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Coloma Convent Girls' School
Coloma Convent Girls' School is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in a semi-rural location in Shirley, on the outskirts of Croydon, South London, England. History The school regards its founder as being the Very Reverend Canon Constant Van Crombrugghe, who founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph in Belgium in 1817. There is a bronze bust of Van Crombrugghe in the Main Hall and a painting of him in their Performing Arts Centre. The school opened on 2 August 1869, with one pupil. In 1871, property was found in Tavistock Road, Croydon, and named Coloma. The school remained there until its move in 1965 to the present site. At the start of its history, the school's motto was Timpore in Silvam (in time a forest) but after it became an established place of learning it was changed to Laborare est Orare (to work is to pray). Previously a grammar school, Coloma became a comprehensive school in 1978, and was a grant-maintained school in 1994–1999. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in Education in England, England is a State school, state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. 80% of secondary schools, 40% of primary schools and 44% of special schools are academies Academies are self-governing non-profit Charitable trusts in English law, charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum for England, National Curriculum, but must ensure their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Oratory School
The London Oratory School, also known as "The Oratory" or "The London Oratory" to distinguish it from other schools, is a Selective Catholic Voluntary Aided secondary school for boys aged 7–18 and girls aged 16–18 in West Brompton. Founded in 1863 by The Fathers of The London Oratory then in Chelsea, London, it is historically linked to two fellow Oratorian institutions: the nearby Brompton Oratory and The Oratory School in Oxfordshire. The school is known for the quality of its choral and instrumental music and is one of England's oldest Catholic schools. The London Oratory School was named in ''The Sunday Times'' as one of the 'Top 10 Comprehensive Schools in the UK' for both 2022 and 2023. Overview The London Oratory School admits 180 boys to the first form, as well as twenty boys who join the senior school from the Junior House. The School educates boys aged 7–16 and boys and girls aged 16–18 in the sixth form. There are around 1,350 pupils including about 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Thomas (actress)
Sarah Jane Thomas (born 5 June 1952) is a British actress, born in London, best known for her television appearances as Enid Simmons in ''Worzel Gummidge'' (1980), and as Glenda Wilkinson in ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (1986–2010). Career Sarah Thomas began her television career with an episode of the drama ''Special Branch'' in 1970. Other TV appearances include ''Within These Walls'' (1974–75), The Velvet Glove (1977), ''Together'' (1980), ''Worzel Gummidge'' (1979–81), in which she played the recurring role of Enid, ''The Black Adder'' (1983), '' Miracles Take Longer'' (1984), '' Shroud for a Nightingale'' (1984), and ''Happy Families'' (1985). In 1985, she joined the cast of the internationally successful BBC television sitcom ''Last of the Summer Wine'' as Glenda, the daughter of Thora Hird's character. She stayed with the series for 25 years, until it came to an end in 2010. Her most recent television guest star roles have been in episodes of '' Heartbeat'', ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Angel (artist)
Marie Felicity Angel (1923–2010) was a British illustrator and calligrapher known for her book illustrations. Biography Angel was born in London and educated at Coloma Convent Girls' School. Throughout World War II she attended the Croydon School of Arts and Crafts and after the war studied at the Royal College of Art design school until 1948. Her work as a freelance illustrator led to a commission from Harvard College Library to produce a number of illustrated bestiaries which in turn led to Angel working on a number of children's books, for both American and British publishers. She also wrote and illustrated books on the techniques of calligraphy and a volume of flower illustrations. Works by Angel have been shown at the Royal Academy in London and the Society of Designer Craftsmen and in solo exhibitions in America. Both the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Harvard Library hold examples of her work. The Hunt Institute has a number of her botanical watercolours. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavis Batey
Mavis Lilian Batey, MBE (née Lever; 5 May 1921 – 12 November 2013), was a British code-breaker during World War II. She was one of the leading female codebreakers at Bletchley Park. She later became a historian of gardening, who campaigned to save historic parks and gardens, and an author. Batey was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in 1985, and made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1987, in both cases for her work on the conservation of gardens. Early life Mavis Lilian Lever was born on 5 May 1921 in Dulwich to her seamstress mother and postal worker father. She was brought up in Norbury and went to Coloma Convent Girls' School in Croydon. She was studying German at University College, London at the outbreak of World War II: I was concentrating on German romantics and then I realised the German romantics would soon be overhead and I thought well, I really ought to do something better for the war effort. She decided to interrupt her university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Jones (artist)
Barbara Mildred Jones (25 December 1912 – 28 August 1978) was an English artist, writer and mural painter. She is known for curating the exhibition ''Black Eyes and Lemonade'' (1951) and her book ''The Unsophisticated Arts'' (1951). Early life and education Barbara Jones was born in Croydon, Surrey. She was an only child. Her father had a saddlery and harness business at a time when Croydon was still a rural suburb. Her first sketchbooks were filled with horses and farm machinery. Her background was a comfortable, middle class one. She attended Coloma Convent Girls' School, Croydon High School, from May 1924 to July 1930, and then Croydon Art School, 931-1933 From Croydon she went on to the Department of Engraving at the Royal College of Art but felt unsuited so transferred to the Department of Mural Decoration in her second year. She was taught by the likes of Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden. She graduated in 1937. An exceptional survival of work from this period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Shircore
Jenny Shircore is a British make-up artist. She won the Academy Award for Best Makeup for her work in ''Elizabeth'' (1998) and the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair for her work in ''Elizabeth'' and ''The Young Victoria'' (2009). She was born in British India to an Armenian father and a French mother, moving to the United Kingdom at age 10.Lytal, CristyShe's a font of creativity ''Los Angeles Times'' Retrieved February 13, 2009. Shircore is a well-known expert in creating visuals for historical dramas, particularly those of the Elizabethan era. She worked on high-profile film productions set in that period, including ''Elizabeth'' as well as its sequel, '' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' (2007), and ''Mary Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was List of Scottish monarchs, Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legit ...'' (2018) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mya-Lecia Naylor
Mya Lecia Naylor (6 November 2002 – 7 April 2019) was an English actress, singer and model. With a career that spanned 15 years, she was best known for her roles as Tati in the CITV family series ''Tati's Hotel'' (2011), Fran in the CBBC children's sitcom series ''Millie Inbetween'' (2014–2018) and Mya in the CBBC musical dramedy '' Almost Never'' (2019). Early life Mya Lecia Naylor was born in Warwickshire on 6 November 2002, as the eldest child of Martin Naylor and his wife, Zena (née Beggs). She resided in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon with her parents and two younger siblings. Naylor was educated at Royal Russell School and Coloma Convent Girls' School. Career Naylor made her television debut as an actress, at the age of two, in the Christmas special in the fifth series of the BBC One sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous''. The episode, " White Box", was broadcast on 25 December 2004. Naylor portrayed Little Red Riding Hood in an episode of '' Cartoonito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwaka Mudenda
Mwaka "Mwaksy" Mudenda (born 19 December 1994) is a British television presenter from South London. She is best known for being the 39th presenter of ''Blue Peter'', a programme she presented between 2020 and 2023, and has also presented '' Becoming Xtraordinary''. Life and career Mudenda was born in South London on 19 December 1994 to a Zambian family, and started YouTubing under the name Mwaksy in 2014, later moving to Manchester to study anthropology at university. In 2018, after graduating, she got a job at MediaCityUK as an assistant producer for BBC Sport, where her job entailed making sports content relatable for younger audiences and filming videos for Instagram; one of these, her "Bust Down with Mwaksy", brought her to the attention of BBC Children's and Education, who invited her for a screen test. In May 2020, Mudenda was announced as the 39th presenter of ''Blue Peter'', a CBBC show; her first episodes were presented at home due to the first COVID-19 lockdown in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grange Hill
''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running programmes on British television when it ended on 15 September 2008 after 31 series. It was created by Phil Redmond, who is also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside'' and ''Hollyoaks''; other notable production team members down the years have included Television producer, producer Colin Cant and script editor Anthony Minghella. The show was cancelled in 2008, having run every year for 30 years. It was felt by the BBC that the series had run its course."BBC to shut gates on Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Ann Bland
This is a list of characters from the long-running BBC children's series ''Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its ru ...''. Pupils * On joining the actors' union Equity at the age of 16, it was necessary for some Grange Hill actors to change their professional names to avoid confusion with existing artists with the same name. Many of the original cast members from the first two series are credited as characters in 1982 yet appeared in many cases in only one scene with the majority appearing only in one episode and were not seen formally leaving the school. Staff * Since 2003, there has been a reluctance to give teachers first names or to expand their roles in the show beyond teaching or keeping pupils in line. * Additionally, since around the mid-1990s, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Russell School
Royal Russell School (before 1962, the Royal Warehousemen Clerks and Drapers' Schools; before 1953, the Warehousemen Clerks and Drapers' Schools; before 1895, the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools for Orphan and Necessitous Children) is an independent school in the Shirley area of Croydon, South London. It is a co-educational day and boarding school. The motto of the school is ''Non sibi sed omnibus'' meaning "Not for one's self but for all". The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The patron of the school was Queen Elizabeth II. There are 1225 pupils at the Royal Russell School, aged between 3 and 19. The school occupies a site of over 100 acres (0.40 km2) in gardens in a wooded estate two miles south-east of Croydon. The School moved the boys' part of the school from Russell Hill in Purley to the Ballards site in 1924, then moving the girls' section of the school completely to the Ballards site in 1961, and selling the original school si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
