Art Work in Clitheroe
Utilising an empty shop window in Clitheroe to show case Art work is something the Art Department have been working on for some time. Thanks to Ian Lloyd at Mortimers in Clitheroe we have been given the opportunity to do just that. We have been given the use of the old Art Gallery window opposite W H Smith on Kings Street. The students worked together as a team to achieve the best use of the space. There is a mixture of 2D & 3D pieces on show. Everything is labelled with the students name and a price. This has given the students a brief insight into what a career as an Artist would be like. If you get the chance – go and take a look!
BBC School Report
On Thursday 15th March we will publish a series of news programmes that have been made by Year 10 students. This is part of the national BBC School Report event and will also be linked to the BBC website. 28 students have been involved this year creating separate news packages for their BTEC Media coursework. They cover a range of subjects including : Young Carers, Afghanistan, local vandalism, teenage pregnancy, animal testing, tuition fees and football match reports.
Tesco and Sainsbury’s Vouchers
We are collecting both Sainsburys and Tesco vouchers for schools. Pls send them in with pupils to student services so we can order some new sports equipment. Last year we manage to get lots of different things so every one counts!
Children In Need Fundraising
Well done to all pupils and staff at Ribblesdale for raising money on Children in Need day on Friday 18th November 2011. Below is a breakdown of the total amount of money raised.
Non-uniform (Y7, 8, 9 & 11): £1,086.10
Singing in the yard: £73.83
9F cake sale: £61.00
Mrs McCleod food sale: £109.49
Total: £1,330.42
Well done to all those who donated through the above activities and thank you.
Celebrate the Chefs
Celebrate the Chefs was an event for year 11 worth 30% of their H&C GCSE dual award. We linked in with the Northcote Group for it. They have ‘adopted’ us as a school to work together on events and projects and offering our pupils work experience and places on Northcote’s apprentiship scheme. The theme for the event was ‘Support our local farmers and traders.’ The pupils were split into groups and were each mentored by a head chef from different establishments from the group including Lisa Allen the Head Chef at Northcote Manor. The pupils were given a budget of £20 for a two course meal. Read more about Celebrate the Chefs »
School Closure Due to Industrial Action
Dear Parents,
we have been informed by the NUT and the ATL unions that they will be taking industrial action in the form of a strike on Thursday 30 June 2011. This action is not against the school itself but is part of national industrial action organised by these trade unions about changes to the pension schemes of their members. There is no requirement on unions to inform us of which members of staff will take action, but it is likely that around a third of our teachers will take action on this day.
Neither the governing body nor the head is legally allowed to close the school ‘in sympathy’ with the strike and we will not do so. However, our main concern is the safety of our students. We will not be able to adequately supervise pupils where their lessons are affected by teachers taking industrial action, so regrettably the school will be closed to all pupils.
Please see the associated letter about the Comenius Project .Year 10 work placements will be unaffected.
School will be open normally for all pupils the following day.
Yours faithfully
S A Smith
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