Westminster Record | Lent 2020
Ealing’s architecture inspires young artists Children from four primary schools in Ealing came together to attend an art workshop at St Benedict’s School on 5th February. Young artists in Year 5 at North Ealing, Christ the Saviour, Selborne and Holy Family enjoyed a morning of printmaking in St Benedict’s Art department. The workshop focused on Ealing’s architecture, taking the colours and textures of
bricks, tiles and slates as inspiration. Each young artist created one half of a semidetached house, adding patterns and textures using a variety of objects and shapes, and filling in detail and finer texture using pen. The workshop, which was led by St Benedict’s art teacher Kate Linton, was an opportunity for children to meet Year 5 pupils from other schools, to take a closer look at the architectural detail of Ealing’s houses, and to spend a whole morning working on an art project. It was the latest event in St Benedict’s community outreach programme.
St Dominic’s student wins public speaking competition
St Dominic’s Sixth Form College, Harrow on the Hill, recently hosted the regional final of the Catenian Public Speaking Competition. Thirteen students from local Catholic schools and colleges were represented. Topics included, ‘Education makes us what we Page 10
are’ and, ‘Autocracy is better than Democracy’. The judging panel was led by Dame Mary Richardson, a former chair of the English Speaking Union. After a lengthy deliberation, the judges selected Jeea Chadha from St Dominic's as the winning speaker. In a powerful
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On 12th February, Bishop Nicholas Hudson visited pupils at St John Evangelist Catholic Primary School.
talk, Jeea spoke on the topic, ‘If I ruled the world’, arguing passionately for an end to gender inequality and discrimination. Jeea will now go on to represent the region in the national final which will take place in Manchester in the summer. Follow us on Twitter at: twitter.com/RCWestminster
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