1 Pupils from Woldingham School in Surrey sing at a carol service in Westminster Cathedral.
2 Boys from Wimbledon College pray 125 decades of the rosary in Advent to mark the 125th anniversary of the school, part of a series of 125 sponsored challenges to raise money for the Jesuit Refugee Service.
3 Irish President Michael D Higgins presents the Presidential Distinguished Service Award to Sister Mary Sweeney for her work in Sierra Leone.
4 Members of the St Vincent de Paul Society at Loreto Grammar School in Altrincham, Cheshire, hold their annual Christmas party for older people in the community.
5 Children at St Benedict’s Junior School in Ealing, west London, perform in their Nativity play.
6 Roisin Maguire plants a tree as she prepares to step down after 12 successful years as headteacher of St Joseph’s College in Trent Vale, Staffordshire.
7 Jonathan Reddin, the new headmaster of Ratcliffe College in Leicestershire, will take up his post on September 1, 2017.
8 Opera singer Martin Toal, who has a job-share role as head of Modern Languages at St Ambrose College in Hale Barns, Cheshire, is producing a Christmas charity CD to help fund the holiday of a lifetime for children with life-limiting conditions.
9 The infant Nativity play at Loreto Preparatory School in Altrincham.
10 Mgr Vladimir Felzmann, Richard O’Callaghan, Toby Stephens and Anna-Louise Plowman attend the CaAPA (Catholic Association of Performing Arts) Christmas dinner at Allen Hall in London (photo: Patrick Lee).
11 Grace Dieu Manor School in Thringstone, Leicestershire, is transformed into a School of Magic and Wizardry in aid of children’s charity Lumos, founded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
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