We have had an exciting competition to create a portrait of our new House patrons.

In French, students have been celebrating ‘La Fête des Rois’ (The Kings’ Festival). This takes place on January 6th, when French people remember the visit of the three kings to baby Jesus. A special cake (une galette), which contains a porcelain trinket (une fève), is eaten. The person who finds the trinket in his or her slice becomes king or queen for the day and wears a crown. In France, the cakes are eaten throughout the month of January.

In November 2019, a mixed group of Year 8 and 9 students were introduced to the work of the Royal Town Planning Institute and their competition to work as town planners either individually or in a group to come up with ideas for a sustainable Stone…

Last week, our Reception & Primary 1 children had a very exciting visit from Mrs Moore, who is a St. Dominic's 'Old Girl' and also part of the team that created the 'Twirlywoos' on CBeebies!

Reception and KS1 recently took part in a live rail safety session with Network Rail.

In November, our P1 and P2 girls were invited to join what was a fabulously fun and inspiring session with some of the "She Rallies" activators.

The Year 7 girls team took the runners up spot in the muddy, squelchy and heavy underfoot conditions at the Stafford & District Cross Country Championships held in Stafford.

The U16, U13 girls and U11 girls and boys table tennis teams all finished as the Staffordshire County Table Tennis Runners Up after the Staffordshire round of the Butterfly National Schools Championships held at Clayton Academy.

 

St. Dominic's are the Stafford & Stone Sports Partnership, Key Stage 4 Tournament Champions!

A group of swimmers from St. Dominic's Senior and Prep departments travelled to Walsall Baths in November to compete in their respective Independent Schools Association Midlands Swimming Championships.

Year 8 enjoyed a Fiesta for Navidad (Christmas). They brought in a selection of tapas for everybody to try, which included chorizo, aceitunas, jamon serrano and more!

Our annual Festival of Carols and Readings service took place on the evening of Tuesday the 10th December in St. Dominic’s Catholic Church.