Bishop Ramsey is delighted to have been awarded first prize in a national secondary school competition which invited students across twenty regions to promote awareness of the effect of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans and become Ocean Influencers of the future.

Year 10 Art and Design students created Bruce, the atrium-living, plastic bottle collecting shark, as part of Bishop Ramsey’s campaign to raise awareness of the use of plastic in Bishop Ramsey as well as the danger of plastics and microplastics which are such a threat to marine life.

Students across the school were invited to submit a written account about why we should protect the oceans. Many congratulations to Safiya (Year 9), who submitted the winning entry. Her beautiful poem “My Ocean” describes the challenges to marine life and sensitively highlights the beauty of the world’s oceans. Safiya’s winning poem and the other highly commended essays can be seen on the Eco notice board in the Humanities corridor.

The final part of the competition was the informative presentation created by the Eco Team (which involved students from Year 7-12).
Huge congratulations to all who participated in this competition and especially to the Eco team who have regularly attended this year. A big thank you to Mr McGinnes, the Art Department and Mrs Fletcher for their support as well.

The prize includes a trip for 20 students to the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall to learn how to dive with PADI diving instructors and our winners will complete the PADI Open Water Diving qualification, as well as enjoy a week of outdoor beach activities and a fun visit to Skywire based at the Eden Project and which has England’s longest and fastest zipwire.

Bishop Ramsey is delighted to support raising awareness of the challenges facing our world’s oceans and the Eco Team will continue to do this next year.

Bishop Ramsey's Canterbury Choir were invited to sing with Holy Trinity Primary School's choir at the welcome service for the new Bishop of Willesden, The Rt Revd Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, held at Emmanuel Church, Northwood on 27th February.

The service introduced Bishop Lusa formally to the Willesden Episcopal Area, and attendees at the service included the Mayor of Hillingdon, the area Clergy and the Deputy Lieutenants for the Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon.

In addition to our choir, some readers and many members of the band playing at the service were Bishop Ramsey students. . It was a rich experience for all involved, and we look forward to welcoming Bishop Lusa to a Eucharist in school in the coming term.

Well done to all the students who took part and represented Bishop Ramsey so wonderfully.

Over four days in September and October,  we took Year 7 and 8 students on day trips to Woodrow High House in Amersham. The activities that they took part in included team building, individual challenges, chapel sessions in the middle of the day and each day finished with a campfire. 

The students embraced the day–putting themselves out of their comfort zone through doing High Ropes or learning new skills in the bushcraft sessions. They also had to work together as teams on the low ropes and had to use superb communication skills on the Nightline – where they had to navigate an obstacle course whilst blindfolded. 

The day was loved by all, and many students asked if they would have the opportunity to go again! Plans are already underway to take students next year. 

Our wonderful  Year 10 Business Studies students  joined a LIVE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTRE session hosted by the logistics team in Manchester. The session included taking a tour through the AI systems and robotics packing centre. Live question were answered by the Amazon team and students were thrilled with the experience of how the supply management systems operate in large organisations.

Hillingdon SCITT (Bishop Ramsey’s School Centred Initial Teacher Training Provider), along with some Year 13 Students decided to host two Macmillan Cancer Support Cake mornings on Friday 24th September and Monday 27th September. As a result of the pandemic, we were aware that charities may not have received as many donations as they usually would have, therefore in true SCITT style, we wanted to "make a difference".

We aspired to raise £1000 over the two mornings. However, with the generosity shown by our pupils, their parents, staff and Hillingdon SCITT Trainees we exceeded this target by far, resulting in raising £1750. We are very grateful for all the contributions to enable this event to have been so successful.