Our newest students joined us on Wednesday for a taste of life at St. Julie's as welcomed them in for transition day!

The transition day is an annual event that allows students across the city to spend a day in their new school meeting their new teachers. We were delighted to welcome 181 students into school who congregated in the Dining Room with a mixture of enthusiasm and apprehension.

Nerves quickly disappeared as got straight into a busy day, starting with a whole school assembly to meet some of the key staff who will be an important part of life from September. 

After our assembly we were straight into lessons with new form tutors and some icebreaking exercises before breaktime on the yard.

After break it was time to get a taste of some subject lessons with our subject specialist teachers. Then it was the all important lunch time! Students were able to get a feel of how our Dining Room works, as well as enjoy the tasty food on offer. Today's menu was very well received, even if the noodles were a little spicy for some!

The afternoon session brought a chance to work in the Chapel with our school Chaplain, and discover more about our Notre Dame values.

We had a wonderful day and we hope that our students really enjoyed themselves too. We're looking forward very much to setting extremely quickly in September and getting to work!