Tickets for the next school musical, Sister Act, are now on sale. Tickets cost £5 and can be purchased from the main school Reception.
Performances take place on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 January at 7pm in the Mossley Vale Theatre.
On Tuesday, after a busy period of carol services, concerts, a visit from Ofsted and a schedule of internal exams, our musicians were delighted to welcome John Suchet from Classic FM to their new music department. They treated their guest to a variety of musical performances and a tour of the new facilities. We are extremely grateful to John for taking time out of his busy schedule to pay us a visit and wish him well for the remaining 'Spirit of Christmas' concerts he is presenting at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall this week.
Mr D Bishop (Director of Music)
The U12 Football team played their first match of the academic year on Saturday visiting Kings School Chester.
On a wet and very cold morning the boys were put through their paces with a few drills in preparation for a tough match. The match kicked off and it was the visitors who dominated early proceedings missing a host of chances, but perhaps the biggest chance fell to the Kings forward who raced clear before going around the keeper and striking the post. Just before half time with the scores level Kings were awarded a penalty after a push in the area and the resulting penalty meant Liverpool College were 1-0 down at half time.
The start of the second half saw the hosts take a 2-0 lead as Liverpool College failed to deal with the pace of the Kings striker who went around the keeper and slotted home. Within a minute Liverpool College cut the deficit to 2-1 with a brilliant solo effort from Elvis S (Butlers) who hammered home from underneath the crossbar. Kings Chester were then pushed into a defensive shape as Liverpool College piled on the pressure in search of an equalizer and that pressure finally paid off as Joshua B (Butlers) turned and swivelled in the penalty area to find the bottom corner of the net 2-2. Minutes later and Kings were back in front as a defensive mix up enabled the attacking midfielder to round the keeper a drive home 3-2. It was not even 30 seconds later and Liverpool College were back on level terms as Yusef A fired into the top corner of the net from just inside the penalty area 3-3.
Both teams had great opportunities to win the game but in the end a draw was a fair result and a fantastic start to the Football season for the U12 Football team.
Liverpool College U12s Captain: George W
Player of the Match: Maleek A
Mr Cook (Sports Coordinator)
On Tuesday, a combined U12-U13 girls team played a Futsal tournament versus a number of schools within Merseyside at Archbishop Beck Tennis Centre.
The team were put in a group versus hosts Archbishop Beck and Weatherhead High School. The first match versus the hosts was a keenly fought affair with both teams scoring early on, but as Liverpool College got into their stride, they quickly went in front by three goals, and eventually ended up winning 5-4. The second match would determine who topped the group after Weatherhead convincingly beat the hosts. The winner of this match was never in doubt as players of the tournament Anna R (Y8 Butler's) and Isabella H (Y7 School) tore Weatherhead apart with their power and pace. The final score: Liverpool College 5 Weatherhead High School 2.
As the College topped the group they faced All Saints Kirkby in the quarter final. As each player from the squad played their part in pushing the opposition into making mistakes and there was only one winner, despite All Saints scoring a penalty with the final kick of the game. The final score was Liverpool College 4 All Saints Kirkby 2. Onto the semi-final and Liverpool College faced St John Bosco a team they had lost 5-1 earlier on in the term. Liverpool College certainly got their revenge in this match as again Anna R (Y8 Butler’s) and Isabella H (Y7 School) terrorised the opposition into numerous mistakes and the College emerged 4-0 winners.
Liverpool College faced Upton School in the final and this match provided much entertainment despite no goals with the College striking the post near the end. The match went into penalties and still no-one could separate two incredibly talented teams until finally Liverpool College missed in the sudden death shoot out.
What a performance in the tournament from Liverpool College which has provided much encouragement for Girls Football for the remainder of the academic year.
Mr Cook (Sports Coordinator)
Aeronautical Engineer Sophie Orme was welcomed into Liverpool College on Friday to deliver a fascinating talk to pupils in Year 10 and Year 9. Specialising in renewable energy methods, Mrs Orme first contextualised the current environmental problems, explaining global warming, climate change and the reasons for the current climate emergency, including the world population explosion and how energy use has increased at the same exponential rate as GDP/capita leading to increased carbon dioxide and methane emissions – leading to global warming.
Mrs Orme then revealed the proposals by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, October 2018 to reduce the global surface air temperature. She discussed twelve different forms of renewal energy methods and how moving to 100% renewable energy will have immense environmental benefits. Mrs Orne is currently working in Cornwall on a Local Renewable Energy project. The talk certainly demonstrated that we can all make a huge difference.
Mrs Doran
Last Sunday, three Y7 pupils competed in the Cross Country Manchester League at Arrowe Park, Wirral. The pupils were up against club runners from Liverpool Harriers, Stockport, Sale and Wirral. A race in tough conditions with the wind blowing against the pupils and on a rain swept morning the trio of Liverpool College runners ran the race to near perfection. Starting off at the back, the pupils slowly made their way up the field to finish in the middle order of some incredibly talented youngsters. The delighted pupils were treated for their efforts with a meal in Liverpool City Centre as a way of celebration.
Well done to:
Mr Cook (Sports Coordinator)
There were seven contestants for this year’s Great Boarding Bake Off. The boarders presented us with delicious sweet pastries and cakes which made the job of deciding the winners incredibly difficult. After much deliberation, the winners were finally announced as follows:
Well done and thank you to all our contestants. The standards were quite exceptional.
All monies raised will help us put a Help the Homeless food hamper together.
Ms M Nolan (Head of Boarding)
