AMS, YOUR FUTURE E R DRE , OUR CHALLENG YOU News Round Up Issue Feb 14 www.blaconhighschool.net Balloon Release Parent and local resident, Lee Challinor, organised a balloon release from all the local schools to raise more money to pay for defibrillators in our local schools. Blacon High School hosted this event which was supported by SADS UK. The rain finally stopped long enough for pupils to release their balloons at around 2.15pm and the high winds did the rest! One lucky winner will receive a prize of £100 for the balloon name tag that travelled furthest. This one event has raised over £2,000 - now all the schools in Blacon will have defibrillators on site. Mr Challinor is continuing to raise more funds so that all key sites in Blacon have this potentially life-saving equipment. W hat makes me Smile? Blacon schools took part in a Short Story and Poetry Competition sponsored by Smile Fostering and Adoption Services at Cheshire West and Chester Council. Groups of students worked on their stories/poems over a number of weeks and the winning entries have been included in a glossy brochure produced by the council. The Awards Evening took place on Tuesday, 11 February in our school hall. The prize winners and their families were joined by the Lord Mayor of Chester, Cllr Jill Houlbrook, the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Rachel Walker and Cllr Reggie Jones with Luke Bailey (actor from Casualty and Waterloo Road) making the presentations. We are delighted that Bethany Irvine won the Key Stage 3 award with Jake Sconce as runner up. Summer Smith also had her story published in the brochure and a number of our students were given ‘task and finish’ gifts for helping to design the competition. All the students working on the project have received certificates to acknowledge their contributions. AMS, YOUR FUTURE E R DRE , OUR CHALLENG YOU PSHE Ice Cream Project Year 7 and 8 PSHE students have been working on a ‘going for goals’ enterprise activity. Teams of students worked on the ice cream project to produce a brand name, a market research mind map, a product colour drawing and name, a slogan and poster and then ‘pitched’ their product to their tutor group and year group. Each tutor group then selected one team to present their idea to members of the Senior Leadership Team during an assembly. Well done to the winning tutor groups 7.3 (Abbie Lloyd, Chloe Brisbane and Sophie Jones) and 8.4 (Chloe Parry, Courtney Wootton, Layla Garland, Charlie Grant, Kelly Shone and Jessica Crabbe.) As a reward for their hard work, confident and winning presentations they will be visiting the Cheshire Ice Cream Farm on Thursday, 13 March. Ice Cream Project Winners Upcoming Events 05.03.14 - Year 10 PSHE Day 05.03.14 - PE Reward trip to Wembley Stadium 06.03.14 - Year 8 Options and Target Setting Evening 12.03.14 - Year 9 PSHE day Year 7 Mentoring 6 students from the University of 13.03.14 - PSHE Reward trip to Cheshire Ice Cream Farm Chester have been selected to mentor our Year 7 students. The 13.03.14 - Year 9 Science Trip to Birmingham mentors will pass on their valuable experience of coping with homework, revision techniques 28.03.14 - Year 10 English Reward trip to watch Romeo & Juliet and how to research career choices and further education, 28.03.14 - Girls PE Reward trip to watch BGC in Liverpool encouraging them to aim high! 03.04.14 - Year 7 Insight Evening The mentors will also report on how well our Year 7 students are 04.04.14 - School closes for Spring Break – Friday settling into secondary education which will assist further transition work with our partner primary To view more please click on the buttons below schools. Home More Full Contact Page News Calender Us.