5 a side was a welcomed addition to our senior extra curricular programme this week. Both the KS3 and KS4 bubbles got a lunchtime practice in our county grade sports hall. It was a quick fire round robin of 3 minute games. Brilliant attendance from boys and girls in all [...]
Congratulations to Year 11 pupils Ben and Emilie-Anne who are our Head Boy and Head Girl for this year and Scarlett and Louis who are their deputies. We have a new post this year of Pastoral Leader and Lily and Robyn will be taking a lead working on pupil welfare [...]
This weeks reception PE lesson was all focussed on the letter ‘B.’ Our pupils became little bunny rabbits. Taking part in bouncing challenges including hoop skipping, jump rope and rope ladders. Balancing on benches, beams and tightrope walking. Bouncing balls to enhance their catching skills from the previous week. Along [...]
Year 10 GCSE PE students sat a very different exam this week. Rather than a written exam they had to work in teams to ‘ build a body.’ Each group had to build a life size Muscle model. They had to name the 11 muscles listed in their exam specification, [...]
Former head girl Georgina Watson has very kindly donated two 2 metres tall 3d printed sculptures from her Bachelor's Degree Show from 2017. The two pieces are an example of how modern technology can advance contemporary art. On contacting school Georgina said, ‘it seems such a long time since my days [...]
Year 7 pupils enjoyed a fantastic teambuilding day at Gisburn Forest this week. The day started with an orienteering task. It was a delight to see the keenness and competitive spirit of the children as they worked hard to learn and put into practise new navigational skills using just [...]
Reception’s forest school has got off to an exciting start with lots to explore in the woods over the last couple of weeks. We started with a minibeast hunt to familiarise ourselves with the smallest inhabitants and after learning about autumn, we made a hedgehog house to help encourage hedgehogs [...]
Year 2 have enjoyed reading the book While We Can’t Hug. It is a lovely story that explains all the other things that we can do to show people that we love them even though we aren’t allowed to hug due to the virus. We can wave, pull funny faces, [...]
Year 2 have been using iPads when out on an autumn walk. They had fun looking for leaves, acorns, berries, Bramley apples and the best of all conkers. They took lots of photographs and then showed off their IT skills to make their own pic collages. Mrs. Wilson was very [...]
This weekend our bronze and silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award groups enjoyed the great weather as they headed out into the Ribble Valley to undertake their expeditions. Our year 11 pupils successfully completed their final bronze expedition with a two day hike from Newton to Holden and back, tackling Easington [...]
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