Events

Today, we took 10 Year 5 boys to the District Cricket Tournament at Redditch Cricket Club. The standard was very high and in the pairs cricket format meant all the teams were evenly matched in every game. St Bede’s played some really good stuff and, if it wasn’t for some Read more…

Friday 27 May is our next SMSVC day of the year, where we cover elements of the PSHE curriculum. Pupils will need to be in normal school uniform. Below is a brief outline of the topics that will be covered during the day by each year group. The theme for Read more…

On Friday, we took 16 KS3 pupils to compete in the District Orienteering Competition. Pupils were tasked with finding to correct numbers at each station all over the school site at Woodfield and then had to correctly identify the answers to a Maths question each time. St Bede’s did really Read more…

                    On Tuesday, Mr Stenning and Mrs O’Malley took our Year 8s to the first round of the National Athletics Competition at the Ryland Centre. Pupils were a credit to the school and all did their absolute best for the team. Read more…

Wow! This competition was worth waiting for! The Year 6 Netball team have waited 6 weeks and have endured 2 cancelled tournament dates to play today. The energy from all sides was electric and, after some heavily contested matches, they managed to secure the runners-up position in the District Competition, Read more…

Sad times today with our final morning at Skern Lodge. Lots of pupils were up on the high ropes or in the tunnels conquering their fears and taking controlled risks! Pupils have all developed their resilience, independence and teamwork skills and we’ve really seen them turn into as young adults. Read more…

The sad realisation of the trip coming to an end has started to hit home! All pupils got a decent nights sleep and this helped with their efforts today out on the water, with more kayaking and rafting as well as some more on-site activities. The sun eventually came out Read more…

Ahoy from the north Devon coast! What another incredible day we’ve had, with the sun shining, we went out surfing, rafting, tunnels, assault course and many more! Pupils are really getting stuck into life here, even though many of them will need some more sleep tonight! They are conquering fears, Read more…

What a difference a day makes!! After a long night for some of our pupils, we hit the ground running with more Climbing & Abseiling, Surfing, Rafting and tunnels! The Year 8 pupils have really started to engage today and make the most of the activities and opportunities available to Read more…

A great sunny start to the week at Skern Lodge for Year 8 pupils! After a smooth journey down to the North Devon coast, we had lunch and went straight out to start the activities; Archery, Zip line, high ropes & Rockets and Riddles kept the pupils amused all afternoon, Read more…

On Monday, we took our three, District winning, Indoor Athletics teams to compete in the County Finals at Bromsgrove school. All three teams had to be at their very best in the competition, which was hotly contested! Well done to all pupils that took part, they were a credit to Read more…

On Friday, swimmers from KS2 took part in the District Swimming Competition at Abbey stadium. It was a close encounter and all the schools involved had some great swimmers. Halfway in St Bede’s were trailing by 2 points and needed to dig deep to pull back the difference. Our pupils Read more…

Wednesday night saw the Year 5 Netball squad attend their first ever District Competition. The competition was fierce; with all sides taking part failing to score in any of their first round matches, the play went from end to end and left teams in a stalemate.  The St Bede’s team Read more…

Josie’s dad has contacted up to let us know that the total raised so far is £1,059.00.  Well done Josie and friends.   One of our Year 6 pupils, Josie J, has organised a fundraising event to raise money for the British Ukranian Aid Charity. On April 11th, Josie and Read more…

Last Wednesday, two groups of Year 7 pupils represented St Bede`s school in the Poetry Slam Final at the Palace Theatre.. All pupils presented confidently and successfully their poetry raps to the large audience. These pupils were very enthusiastic and proud of their work, which they had produced during their Read more…

Today, our Year 8 boys basketball team took on a strong Woodfield Academy outfit. The boys had to really dig deep with it being a low scoring game and they managed to ground out an 8-6 victory. Well done to Zayaan, Elijah, Liam, Arsalan, Muhammed, Alfie, David, Lewis & JJ Read more…

Wednesday 6 April is our next SMVSC day of the year, where we cover elements of the PSHE curriculum. Pupils will need to be in normal school uniform, apart from year 6 pupils who need to be in PE kit for one of their sessions (see below for more information). Read more…

Wednesday 6 April is our next SMVSC day of the year, where we cover elements of the PSHE curriculum. Pupils will need to be in normal school uniform, apart from year 6 pupils who need to be in PE kit for one of their sessions (see below for more information). Below Read more…

Good morning all, Thanks to the generosity of our school community, the Sanctuary Club cake sale raised an impressive £252.22 for the Disaster Emergency Committee Ukraine Appeal. A big thank you if you baked, or bought treats for us to sell for this worthy cause. Miss Vokal and Sanctuary Club

On Friday, we saw the culmination of the District Hockey Competitions, with the Year 6 Competition. The pupils who all attended our extra-curricular club performed well and we saw some very nice Hockey. The team ended up finishing in third place with plenty of positives to build on for next Read more…

On Thursday, it was time for the Year 8 girls Hockey Competition! With a late call up in order to field a team and a player short, it was a very tough ask for the girls. They played really well, getting better and better in each game and the progress Read more…

This week we took 8 pupils to compete in the County Cross Country Event that they had qualified for at the District event earlier in the year. The pupils did really well and, over a challenging course, did their absolute best. Well done to all our runners and for the Read more…

On Wednesday it was the turn of the Year 8 boys to take part in the District Hockey Tournament. With the standard of opponents Birchensale and Ipsley being very high, the boys had to play their best! The team, consisting of David, Zayaan, Stanley, Karol, Simon, Muhammed, Liam, Owen, Charlie Read more…

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Yesterday, the District Hockey Competitions commenced with the Year 7 boys playing a strong Woodfield side.  The game was really close and Woodfield forced our keeper, Daniel, into some brilliant saves! The game ended 1-1 so it went to penalty flicks and, after a tense encounter, St Bede’s won 2-1, Read more…

Monday 28th February is our next SMVSC day of the year, where we cover elements of our PSHE curriculum. Below, is a brief outline of the topics that will be covered during the day by each year group. The theme for this day is relationships, our bodies and sex education. Read more…

In this final week of term the Basketball came thick and fast for the Year 8 team, with two double headers being played! First up, we had two home NBA matches on Tuesday. The boys made a massive improvement from previous performances and came out of the blocks fast, taking Read more…

Today, we took part in a friendly Handball Tournament at Arrow Vale which involved 16 Year 8 pupils. The pupils were chosen due to their commitment to the PE Department and their motivation within the subject, Mr Stenning felt it was right to reward these pupils on their efforts. The Read more…

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This afternoon, we took our Year 6 boys to represent the school in the District Indoor Athletics Competition. The boys did really well and, after a strong week’s practice, performed to their best abilities. The boys managed to finishsecond overall! Well done to Max, Ethan, Toby, Mikolaj, Harvey, Jack, Rory, Read more…

Today, we took our Year 6 Indoor Athletics team to the District Competition at Arrow Vale. The 15 girls did superbly and competed to the best of their abilities. They managed to come joint second with Birchensale overall, meaning that there was a count back on races won which took Read more…

On Wednesday 2 February, our Year 8 boys basketball team played against Alcester Academy in their first  Junior NBA fixture. The boys started off extremely well, competing against a well organised and talented Alcester Academy team. This impressive team display continued throughout the second and third quarter, the only thing Read more…

Monday 28th February is our next SMVSC day of the year, where we cover elements of our PSHE curriculum. Below, is a brief outline of the topics that will be covered during the day by each year group. The theme for this day is relationships, our bodies and sex education. Read more…

On Saturday, four girls from St Bede’s took part in the County Cross Country event at Top Barn, Worcester. The girls ran with great grit and determination and represented St Bede’s and Redditch brilliantly!! Well done to Celia 18th, Freya 48th, Kira 58th and Amelie for all of their efforts!

St Bede’s Catholic Middle School is delighted to have been re-accredited with the prestigious GL Centre of Excellence. This is testament to the amazing work St Bede’s has done in working with other schools to support them in using GL effectively and making the most of all that the package Read more…

On Friday, we took eight Year 8 girls to compete in the District Badminton Competition at Arrow Vale. The girls played exceptionally well and were by no means out of place playing against Year 9 girls from Woodrush and St Augustine’s. Both our teams finished second in their respective groups, Read more…

On Friday we took six KS2 boys to compete in the District Panathlon Event at Arrow Vale school. This is an inclusive event where the boys had to compete in several different stations aimed at testing their fundamental skills. The boys were a credit to the school and performed brilliantly, Read more…

I am looking to organise a career’s day for our young children at St Bede’s Catholic Middle School. To give you a quick idea of our school, it is a secondary deemed Middle school. It is located in Redditch, a large town not far from Birmingham and Worcester. At St Read more…