Penwortham Post July 2012 Penwortham Girls’ High School Pupils Sweep the Board at the South Ribble Annual Sports Awards GHS pupils came away with 3 awards at this year’s South Ribble Sports Awards Welcome to PEvening. the Summer The event, attended by the Mayor and Mayoress edition of the of South Ribble, was held at the Civic Centre, Penwortham Post. Leyland Emily Wells (year 10) won the Young Leader of here is always plenty to celebrate the Year Award. Emily coaches the year 7 netball in our termly newsletter, but and rounders teams. She is an exceptional leader Tthis is probably our biggest and freely gives of her time to help other pupils edition to date! It is hard to believe enjoy sport and improve. that I have almost completed my first year as Headteacher at Penwortham Katie Lee (year JORDAN BALAZS EMILY WELLS 10) was awarded Girls’. It has been an extremely busy runner-up in The Year 10 Nationals Netball Squad won the year, but one I have enjoyed immensely. the Rising Star Junior Team of the Year Award. The team are As this newsletter demonstrates, there category. undefeated, for the past 4 years , in the South have been a lot of successes, but with Ribble Schools Netball League and Tournaments. Katie has been Ofsted’s excellent report and our selected for the They have been crowned Lancashire Champions U’17 England for the past 2 years and this year made it through continuous drive for improvement, we Netball Squad to the North West Round of the Nationals hope next year will be even better. and also plays Tournament, finishing in the top 5. Captain: for Northern Jordan Balazs, Vice-Captain: Katie Lee; Louise I hope you have an Thunder U’19’s. Anderson, Nikki Hayes, Jenny Higham, Abbie enjoyable, relaxing She travels Kitcher, Georgia Mayor and Emily Oliver. and safe summer the length and breadth of the and I look forward country to train Katie Lee features in the lead article on the front page to seeing you in the and play. of the council’s website www.southribble.gov.uk, Autumn Term. along with her picture, with a group of children from KATIE LEE Penwortham County Primary School. www.penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk 1 Successful first Year Year 11 Valedictory I would like to offer my congratulations and thanks to Year 7 for a successful first year here at Penwortham Girls’ he Year 11s said their goodbyes High School. There have been some outstanding efforts in style this year with their and achievements in evidence and I am sure those of you farewell Prom at The Pines Hotel who have received congratulations letters for your reports T in Chorley. are proud of this. Many merits have been awarded, Form representatives have been supportive, sporting successes hotly contested and a wide range of extra curricular Arriving in some amazing ways: from activities enjoyed. It has been heartening to read some very a pink limousine, a retro camper van positive comments from the tutors about how well the girls and a huge red bus, the girls certainly have done. knew how to make an entrance. After walking down the red carpet and having Now I hope they will take on the challenges set for them their photos taken by a professional by all staff to be yet more successful, hard-working and photographer they sat down to a involved in Year 8 so that they will provide quality material delicious 3 course meal. Everyone for us to be able to select to represent the school at the looked the part; even the men dressed to highest levels in their senior years here. impress in their tuxedos, and Mr Ward sported a particularly impressive sparkly Well done, year 7, but remember there are many challenges bow tie! to come: approach them with determination and commitment and do your Year 7 tutor team proud! The girls danced all night and everyone said it was the best prom yet! They have Mrs Millward-Hopkins been an amazing year group and there Raising Achievement Co-ordinator. were quite a few tearful goodbyes at the end of the evening. We would like to wish them every success for the future and will miss them very much. Welcome, new year 7 pupils! By Miss Thackeray We had a very successful Sampling Day on Thursday 21st June when Year 6 pupils met tutors, teaching staff, Year 7 Buddies, Year 9 Peer Counsellors and each other for the first time in a busy schedule that went very smoothly. We felt very positive about how they had conducted themselves and we hope they felt positive about us. Look on our website for photos from the Sampling Day. Parents had a chance to become a real part of our team on their visit to the New Entrants’ Evening on July 5th: welcome to them too and thank you for joining us; we hope you found the evening helpful. The pupils now have plenty of things to occupy them over the long summer break and we look forward to welcoming them back as Penwortham Girls’ High School pupils on Thursday 6th September complete with their ‘Year 7 Handbooks’, ‘Keep Your Brain Alive’ books and lovely ‘Introducing Myself’ projects! Mrs Millward-Hopkins Year 7 Raising Achievement Co-ordinator. 2 www.penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk Trinity College Arts Award Silver - Penwortham Girls’ High ‘Training leaders of the future’ School has been awarded here are 18 year 9 pupils Tia Halsall. Katie Wade and following Arts Award Silver Olivia Chohan are delivering a Artsmark Gold Tthis term. As part of their series of Music lessons to teach challenge they have to undertake a song to pupils from Cop Lane rts Council England a leadership project in Music, Primary School, and Steph Waller, has awarded Artsmark Art, Dance, Drama or Media. Lucy Watkins, Hannah Lord AGold to Penwortham This involves planning, delivering and Francesca Chamberlain Girls’ High School Humanities and reviewing their objectives to are delivering Art classes to 12 and Music College in recognition of the ensure progress is made by all pupils from Whitefield Primary school’s commitment to, and excellence in, pupils during the sessions. School, showing them how to arts education. shade, to create an Olympic Impressive work in Dance has display depicting the flags of the Karen Pomeroy, Headteacher said: been delivered to 16 pupils from participating countries. Are these Longton Primary School by our teachers of the future?? Well “I’m delighted that the Arts Council has Beckie Fish, Ellen Ireland and done! recognised Penwortham Girls’ High School’s dynamic arts education programme. Our students really enjoy their experiences Prince’s Teaching Institute Mark for Modern Foreign particularly in Music and Art supported by Dance, Drama and Media, and I would like Languages 2012 to thank all our staff for their hard work in achieving this award.” t is with great pleasure that I am pleased to interest and challenge. Pupils have responded well announce that we have been awarded the and have been involved in their own assessment “Artsmark is more than simply a mark of IPrince’s Teaching Institute Mark for Modern of learning to ensure comparability of levels in distinction to us; taking part in the scheme Foreign Languages alongside English, History and both languages. Able, Gifted and Talented pupils has enabled us to develop our arts provision, Geography. in particular have had the opportunity to produce and see the students who take part become written and spoken work to a higher level 7. more self-confident, engaged and excited The Institute aims to develop expertise and about learning.” facilitate the sharing of good practice in the Year 9 pupils were also host to a student teaching of Modern Foreign Languages and ambassador who is studying Modern Foreign highlight the value of Modern Foreign Languages Languages at Salford University. Pupils discovered Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council as providing a means to improve pupils’ general that learning languages can do more for you in the England, said: use of language and to extend their cultural future. As one of our pupils wrote in her report “Arts Council England believes that the horizons. It also provides an opportunity to re- for the student magazine ‘It gives you better social earlier children are creatively inspired, inspire, engage and motivate teachers of Modern skills such as being able to work in a team, to the more likely they are to have a lifelong Foreign Languages to teach their subject in a more communicate and you feel more confident. It also engagement with art – something that can rigorous, ambitious and creative way. makes you stand out from the crowd and you transform lives and give young people a realise that there is a world around you and that voice for their thoughts and feelings.” In the last year teachers in Modern Foreign not every person speaks the same. Being able to Languages have updated our resources and communicate with people who don’t speak English “Artsmark - now nationally recognised as schemes of work to encourage our pupils to would be a huge privilege.’ a prestigious and coveted award, supported become more independent and creative linguists. by the Department for Education and Pupils in Years 7, 10 and 11 have had access to We are very much looking forward to working Department for Culture Media and Sport electronic resources via Moodle whereby they with our pupils next year on a variety of - sets the standard for an outstanding arts have been able to redo listening tasks at home, experiences aimed to further inspire a passion provision in schools and other education practise their pronunciation and learn grammar for our pupils to learn a Modern Foreign settings and it’s great to see so many new at their own pace.