PRIORY POST Summer 2011
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PRIORY POST Summer 2011 Little Shop of Horrors Production In This Issue..... Technology Day 2 The stage at Priory lit up this summer with fabulous performances from many of our talented students, and a giant plant! Little Shop of Horrors was a roaring success Year 7 Geography Trip & Driving with our audiences who loved the acting of Elliot Hollick as Seymour, the singing of Lessons 3 our two Audreys, Amelia Smith and Jodie Cartwright, the grumpy and stressed out Meymac Visit 4 Mushnik played by Liam Kitchen, the sassy attitudes of Ronnette, Chiffon and Crystal played by Georgia Walker, Gabriella Simons and Jodi Swift and the Year 7 Super learning Day & Coniston terrifying nature of Ross Docherty as Orin the dentist. The chorus, band, tech. team Charity Run 5 and backstage crew were tremendous and truly helped the show come alive with a London Trip 6 little help from the enormous props in the shape of the Audrey II plants which were ably manipulated as hand puppets and then with a series of levers and pulleys by Spacesport & Paris Trips 7 Tom Carter and Mr. D. Simm and the voice of Mr. Taylor. Congratulations to all Year 11 Leavers Prom 8 & 9 involved and many thanks to the myriad of helpers, staff and pupils who made such a superb show happen. Steam & Science Clubs 9 Festival of Sport 10 Camelot Trip & Yr 8 Community Day 11 Budding Master Chefs 12 & 13 PTFA Update & Farewell Miss Wallace 13 Year 10 Mock Interviews & Work Experience 14 & 15 Sports Activities with Primary Schools 16 Sporting News 17, 18 & 19 MP Visits Priory 19 School Holiday List & Priory Mascot 20 Priory Staff Leaving 21 Inter-House Quiz 22 Comic Relief Photos 23 Year 8 Super Learning Day & New Catering Company 24 Priory Makes New Nature Reserve Sign On Friday 15th July the Mayor of Penwortham, Councillor Leonard Read and Deputy Head Boy Ed Duckworth unveiled the new sign for Priory Meadow next to the school. The sign was made by Mr. Tindsley and Mr. Milne from the Technology Department and presented to members of PENCON, Penwortham Nature Conservation Group members Peter Smith and Geoff Wilkinson. The other Head prefects Saber L'Bekkari, Afeefah Ali and Eva Siwiak-Jaszek joined Ed as representatives of the students from the school along with Mr. Hourigan. Penwortham Town Council was represented by Michael Cronin, Democratic Services Manager and Steven Caswell, Town Manager. Other members of PENCON and members of the public who use the meadow joined us for refreshments afterwards in the Technology Block. Priory Sports & Technology College, Crow Hills Road, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs., PR1 0JE Tel: 0844 477 1818 Priory Post - Summer 2011 Priory Post - Summer 2011 Technology Day Over 150 students from local primary schools attended the 'Formula 1' themed Technology sessions held on Tuesday 5th March. Working on a range of projects with a wide variety of materials, our visitors spent 2 hours learning new skills before gathering to hear short presentations about the work completed by other groups. A personalised vacuum formed body shell manufactured for the Scalextric chassis, being assembled by a second group, was then used and raced on one of the tracks available for students. In textiles, sublimation printing was added to the traditional chequered flag and a banner manufactured for the school. Food technology afforded the opportunity for students to manufacture a racing themed snack in the 'Pit Stop' area. A further activity saw stored energy vehicles being manufactured. A great time was had by all and we look forward to working with all the schools in the near future. Mr King - Off To Africa External Music Examinations 2011 I have been asked to share a little about my trip to Africa this During this year, some of our pupils have been entered for September. As some of you might know, I visited Mozambique external examinations in Music and the results are as follows: in the summer holidays of 2006 with my wife, Bev, and daughter, Gemma. This September, Bev and I will be returning Zahra Ali - Grade 1 Guitar – Pass with merit for a 3 month training school taking place in Mozambique. We will be joining the school to learn how to live and work amongst Lewis Moring – Grade 5 Trumpet – Pass the orphans there and how best to serve them. We will be working with other people from all over the world who are keen Peter Nye – Grade 5 Theory of Music – Pass to work in this desperately poor nation. As part of our time in Mozambique, we Congratulations to all three of these pupils. will be working day to day with orphaned children offering our love and support. We plan to return to England for Christmas and On Sunday 3rd July pupils, parents, staff and friends joined together to make "Team Priory" and took part in the 5K Race for Life in Preston running, jogging and walking to then hopefully raise awareness fly back out to and funds for Africa in the New Cancer Year. We hope to Research. It was keep in touch a great day and with Priory and between us we let everyone hope to raise know how we over £1000 in are getting on. sponsorship. Page 2 Page 3 Priory Post - Summer 2011 Priory Post - Summer 2011 YEAR 7 GEOGRAPHY TRIP TO BEACON FELL AUTHOR VIST TO PRIORY On Tuesday 19th July Ruth Eastham, author of 'The Memory Cage' came to Priory to work with a group of our students in English. The pupils took part in a question and answer session, a creative writing session and, following lunch, a workshop session with pupils from Penwortham County Primary where Priory students did some paired reading tasks with the younger pupils. On Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd June, Year 7 went on their visit to Beacon Fell Country Park. After a talk by the Ranger, they went on a walk around the fell Priory Driving Lessons looking at the views of Lancashire and the Lake District. In the afternoon they were able to complete the orienteering trails around the forest with one group managing On the 3rd, 4th and 5th May 24 excited to finish 5 different courses. students took part in our annual driving lessons for achieving 100 merits. Once again we were joined by our regular drivers from BSM. The students had an introduction to the controls of the cars and they were ready to start. Students mastered the basic driving skill of going in a straight line without too many incidents and it was full steam ahead. Throughout the morning students were taught to drive through cones, reverse,carry out three point turns and emergency stops without stalling. All students who participated over the three days are Learning Excellence Award now looking forward to turning 17 and being allowed out onto the open Over the last eighteen months we've been doing some research into pupils' self- road. We look forward to arranging this esteem and its links to improvement in attainment. Working with small groups of event for our forthcoming Year 11's. female students, we've been able to see the effects of positive intervention. In recognition of the school's work in this area, we were awarded a Learning Excellence Award for Good Practice by Lancashire County Council and hope to further develop our work to help even more youngsters in the coming school year. Page 2 Page 3 Priory Post - Summer 2011 Priory Post - Summer 2011 Meymac 2011 finished our lake time with a relay race involving body boards, canoes and kayaks. On Thursday 19th May, our party of 29 pupils, 5 former pupils and 3 staff set off for Club Correze, an activity centre Evening activities included a treasure hunt and a karaoke close to Meymac, a village 2500 feet above sea level, in the session which gave the opportunity for us to try out our beautiful Massif Central region of lower-central France. A singing talent as our friends cheered us on. This produced midnight ferry followed by a 12 hour drive down France one or two memorable performances, it must be said. meant we were all less than fresh when we arrived at around The final day also gave many of us the chance to go on a 12-30pm on the Friday. bike ride around the area to see exactly how beautiful this Following lunch we were straight into the afternoon's part of the world is and also allowed us to use up any energy activities of shooting, archery, climbing and fencing then in we had left. the evening headed to a local wood to play 'hunt the flag'. We boarded the coach at teatime on Monday and set off Speaking of flags, we were all somewhat flagging about this back to England. time and were grateful for a good night's sleep before a memorable Saturday. The children filled in diaries to keep a record of their adventures and, along with some great memories to take We all approached Saturday with renewed gusto and set off away with them, they also learnt some French. Every single for Chateau du Val, a fairytale castle on a lake near Meymac. one of Priory's pupils was a credit to their school, It was here we did the high-rope walking, high up in the themselves and their country and the enthusiasm, team trees looking down on a stunning setting. Our instructor, spirit and willingness to try new things were made us, as Michel was formerly trained in the French Foreign Legion so teachers, extremely proud.