Ribblesdale pupil wins npower’s national hunt for designer

Written on March 15th 2011 in General News and tagged with , ,

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Autumn Robinson, a year 10 pupil at Ribblesdale School, Clitheroe, has today (01.03.2011) been unveiled as the winner of npower’s nationwide design competition. The competition – launched by celebrity stylist Nicky Hambleton-Jones in December – called for budding young designers to create new uniforms for one of the most famous promotional teams in the UK – the npower Girls and Boys.

Over the past 10 years, the npower Girls have become a regular and iconic feature at cricket grounds to help cheer on the players during the Test and Ashes Series. Recently they have been joined by the Boys and now the team can be seen showing their support at npower Football League matches nationwide, after npower became the official sponsor in August 2010.

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Exam Timetable for 2011

Written on March 2nd 2011 in General News and tagged with , ,

The Exam Timetable for 2011 is now available to view and download from  the Exam Timetable page under the Parents section of the Ribblesdale site.

Year 11 Revision Classes

Written on February 10th 2011 in General News and tagged with ,

The timetable for Year 11 revision classes for this year is as follows. The majority of these classes will start after the February Half-Term break.

Lunch / Coaching After School
Mon Spanish Science / Resistant Materials / Food / Systems / Textiles
Tues Science PE / History
Wed Music / Maths
Thurs PE English / French / Business / Geography / Law
Fri NA NA

Comenius 2011

Written on January 31st 2011 in General News and tagged with , ,

We need your help! Would you like to house a foreign pupil for 4 days?

We need to accommodate 130 foreign music & Dance students for 4 nights travelling to Clitheroe from Germany, spain and France to take part in a big concert on July 2nd. If you are interested and can help please read the attached letter that gives details.

All pupils are aged between 13-16 and can speak English to a reasonable/Excellent standard.

A reply on paper is fine.

All replies MUST go to main reception.


Year 8 Options Process

Written on January 31st 2011 in General News and tagged with ,

Dear Parents,

the school diary sent home to you at the start of this school year included an evening meeting on 22 March to discuss the Year 8 for Year 9 ‘options’ process. I am sure that you will have seen the recent coverage in the media about the government’s plans to introduce the ’English Baccalaureate’ as a qualification/measure at the end of Year 11. As the plans stand at present this would give additional certification to pupils who achieve GCSE grades in English, two Sciences, Maths, History or Geography and a Modern Foreign Language. There are also plans to measure school performance by the percentage of pupils who achieve A*-C grades in these subjects, and you may have seen in the recent league tables published by the government indicating that Ribblesdale pupils achieved 14% last summer. In fact only 14% of the year group studied this combination of subjects at GCSE. It also reflects entirely pupil choices made 3 years ago.

In the light of the government’s proposals and following much discussion I have decided to postpone the options process until the spring of Year 9 (2012) when we will be better informed about how your children will be accredited when they complete their courses in 2014. The present curriculum in Year 8 will continue into Year 9 with all pupils continuing all subjects so that you and they are able to make informed choices at the appropriate time. Of particular concern is that all pupils study the correct subjects in key stage 4 so that they are able to meet the entry requirements for the institutions in which they plan to complete their statutory learning to age 18.

I hope that you will understand the reason for this decision and I felt that it would be best to communicate this to you as early as possible. Some pupils will have been hoping to reduce the number of subjects they studied in Year 9, but equally, they would not want to adversely affect their progression opportunities at the end of Year 11 by making choices without having all of the relevant information.

Yours sincerely

S A Smith

Amendment to holiday dates for Summer term

Written on January 6th 2011 in General News and tagged with , ,

Dear Parents,

you will be aware that the government has indicated it will seek approval to designate Friday 29 April 2011 as a bank-holiday to mark the wedding of Prince William.

This creates a very short two day teaching week, as pupils return to school on Wednesday 27 April. I am acutely aware that Year 11 pupils will miss vital teaching time – two days teaching in a period of slightly over three weeks, including the Easter break. We must consider ways to maximise all available teaching time and ensure progression in learning for all our pupils.

I am writing to tell you that all pupils will now return to school following the Easter break a day earlier, on Tuesday 26 April. School will close for the summer one day earlier, on Thursday 21 July 2011.

For a very small minority of you, I am sorry this will be inconvenient. Any pupil absence linked to holiday arrangements as a family on 26 April will not be penalised.

S A Smith

Headteacher

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