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.
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Remembrance Day
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 [...]
Languages Debate Win
On Saturday 5th November, four upper-sixth linguists took part in the annual North West MFL debating competition at Cheadle Hulme School. Representing the Spanish Department were Helen Shires and Olivia Silcock and for French, Sarah Lopeman and Brandon Walsh–Alexander. Both groups had to debate difficult topics, such as ‘society is to blame for the looters [...]
Sailing Success
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 [...]
Plas Menai
September saw the senior rugby squad go to Plas Menai in Wales for their annual team building weekend. Fifteen players from the Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth accompanied by Mr Rafferty and Mr Lalley left on Friday afternoon for the short journey to North Wales. On arrival, the boys were allocated their rooms and after [...]
Charity Ride
Technology teacher, Jerome Lalley, spent the last two weeks of his summer break cycling the full length of the country. He travelled 1,083 miles with John Westby and Bedian parent, Damien Pratt cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for St Ann’s Hospice in Cheadle. To make the arduous journey a bit more [...]
£10,000 for Charity on TV Game Show
16 year old Nikuare Bisson, a sixth-form student , made her television debut on Saturday 1st October and helped win £10,000 for Francis House Children’s Hospice in Didsbury. Nikuare, who is the sister of Emmerdale star Chris Bisson, joined him and other members of the Bisson family on ITV’s Saturday evening game show, ‘All Star [...]
Bedians welcome Secretary of State to Manchester
Fiddle player Pierce O’Brien was given the honour of performing at a special breakfast meeting for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – the Right Honourable, Owen Patterson MP.The meeting which was staged at Manchester Town Hall and was filmed by the BBC and Ulster TV, featured dance performances by James Hackland, Pierce O’Connor and [...]
U3 Activity Day
St Bede’s College took its new first year students out of the classroom and into the forest, during their first term at School. The special event was organised by the World Challenge Organisation at an outdoor activity centre in Buxton. Activities included climbing, problem solving and team work exercises. Henry Weiss, Head of Lower School, [...]
Gaelic Football Success
Three of our pupils are celebrating after winning the GAA under 18s intercontinental cup which took place in Boston this August. The three players, Sean Ryan aged 15, Harvey Darby aged 15 and Tom Coen aged 18 took part in the competition after winning the all Britain GAA competition earlier this year.