Outward Bound Association Charity Dinner
On Saturday the 25th March four Year 9 boys who attended a 5 day Outward Bound course in Wales spoke at the Outward Bound Association charity dinner at the Marriot Hotel Preston. The prestigious event was to raise money to send students from across Lancashire on Outward …
READ MOREYear 10 – Lionheart Challenge
Last week Year 10 pupils took part in the Lionheart Enterprise Challenge. The pupils worked in teams of ten with the direct guidance and support of the Lionheart Business coaches to develop, market and cost a product to aid fire safety. Two pupils from each team …
READ MOREMarafiki Challenge Cup
On Friday 17th March, the girls of Year 9 enjoyed representing their Forms in the third Marafiki Challenge Cup tournament of the year. Despite the terrible weather of Storm Stella, the girls showed true grit and determination, playing an excellent standard of hockey. The inter-form …
READ MOREYear 10 Textiles Trips
Earlier this week Year 10 GCSE Textiles took part in a visit to The Harris Museum, where a curator specialising in knowledge of historical fashion, gave us a tour of the museum explaining about the variety of mediums artists use to gather inspiration. This led …
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On Friday the 17th March OLCHS had another successful day at the BAE Rotary Technology Tournament held at Preston Grasshoppers RUFC. Two mixed teams were entered from years 9 & 10 who won 2nd and 1st place respectively. The teams beat very strong competition from many other local schools. …
READ MOREOutward Bound Trip Report
Over the weekend 36 year 8 students embarked on an Outward Bound adventure to Ullswater to study Geography whilst improving their teamwork and communication skills in challenging environments. After the hour and a half journey students were soon woken up with the traditional Outward Bound …
READ MORENetball Results
Congratulations to the Year 9 a and b and Year 10 Netball teams who all took part in the Preston Schools Netball tournament on Thursday. The Year 9 a team only lost two closely fought matches to finish third. The Year 9 b team finished …
READ MOREScience Trip to Stonyhurst
On Tuesday 28th February, 25 Year 10 pupils studying Separate Science enjoyed a trip to Stonyhurst College to view some of the scientific and historical collections. Stonyhurst’s rich collections of historical artefacts are among the most important to be found anywhere. The College dates its first …
READ MOREWorld Book Week – Author Visit
Chris Bradford, author of The Young Samurai and Bodyguard books, was at Our Lady’s this week to talk with our Year 8 and Year 9 pupils. Chris wowed the audience with his unique and dynamic performances that combined interactive readings, audio-visual material and martial arts …
READ MOREWorld Book Week
As part of our World Book Week celebrations, Preston North End’s Deepdale Duck came into school to do some reading with our pupils. The Deepdale Duck enjoyed reading ‘Great Eggpectations’ by Charles Deepdale during the visit. Photos Click on the images to see …
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