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Staff Visitors from St Peter Claver

Following our successful staff visit to St Peter Claver High School in Tanzania last Easter, we were delighted to host an exchange visit in July from Fr. Ayaga (Headteacher), Mr. Peter Masine (Teacher of Physics) and Mr. David Mukasa (Teacher of Geography) thus cementing the …

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OLCHS Guide Dog Puppy

After successfully raising £1500 for the Guide Dog Association last year – through the Wellbeing Day and other charity events – we were rewarded with the opportunity to name a Guide Dog puppy. We submitted three names and this week received a photograph of our puppy! …

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GCSE Results 2017

Congratulations to the class of 2017 on their wonderful GCSE results. The hard work and determination shown throughout their time at school has come to fruition and they and should be very proud of their achievement.

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Year 11 Ball of 2017

Congratulations to all of our Y11 pupils who celebrated their five years at Our Lady’s in wonderful style at The Villa in Wrea Green. Over 180 staff and pupils shared a fabulous evening together and many great memories. We wish them every success in their …

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Accelerated Reader Program

Pupils who have read over one million words this year in our Accelerated Reader program have been treated to a morning Ten Pin Bowling.  Well done and well deserved everyone!  

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Lancashire Book of the Year Awards

Pupils from Year 9 visited UCLAN recently to attend the Lancashire Book of the Year Awards. Authors from the short listed books were present and spoke about their books, their writing process and tips for new authors. The winning book ‘The Deepest Cut’ by Natalie Flynn and all …

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Marafiki Gardening Club Harvest

On Thursday 29th June the Marafiki Gardening club had their first harvest! This was the lettuce that had been donated by Colin (a member of our site team). They had grown to a size that was ready to be dug up. The area where the …

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Year 9 Lancashire STEM Challenge Event

A year 9 team of eleven pupils represented OLCHS at the Lancashire STEM Challenge Event, held at Preston’s College. Teams were involved in a variety of Science, Technology and Mathematics activities including, creating E fits, building motorised vehicles, developing a robotic arm and investigating medical diagnostics. Congratulations go to …

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Duke of Edinburgh Expedition

This year 76 year 9 students took on the challenge of completing the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Students have been attending weekly meetings since February to develop camp craft and navigational skills. These were put to the test this weekend when they undertook their training …

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CTA Primary Mathematics Challenge

The second CTA Primary Mathematics Challenge took place on Tuesday 27th June. Seventeen schools brought teams of four talented mathematicians to compete with one another in a variety of mathematical challenges. Staff and pupils all enjoyed themselves and the results were as follows: 3rd place – Our Lady …

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