Date School News National or International News 21st January 1963 School opened in new building with 57 children June 16 Russian cosmonaut, Lieutenant on roll under the headship of Mr W. G. Valentina Tereshkova, becomes the first Bullivant. woman to go into space

19th June 1963 School broken into. August 8. A gang of 15 men steal £2.6 million from a travelling post office “Up Special” train, in what is to become known as The Great Train Robbery

August 28 Between 200,000 and 300,000 people take part in the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom’. During the march, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his historic “I Have a Dream” speech

November 22 John F. Kennedy is assassinated while riding with his wife Jacqueline in a Presidential motorcade 22nd October 1964 Divisional Education Officer voiced concerns January 11 United States Surgeon General that school understaffed for number of Luther Leonidas Terry releases the first report children. 65 pupils for 2 staff and 1 part-time. claiming that smoking may be hazardous to one’s health

August 13 Murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen are the last people to be executed in the United Kingdom 6th September 1965 73 children on roll. January 30 Sir Winston Churchill is buried in a 6 boys, 1 girl, accompanied by Headmaster state funeral 29th October 1965 and Vicar, left for weekend’s walking tour of the Lakes. 8 March 3,500 U.S. Marines are dispatched to South Vietnam, marking the beginning of the American ground war

5th September 1966 75 children on roll. July 30 England beats West Germany 4-2 to Jumble Sale in school raised £40 for a 16mm win the World Cup. The trophy was stolen in the 27th October 1966 film projector. run-up to the tournament but was found a week later by a dog named “Pickles”

May 6 'Moors murderers’ Ian Brody and Myra Hindley are jailed for life

May 16 Mao Zedong, chairman of the Communist Party of China, launches the Cultural Revolution 30th January 1967 Builders, Barratt and Sons of Cockerham, 3 December Christiaan Barnard performs the started new classroom (infants). first successful human-to-human heart 22nd May 1967 School visit to York visited the Railway transplant in Cape Town, South Africa Museum, the Castle Folk Museum and the Debtors’ Prison and then sailed up the river 28 May Francis Chicester becomes the first Ouse. person to sail single-handed around the world 3rd July 1967 Infants moved into new classroom. 4th September 1967 77 children on roll. June 27 The world’s first ATM is installed in Barclay’s Bank in Enfield Town, North London 1st. 5th 8th April 1968 Medical Officer in school. April 4 Martin Luther King is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, 9th September1968 Mr A. Webster commenced duty as sparking several days of riots Headmaster. 82 children on roll. Aug 21 Several thousand Soviet troops invade 17th October 1968 Mrs Ambrose and Mr Bishop HMIs in school to Czechoslovakia in reaction to the Prague query the possibility of further extensions if Spring numbers increase. October 17 African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos perform the Black power salute as they collect their Olympic gold and bronze medals for the 200 metre race.

5th March 1969 4th Year took Verbal Reasoning Tests. March 5 Gangland twins Ronald and Reginald Kray are given life sentences for murder. 14th April 1969 Football and skittleball rally held in Lancaster. One team of boys and one team of girls April 15-18 500,000 music fans travel to Bethel, attended. New York for Woodstock festival

26th June 1969 School Summer Fair opened by Mr and Mrs R June 30 The Nigerian government bans all Red Beetham. £110 raised for school funds. Cross aid to Biafra, leaving four million people facing starvation 22nd July 1969 Children form Class 1 attended Lunesdale Secondary School Sports. July 21 American astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the moon 7th September 89 children on roll. September 1 Muammar al Gaddafi and his 29th September 1969 The School Health Visitor, Mrs Storey, revolutionary army officers sieze power of Libya examined children for cleanliness. 100% from King Idris cleanliness reported. 81 children on roll. October 5 The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on the BBC

25th January 1970 Annual commemoration service in church for Jan 22-23 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its the opening of the new school. first commercial flight from New York to London, with Pan Am 7th September 1970 85 children on roll. 5th October 1970 School hand-bell ringers entertained at November 12 Bohla cyclone strikes Bangladesh Harvest Supper, Leck. and India’s West Bengal, killing between 300,000 and 500,000 people

January BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom

18th February 25th Medical inspections of new starters and February 15 The United Kingdom and Ireland February 1st March children leaving school this year. switch to decimal currency

26th March 1971 30 children from infant class with 3 teachers March 26 Sk. Mujibur Rahman declares the and the vicar attended presentation of the independence of East Pakistan (now ‘Tinder Box’ at Ripley St Thomas CE Bangladesh) Secondary School July 3 Jim Morrison, leader of The Doors is 19th April 1971 94 children on roll. found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France

16th September 1971 School dentist began two weeks treatment in December 2 Six Persian Gulf sheikdoms found caravan situated in school car park. the United Arab Emirates

3rd December 1971 56 junior children and all members of staff and the vicar went to St Martin’s College, Lancaster to see their presentation of ‘Red Riding Hood’.

20th April 1972 Meeting in school to discuss suggested Middle Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate School scheme for Lunesdale Secondary. Silver Wedding

30 Jan 26 unarmed civil rights protestors and bystanders are shot by members of the Britsh Army during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry. The incident later becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday’

17th June 1972 Scottish Country Dance in Hornby Institute in May 28 and June 17 Five men break into the aid of school funds. £18 raised. Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The burglaries commence the Watergate scandal. 5th September 1972 92 children on roll. September 5 Eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered when eight members of the Arab terrorist group Black September storm the Olympic Village

4th January 1972 School re-opened, 92 children on roll. Cheque January 4 The pilot episode of Last of the for £16.50 sent to National Institute for the Summer Wine, which became the longest- blind being the total collected over the holiday running TV comedy series in the world, is period. broadcast on BBC One

2nd February 1973 First meeting of school Tufty Club for instruction in Road Safety. March 17 Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the 17th March 1973 Football trial held to select a Lunesdale team Moon is released for rally to be held in Lancaster. April 3 Martin Cooper, Motorola engineer, 4th September 1973 76 children on roll. makes the first ever public mobile phone call in New York 14th November 1973 School holiday to commemorate the wedding City of H.R.H. Princess Anne and Captain Mark 14th November 1973 – Princess Anne married Phillips. Captain Mark Philips 21st November 1973 Football match versus Melling School .November 20 The Sydney Opera House is opened by Queen Elizabeth.

12th March Junior classes entertained Hornby Old Age March The Terracotta Army is discovered by Pensioners with singing, dancing and playing Chinese archeologists near the capital of Xi’an of musical instruments, 7.30p.m. Village Institute. August 8 U.S. President Richard Nixon delivers his resignation speech on national television 3rd September 1974 Mr. J.O. Allen commenced duty as following his involvement in covering up the Headmaster. 82 children on roll. Watergate scandal

8th October 1974 Dry photocopier purchased. September 23 Ceefax (one of the first public service information systems) is started by the BBC 30th April 1975 Wray School and Tatham Fells School joined 30 April The Vietnam war is ended as North our school in a rehearsal for the Festival Vietnamese troops take control of Saigon Concert.

4th September 1975 78 children on roll. 27th September 1975 13 children attended an art workshop at run by Tony Hart. 17th November 1975 Ten children from Class 1 took part in a November 15 The Group of Six or G6 (now the sponsored swim for the Alexandra Day Fund. G8) is formed 21st January 1976 Six students form St Martin’s College visited Jan 21 Concorde begins its first commercial school and worked with Class 1 during the flight morning. This will continue throughout the term. 4th March 1976 The school attended the ‘Sod-cutting Ceremony’ for the swimming pool at Lunesdale County Secondary at 3p.m.. 12th March 1976 First PTA Function – a Family Evening.

1st April 1976 One of the Australian Leaf Insect Eggs received last year and put in the tank with the April 1 Apple Computer Company is founded by recently acquired leaf insects has hatched. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

31st August 1976 75 children on roll. August 26 The first known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire 25th May 1977 Five candidates for the post of Headmaster May 25 The first Star Wars film is released visited school in the morning. The interviews were conducted at the Vicarage in the June 6 A week of celebrations begins for the afternoon. Mr R.G. Park was appointed. Queen’s Silver jubilee

August 16 Elvis Presley dies in his home in 6th September 1977 Mr R G Park commenced duty as Headmaster. Graceland. Two days later, 75,000 fans line the 77 children on roll. streets of Memphis for his funeral. 18th October 1977 Managers and staff agreed that children could start school at the beginning of the term in October 26 The last natural smallpox case is which they were five. discovered in Somalia leading the WHO and the CDC to name the date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox 21st July 1978 School closed at 3.30p.m. for the Summer 25 July Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first test Holiday. Eleven children left for secondary tube baby, is born in Oldham, Greater schools in September : Manchester Three to Lunesdale Secondary School Three to Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School Three to Lancaster Royal Grammar School Two to Ripley St Thomas C.E. Secondary School

5th September 1978 80 children on roll. Electric fire alarm system installed. 29th November 1978 Hearing tests held in school – afternoon. Nov 29 918 members of American cult, the People’s Temple, are found dead from cyanide poisoning at the Jonestown commune in Guyana. A note left by cult leader Jim Jones explains the deaths as suicides but survivors claim that he forced the group to drink a soft drink laced with the poison 16th January 1979 Managers’ Meeting in school at 4p.m.. January 8 Vietnamese regular forces take control of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime and ending four years of genocide

January 16 The Shah of Iran is driven into exile by supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini following a mass protest by millions of Iranians across a number of cities. On February 1 Khomeini returns to Iran after 14 years of exile. 28th March 1979 County-wide 9+ Assessment for selected pupils. March 26 Egypt and Israel sign a peace treaty

March 28 A partial meltdown of the reactor core 28th April 1979 PTA held a ‘Hornby Dinky Train Swap Meet’. at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating All day in the Institute. Dealers and buyers Station, Pennsylvania, releases a significant came form all parts of the country. Over 600 amount of radioactivity into the surrounding people visited. £130 raised for the PTA. environment, causing national panic.

3rd May 1979 School was closed as it was the local Polling May 4 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first Station for the General Election and elections to the District Council. female Prime Minister

4th September 1979 78 children on roll. August 27 Lord Mountbatten is killed in by an IRA bomb

21st April 1980 Education No. 2 Bill means that school milk is April 17 Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe as no longer provided for Primary Schools except Britain’s last African colony gains independence on the recommendation of the School Medical Officer. No children qualify. April 24 San Francisco resident Ken Horne 24th April 1980 A Lancaster Policeman came to talk to the becomes the first AIDS case in the United children about the work of the Police. States to be recognised at the time

May 5 The SAS storm the terrorist-occupied 5th May 1980 School closed for MAY DAY this being the first Iranian embassy in London, killing four of the Monday in May. five terrorists and rescuing the 19 surviving 2nd. September 1980 78 children on roll. hostages 24th September 1980 10p. charge introduced for every child who attends swimming. Local schools disagreed July 19 – August 3 The United States and 64 so no swimming during school time. other countries boycott the Moscow Summer 28th October 1980 Parents willing to pay 10p session charge so Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of swimming re-started. Afghanistan

9th December 1980 Infant class assembly. December 8 John Lennon is shot dead outside his New York home by 25-year-old Mark Chapman 13th May1981 Headmaster visited Blackpool College of May 13 Pope John Paul II is nearly killed by Technology for computer course. Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca

2nd September 1981 77 children on roll. July 29 700 million TV viewers worldwide watch Prince Charles marry Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral 2nd April 1982 The Headmaster out 10.00 – 12.oo to receive April 2 Argentinean troops invade and capture cheque as treasurer of the Lancaster and the Falkland Islands sparking 74 days of conflict District Music Festival Association form Mr before British forces regain control Briggs the Member Relations Officer of the Greater Lancastria Co-operative Society.(£100)

14th May 1982 Lectern dedicated to the memory of Nicholas Wood and David Metcalfe. 7th September 1982 75 children on roll. 6 June The first Lebanon War begins as Israel Defense Forces invade Lebanon 18th April 1983 Mr B.G. Wood commenced duty as Headmaster. 80 children on roll. September 25 38 Irish republican prisoners, 19th September 1983 WPC Coates visited the school to talk to each armed with six handguns, escape from Maze class about ‘Safety on the Roads and in the Prison in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is Home’. the biggest prison escape in British history 28th – 30th March Mrs Bullivant, Mr Wood and 21 pupils visited 1984 London. Visited Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Houses of Parliament, Tower of London including Crown Jewels, St Paul’s Cathedral, Barbican Centre, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Planetarium, Madame Tussauds. Everyone returned to Hornby very tired but very happy! 4th September 1984 67 children on roll. October 12 Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet 10th October 1984 Mrs Keeling from the Centre for Educational are the victims of an IRA assassination attempt Zoology visited the school at 2p.m.. She when the hotel in which they are staying for the brought along various species for the children Conservative Party conference is bombed. 5 to look at. people are killed but the Prime Minister and her ministers survive 12th March 1985 The school performed a programme of music, 1 January The first British mobile phone call is singing and poetry for Hornby Senior Citizens made (by Ernie Wise to Vodafone). and about 30 people attended. 12th July 1985 The Annual Summer Fair was held in school. July 13 Bob Geldof’s dual-venue Live Aid concert Due to the poor weather all stalls and raises £30m for African famine victims sideshows were held indoors. Despite this it was a very successful and enjoyable event.The fair was opened by the Rev. H. Kellett and over £250 was raised for school funds. 3rd September 1985 71 pupils on roll 28th January 1986 Class 1 Assembly in school. Parents invited. January 28 The American space shuttle 19th March 1986 Mr Wood and group of pupils planted five trees Challenger explodes seconds after lift-off, killing opposite Farleton Lane End. its crew of seven

21st April 1986 Dental Inspection 9.30a.m.. 26 April One of four nuclear reactors at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explodes, sending a cloud of radioactive fallout into the 23rd June 1986 The annual school sports were held on the atmosphere, which affects large areas of school field at 1.30p.m.. The Rev. P. Europe Woodman presented both the team trophy and relay cup to Yellow Team which was the first 22 June Argentina beats England 2-1 to win the time they had won either in living memory. World Cup, aided by Maradonna’s 'Hand of God’ September 1986 57 pupils on roll. 5th May1987 Governors’ sub-committee met to discuss 19 Oct Stock markets around the world crash publication of first ever Annual Report to and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA) Parents. drops by 508 points on the day referred to as 2nd September 1987 59 pupils on roll. Black Monday.

5th November 1987 School visit to Grand Theatre, Blackpool to see Nov 8 An IRA bombs kills eleven people and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour injures 63 in the northern Irish town of Dreamcoat’. Enniskillen as they assemble for the annual Remembrance Day parade 9th December 1987 Dress rehearsal in church for Christmas service. Dec 8 President Reagan and Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, sign the first ever treaty to cut the size of their nuclear arsenals. 25th January 1988 D. Jolly HMI in school to discuss in-service and clustering of small schools. 25 March 10,000 protestors take part in the 25th March 1988 Class 1 museum visit, ‘Health in History’. In peaceful Candle Demonstration in Bratislava, afternoon a presentation to Mrs Carter (School protesting against the communist regime in 26th May 1988 Cook) on the occasion of her retirement. Gifts Czechoslovakia. from school and L.E.A., ex-staff, governors and D.E.O. reps in attendance.

16th May 1988 Meeting with Rev. Woodman and J.Scott re May 15 After more than 8 years of fighting, Heads/Governors relationships, Soviet forces begin withdrawing from communications, finances etc.. Afghanistan.

2nd – 6th July 1988 School Concert Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

1st September 1988 Photographic Exhibition to celebrate 25 years of education in this building. 21 December Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over 61 pupils on roll. the Scottish town of Lockerbie, Dumfries and 21st December 1988 In-service Day. Mr Wood, Mrs Ingleby, Mrs Galloway and kills a total of 270 people - Bullivant in school for pupil profiles and record including all 259 who were on board. It is keeping update believed that the cause of the explosion was a terrorist bomb. 12th June 1989 Class1 visit to Blackburn Cathedral for schools’ June Troops and tanks from the People’s service at 10.30a.m.. Shared coach with Liberation Army open fire on protestors in Halton C.E. Tiananmen Square, Beijing, killing 5th September 1989 70 pupils on roll. approximately 400-800 people 6th November 1989 Annual Meeting of Parents to comment on Governors’ Annual Report. November 9 After separating East and West 17th December 1989 School Presentation Service in church – ‘The Germany for 28 years, the Berlin Wall falls. Innkeeper’s Tale’.

19th July 1990 Mrs Bullivant retired – she had taught in the February 11 Nelson Mandela is released from school for 24 years. Victor Verster Prison after more than 27 years School re-decorated during summer holidays. in prison.

4th September 1990 58 pupils on roll. August 2 Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, marking the beginning of the Gulf War.

25 December British engineer and computer scientist, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, perfects his invention; the World Wide Web. 15th March 1991 Comic Relief Day. £367 raised. March 14 The Birmingham Six are released after 16 years of wrongful imprisonment 29th June 1991 Start of Hornby Village Festival Week. Procession of floats through village to Primary June 17 The South African Parliament repeals School Field. PTA float won 1st prize for their the Population Registration Act, which had entry ‘Old Macdonald’s Farm’. required South Africans to be racially classified 3rd September 1991 62 pupils on roll. at birth.

December 26 The Soviet Union is formally dissolved 17th July 1992 The first presentation of the ‘Bill Los Award’ April 5 The Assembly of Bosnia and was made to Aidan O’Donnell. This award is Herzegovina declares independence from the in the form of a shield and is to be awarded Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, each year to a pupil who has shown sporting leading to the Bosnian War. achievement.

17th January 1993 Commemoration Service held at St. Margaret’s Church at 10.30a.m.. This was followed by a lunch in the Institute to commemorate 30 years teaching in the present school. Proceeds raised were for the establishment of the Governors’ Funds.

5th October 1993 B G Wood and Mrs Batty (school clerk) attended computer administration training at Westfield Centre, Leyland. Received computer October 5 China performs a nuclear test, hardware for administration and budget ending the worldwide de facto moratorium. control.

1st November 1993 District Teacher Day. November 1 The European Union is formally established when the Maastricht Treaty takes effect. 1994 Mrs Batty (school clerk) and Mrs Ferrington January 14 U.S. President Bill Clinton and 25th March 1994 (kitchen assistant and welfare) retired today Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the after 27 and 25 years service respectively. Kremlin Accords, stopping the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles toward each country.

25th April 1994 Induction of Rev. Iain Rennie at St Margaret’s 27 April The first fully multiracial South African Church, 7.30p.m.. general election is held, marking the end of apartheid. 9th – 13th May 1994 Cycling Proficiency Training May 6 After seven years of construction, the 19th July 1994 The achievement trophy (a new award given to Channel Tunnel opens. the school by Mrs Julie Miller in memory of her mother) was presented to Sophie Conner. May 10 Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president. 21st December 1994 Mr B G Wood completed his duties as Headteacher at Hornby after 11years and two terms. January 1995 Mrs Lindsay Kennedy began as Headteacher October 3 O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. He later penned a book called If I Did It, in which he puts forth a hypothetical description of the murders September1996 73 pupils on roll. March 13 Unemployed Thomas Hamilton opens Anne Blackwell in school as Acting fire on Dunblane Primary School in Scotland, Headteacher. killing 16 pupils and one teacher, before November 1996 Portakabin tidied to make a ‘Group Room’, committing suicide desks stacked and partitioned with Infant Wendy House Screen!! June 10 Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin

July 5 Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland 1997 School’s first OFSTED inspection. 31 August Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al-Fayed are killed in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel in Paris.

June 30 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is released by Bloomsbury Publishing

July 10 British scientists report that their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton support the out of Africa theory of human evolution.

5 September Mother Teresa dies 1st January1998 Mrs Nadine Scott took over the Headship. August 2 San Luis Obispo, California becomes 69 children on roll. the first municipality in the world to ban smoking Mr Barry Jones HMI visited school to discuss in all public buildings, including bars and the school’s development since OFSTED. restaurants 3rd June1998 New football kit donated by Toll House Services. August 15 A Real IRA car bomb kills 29 people 2nd September 1998 75 children on roll. and injures over 200 in Omagh, Northern 4th December 1998 Mrs Towers of Hornby Butchers donated track Ireland suits for the football team. They were presented by Dennis and Sarah Towers. September 4 Google is founded by Sergey M. Brin and Lawrence E. Page 28 June1999 Small school cluster swimming gala won by January 1 The euro is introduced as an Hornby Primary School. accounting currency to the world financial 16 July 1999 Successful summer concert with a theme markets ‘Summer Holidays’ raise £100 for a keyboard. December 1999 New classroom cupboards fitted and some August 11 A total solar eclipse occurs which is electrical re-wiring carried out over Christmas probably the most-viewed in human history. holidays.

10th March 2000 Trees planted to border car park and to A new millennium provide shade. Funded by PTA and Yorkshire Bank. January 1 The Millennium Dome opens its doors to the public for one year

13th March 2000 Nadine Scott (Headteacher) and Rose Roberts March 12 Pope John Paul II apologises for past (Parent) represented the school at a wrongdoings by members of the Roman presentation at Church House, Westminster, Catholic Church London after being awarded a sum of money in the ‘Safe and Sound Challenge’..£500 has been given to develop walking to school.

5th April 2000 Pupils were runners-up in the District final of the library quiz.

2nd April 2000 Group of juniors sang at St Martin’s College. They sang to a very high standard and were congratulated by the composer, Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies.

13th – 15th June 2000 OFSTED Inspection. The inspecting team were themselves inspected on the last day.

4th September 2000 67 children on roll. 2001 Disinfectant foot baths in use during epidemic Foot and Mouth Epidemic in UK at school. January 15 Online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, 15th – 17th June 2001 Class 3 accompanied by Mrs Scott and Mr R launches Smith (governor) and with children from Melling, Wray and Yealand spent the weekend September 11 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four on an outdoor education weekend in Dalguise, commercial airliners en route to Los Angeles Scotland. and San Francisco. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 are flown into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New 12th September 2001 11+ classes began for Year 6 children taken York, American Airlines Flight 77 is flown into by Mrs Scott. the Pentagon in Washington, and United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into grassland in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to regain control from the hijackers.

October 7 The United States invades 6th October 2001 PTA Jumble Sale held. Afghanistan, with participation from the British Armed Forces, in response to the September 11 attacks. The invasion marks the beginning of the current, ongoing war in Afghanistan. 1st – 3rd June 2002 School grounds used by Hornby Village Trust April 9 The funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations. Queen Mother takes place in Westminster Abbey 14th June 2002 Class 3’s team in the Home Safety Quiz were the overall area winners. Well done to the June 3 The Party in the Palace takes place at team – Jenny Bates, Shelley Torch, William Buckingham Palace, London for Queen Roberts and Craig Ablett. Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee celebrations

2nd. September 2002 71 pupils on roll.

17th October 2002 CRB clearances now required by volunteers in school. 20th January 2003 Portakabin pushed across grass to be used as workmen’s shelter. The foundations of the new classroom were begun. March 19 U.S. and allied forces invade Iraq, beginning the Iraq War 19th March 2003 N. Scott and Rev I Rennie discussed school’s accessibility plan.

28th April 2003 School returned to be able to use a re- modelled school thanks to the toleration by Class 3 of noise, dirt, cold and clutter over the last term. Thanks to Staff, Governors and Parents the rooms were ready for use. December 13 Saddam Hussein is captured by 10th July 2003 Service of Dedication held for new classroom. US forces at a farmhouse in ad-Dawr

16th September 2004 School is to be part of National PE Strategy February 3 The CIA admits that there was no with a link to Heysham High School through imminent threat from weapons of mass Hornby High School. destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

4th February 2004 Presentation of Prizes for ‘Walk-to-School February 4 Facebook is founded by Mark Competition were made. Zuckerberg

11th- 13th October Years 5 and 6 on residential at Hothersall September 2 A law banning religious items and 2004 Lodge, a good mix of outdoor activities and clothing from schools in France comes into river studies. effect

December 26 Around 230,000 people in fourteen countries are killed as the Boxing Day Tsunami sends waves of up to 30 meters in height crashing into coasting communities February 2005 Mrs N Scott selected by British Council to be a member of a group of ten Headteachers to visit small schools in New Zealand over two weeks leaving on 4th March.

6th April 2005 Water risk assessment carried out in advance of regular water testing for Legionnaire’s Disease.

4th May 2005 A sea of crosses planted under the trees at the July 7 52 people are killed and over 700 injured front of school to commemorate 60th when al-Qaeda-associated militants detonate Anniversary of VE Day. four bombs in London, three on the London Underground and one on a bus 7th July 2005 Class 2 held a cake sale in aid of a goat for a Kenyan family. July 24 Lance Armstrong makes history by winning the Tour de France for a seventh consecutive time 17th March 2006 Years 2-6 had an exciting visit to Liverpool Football Club with thanks to Simon Hawkins (parent) for arranging this.

12th May 2006 Reception and Year 1 visited Fleetwood Museum for a themed visit entitled ‘Victorian Seaside Holidays’.

21st/ 22nd June 2006 OFSTED Inspection.

12th /13th July 2006 Two days of physical activity, all the pupils were involved in tri-golf, bowls, cheerleading, dance sessions and sports day. July 12 Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli 4th September 2006 Reduction to two classes implemented soldiers and killing three. Two days later, because of falling roll. Reception and Key Hezbollah declares war against Israel Stage 1 as one class continues and all of Key Stage 2 in one class. November 5 Saddam Hussein is sentenced by the Iraqi Special Tribunal to death by hanging. 6th November 2006 French lessons commenced for Key Stage 1 His execution takes place on December 30 in children. Blackburn Rovers provided football Kadhimiya at Iraqi army base, Camp Justice training for Years 3 and 4. 7th July 2007 A very successful concert held in church. May 3 Madeleine McCann disappears Reception and Years 1 and 2 performed a prompting a worldwide search, which is series of short playlets with a moral. Keystage continued today by her family. 2 pupils performed a play about slavery that was written by pupils in Years 5 and 6. Freedom songs with some percussion work were performed between scenes. July 21 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 23rd July 2007 N. Scott and I. Rennie met with J. Heskine to the final book in the series, is released and sells look at further plans for disabled toilets and HT over 11 million copies in the first 24 hours, office. making it the fastest selling book in history

August 2007 Display of artwork from school in the Institute.

3rd September 2007 45 children on roll. 21st January 2008 Air Ambulance collected bags of clothing from January 21 Stock markets around the world school. The money raised will boost PTA crash amid growing fears of a global recession funds. February 22 Northern Rock becomes the first 18th March 2008 Three separate sessions (depending on age of bank in Europe to be taken into public pupils) held on inappropriate use of internet. ownership These were run by Kidsafe. The older children also looked at film classifications and proper use of mobile phones.

30th April 2008 N. Scott met with Mr Kerry Stafford-Roberts to discuss possible Headteacher collaboration with Leck St Peter’s.

July 2008 Mrs N P Scott completed her duties as Headteacher at Hornby St Margaret’s after 10years and two terms.

September 2008 Mr Kerry Stafford-Roberts appointed as Headteacher in collaboration with Leck St Peter’s Primary School. Miss Stephenson starts as teacher in the Junior class

2009 January 20 Senator Barack Obama is inaugurated as the United States of America’s February Concert in school in aid of Royal National first African American President Lifeboat Institute. June 25 Michael Jackson dies of a cardiac March Juniors Trip to Liverpool arrest, prompting worldwide mourning from Juniors take part in Music Festival at Ashton fans. Hall, Lancaster August 16 Usain Bolt sets a new World Record May Ofsted Inspection of 9.58 seconds for the Men’s 100m at the Berlin World Championships. Entered Scarecrow Festival – Theme Cartoon Time, came 2nd with the Simpsons August 31 Following the withdrawal of British troops from June onwards and withdrawal of the June PTA Summer Fair raised over £250 last U.S. combat brigades on August 19, Years 5 & 6 pupils went on residential to Obama announces the end of Operation Iraqi Scotland with Leck, Melling & Wray Schools Freedom, bringing the war to a close

July End of year school trip to Grizedale Forest Mrs Elizabeth Harris retires as school secretary after 15years

September Mrs Catherine Sharpe starts as School Administrator Macmillan Coffee Morning raised over £500

October Water Aid Assembly – to raise money for world’s poorest people to gain access to safe water.

November Juniors trip to Bolton Museum 6 aside Junior Football Competition at Wray Children in Need Mufti Day PTA Christmas Fair

December Fencing Competition at Caton Primary School Christmas Production – Jesus’ Christmas Party Carols in School Hall

2010 January 12 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake kills over 230,000 people in Haiti. February Christingle Service in Church Mufti Day for Haiti raised over £80 January 29 Tony Blair appears in front of the Parents help morning panel at the Chilcott Inquiry to face questions Big School Birdwatch Week over his role in taking Britain into the Iraq war. He claims he has “no regrets” about removing March Dressed up for World Book Day Saddam Hussein. Infants took part in Wallace & Gromit Music Festival at , Lancaster April 14 A volcanic ash cloud from beneath Juniors visit Lancaster Maritime Museum Eyjafjallajökull ice cap in Iceland begins to LEAP Go-Karting Event at Wennington Hall disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe. The disruption will last for over a month May 4 year 6 girls took part in a Blue Peter Event at and leave millions of passengers stranded Wray Scarecrow Festival. Entered the Scarecrow with ‘Finding Nemo’ August 5 – October 13 Following a cave-in at the San José copper-gold mine in Chile, 33 miners survive underground for a record 69 June All Juniors went to Arnside for a 3 day days residential Hornby Cat & Rat Festival, pupils took part in November 13 Burmese opposition politician the parade Aung San Suu Kyi is released after almost 15 years of house arrest. July Yr 4 residential at Wennington Hall End of year production ‘ Jonah Man Jazz’

September School reopened with a new entrance foyer, office for the Bursar and separate office for Headteacher

November Mrs Toye retired from school

The Infants joined with other schools at Caton to give a music performance

December The PTA Christmas Fair raised £618

The whole school travelled to the Brewery arts centre in Kendal to watch a performance 2011 11February The resignation of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, led the news. January The Upper Juniors started cycle training His departure came after weeks of protest in Cairo and other cities across the country. A PTA Jacobs join was held at the institute 22 February A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit March Parents meetings were held in school Christchurch, New Zealand.

April Year 4 children spent a night away at 11th March Japan's most powerful earthquake Wennington Hall school since records began struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. A street party was held to celebrate the wedding of William and Kate 29 April Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in London's Westminster Abbey. June The Upper Juniors went to Barcaple in Scotland for their residential visit 2 May Osama Bin Laden's death at the hands of US forces was announced by President July The whole school went to Dalton Zoo for their Barack Obama. Bin Laden is believed to have end of year trip ordered the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. 8 children left year 6; 2 to grammar schools, 3 to Dallam, 2 to QES and 1 to Ripley. Mrs 23 July The singer Amy Winehouse was Rachel Thomas finished as Infant teacher found dead at her north London home, aged 27. Later in the year, a coroner reported that the September Miss Angela Farrington started teaching in the singer had died as a result of drinking too much Infant class and Mrs Karen Bryant started on a alcohol. temporary basis teaching the Juniors during Miss Stephenson’s maternity leave 9 August Rioting unexpectedly broke out in Tottenham, north London, on 6 August, before A coffee morning was held to raise funds for the violence spread to other cities, including Macmillan cancer relief Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Bristol over the next few days. November Ofsted carried out an inspection over two days. Also taking place was the church inspection. 20 October The Libyan ruler Colonel Gaddafi School graded as good. was killed, as his hometown of Sirte was overrun by the forces of the National December A Christmas performance was held in school Transitional Council. for 100 parents and friends.

2012

January Year 4 children started a series of afternoon workshops at LRGS called Inpirus.

February Mr Stafford-Roberts ran a heartstart course for parents HRH Prince Edward visited school to launch the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Year in Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The infants held their assembly for parents and school closed for half term

A new scout troop started meeting in the school hall

April The Rev. Michael Hampson started. Miss Stephenson returned from maternity leave

May School won second place in the Wray scarecrow festival

June The Infant children took part in a gymnastics afternoon

A diamond Jubilee church service was held with children speaking and singing at the service

The Juniors went on their three day residential to Malham Youth Hostel

July The Juniors travelled to LRGS to take part in an Olympics sports afternoon and won four London Olympics and Paralympics gold trophies.

The whole school had a trip to Grizedale Forest where they enjoyed activities led by the forest rangers

Junior children visit Slaidburn as part of the RSPB focus on Hen Harriers

6 girls left Year 6; 5 to QES and 1 to LGGS

September 43 children started on roll

22nd September 50th Anniversary celebrations at school; photos displayed, time capsule buried, fused glass windows dedicated by Bishop of Lancaster