas Draw 1st Prize £250.00 Mrs West 2nd Prize £50.00 Mr and Mrs Gunshon 3rd Prize £50.00 Meal Voucher H.Shires 4th Prize £50.00 Meal Voucher Mr and Mrs Gunshon 5th Prize Tapas Meal for 4 +wine D. Okparkavero 6th Prize £40.00 John Lewis Voucher B.Oneil 7th Prize Case of Wine L.Issa 8th Prize Rose Wine and Glasses [...]
Old Bedian Lieutenant Commander Paul Ottewell RN made a recent visit to St. Bede’s to address the Lit. and Phil. Society on the role of the navy in the modern world. Before speaking to students he was given a tour of the College as he was keen to see how things had changed since he [...]
Dr. Phil Manning (University of Manchester) ‘Radioactive dinosaurs and blue-sky frontiers’ Geology Christmas Lecture, Thursday 15th December 2011, 7.30 pm in the Academic Hall.
St Bede’s marked the 11th of November with a Remembrance Service in the school Chapel. The event is a voluntary one, but as ever a very large number of pupils attended and the Chapel was packed. As has become traditional, the service began with an introduction intended to help us remember the many who [...]
In sailing, following on from his successful selection as the youngest member of the RYA National Intermediate Junior Squad, Thomas Wallwork has completed the first squad training weekend which took place at Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire over the October half term. Training days were 12 – 14 hours long with fitness testing, on the water [...]