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On Friday 16th November the HeppSY mobile classroom visited school to work with our Y9, Y10 and Y11 students. The aim of the visit was to give our students an insight into Higher Education. The sessions were run by university students from Hallam University and the University of Sheffield; they also did some work with Y10 and Y11 students on … Read More

SCHOOL FUNDRAISING THE FOLLOWING DAYS WILL BE NON-UNIFORM DAYS Students and staff are asked to contribute £1 to support each of the charities/collections listed • Friday 14th December (Christmas jumpers) – Presents for needy local children • Friday 21st December – Diocesan Schools’ Building Fund • Friday 12th April – Diocesan Schools’ Building Fund • Friday 19th July – Diocesan … Read More

This year, our SVP party is on 11th December and our Advent Service is on Tuesday 18th December. These two events are really important for the work we do in our local community so we are asking for donations to be sent in to Form Teachers so that we can provide a memorable party for the older people in our … Read More

This week is Anti-Bullying Week and the theme this year is ‘Choose Respect’. Students will be working in all areas of the curriculum on respecting their peers and making the right choices in their friendships within school. We are also introducing our team of Safe Haven Ambassadors (see the photograph below). These students are working with younger students at lunchtimes … Read More

Your Money Matters, the first-ever curriculum-mapped financial education textbook, is aimed at students aged 15 to 16, and will teach them about topics such as savings, budgeting, borrowing, student loans and identity theft. It was written by the financial education charity Young Money with guidance from the Money saving Expert Martin Lewis. Download a free PDF of the textbook from … Read More

Staff and students observed a 2 minute silence today at 11:am to commemorate the 100 years since the end of the First World War. Displays around the school showed 700 images of soldiers to represent every person in the school. Poppies were signed by everyone to illustrate their remembrance. Y10 and Y11 students held a service in the school foyer … Read More

This year as well as collecting loose change to send to CAFOD, our CAFOD young leaders have collected tinned and dried food to go to the St Wilfrids Centre an organisation that supports the needs of the homeless and vulnerable in our diocese. 5 boxes of food were collected and a representative from St Wilfrids came to St Pius to … Read More

Senior SMSA Maureen Clutton left us at the end of October after 31 years of service. We would like to send her all our best wishes for a happy retirement and to thank her for the commitment she has shown to her duties. She was presented with flowers and gifts by Headteacher Miss Smith. Also pictured is Mr Murphy (Assistant … Read More

On Tuesday 16th October, Saint Pius X joined in with the European Restart A Heart Day. This event takes place on the 16th of October every year to create awareness and give communities the opportunity to learn CPR. As in previous years, all our Y7 students joined in with this event, and learnt vital skills which could one day save … Read More