27 Mar

11A Picture News

Todays Picture News was all about the coalition movement to help with the war in the Ukraine.

We looked at photographs of our Prime Minister Keir Starmer meeting with President Zelenskyy and we talked about how all 20 countries are coming together to help with the war and hopefully bring…

14 Mar

Picture News in 11A

This weeks picture News “Girls can have short hair get over it” 

This week we watched a news video about girls being asked to leave a girls football match because they were accused of being boys because they had short hair. They have started a campaign with the slogan “Girls can have short hair…

7 Mar

Careers week in 11A

What a busy, inspirational week. We have had many visitors from various organisations such as Colleges ,Department of work and pensions, Tellent, Bosch and previous pupils who gave us all their knowledge, experience and what an inspirational experience has been.

It has helped us to think about…

7 Mar

Careers week in 11A

What a busy, inspirational week. We have had many visitors from various organisations such as Colleges ,Department of work and pensions, Tellent, Bosch and previous pupils who gave us all their knowledge, experience and what an inspirational experience has been.

It has helped us to think about…

28 Feb

11A. Chorley in Bloom artwork

Just wanted to share this wonderful project we have been working on.

Chorley in Bloom asked for the pupils to design some artwork to advertise Chorley to the public.

All pupils have spent so much time choosing which buildings they would like to draw and then we took photos, we brought them…

27 Feb

Picture News 11A

In picture News today we were discussing climate change, we looked at a news reel where they were interviewing a lady from the government about what climate change means and how we can help.

We looked at what the impact of climate change is on the weather around the world, watching videos and…

27 Feb

11A visit to St Michael’s high school

As part of our preparation for leaving school and starting college, we were very lucky to be invited to visit St Michael’s high school for the day. We were greeted by Aubrey the head girl and Ewan the head boy who then took us on a tour of their school, they showed us around the classrooms and…

10 Feb

11A visit Lancaster Castle

On Tuesday we were very excited to go on a visit to Lancaster Castle which concludes our learning of the Pendle Witch trials.

We were very lucky to have a guided tour of the castle, this included the men’s prison and the women’s prison. We had a look inside some of the cells and the guide…

6 Feb

11A Children’s Mental Health Week

This week year 11 have been thinking about our mental health. We discussed about what emotions we feel, how we might deal with that in a college setting and what we could do to help ourselves. Who can we talk to, what activities might make us feel better and how important it is to share your…

31 Jan

11A Picture News- Housing Crisis in England

On Thursday in our Picture News lesson in 11A we were discussing the housing crisis that is currently happening in England. We watched a clip from Sky News where we learnt that the new government are pledging to build a substantial amount of new houses across the country to help ease the social…

23 Jan

11A Picture News- YouTube

Today in our Picture News lesson in 11A we have been discussing YouTube and other video sharing platforms. The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has recently written to YouTube and other video sharing platforms and asked them to post more educational content. This has come following the Government's…

22 Jan

KS3/4 Valentine's Disco 2025 to raise money for Year 11 prom

Year 11 have organised the Valentine's Disco again this year to raise funds for the Year 11 prom this summer.

All pupils from Key Stage 3 and 4 (Years 7-11) are invited to attend. All pupils must be accompanied by an adult.

The disco will take place on Thursday 13th February from 5pm-7pm in…