Year 11 Netball
Well done to the year 11 netball team who competed in their final Preston Schools Netball Tournament recently. Despite the bad weather, the girls fought hard to win four out of their seven matches to finish a respectable fourth behind St Cecilia’s, who entered two …
READ MORETrip to Krakow, Poland
29 pupils and 4 members of staff went to Krakow in Poland over half term. The group visited the ‘Wieliczka’ Salt Mine, Royal Wawel Castle and the Cloth Hall. On the final day the group made an emotional visit to Auschwitz-Birkenhau Concentration Camp. All pupils …
READ MOREYear 7 & 8 Science Club
After a fantastic half term learning about Forensic Science, we have now started doing some fun, stand-alone experiments. This week we learnt about how adding salt to ice affects the melting point of the ice – and put our new knowledge into practice, using it …
READ MOREMarafiki Challenge Cup
On Friday 21st October after school, Year 9 pupils competed in the first Marafiki Challenge Cup event of the year. The inter-form football tournament was organised by pupils of the Marafiki Committee, which raised £60 for Marafiki, our international partnership with St Peter Claver High …
READ MOREDiego the Degu
Diego was found running wild on our school car park and, despite our best efforts, we were unable to reunite him with his owners. We are pleased to announce that we are keeping Diego and have just acquired a state-of-the-art cage for him. We would …
READ MORETextiles Club
Textiles Club launched a few weeks back and we have had a lot of fun in the first few sessions. Pupils have been tie-dying and ‘sublimation’ printing their own t-shirts. We are going to be continuing to explore lots of creative projects over the coming …
READ MOREChocolate Bingo
Friday 21st October was our annual chocolate bingo evening. A superb turnout and a lovely sociable evening was enjoyed by parents, staff and pupils. Over £300 was raised for local charities.
READ MOREBlackpool Zoo Project
This year we have started a new ‘wellbeing project’ in collaboration with Blackpool Zoo, which aims to encourage positive health and wellbeing, whilst allowing pupils to develop new skills such as decision making and problem solving. Our first outing took place last Friday and 12 …
READ MOREMorph movie!
On Thursday 20th October Mr Smith and Mrs Yates took pupils from Year 10 Graphic Products to the National Media Museum in Bradford where they learnt how to make a children’s television program with a professional animator. This year, they used plasticine in the style …
READ MOREFuturechef 2017
The year 10 GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition class took part in the school heat of the Futurechef 2017 competition. The judges, Mrs Tuson, Mr Fitzpatrick, Mrs Gunson and Mrs Yates commented that the exceptionally high level of skill and techniques demonstrated this year made …
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