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

• Stonyhurst Celebration of Singing

  Fri 17 Jun 2016

  The Year 5 & Year 6 enjoyed a ‘SINGtastic’ day at Stonyhurst College, songs included Deo Gratias, Can you Feel the Love Tonight and You’ve Got a Friend in me.

   

  Some of the Stonyhurst students helped assist teachers and entertained the children during refreshment sessions.

   

  Local Catholic schools attended and children were able to socialise and perform amongst a larger group.

   

  Children also had the privilege of listening to a talk and photographic presentation by Stonyhurst’s Curator; Jan Graffius.  Artefacts at Stonyhurst include: dinosaur excrement, Shakespeare’s first addition of his plays, a mummified child and a stop watch used at the olympic games in Germany in the 1930s.

  

• Queen's 90th Birthday

  Fri 10 Jun 2016

  On Friday, children participated in activities related to the Queen.  Their favourite activity was looking at the different portraits of the Queen on the back of coins.  Did you know there are currently 4 different portraits in circulation?

   

  At lunchtime, the children sang the National Anthem before having a picnic and birthday cake in celebration of the Queen’s 90th birthday and Prince Philip’s 95th birthday.

   

  The children watched a live broadcast about the Queen at Windsor Castle in the afternoon, with a competition to design a new 2016 coin!

  

• Fun Food Activities for All!

  Wed 30 Mar 2016
  The fun food afternoon was a real success, thank you to all the parents and family members who were able to attend.  The junior children were responsible for a range of food activities set out in the hall, such as the Eatwell Plate, Biblical Foods, Dewlay Cheese Tasting, Food Art, Seed Patterns and Parlez-vous francais?  Both the parents and children enjoyed all the activities, with some even becoming quite competitive!

  

• Stonyhurst Sherlock Holmes Tour

  Fri 25 Mar 2016
  The junior children were invited by a school Governor, to visit Stonyhurst College for a Sherlock Holmes guided tour.  At the beginning of the tour, children were told the history of Stonyhurst itself and they were particulary interested in the history of the hiding places for priests, within the building, during the reign of King Henry VIII.  Children were lucky enough to be shown many historical features of the building, including the archives and manuscripts.  During the second half of the tour, it was explained how Sherlock Holme’s author – Arthur Doyle – was educated at Stonyhurst and how parts of the writing within one of his famous stories, (the Hound of the Baskervilles) is linked to the college itself!

  

• Dewlay Cheese Factory Visit

  Thu 17 Mar 2016
  Children had a wonderful time at the Dewlay Cheese Factory in Garstang.  There they learnt how to make cheese (the different processes) and they even helped make a small quantity.  From the viewing gallery, children watched employees making cheese in the factory itself.  They saw a Kosher Representative from the Jewish Community overseeing production of Kosher cheese.  Before the end of the visit, children tasted different cheeses which included Lancashire, Cheddar and Red Leicester cheese.

  

• Clean for the Queen!

  Mon 07 Mar 2016
  Children, staff and some parent helpers picked litter around Dunsop Bridge Village in support of the Nation's campaign to Clean for the Queen. Thank you for all your efforts!

  

• Forest Schools Morning

  Tue 16 Feb 2016
  This morning children had fun in the forest! Activities included cooking pancakes on an open fire, being nature detectives and participating in a tower challenge!

  

• Dunsop Bridge Jubilee Shelter Opening

  Fri 29 Jan 2016

  Children and staff attended the Grand Opening of the Jubilee Shelter in the centre of Dunsop Bridge.  The shelter was adorned with a big red ribbon and the school’s Chair of Governors, Mrs Amanda Parker, the High Sheriff of Lancashire officially opened the shelter, as children from the school applauded and cheered.

   

  Following the ribbon cutting ceremony, children, staff and local residents had refreshments in the village hall.

   

  To complete the event, Mrs Amanda Parker spoke to all the children at school about her role as High Sheriff of Lancashire.  The children were enthusiastic to learn about the special clothing she has to wear, the ceremonies she has attended and very importantly – how many times she has met the Queen – 3 times!

  

• Para Liturgy for Passing on the Door of Mercy

  Wed 20 Jan 2016

  The Holy Father, Pope Francis has invited the whole Church around the world to celebrate an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. As part of the celebration of this special year, the door of Mercy is going around every school in our diocese to allow each and every member of our family of schools to have some part in this Year of Mercy.

   

  We were fortunate enough to be the very FIRST school in our diocese to receive the door of Mercy.  On our first day back at school all the children passed through the door in a special liturgy and wrote their own special intentions.  Then on the following day the junior children led a liturgy to pass the door on to St Mary’s RC Primary school in Chipping.

  

• Beauty and The Beast Panto

  Fri 08 Jan 2016
  Children enjoyed watching Beauty and the Beast at the Duke's Theatre in Lancaster.