Year 10 and 11 Worldskills UK
Y10 And Y11 Worldskills UK – 15/11/18 46 pupils from Y10 and Y11 visited the Worldskills UK event at Birmingham’s NEC arena. Here they visited employment, further education and skills based stalls. The interactive activities, intelligent discussions, informative presentations and guidance will have helped the …
READ MOREYear 8 Enrichment Day
On Tuesday the 13th November Y8 travelled to Rivington Pike to complete a sponsored walk. The theme behind the enrichment day was volunteering ourselves to help others. Every form has spent time researching various local charities that they would like to sponsor with all six forms choosing …
READ MOREChildren and Young People’s Mental Health – Level 2
During the summer holidays 13 of our staff members – teachers, teaching assistants and admin staff – completed their level 2 qualification in children and young people’s mental health. This involved several hours of work and covered: factors which affect children’s mental health, mental health …
READ MOREAnimal Care Sponsored Walk
On Saturday 10th November 25 pupils, 8 parents, 4 dogs and 6 members of our staff walked 10km together from UCLan Sports Arena to Avenham Park to raise money for Animal Care at OLCHS. The walk had previously been postponed due to stormy weather, so …
READ MORECross Country
On Wednesday, October 10th, 55 Our Lady’s students ran in the District Cross Country competition held at St Cecilia’s Catholic High School. It was a fantastic night which was rather unusual for the time of year the event takes place. All students ran with courage …
READ MORE36km Disneyland Challenge Weekend for CAFOD
Challenge weekend has been and gone and what a weekend it was! With a mad dash to the airport we arrived at Disneyland Paris at around 6.30pm ready for our first Disney run at 7pm! To say it was a quick turnaround was an understatement! …
READ MOREBlackpool Zoo Well-being Project
On Friday 21st September, 10 pupils attended Blackpool Zoo as part of a a project aimed at encouraging positive health and well-being. The activities are designed to allow pupils to develop new skills, such as decision making and problem solving, encourage working both independently and …
READ MORESchool Therapy Dog
Arlo, our school therapy dog, is now approaching 6 months of age and has been undergoing intensive training during the summer holidays. He has now reached the stage in his training where he is able to support pupils in the classroom. As Arlo is a …
READ MOREMarafiki Gardening News End of Year Update
It has been a very busy half term in the Marafiki Garden. Preparing the garden for the summer as well as various sales, a trip to Barton Grange Garden Centre and saying good bye to two key members of the gardening group, Mr Robinson and …
READ MORESchool Games Mark – Bronze Award
The School Games Mark is a government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. The key criteria are divided into four sets of questions. They cover the following …
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