Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Lampedusa Cross

  Mon 28 Nov 2016
  The Lampedusa Cross is made from pieces of a boat that was wrecked on 11 October, 2013 off the coast of Lampedusa. 311 Eritrean and Somali refugees were drowned en route from Libya to Europe. Inhabitants of Lampedusa helped to save the lives of 155 others. After meeting some of the survivors who are Eritrean Christians in the church on Lampedusa, Mr Tuccio, the island’s carpenter, was moved by their plight but felt frustrated that he could not make a difference to their situation. The best he could do was to use his skills as a carpenter to fashion each of them a cross from the wreckage of the boat as a reflection on their salvation from the sea and hope for the future. A similar cross was made for Pope Francis who carried it at a memorial service for those who had perished. Mr Tuccio kindly made this piece for the British Museum to mark an extraordinary moment in European history and the fate of Eritrean Christians. It also stands witness to the kindness of the people of the small island of Lampedusa who have done what they can for the refugees and migrants who arrive on their shores.

  

• The Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum Trip - Class 1

  Sun 20 Nov 2016
  

• Remembrance Day

  Fri 11 Nov 2016

  All the children in Reception to Year 4 went to our local village cenotaph to pay their respects and to say a prayer for all servicemen and women.  Whilst there, they looked at the words and list of names engraved on the cenotaph itself.

   

  Years 5 & 6 spent the morning at Clitheroe Castle Museum, joining another school in activities such as: learning how to parade with commands being given by a WWI soldier; crocheting a WWI style postcard and writing a poem.  They also joined a large crowd of local people and visitors to Clitheroe, at the Castle gates at 11am, where they observed the 2 minutes silence and listened to the canon blasts.

  

• Dog Warden Visit

  Thu 10 Nov 2016

  We had a visit from Joanne Ormerod, our Ribble Valley Dog Warden, this morning at school.  She gave a very interesting talk to all our children about how to stay safe around dogs and some of the responsibilities of dog owners. Children and staff heard the dangers of dog excrement on both humans and other animals and how owners are responsible for cleaning up after their dogs, if not there are fines of £80 and even £1000!  Joanne also mentioned how it is the owner’s responsibility to keep dogs on a lead in public areas, parks and cemeteries or there is a fine for that too.

   

  The children were very interested in what she had to say and they asked many questions.