Jeans for Genes Day
This week we celebrate Jeans for Genes day. Each year group will have a special assembly about the importance of supporting this charity. On Friday pupils and staff will be allowed to wear jeans and trainers or other footwear with the rest of their uniform. They can only do that if they donate £1 to the charity.
Royal Visit
On Tuesday 22nd September Collegiate pupils gathered to welcome HRH Princess Anne as she visited the Fylde coast. The Princess Royal landed in a helicopter from the Royal Flight on the school fields at 10.15am, to be greeted by Ms Fennel and 130 pupils from Year 7. The landing was part of a local tour that took the Princess to nearby charity and community visits at the Blackpool Carers’ Centre and Kirkham Prison. Pausing to chat to Ms Fennel, she asked about the size of the school and looked at our recent newsletter and prospectus before driving off in a silver Jaguar limousine to begin her charity work.
One & Other
Miss Robinson has been drawn to be one of the Plinthers on the fourth plinth in London. This is huge community art project designed by sculptor Antony Gormley who has decided to keep the, usually empty, statue plinth occupied 24 /7 for 100 days with volunteers from the UK population. Miss Robinson will be on the plinth, for one hour, on the 30th July 10pm – 11pm. You can watch the live stream on the website www.oneandother.co.uk.
Year 10 Lancashire Cup Rugby League Final
The year 10 rugby League team played in the final of the Lancashire Cup at Chorley Panthers ground on 25/6/09. The team were beaten 38 – 16 by an extremely strong Parklands High School who played excellent Rugby throughout the fixture. Collegitate try scores were Mcfarlane x2 and Goodinson, with Coversions from Horrocks x2. Collegiate should take some positive’s from the fixture to take into next season, with some excellent tackling and forward runs!
Author - Cathy Cassidy
Cathy Cassidy, author, promoting her new book Angel Cake will be in the school hall on Friday 10 July. She will be reading from her new book and will be available for a question and answer session where our pupils can find out about her books and about being an author. Take a look at her website www.cathycassidy.com and call into the library to read one of her books. A great competition will be running in the library to win a signed copy of Angel Cake.
Yr 7 Exhibition
On Friday the 26th of June in the lecture theatre, an exhibition will be open for 1 day only. Created by year 7 pupils, this exhibit will show you everything we have to offer, from an Arctic Experience to having a look at our work in Humanities so far. For parents, this is a chance to see their children’s work, but for other’s it’s a chance to learn interesting facts and get involved with fun and wonderful games. Don’t miss out on the chance to see the exhibition! The exhibition is free of charge.
Caricaturist Kev Sutherland
Visitors to Collegiate! Learn the art of comic strip and produce a comic book in a day. On Thursday 25 June we welcome stand-up comedian and caricaturist Kev Sutherland. He will be holding a comic workshop in the Lecture Theatre for pupils from Years 7 –
Duke of Edinburgh - Hadrians Wall
On the 24th April Mr Iddon and Miss Robinson took a Duke of Edinburgh group to Hadrian's Wall for a practice expedition. The group split into a girls group and a boys group and walked solo, covering fifteen miles in the two days. Mr Iddon and Miss Robinson met up with the groups at 'check in' points along the way. The walk follows the wall and is very up and down as you can see in the picture! This was the lunch stop on Saturday. This tree is famous as it is where Kevin Costner shot some of the opening scenes in the film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'. The weather was blue skies and sunshine until a thunder and lightening storm moved in on Saturday afternoon and caught the groups, giving them a thorough drenching. As ever excellent planning by Mr Iddon saw us all finish the walk at a tea shop on Sunday and after well earned refreshment we made our way home to sunny Blackpool.
Th'arctic
Rebecca Mcknight is currently in the Canadian Arctic walking from Resolute Bay to Grise Fiord. She has been working alongside the Humanities department as part of Creative Partnerships. Pupils have produced material for her to take to the inuit communities as well as gaining an understanding of what it takes to be an explorer!
Take a look at her Blog and see how shes getting on. www.tharctic.com
Starbooks 1st Birthday
1st Birthday congratulations to StarBooks!!
On Friday 24 April StarBooks celebrated with a party special!
Red Nose Day at Collegiate
Collegiate will be joining in the fun of Red Nose day, there will be 240 red noses available for £1 each with all the money going to comic relief.
There will be a cake stall in the main foyer at break time on Friday 13th March.
From 16th March, year 7/8/9 pupils will celebrate Red Nose day by designing a Comic Relief T-Shirt in their Tutor Study lesson.
Owls in the Library!
On Thursday 12 Feb the After-school Club enjoyed a visit from Barn Owl Bill. The team brought along five owls for the display in the Lecture Theatre. Thirty pupils and staff got the opportunity to ask questions and, if feeling brave, have their photographs taken holding one of the owls. All photographs are available to buy for a small contribution to the Barn Owl Bill Charity.
Accelerated Reader Enterprise
Accelerated Reader is a computer based method of engaging pupils with reading. Each pupil in Year 7 has been given their own log-in access to enable them to take quizzes on the books they have recently read. They can earn points for their English Group and this award is on offer for the most points collected. Pupils may access their reading records at home and view their own personal bookshelf of reading.
Paris Trip October 2008
34 pupils spent five days at October half term immersed in French culture during a trip to Paris. We gasped at the Mona Lisa and other famous artworks; sampled snails and other French cuisine; climbed the Eiffel Tower (to the top!!!) and explored other French sights. The trip ended with a visit to Disneyland to see Mickey Mouse and friends.
Aladdin Production
Congratulations to the cast and crew of
Another Fabulous Collegiate Production
