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December 2021
Principal’s Welcome Elsewhere, our cast from a ‘December to
Remember’ delighted all of us in their
I hope this final newsletter of 2021 finds you and
performance of our ASPIRE school song. Watch
your family well.
them at this link:
As we break for Christmas, I must tell you how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW8eA8mtic
proud I am of our amazing students. Their
We say a few fond farewells as we break for
contributions to our ‘Give a can because you
Christmas to Ms Birtwell in PE, Mrs Aspden in
can’ campaign were fantastic. They have
Spanish and Miss Tahseen from our attendance
brought a little joy and comfort to others by
team. We thank them for their valued
bringing in donations of groceries for our local
contribution at West Craven and wish them well
food bank. It was a huge success.
for the future.
Our top 100 students received their ASPIRE
Finally, I would like to personally thank you for
award certificates and well deserved prizes this
your continued support in what has been a
week. Silentnight generously sponsored our
challenging but very rewarding term. Do continue
Pride in Presentation Awards. Congratulations
to follow all Government guidance. We issued
to Holly for winning the Principal’s Award for the
100s of COVID home test kits last week for you to
student most nominated, and to all the other
use over the festive period. Remember: “flow
prize winners. You cannot fail to be impressed
before you go” if you are visiting others over the
by the quality of their work featured later in this
holiday. I receive daily updates from the
newsletter.
Department of Education and from public health
Well done to Natalie, Liam, Andrew, Caitlin and officials and I will keep you posted by email and
Jasmine who won this term’s parent awards. text messages should there be any further
Don’t forget as parents you too can award restrictions or guidance affecting the start of the
positive points on class charts for activities that new term.
your child completes outside of school. You can
I wish you and your families a relaxing Christmas
award points for reading, sporting activities,
break and all being well, I look forward to
creativity, positive attitude, excellent effort and
welcoming everyone back into school on
determination.
Wednesday 5th January 2022.
Ambition has been our core value of the week.
Best wishes,
This is embodied by Fennella who is a keen
swimmer. All those early morning training Mrs Tracy Foy
sessions at the pool are paying off for her. We Principal
are so proud that Fennella has been selected as
part of the Swim England National development
program for 2021-2022. What an amazing
achievement!
5 Term begins 2 Year 10 Poetry Live Event
Bradford – St Georges Hall
January
18 Parent Forum @ 5pm
3 World Book Day
27 National Holocaust
Remembrance Day 7 British Science Week
31 National Children’s 7 Year 9 N&CC Careers Event
Mental Health week To support the options process
31 Year 11 Mock Exams – Week 1 8 International Women’s Day
3 Year 8 Parents’ Evening 9 Parent Forum @ 5pm
March
3:45 – 6:30pm
14 Pi Day
7 Year 11 Mock Exams – Week 2
16 Year 6 Induction for new parents’
February
8 Safer Internet Day @ 5:30pm – Meet the Team
11 School closes for half term 21 National Poetry Day
22 Term begins 21 Year 6 SEND Induction Event
4-5pm
24 Year 10 Parents’ Evening
3:45 – 6:30pm 24 Year 11 Post Mocks Parents’
Evening 3.45-6.30pm
25 Kev Sutherland Comic Art
Masterclass Key stage 3 30 Year 9 Options Evening
April
28 National Careers Week 1 School closes for Easter
Executive Principal’s Award Winners
Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality
Well done and many congratulations to
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
Zakariya Ahmed Tyler Bond Jack Trickett Darci Whittaker Faith Hargreaves
who each received a
Lynne Blomley, Executive Principal’s Award
for the most ASPIRE core value points across the whole year group, keep up the good work!
End of Term ASPIRE Award Winners
Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality
Congratulations to these students for the excellent attitude and effort that they have displayed in
showing our ASPIRE core values over this half term.
Keep up the good work!
Zakariya Ahmed
Farah Hayat Mikolaj Bednarski
Aaron Hignett Benjamin Holme
Simra Ahmed Year 7 Hanifa Ahmed
Philip Nesbitt Nathan English
Arron Noble Taylor Glennon
Chloe Skaife Harry Harlow-Charlton
Humaira Ahmed
Lewis Smith Ava–Rose Hughes
James Markham
Grace Waddle
Safa Mehmood
Owen Stephenson
Bella McCredie
Katie Hanson
Maciej Briszka
Grace Haythornthwaite
Olivia Sutcliffe
Ross
End of Term ASPIRE Award Winners
Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality
Congratulations to these students for the excellent attitude and effort that they have displayed in
showing our ASPIRE core values over this half term.
Keep up the good work! Year 8
Tyler Bond
Grace Clegg Luke Schollick
Riley Moss Arwen McIvor
Michael Richardson Muhammad Khan Naseem
Iman Masud Joshua Newell
Ava Craddock Holly Houseman
George Fitzpatrick Mahnoor Azam
Ruby Robinson Bradley Garner
Elouise Nickson-Rees Joshua Macgregor
Daisy Ottewell Finnlay Ross
End of Term ASPIRE Awards Winners
Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality
Congratulations to these students for the excellent attitude and effort that they have displayed in
showing our ASPIRE core values over this half term.
Keep up the good work!
Year 9
Jack Trickett
Grace Plant Isaac Whiteley
Olivia Leary Shahiryaar Aslam Riaz
Harris Brierley Jasmine Hartley
Grace Hindley Esha Haider
Alisia Sturzu Joshua Taft
Calleigh Riding Annie Wilkinson
Florence Whittaker Aimee Wade
Lia-J Lawson Natasha Saffery
Logan McCredie Freya Craddock
William Shuttleworth Lottie Robinson
End of Term ASPIRE Award Winners
Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality
Congratulations to these students for the excellent attitude and effort that they have displayed in
showing our ASPIRE core values over this half term.
Keep up the good work!
Year 10
Darci Whittaker
Jacob Miller
Oliwia Babiarz
Daniel Crowder
Kelsi-Morgan Bailey
Leah Dickinson
Taskeen Kousar
Amna Afzal
Jackson Grace
Adam English
Libby Cox
Violet Haworth
Georgia Garbutt
Jolie Shaw
Omer Mohammad
Florence Garrity
Emily Crowder
Martha Green
Megan Dodd
End of Term ASPIRE Award Winners
Ambition Supportive Positivity Independence Resilience Equality
Congratulations to these students for the excellent attitude and effort that they have displayed in
showing our ASPIRE core values over this half term.
Keep up the good work!
Year 11
Faith Hargreaves Sophie Thompson
Jack Robinson Benjamin Longden
Jamie Noon Harley Garner
Evie-Mai Blenkhorn Chloe Johnstone
Ciara Duffy Thomas Council
Alice Green Isaac Taylor
Ocean Tyrrell Jack Townsend
Bradley Smith Alex Waddington
Paige Anderson Alfie-James Harney
Parent Awarded Points
As parent and carers you can award positive points on class charts for activities that your
child completes outside of school. You can award points for reading, sporting activities,
creativity, positive attitude, excellent effort and determination.
The following students were the top students for parent/carer awarded points this half
term.
Natalie Barritt
Liam Richardson
Andrew Belton
Caitlin Blake
Jasmine Walton
.
Congratulations to all of our winners.
Staff Shine Awards A massive congratulations to our staff shine award winners.
Pride in Presentation Awards
This week saw the second set of awards for 'Pride in Presentation' which is one of our key
priorities as a school. All members of staff were invited to nominate a student who produces
well-presented work and takes pride in the work they produce. This set of awards has been very
generously sponsored by Silentnight and we would like to say a huge thank you to them for
providing the prizes for this event. I'm sure you will be impressed with the quality of work
produced. Well done to all of our deserving winners
Principal’s Award
Holly Houseman
Year 9
Deputy Principal Awards Isaac Whiteley
Year 7 Year 10
Grace Haythornthwaite Emily-Jayne Austin
Finley Jacques Seamus Driver
Freddie Thompson Ruby Rebanks
Sonny Wade Jolie Shaw
Year 8 Year 11
George Fitzpatrick Bradley Bennett
Isma Amjad Claire Green
Annabelle Halstead Lacey Parkinson
Paige Anderson
Harry Harlow-Charlton Jenna Peckham
Grace Ariss
Olivia Haworth-Helliwell Olivia Reed
Amelia Ashton
Farah Hayat Lily Rogan
Shahiryaar Aslam Riaz
Aaron Hignett Jensen Shackleton
Mahnoor Azam
Skye Houseman Mackenzie Thorpe
Ruby Costelloe
Lia-J Lawson Jasmine Walton
Emily Crowder
Isobellle Moffat George West
Halle Edwards
Riley Moss Mynnie Williams
Amabel Foster-Bond
Elouise Nickson-Rees Bodi Wright
Erys GaulPride in Presentation Awards
Pride in Presentation Awards
Pride in Presentation Awards Sponsored by Silentnight
Pride in Presentation
Pride in Presentation
Pride in Presentation
Accelerated Reader December Certificates Congratulations to the following students who have achieved the Accelerated Reader ‘Steps to Success’ Certificates from Monday, 6 September 2021 – Tuesday, 14 December 2021 Year 7 Year 8 Ready Reader Certificates Ready Reader Certificates Read independently: Read independently: Accumulate 5 AR points on books Read Accumulate 5 AR points on books Read to, to, Read With and/or Read Independently Read With and/or Read Independently Humaira Ahmed Mahnoor Azam Simra Ahmed Francis Colvin Zakariya Ahmed Taylor Edwards Thomas Berger Emilie Hannah Maciej Briszka Freya Prenton Harry Brown Evie Clegg Year 8 Harry Harlow-Charlton Independent Reader Certificates Farah Hayat Read independently: Grace Haythornthwaite Pass Reading Practice quizzes for 3 books Aaron Hignett at a 1.2 book level or higher Libby Hird Accumulate 10 points Benjamin Holme Ava-Rose Hughes Brandon Lucas Charlie Idle Olivia Ralph Macie Ingham Finley Jacques Year 7 Alan Klosek Ready Reader Certificates Matthew Lloyd Olivia Roberts-Brown Safa Mehmood Daisy Simpson Isobel Naylor Chloe Skaife Jenna Peckham Isaac Tait Theo Pickles Isabelle Teal Bonnie Ripley Mackenzie Thorpe
Accelerated Reader December Certificates Congratulations to the following students who have achieved their Accelerated Reader ‘Steps to Success’ Certificates from Monday, 6 September 2021 – Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Year 7
Accelerated Reader Year 8
100% Club 100%
100%
The following students have successfully
Hanifa Ahmed Salar Bhatti
Humaira Ahmed x2 read and quizzed on their reading book at
Standley Blenkhorn
Simra Ahmed 100% between the
Grace Clegg x2
Zakariya Ahmed x2 6 September 2021 – 14 December 2021
Ava Craddock x2
Amelia Ashton Well done and congratulations to
George Fitzpatrick
Isabella Barrett
Emily Gray
Mikolaj Bednarski x3
Evie Higson
Andrew Belton
Jack Berger
Holly Houseman
Thomas Berger Arzoo Hussain x2
Harry Brown x4 Muhammad Khan Naseem
Tyler Catlow Brandon Lucas
Olly Challoner Jasmine-Ellice MacDonald
Oscar Clayton Hailie McNeilly
Scarlett Coop Daisy Ottewell
Frazer Foley Lana Peat x2
Hassan Gorji x4 Freya Prenton
George Hall
Olivia Ralph x3
Katie Hanson x4
Alfie Thomas
Harry Harlow-Charlton
Year 7 Gabrielle Thompson
Farah Hayat x2 Year 7
Grace Haythornthwaite
Samuel Vaile
100% 100%
Aaron Hignett Theo Vernon
Harvey Marshall x2 Owen Stephenson
Libby Hird Lydia Ward
Bella McCredie Sonny Wade
Benjamin Holme x2 Ruby Whiteside
Safa Mehmood x2 Ethan Walsh
Ava-Rose Hughes Shaban Mohammad x2 Brandon Wolstenholme
George Whitworth
Charlie Idle Isobel Naylor
Skye Jarvis Eliza Nutter x2
Saba Khan Thomas Prior
Maddison Link Bonnie Ripley x2
Matthew Lloyd Daisy Simpson
Rosanna Love x2 Lewis Smith x2100% Club
Voucher Winners
6 September 2021 – 14 December 2021
All the names of students who gained
100% on an Accelerated Reader quiz this
term were entered into a prize draw.
Congratulations to Year 7 and 8 students,
Rosanna Love and Brandon Lucas
respectively, who each won a Love2shop
voucher.
Rosanna Love Brandon LucasAccelerated Reader
Highest Word Count
The following students have read the most
words between the
Year 7 6 September 2021 – 14 December 2021 Year 8
7:1 Benjamin Holme Well done and congratulations Grace Clegg 8X1
7:2 Harry Brown Holly Houseman 8X2
7:3 Olivia Roberts-Brown Gabrielle Thompson 8X3
7:4 Jenna Peckham Claire Green 8X4
7:5 Evie Clegg Azam Mahnoor 8X5
Highest Word Count
The following students have read the most
words between the
6 September 2021 – 14 December 2021
. readers in Year 7,
Well done to the top
Harry Brown and Grace Clegg, Year 8.
They received a Love2Shop voucher
for reading the most words this term in
their year group.
Harry Brown Grace Clegg
Well done to Harry who has read a Well done to Holly who has read a
total of 391,574 words this term. total of 254,715 words this term.100% Attendance
Congratulations to the following students who have all achieved 100% Attendance this
term. Each student received a token that they redeemed for a snowman bun!
Year 7
Humaira Ahmed Year 7
Simra Ahmed Billy Robinson
Zakariya Ahmed Oliver Singleton
Izobel Anderson Chloe Skaife
Isabella Barrett Lewis Smith
Harry Brown Owen Stephenson
Olly Challoner Isabelle Teal
Freddie Thompson,
Oscar Clayton
Hollie Toland
Evie Clegg
Melissa Winson
Scarlett Coop
Year 8
Taylor Glennon
Tyler Bond
Nixie Griffiths
Keira-Louise Carrington
Harry Harlow-Charlton
Francis Colvin
Solomon Hartley
Jacob Dinsdale
Farah Hayat
George Fitzpatrick
Grace Haythornthwaite
Bradley Garner
Benjamin Holme
Kaizer Mills
Muhammad Hurarira
Riley Moss
Charlie Idle
Joshua Newell
Finley Jacques
Courtney-Leigh Taylor
Skye Jarvis
Alfie Thomas
Shaheer Khan
Bradley Wood
Kai Lawson
Year 9
Madison Macdonald
Carter Capstick
Hollie Patrick
Freya Craddock
Jenna Peckham
Sahil Mehmood
Elliott Pickles
William Shuttleworth
Olivia Roberts-Brown
Shahiryaar Aslam Riaz
Zak Fazackerley100% Attendance
Year 9
Ryan Carleton
Chloe Lee
Macy Parker
Joshua Taft
Grace Plant
Jack Trickett
Usman Zia
Lia-J Lawson
Emily Taylor
Sem Vavrok
Sophie Wright
Year 10
Mahrukh Ali Khan
Year 11
Tom Boothman
Evie-Mai Blenkhorn
Megan Cassinelli
Harry Carpendale
Libby Cox
Thomas Council
Leah Dickinson
Elliott Dickinson
Adam English
Ciara Duffy
Georgia Garbutt
Harley Garner
Florence Garrity
Faith Hargreave
Erys Gaul
Benjamin Longden
Jackson Grace
Amber Muller
Martha Green
Jamie Noon
Olivia Howarth-Helliwell
Liam Richardson
Zaira Khan
Bradley Smith
Marcus Lilley
Monty Smith
Isobelle Moffat
Isaac Taylor
Omer Mohammad
Alex Waddington
Jake Redmond
Mason Riley
Joshua Shailes
Caleb Upton
Darci Whittakerhttps://www.gcsepod.com/
A BIG well done to this week’s Top Podders
Emily Crowder
Charlotte Knowles
Max Lea
This Terms Top 20 Podders
Isaac Taylor Evie-Mai Blenkhorn
Bradley Smith Danyaal Shazada
Elliott Dickinson Connor Barr
Rodney Dewhurst Max Lea
Mali McWhirter Harry Baldwin
Alex Waddington Jack Lee
Leah Dickinson Jamie Noon
Tyler McPherson Amber Muller
Ciara Duffy Emily Crowder
Blazej Klosek Alice GreenBring a ‘Can’ because you can! We used the last Friday of term, to support local charity West Craven Food Bank, who will be providing much appreciated groceries to local families over the festive period. Students and staff were encouraged to bring in a can of food in exchange to wear a Christmas jumper or don something red or festive. Mr Wilson, supported by Ciara Duffy, Evie-Mai Blenkhorn and Alex Waddington delivered the food to the Food Bank on Friday, 17 December; who were delighted to receive such a large donation of food. They wanted to thank students and parents for their generosity towards those struggling in our community. West Craven Food Bank is a charitable organisation formed in 2013 in response to a growing need in the community, providing emergency food in Barnoldswick, Earby and the surrounding area. Mrs Foy said, “I could not be prouder of our amazing students who have united in their efforts to bring a little joy and comfort to others this Christmas by bringing in their donations for our local food bank”.
Pendle Education Trust Christmas Card Competition
West Craven finalists!
Congratulations to Year 7 students Safa
Mehmood and Isobel Naylor who were the West
Craven Christmas Card competition winners.
The theme this year was ‘togetherness’ and
students produced some beautiful and creative
designs.
Each finalist received a certificate, a selection
box and copies of their card to send to friends
and family.We ASPIRE
‘Living the values outside school’
Here at West Craven High School we are incredibly proud of our students’ achievements. In
school we use class charts to record behaviours that meet our core ASPIRE values of
ambition, supportive, positivity, independence, resilience and equality. As parents and carers
you can also award points on class charts to reflect your child’s efforts at home.
We are also proud of the efforts our students are making outside of school. As restrictions have
eased it has been fantastic to hear so many talk about the activities they are taking part in.
We would therefore be delighted to hear about your child’s achievements, whether that be
sporting, musical, volunteering, caring for others or any other special news that makes you
proud, so that we can promote their achievements in the school community. Please send an
email and a photo if possible to aspire@westcraven.co.uk and we shall feature a selection in
our e-bulletin which will share this with our school and wider community.
We look forward to receiving your success stories.
I would just like to take this
opportunity to say how proud I
am of our daughter Annabelle
and of what she is achieving
out of school sports wise. It
has taken us some time to get
her back into running and both
her coach, and us as parents
are really proud!
Annabelle trains at the
Seedhill Track every Tuesday
and Thursdays.
Joanne Sadowsky
Max has been going to the Lancashire Army
Cadets Force for the last few years.
He is now a Lance Corporal and training 3 star.
The photo is of Max collecting for the British
Legion Poppy Appeal.
I couldn't be prouder of my boy!
Lisa LeaWe ASPIRE
‘Living the values outside school’
I just want you to know how proud I am of my
daughter Ruby Mae Milligan.
Ruby is a volunteer of the Burnley Police Cadets
and she attends Burnley College every Tuesday
night. She also volunteers her time at weekends to
partake in activities in the community.
Recently she has been involved in a Weapon
Sweep at Thompson Park, Burnley and she has
also supported Rossendale Hospice with their
Sabre Challenge at Rawtenstall Cricket Club, Bacup
Road, Rawtenstall.
Ruby will be sworn in to the Burnley Police Cadets
in an official ceremony later this month.
Ruby shows commitment and passion in everything she does with
Burnley Police Cadets. Amazing work Ruby!
Stephanie Milligan
Swimming Success for Fennella!
Keen swimmer, Fennella Turner is celebrating success with
several swimming achievements.
At the recent Yorkshire Winter competition Fennella gained
personal bests in every swim including top ten positions. She is
also the 14 year old Yorkshire champion in 50 breaststroke.
Most recently she swam at The North East Region
Championships in Ponds Forge Sheffield. Having qualified for
the open age group in two events Fennella was just one of a
very small number of 14 years old girls in the North East to make
the qualification.
In recognition for her continuing swimming success, Fennella
has been selected as part of the Swim England National
development program for 2021-2022. An amazing achievement!
Fennella is currently training seven times a week with a mid-week 5am swim - a total of 13 hours
per week.
Current North East Rankings / England for 14-year-old girls - age at 31st Dec 2021
5th 50 Backstroke 6th 100 Fly 10th 50 Free
5th 50 Breaststroke 7th 50 FlyWe ASPIRE
‘Living the values outside school’
Saturday 13 November saw five West Craven
students compete in race 3/4 of the Red Rose
Cross Country League at Todmorden in
extremely muddy conditions!
Results:
Under 13s Girls (Years 7 & 8)
Bella McCredie 5th
Annabelle Hoyle 26th
Isabella Barrett 36th
Under 15s Boys (Years 9 & 10)
Logan McCredie 6th
Under 17s Girls
Ciara Duffy 9th
Some fantastic results – well done!
Congratulations to Year 7 student, Bella McCredie who was fourth
placed in the Girls Under 12 category, at the British Open Fell
Running Association (BOFRA) Championships. The awards
ceremony took place at the Rolls Royce Social Club Barnoldswick.
This championship runs from May through to October and attracts
some of the best Fell Runners in the North of England who
compete in the stunning hills of the Lake District and Yorkshire
Dales.
Bella will continue to
race in the under 12s
category next year.
She is currently
competing in two Cross
Country championships
and she will continue to train hard throughout the
winter months in a bid to improve on her 4th place
finish next year.
Well done Bella, a fantastic achievement!The West Craven Readathon 2021
Week commencing 8
November we launched our
Readathon for Year 7 and 8
students. This is for charity,
supporting disadvantaged
children in hospitals. The money you raise
helps to buy brand new books and storyteller
visits for children in hospital. Books and stories
cheer kids up, relieve the boredom and help
children in hospital to feel a bit better.
All Year 7 and 8 students received a sponsor
card, they can decide on their own level of
challenge, for example, they can be sponsored
per book, per chapter, or per 20 minutes of
reading per day. From magazines to
newspaper articles, comics to classics! As long
as they are reading.
There will be in-school prizes for star readers
and certificates for all participants in the new
year.
The total raised by West Craven students
currently stands at £317.56. Thank you!More BMX success for Bodi Mrs Stoker donates books
Congratulations to Bodi who has just to the school library
finished the BMX Mid Lancs Summer
Mrs Stoker, who always enters book
series.
competitions, has had a little win!
Completing his first year racing in the
Three lovely new books were won from
expert category for his age group he
Oxford University and donated to the West
ranked 5th out of the 27 competitors.
Craven High School library. Mrs. Stoker
He was also presented with another trophy recommends 'Scythe' the novel by Neal
for the cabinet on the 27th November. Shusterman. It is the first in the Arc of a
Well done Bodi. Scythe series. It is set in the far future,
where death by natural causes has been
virtually eliminated thanks to advances in
technology, and an advanced computer
system known as the "Thunderhead"
controls society. The Thunderhead is a form
of artificial intelligence who does not make
mistakes or have regrets.
Please enjoy.
Mrs Stoker, Director of EnglishInter Form Cross Country On Monday we ran the inter form cross country. The event is run in preparation for the upcoming Pendle schools’ event which is being held at Holt House, Colne, on the 24 November. The quality of today’s event was excellent and we will go into the Pendle event with some confidence. The run was split into two categories, Year 7 and Years 8 and 9. The Year 7 event was won by Bella McCredie and the Year 8/9 was won by Logan McCredie - a real family affair! Lily-Grace Clayton was the first girl in the Year 8/9 race with strong performances from Scarlet Leary and Annabel Hoyle. Results Year 7 1st - Bella McCredie 2nd - Isabelle Teal 3rd - Hollie Patrick Year 8 and 9 1st - Logan McCredie 2nd - Lily-Grace Clayton 3rd - Scarlett Leary Well done to all the students who participated.
Sport
Year 9 Pendle Schools Netball Competition
The Pendle schools’ netball competition was held at Park High School. The girls finished
runners up after successfully beating Primet Academy, Park High, Pendle Vale and Marsden
Heights, but narrowly losing out to Fisher More.
Team
Rosie Hill
Freya Craddock
Olivia MacDonald
Florence Whittaker
Ruby Gill
Macy Parker
Lottie Robinson
Well done, a great team performance!
Football
All the school football teams have been
delighted to return to competitive fixtures.
We have seen some excellent performances
both individually and collectively.BFC host England Under 21s On Thursday, 11 November, Mr Wilson and Mr Cattermole took a group of lucky Year 7 students to the under 21s England fixture at Burnley Football Club against the Czech Republic. The trip was organised by Mr Cattermole as a reward for the Year 7 boys' football team for their excellent start to the football season, they are unbeaten in the Pendle league! (played 3, won 2, drew 1). The boys were a credit to the school, they enjoyed the excitement of an England fixture under lights and a fun journey of singing and chanting on the mini bus!
Remembrance Sunday
Thank you to all our students who showed huge respect at the Remembrance Sunday parade
and services.
Year 7 student Lewis Smith represented his
community group with his grandparents and
mum. Noah Fraser, Year 7, laid a wreath
for the Army at the Barnoldswick
Remembrance Service. He was wearing his
mum and dad's medals with pride.Pendle Schools’ Badminton
Under 14s Badminton
Congratulations to Year 9 student, Rosie Hill who won the under
14s Pendle Schools’ Badminton Singles competition at Colne
Primet Academy. With a ruthless performance Rosie was a
class above all the other competitors, winning the final 15-1 and
only dropping 5 points in total during her group, semi-final and
final games. Well done Rosie!
It was a good night and an enjoyable competition in
which all our girls had individual success including a semi-final
place for Freya Craddock.
Girls representatives – Year 9: Rosie Hill, Freya Craddock, Ruby
Gill, Macy Parker. Year 8: Ava Craddock and Ruby Robinson.
Under 16s Badminton
Another great performance from the Year 10 badminton team
in the under 16s Pendle Schools’ Badminton Singles
competition at Primet Academy.
Congratulations to Darci Whittaker, who won a tense final
15-11. Darci was unbeaten during the group stages and won
both her semi-final and final matches with some great power
hitting.
We saw other good individual performances from Fennella
Turner, Alice Longden and Martha Green.
Well done!
Mr Dean Wilson, Head of PEWest Craven runners obliterate the field
On Wednesday 24th November representatives from all years competed in the Pendle inter
schools' cross country event. The event was held at Alkincoates Park in Colne, with typical
cross country weather; cold, dark and drizzly. This however did not deter our students!
Out of six competitive events students from West Craven won three of them with Bella
McCredie (Year 7 Girls), Elliot Pickles (Year 7 Boys) and Scarlet Leary (Year 8 & 9 Girls)
winning their respective events with time to spare.
These were the standout individual performances, but all students competed to a high
standard which resulted in fourteen of our students being selected to represent Pendle at the
upcoming Lancashire Schools’ Championship.
Congratulation to all our runners. Year 7 Girls
1st Bella McCredie
2nd Isabelle Teal
9th Summer Fitzpatrick
12th Chloe Skaife
19th Hollie Patrick
20th Isabella Barrett
Year 7 Boys
1st Elliott Pickles
5th Oscar Clayton
16th Milo Robinson
27th Freddy Simpson
34th Zac Beresford
Junior Girls Junior Boys Inter Girls
2 nd Logan McCredie 4th Ciara Duffy
1st Scarlett Leary 8th Sasha Farrell
4th Lily-Grace Clayton 9th Annabelle Hoyle 34th Garth Duffy
5th Lexie Allen 40th Jasmine Leah 36th Max Villiers
6th Grace Hindley 41st Thalia Kerkine-Keramida 42nd Joshua RothwellBadminton
Pendle Schools’ Under 16s Doubles
Badminton
Congratulations to Darci Whittaker and Rosie Hill
who won the Under 16s Pendle Schools’
Badminton Doubles competition at Park High
School.
It was an excellent performance from both girls
who were unplayable at times, winning the one-
sided final 15-3.
A combination of powerful hitting and movement
around the court proved too much for all the other
pairs.
The girls recorded victories over students from
FisherMore, Pendle Vale, Park High and Primet
Academy on their journey to the final.
A great achievement, well done!
Pendle Schools’ Football!
Congratulations to the Year 10 boys who won the Pendle Schools’ 7-a-side football
tournament on Monday, 13 December.
They produced a real team performance underpinned by some excellent defending which
provided the platform for Ryan Farrell to score 6 goals in 5 games. Well done Ryan, the
top goal scorer of the tournament!
Team
Tom Boothman
Daniel Crowder
Shamus Driver
Ryan Farrell
Jackson Grace
Aaron Livesey
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Thomas TownsendPremier League Initiative On Thursday, 9 December, Mr Wilson took a group of boys to Burnley Football Club to take part in a Premier League Initiative aimed at tackling social challenges. The challenge this year is to look at the football club's performance on environmental issues. The boys from Year 9 – Liam Bowland, Brett Harper and Kamran Sajid, and from Year 11 – Oliver Coady, Oliver Coupe and Kian Pickering will work in groups to develop an environmental strategy that they can then pitch to the club. The best ideas will go through to the next stage of the competition. Good luck!
Alumni If you know any former West Craven High School students - or anyone who attended any of the Pendle Education Trust family of schools - please let them know about a new Pendle Education Trust Alumni Network on LinkedIn. and allow them to keep in touch with friends and staff after leaving school, as well as helping our current students to benefit from their experiences and career journeys. To become part of the Alumni network, please email your name, year you left West Craven and brief details about what you've done since to alumni@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk. Please also let us know in the email if you would be interested in returning to speak to some of our current students about your experiences. You can also connect with our Alumni network by joining the dedicated group on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/pendle-education-trust-alumni-network Family Learning Family learning encourages family members to learn together as and within a family, with a focus on inter-generational learning. Family learning activities can also be specifically designed to enable parents to learn how to support their children’s learning. As a Trust, we are hoping to organise some family learning sessions in 2022 to support you and your child and we would love your input and ideas. If you would like to give us your ideas please comment below or fill in the 3 question survey on this link - https://forms.gle/toV13o6thjrtZXfb7
Dear parent/carer, Raising achievement by involving parents and carers in the work of our school Leading Parent Partnership Award Update 1 West Craven High School is working towards the Leading Parent Partnership Award. We look forward to this new venture that will take us approximately 15 months to achieve. We launched this process at the beginning of September by firstly setting up a working group to represent parents, governors, staff, students and external stakeholders of the school. Additionally, and most importantly, we asked parents for their views. We did this through an online survey sent out during October half term. I would like to extend thanks to the 72 parents who completed this set of questions. The responses and detailed answers will be useful in forming our initial audit. As the co-ordinator I have also completed a self-evaluation of our relationship with parents, looking at things we do well already and those we could improve. On 9th December, Maureen Nash (our LPPA advisor) spent the day with me to look at our self-evaluation documents and the responses from our parental survey. The outcome of the day was to agree a draft action plan guiding us through our priorities over the next 15 to 18 months. The action plan will be finalised in the next week or so and then work towards the award, and more importantly work towards improving relationships and communication with parents, will begin. We look forward to this process as a school and the improvements and possibilities it will create. If you have any questions about the LPPA or the process itself, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Catherine Markham LPPA Co-ordinator
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