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

• Christmas Festivities

  Thu 22 Dec 2016
  Children have had fun at school with a Christmas lunch and a Christmas party. Father Christmas himself was too busy to come to Dunsop Bridge, but his helper did pop into school to hand out the presents!

  

• Carol Singing at High Brake Care Home

  Wed 21 Dec 2016
  The junior children sang beautifully to the residents of High Brake Care Home on Wednesday 21st December. Some of the residents enjoyed talking to the children and singing along with them.  Traditional carols and fun festive songs were sung.  The children met one resident who is 100 years old!

  

• Santa's On Strike Production

  Fri 16 Dec 2016

  Acting on stage was intertwined with acting on screen as footage was shown of children taking on the role of the lives of different families over the Christmas period.  Santa’s on Strike depicted Santa in a mood!  He thinks children don’t deserve presents anymore, so he goes on strike!  As Mrs Santa and the elves show snapshots of family life, Santa begins to change his mind…

   

  Both the afternoon and evening performances were brilliant!  Well done to all our budding actors and actresses and thank you to everyone who came and supported the event.

  

• Online Safety and Our Christmas Production

  Thu 15 Dec 2016

  With our upcoming Christmas production, please would you take a little time to read this information regarding the use of mobile phones and cameras. This information has been taken from our ‘Online Safety Policy’ 

   

  Internet Safety At Thorneyholme

   

  The use of cameras and sound recording devices offer benefits to education but equally present schools with challenges particularly regarding publishing or sharing media on the Internet, e.g. on Social Network sites. Photographs and videos of children and adults may be considered as personal data in terms of The Data Protection Act (1998).

   

  However

   

  Parents Taking Photographs / Videos

   

  Under the Data Protection Act (1998), parents are entitled to take photographs of their own children on the provision that the images are for their own use, e.g. at a school production. Including other children or other purpose could constitute a potential breach of Data Protection legislation.  At the start of each production, parents are reminded that they should not take photos or make videos during the performance. A whole cast opportunity is made available at the end. Any parents who do not want their children to be included may remove their child before the photos are taken.  From the academic year 2015-16, parents will be reminded annually that publishing images which include children other than their own or other adults on Social Network sites is not acceptable, unless specific permission has been obtained from their parents.

• Carol Singing Clitheroe Market

  Thu 08 Dec 2016
  Well done to all the children who sang beautifully at Clitheroe Market. There were many spectators who enjoyed listening to the Christmas carols.

  

• 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.

  

• Clitheroe Foodbank

  Mon 17 Oct 2016

  The harvest food collected by all our school children and families was taken today to Clitheroe Foodbank.  The staff explained to the children how even one tin of food can have a huge impact on a person’s well being.

   

  What the children learnt:

   

  • 75 volunteers
  • a warehouse stores foods
  • warehouse food is weighed once a year to ensure no food is taken
  • foods are organised in date order
  • out-of-date food can be given to people for up to 3 months after their use by date
  • products the Foodbank are short of is advertised on their website and in parish newsletters
  • people in crisis are given help
  • homeless people are given a tin opener, plate and cutlery
  • advice is given on how they can improve their situations

   

  Staff warmly welcomed the children and answered any questions they had.