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8R enjoyed their visit to the community edible garden this week. We tried veg grown by Chorley in Bloom and was shown a very posh bug hotel. We found several different species of bugs and also learnt about home grown foods.

As part of our visit we looked rapt what flowers attracts the…

Today we had lots of fun sharing our PE lesson with some of our parents. We loved playing a game of rounders and it is fair to say that a few competitive streaks came through from pupils, parents and staff. The game ended in a well deserved draw...we can't wait for the…

9R would like to say a very special thank you to Rivington Barn and Frederick’s Ice Cream Parlour for their generous donations which are helping to make some fabulous prizes for the classes summer fair stall on Saturday the 30^th of June.

You will find the 9R team channeling their inner pirate…

Today Maple Class visited Pets' Corner at Astley Park as part of their science topic "Animals, including humans". We talked about the names of the animals we could see, the food they would eat, and the features that they have that are similar or different to our own. We then enjoyed a play at the…

Hello Everyone,

Fantastic news - we got the LPPA!

We are now officially "Leading" Parent Partnership and have now got the award to recognise it. 

The feedback we received from Mrs Eileen Stubbs our external verifier was amazing - she was so complimentary and impressed by the school and…

Year 8 have been looking at bugs and critters this term and yesterday had a great opportunity to get up close, meet and handle some exotic and unusual critters, learning about their food, life span and animal categories they belong to.

It was lovely to be able to invite parents in on this…

10G had a brilliant day for their end of year trip to Blackpool Tower. We visited the Blackpool Eye and I was proud at how brave everyone was - everyone stepped out onto the glass and braved the heights. We visited the Tower Ballroom and experienced the 4D cinema. Lastly, we went to the Circus and…

This half term Rowan Class have been learning about a different locality. We chose Lytham St Annes. In DT we designed and made our own  kites so that we could fly them on the beach. We had lots of fun even though they did eventually break! After exploring and playing on the beach we had a lovely…

On Tuesday this week Carol and Julie from Mayfield came to school to spend some quality time with our pupils transitioning there in September.  It was an ideal time to get to know each other a little better and ask any questions before the pupils visit this Thursday.

On Wednesday 5 of our…

What an amazing afternoon we had with some special visitors. As you may have seen on our last blog post, 8G have been learning about living things in Science this half term. We decided to invite some special creatures and their human into school so that we could see them a little closer up. We…

Our RE topic this half term is "Baptism". We have been learning about why Christians celebrate Baptism and today we watched a video of a Baptism ceremony and then took turns to pretend to be the priest pouring water on baby Amy's head. We then listened to a song that Christians might listen to at…

On Monday 18th June, Class 7R delivered their first school assembly in front of the whole of secondary and it was fantastic! 

They talked about some changes they have experienced at school, changes which are going to happen within the next couple of weeks, how they can cope with change and…