Geography River Fieldtrips
Over the past 2 weeks our Year 10 students have travelled out to the source of the River Wyre to study to what extent the river matches the Bradshaw Model. Throughout the afternoon the different groups visited 3 sites and conducted a range of experiments …
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The finals of Our Lady’s 5th Poetry Slam competition took place this week. Having progressed through the group stages held in English lessons, the finalists from Year 7 took to the stage on Tuesday morning and, in front of their whole year group, boldly performed …
READ MOREPreston Schools’ Athletics
The annual Preston City Athletics competition took place on Tuesday, 19 June. The girls’ team had great depth in both the Under 13 and Under 15 age categories. We had many individual winners throughout the course of the day. Ellie Sumner, Angel Ojumobi and Anna …
READ MOREMarafiki Gardening Update
Over the Easter holidays we applied for our Level 3 RHS School gardening award certificate and we are pleased to announce that it has now been received and the certificate is displayed proudly in the Marafiki Garden. From this we will receive a Rocket Gardens …
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Members of the Marafiki Gardening Club were involved in the Thread Bearing Witness ‘Stitch a Tree’ project run by Manchester University. The project aimed to connect communities and individuals across the UK to show support for displaced people around the world. Pupils spent their lunch …
READ MOREMaths Feast
Recently pupils from Year 10 competed in a national mathematics competition held at Lancaster University. The competition combined mathematical, communication and teamwork skills. The pupils were competing against thirteen other teams including grammar schools. The Our Lady’s team did extremely well and came second in the …
READ MOREMental Health Awareness Week
Although it has been Mental Health Awareness Week nationally this week, we are respecting it next week. On Tuesday 15th May, at 10:59, for the first time in history, hundreds of radio stations across the UK came together to broadcast the #MentalHealthMinute – a one-minute message from …
READ MORESchool Therapy Dog
After half-term, we will begin training a cockapoo puppy as our school therapy dog. Dogs have been scientifically proven to improve health (both physical and mental), to develop responsibility in children and to provide love and companionship. For the first 8 weeks the puppy will be …
READ MOREDance Competition
Eight of our pupils attended a Dance competition held at Fulwood Academy last night. There were 12 acts from 5 different schools and our year 9 group came a well deserved 3rd place, winning a medal each and a trophy. The pupils were well supported by …
READ MOREWorld Maths Day
Recently all key stage 3 pupils competed in the World Maths Day event. The online competition, last held in 2015, involved pupils from our school competing against similar age pupils from around the world. During the one day event pupils answered 175 380 questions in …
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