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March/April 2015
CHARITY DAY SUCCESS
EVOLVE students wow audiences in Queen musical ‘We Will Rock You’
GIVING: Our Junior Leadership team hand over cheques to representatives Vicki Haydock and Steve Farr
OGRE BATTLE: Khashoggi (Connor Collinson) & Britney Spears (Christian Wilkinson) fight for the future of the rebel base ‘The Heartbreak Hotel.’
Our EVOLVE Performing Arts students have this week been rocking out on stage in their production of Ben Elton’s Queen musical ‘We Will Rock You’. They have worked exceptionally hard and put in some truly amazing performances, worthy of the standing ovations they received. We would like to thank everyone who has came the shows and supported the students. All proceeds from ticket sales and the raffles go back into the department to help buy new equipment.
Rhyddings have once again gone all out for charity to help raise much needed funds. During the winter term both students and staff took part in various events on our termly charity day. These included a 5k run, bake sale and a Christmas Talent Showcase as well as the Christmas jumper non-uniform theme to collect a fantastic £1836. Two cheques for £918 each were presented to representatives of Pendleside Hospice and Cancer Research UK by our Junior Leadership Team during assembly this month. Vicki Haydock of Pendleside Hospice said: “Two thirds of our funding comes from charity fundraising, which is over £2m per year. For us to receive nearly £1000 from a local high school is fantastic.”
Industry tips for ICT
TECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENT TRIUMPH Students from Rhyddings recently took part in the Rotary International BAE Systems Technology Tournament, held at Hollins Technology College. All students did an exceptional job, with special congratulations to the intermediate team of Harry Skinner, Marissa Martin, Evan Metcalfe, and Austin Moore who brought home the trophy!
EXPERTISE: Solomon White and Kyla-Ja Allen quiz Daniel Cuffe & Peter Taylor about promoting festivals
Year 7 students also took part in a STEM Farraday Challenge this week. They were asked to develop their own communications system that would work in the event of a natural disaster. They designed their own codes and prototype devices as part of the challenge. The winning team are pictured here with their prizes!
This week, Music Promoters Cuffe & Taylor visited Rhyddings to support our Year 10 ICT students. Their current GCSE coursework brief is to organise and design a range of multimedia products to promote a music festival. Daniel Cuffe and Peter Taylor, directors of the company, have organised various music festival events nationwide, including ‘Lytham Festival’. Students learnt about the logistics, promotion and finance of organising successful events. Students took part in a question and answer session, where Peter and Daniel spoke about their business experiences offering advice, guidance and useful websites to help with their projects. We would like to thank Cuffe & Taylor for taking time out of their very busy schedule during the run up to the ‘festival season’ and look forward to the upcoming events planned for summer.
School Holidays 15/16 SUMMER TERM 2015 Re-open on May Day Holiday Mid-term closure Closure after school on
Monday 13 April 2015 Monday 4 May 2015 Monday 25 May to Friday 29 May (inclusive) Friday 17 July 2015
AUTUMN TERM 2015 Re-open (Y7, 10 & 11) Re-open (all students) Teacher Training Day Mid-term closure Closure after school on
Tuesday 8 Sept 2015 Wednesday 9 Sept 2015 Friday 25 Sept 2015 (students not in school) Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October (inclusive) Friday 18 December 2015
SPRING TERM 2016 School re-opens on Mid-term closure Closure after school
Monday 4 January 2016 Monday 15 February to Friday 19 Feb 2016 (inclusive) Thursday 24 March 2016
SUMMER TERM 2016 School re-opens on May Day (long weekend) Mid-term closure Closure after school
Monday 11 April 2016 Fri 29 April & Mon 2nd May 2016 Monday 30 May to Friday 3 June 2016 (inclusive) Friday 22 July 2016
School Announcements School will close for the Easter break on Friday 27th March at 3.15pm. School will reopen on Monday 13th April. Happy Easter! In Child Development and Health & Social Care the electronic babies have recently been on home visits, you may have seen the girl’s with their ‘babies.’ Some have been very successful, others have not done as well - in both cases some valuable lessons have been learned! Mrs Crawshaw would like to say ‘well done’ to the girls involved. We take a serious approach to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all our students. If you have any concerns or wish to know more about safeguarding please contact our designated staff, Mr Breckell or Mrs Brown on 01254 231051.
Women of Achievement Heritage Project unveiled at Aawaz Awards Rhyddings students helped to launch a lottery-funded heritage project at the 2015 Aawaz Awards. For the last two years, we have been working with Aawaz on a heritage project, recording the histories and achievements of local Asian women who came to East Lancashire between 1965 and 1985. The project has recently been completed and clips were presented to the public for the first time. The pack includes lessons that will be distributed to schools across the region. Student ambassadors for the project, Thomas Johnston, Karina Pilkington and Muieez Ali, spoke to a packed ballroom at Accrington’s Town Hall about the project and how it has helped them think differently about heritage. Aaminah Ahmed was presented with a special award for her efforts during the project. Rhyddings also provided entertainment at the awards,Year 11 students Courtney Blades and Laura Middleton sang and Year 7 student Trinity Woodman showed off her amazing dance skills.
SLC Opening
Cassons Trip
Rhyddings students Harriet Swindells, Beth Rothera, Harley Widdowson and Connor Miller attended the opening ceremony of the new Blackburn Sports & Leisure Centre, which was officially opened by Olympic Gold Medal winner Rebecca Adlington OBE. Work has been completed on the new £13.5 million complex, which will give all Blackburn College students access to the best facilities in the area.
A group of our able students in Year 11 were invited to Cassons to receive advice and guidance on their further education and post-16 options. Cassons were once again an excellent host and our students had the opportunity to find out about the various career paths of some of their employees. We had a brilliant question and answer session and our students left the session more informed and excited about their future!
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