Equality Friday 16 April 2021 - West Craven High School
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‘Ad Vitam Paramus’
‘We are Preparing for Life’.
Equality
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Friday 16 April 2021
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“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”
Chief Joseph
Key Messages
I hope that this E-bulletin finds you and your family well.
I was delighted to welcome back students in such positive spirits following the Easter break. They have started
the summer term looking very smart in their uniform and proudly displaying our ASPIRE core values.
We learned the sad news of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. In school, Mr Christie led a thought provoking
assembly on his contribution to the support and development of young people through the Duke of Edinburgh
Award Scheme. He has transformed the way in which millions of young people see themselves and see the world
around them. Launched in 1956, the “DofE” offers young people the chance to take on challenges, discover new
skills and make a difference in their community. Congratulations to our latest cohort of bronze award winners,
and I hope that this will inspire your child to sign up for the next round of the scheme. Please let Mr Wilson,
Head of PE, know if you are interested or require more details.
The start of the new term coincides with the start of the holy month of Ramadan. We wish Ramadan Mubarak to
all our staff, families and followers who are celebrating this special month.
Well done to everyone who entered our Easter bake off competition. Congratulations to Daisy, Bradley and Lottie,
our top three winning bakers and to everyone else who participated. Please see all their amazing creations featured
later in this E-bulletin. Congratulations also go to Scarlett and Grace in Year 8 who both completed trials for the
Lancashire girls’ football team during the Easter break and have been selected for the U14s squad. Well done
both, an amazing achievement and we all look forward to following your progress on the football field!
As restrictions finally start to ease we are happy to be able to restart after school clubs and sporting activities. We
have missed them badly! Please see the timetable of activities later in the E-bulletin.
Year 11 are now half way through their mock examinations which will conclude next week. Practical assessments
for GCSE art will take place on 11 and 14 May, and hospitality and catering on 19 May. There will be a virtual
parents’ evening for Year 11 on Thursday 29 April, so save the date.
Next week we will be hosting our Year 8 virtual parents’ evening on Thursday 22 April. Please click on the link to
book your appointments with subject teachers if you haven’t already: https://westcraven.schoolcloud.co.uk/
Please stay safe and as always do get in touch if I can help or support in any way.
Mrs Tracy Foy
Principal
22 Year 8 Online Parents’ Evening 14 Art (practical assessment - group 2)
4:15 – 7pm
April
18 Tom Palmer – Virtual Author visit
29 Year 11 Online Parents’ Evening
3:30 – 6:15pm
19 Hospitality and Catering Exam
May
3 May day
27 Year 9 Parents’ Evening
4.15 – 7pm
May
5 Year 7 Parents’ Evening
4.15 – 7pm
28 School closes for half term
11 Art (practical assessment - group 1)
7 School opens
Virtual Visit from Rebecca Wright
Students from Pendle Education Trust’s two
secondary schools, spent an afternoon in
conversation with Rebecca Wright, a CNN Field
Producer, learning about her background and career
journey.
Students came up with some fantastic questions for
Rebecca and found out all about her career journey
from the Clitheroe Advertiser to the BBC and on to
CNN, the biggest and most difficult stories she's
worked on, the most dangerous places she's
reported from, how she sees the journalism industry
developing in the future, the most famous people
she's met through work, the countries she'd like to
return to and more. She also showed the students
videos of some of the pieces she has produced for
CNN.
Further details will be included in our next
newsletter.
Sport
Lancashire Girls’ Football
We are delighted to announce, that Year 8 students, Scarlett Leary and Grace Hindley have both been
selected to play for Lancashire under 14s girls’ football team.
Over the Easter break, the girls attended two days of trials at Clitheroe, where they played several
matches throughout the selection process. 120 girls attended the selection process with only 23 places
up for grabs. Both Scarlett and Grace are delighted to have been selected and they are both looking
forward to their first match next week.
Mr Wilson said, “This is an excellent achievement. The competition was of a very high quality which
makes the achievement even more impressive”.
Easter Bake-off
The Easter bake-off competition had some amazing entries with winners from both Year 7 and 8.
Mrs Whittle and Mrs Gardner were really impressed with the time and effort that students put in.
Well done!
Platinum Gold Silver
Daisy Otterwell Bradley Wood Lottie Robinson
Bronze Ava Craddock, Alfred Holman, Harris Brierley and Zac Fazackerley
PE
Extra-Curricular
Students are invited to the extra-curricular sessions that will run after school from 3.05pm - 4.05pm.
Students should report to the 3G pitch and staff will record their attendance on SIMS.
Due to COVID restrictions pupils will not have the capacity to change but will be
expected to wear trainers.
3.05pm - 4.05pm 3.05pm - 4.05pm
Boys and Girls Boys and Girls
Monday
Year 7 – Football Year 7 - Rounders
Tuesday
Year 8 – Football Year 8 - Rounders
Wednesday
Year 9 – Football Year 9 - Rounders
Thursday
Year 10 – Football Year 10 - Rounders
N/A
Friday
Year 11 – Football
Mid Lancs BMX 11-14 Novice Champion
An update from our December newsletter about Year 7
student, Bodi Wright who became the BMX 11-14 years
champion.
On Sunday 11 April, the racing season began again, with
round one of the Summer Series 2021 at the Mid Lancs BMX
club in Coppull. Bodi wanted to race novice again this year,
but because he did so well last season he has been moved
up to the 11-12 expert category; so watch this space!
Whilst at this event Bodi was presented with his trophy for
last season’s win. Congratulations Bodi, we look forward to
hearing about your BMX success this year!
Art Year 7 Frida Kahlo final piece ideas
Duke of Edinburgh Award
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) has challenged and empowered young people
for 65 years. The scheme was founded by Prince Philip in 1956 to encourage those from
all walks of life to gain life skills, volunteering experience and take on a physically
challenging expedition.
Congratulations to the following students who have achieved the
Duke of Edinburgh
Bronze Award
Erin Barnes Elly Rochford
Paige Barnes Josh Thomas
Eden Barritt Oliver Whipp
Laura Hadfield Callum Whitley
Poppy Hill Victoria Whiteside
Caitlin Raynor Katie Wilkinson
Adam Raynor Anna Spence
Charli Rose Richards
The Duke of Edinburgh is the world’s leading achievement award for young people. It
is a balanced programme of activities aimed at developing a student in an environment
of social interaction and team work. It also encourages young people to take on
challenges and live life as an adventure.
Wanted
Your ideas for the library
Book recommendations
Your favourite authors, characters or quotes from books.
Please email me – Mrs Boardman, School Librarian
jboardman@westcraven.co.uk
We are a Reading Academy
A Reading Journey
Students are back in the normality of the classroom, but reading certainly allows them to go
far beyond it. Reading literature really can and does take us to new places and expand our
understanding of them, and as a reading academy, we encourage this every day. In a Year 8
Accelerated Reader lesson this week, Zac was in Auschwitz with two young boys who found
friendship against all the odds, while Shiraz was sharing in the glory of a winning goal on a
football pitch, and Shannon was in somebody else’s living room viewing a different perspective
on family life – but of course, we were all in the same classroom.
As well as being a gateway to new places, reading also helps young people to understand
moods, discuss emotions and be able to empathise with others. Our Year 7s have begun their
whole-class reading journey for this half term with Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror, by Chris
Priestley. The book is an anthology of curious short stories and as part of their learning this
week, the students have explored how writers use the weather to create a particular mood or
emotion – a technique that they now know as ‘pathetic fallacy’. What weather would you
associate with: A spooky wood? A love story? Friendship? An argument between two friends?
A tragedy?
Meanwhile, Year 9 students have journeyed back to the Jacobean era, and are getting to grips
with the drama, the relationships, the gender power struggles, the revenge plots and the
tragic downfall of the title character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Our Year 9 form groups have
also joined Years 7 and 8 in our Robust Reading programme. Each form have been given a
different novel to read together as a class each week. We can’t wait to hear and share their
reviews.
Reading quote of the week…
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
Victor Hugo
Mrs Woodward
Lead Practitioner in English
Library Updates
We are a Reading Academy
Accelerated
Reading Cloud
Reader
Library Webpage
To assist with your online learning, the
https://ukhost
ed6.renlearn.co
Library webpage has been updated with https://www.re
how-to-guides for adingcloud.net/
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Accelerated Reader
Reading Cloud
Home Connect
Direct links to Lancashire
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Tom Palmer
is making a
virtual visit
to
West Craven in May
Check out the
FREE
Reading resources on this website.
https://tompalmer.co.uk/free-reads/
Tom wrote to us on Twitter and said,
“Looking forward to seeing you all in May. Until
then, my very best wishes. Keep safe”.
STAR OF THE WEEK
ASPIRE POINTS
Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality
The Theme of the week is Equality, well done to the following students who received the most
positivity points on Class Charts.
8.1 Lottie Robinson 7.5 Ruby Robinson
9.1 Joshua Shailes 8.4 Jack Trickett
9.3 Lewis Blackburn 8.1 Eddie Fabres-Davies
9.1 Ayerah Khan 9.5 Harley Humphreys
8.4 Katie Morris 10.3 Chloe Johnstone
9.1 Brandon Shine 8.4 Noah Syers 8.4 Rafael Phipps
9.2 Abbie Hilton
9.4 Tayyab Hussain
8.4 Leah Jarvis
8.3 Macy Parker
8.1 Isabelle Chew 8.4 Grace Plant 10.1 Zach Porter
8.1 Freya Craddock 8.2 Casey Richardson
7.4 Jacob Dinsdale 10.1 Sophie Thompson
8.5 Charlotte Dobson 10.3 Ocean Tyrrell
8.1 Ruby Gill 8.4 Aimee Wade
7.5 Connor Graham 8.5 Floyd Whittaker
Top Parent Awarded Points
11.5 Eden Barritt 11.3 Aaron Allum-Collins
7.5 Natalie Barritt 7.4 Riley Moss
10.2 Liam Richardson 9.1 Lucy Nicholas
7.5 Jasmine Walton 10.1 Ruby Brown
7.4 Olly Smith 10.4 Max Lea 8.5 Harley Cassie 8.1 Isabelle Chew
7.4 Bailey Toor 7.5 Connor Graham
7.5 Hayden Seed 7.4 Alfie Thomas
7.1 Ross Swindells 10.3 Poppy Walker
8.4 Grace Hindley 9.3 Darci Whittaker
7.3 Rosie WilliamsYear 11
Revision Classes
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Subject Staff Subject Staff Subject Staff Subject Staff Subject Staff
English
(Triple AT Art HW Business GT Art CK Geography NPR
Scientists)
Maths Computing GT
Health &
(Triple PP Business RE DW History NPO
Fitness
Scientists) French CJ
RG
NRO Geography SB Food PA History AB
Science SH All sessions are:
(Trilogy) JB 3:15pm – 4:15pm
RC Health & Social AP/DW Religious
JG Media Studies AT
GB Care EducationGCSE Pod GCSE Pod
In school ‘NOW’
3 is a Magic Number!
We have a new online resource called GCSE pod.
Watch 3 pods each day for 3 weeks. This is for students to access. It hosts a raft of
resources to support them on their GCSE journey.
Visit: https://www.gcsepod.com/
For further details, view the parent letter dated 8.12.2020
https://www.westcraven.co.uk/letters-202021/1086.html
A BIG well done to the Top 3 podders
Zainab Khan
Matteo Borseti
Harry Challenger
We are competing against schools from across the North West in
GCSEPod Games. The more pods our students watch, the higher
up the league table we go.Reading for Pleasure Lancashire BorrowBox
As a Reading Academy
we are committed to supporting your child in their Keep in touch - libraries
reading journey at school and at home https://lccsecure.lancashi
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The fantastic FREE E-Book and
https://www.westcraven.co.uk/learning- Audio-Book App!
resources/1060.html You can log onto Lancashire
BorrowBox to access eBooks and
audio books.
Visit:
https://www.borrowbox.com
All you need is to have a
Lancashire postcode.
For NEW or existing
You Tube: How to install the
members, please follow BorrowBox App
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Reading Recommendations
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