WEATHER REPORT
Another busy term full of student achievement in every aspect of school life - well done to all concerned. I hope that you all enjoy the summer break and I look forward to welcoming students back to school on Wednesday 3 September (timetable week A). Mr Mackenzie
We are delighted to celebrate four of our MFL students being published in the 2025 Mother Tongue, Other Tongue poetry anthology. The poems were written in Spanish or the students' native language. This year, over 4,000 entries were submitted with only 80 selected for publication. We are incredibly proud of their success! Congratulations to Helina Appiah (Year 7), Grace Blythyn (Year 8), Leen Kouli (Year 12) and Fatima Sharif (Year 10). The group, along with two other MFL students, enjoyed a day at Manchester Metropolitan University. Leen was delighted to be interviewed by poet Malika Booker about her writing process, which was a highlight of the day.
Headteacher’s recognition
Congratulations to our elite gymnasts Savannah-Leigh Aplin-Walker (Year 7), Catarina Guerreiro (Year 7), Ellie Harper (Year 8), Leah Thory (Year 9) and Maisie Woods (Year 9) who competed in the World Championships in Las Vegas with some excellent results! Ellieindividual 1st place in floor, vault, beam and bars and team 1st place, Leah - individual 3rd place and team 1st place and Maisy - individual 2nd place and team 1st place.
Congratulations also to Grace Dunne (Year 9) who competed with the U16 England gymnasts in the Scalabiscup International Trampoline and Tumbling Competition in Portugal last week and came first!
Grease ... is the word. The Performing Arts department are thrilled announce that the nex school show will be Gr Auditions will take pla September - keep an e out for further details.
Over 100 Performing Arts students dazzled at the Summer Sizzler, showcasing their music, dance and choreography skills. A packed theatre enjoyed the show, which was the last for Mrs Henderson as well as for our Year 13 students.
Junior choir
Year 9 & Year 10 bands
KS3 dancers
Flute duet
Year 10 dancers
Year 12 dancers
Senior choir
Year 7 dancers
Year 8 trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Year 10
Year 9 trip to
Year 10 bowling and shopping at
Geography field trip to Loggerheads
Year 10 results day
Alton Towers
Cheshire Oaks
Year 7 recently had an exciting Mad Science Day! The morning started with a science show, followed by a range of fun science workshops, which included making potions and slime, creating bubbles, launching space eggs and space rockets.
Year 7 residential to the Conway Centre
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Year 7, 8, 9 and 10
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Winners 9CSP
Congratulations to Sienna Robinson (Year 9) who came second in the World Championships for Dance in Blackpool. With over 97 competitors on the day Sienna should be very proud of her achievement!
Congratulations to the PE department were awarded the Gold Sportsmark for the third year running! The award celebrates the schools commitment to developing competitive sport within school and the community.
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Well done to Miss Briggs who finished her running challenge last week raising £500 for Claire House completing the Chester 10km, Liverpool Half Marathon, Port Sunlight 15km and the Tour of Merseyside! The challenge took 9 hours 41 minutes over seven days, covering 52 miles.
Cricket Festival at Upton Cricket Club
Year 12 Sociology & Psychology students visit Shrewsbury Prison
Year 12 A Level History and Sociology students enjoyed a journey through Germany's past and present on a recent trip to Berlin. The group explored the iconic Reichstag building and delved into daily life under communism at the DDR Museum, where Miss Bartle and Mr Clark experienced a glimpse into the lives of those who were on the wrong side of the law in East Germany in a prison cell! The group also visited the iconic TV Tower, the Jewish musuem and the vibrant East Side Gallery.
Key Stage 5 Results - Thursday 14 August School will be open for students to collect their results from 8.30am.
Key Stage 4 Results - Thursday 21 August School will be open for students to collect their results from 9.00am.
Shalekhe ‘Fallen Leaves’, the Jewish museum
Berlin Wall graffiti art.
DDR museum
STEM workshop
Congratulations to the winners of the LitFest competition, Willow Carlile (Year 7) and Daisy Toal (Year 7) who wrote wonderful book reviews and each won a signed book from our recent visiting authors.
Year 8 were tasked with designing and producing a product from recycled materials that could be useful to highlight the advantages of recycling materials as part of their ‘materials’ module in Science. Miss Canning was impressed with students’ creativity and effort, with so many ideas including a money bank made from a plastic bottle, plant pots made from pringles cans and handbags and purses that were made from old clothes. Here is just a snapshot of their work - they should be incredibly proud of their work and achievements! Resilience Respect Reach
Last week Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 stude visited our Future Careers Fair whic attended by representatives from v sectors. Students had the opportun speak to a range of employers, educational, apprenticeship and tra providers to understand of the type routes available to school leavers. T you to Jaguar Land Rover, the RAF, Mploy, Liverpool Hope University a Merseyside Police for attending and Careers Team for coordinating the e
Important Dates for your diary:
Monday 1 September INSET (staff)
Tuesday 2 September Year 7 (am only)
Wednesday 3 September School open to all students
Thursday 18 September Year 6
Open Evening INSET (staff) pm only
Friday 24 October School closes
Monday 3 November INSET (staff)
Students loved learning more about payslips, savings, credit cards and payday loans in lessons this week. Thank you to the Maths department for delivering these informative life lessons about everyday finance. Staff and students took part in an end of year currency quiz - well done to everyone who took part and thank you to Mr Scott for coordinating.
esilience Respect Reach Reward
Our Year 10 GCSE Geography students recently completed two successful fieldwork days as part of their GCSE course. On Monday 7 July, they travelled to Loggerheads Country Park in North Wales to investigate how river features change downstream. Blessed with sunny weather, students enthusiastically entered the River Alyn and collected a range of data on river velocity, depth, and sediment size.
A week later, the group headed to Liverpool city centre to explore how footfall changes with distance from the city centre. In the morning, students conducted pedestrian counts, land use surveys and questionnaires in Liverpool One, before moving to Bold Street in the afternoon for comparative data collection. The students will analyse their findings and complete their fieldwork write-ups when they return in September, drawing conclusions and evaluating their investigations.
Thank you to staff from English, MFL, Food Heath & Social Care and DT who took part in Staff Superstars and to the students who came to watch raising almost £400 for the Hive Youth Centre. Congratulations to the SLT for taking the win!
It's official ... we are a Guinness World Record breaking school! Well done to the Year 7 students who took part in the world's largest cookery lesson on Tuesday 1 July with Jamie Oliver. There were over 10,515 chefs across six continents and 42 countries who helped smash the record - what a fantastic achievement!
Well done to Year 10 Hospitality and Catering students Holly, Emily, Emma and Natalya who hosted afternoon tea for our school governors. The students showcased their skills in food preparation, presentation and service as well as demonstrating good teamwork and professionalism. The governors were impressed by the quality of the food and service which included caprese finger sandwiches, mini quiches, strawberry scones and fairy cakes.
In the week beginning 14 July, students received a total of 4,099 IRIS rewards.
Top year group: Year 7 - 2,121 rewards.
Top form group: 7MMY - 557 rewards.
Top students: Lottie Griffiths (Year 7) - 25 rewards.
Highest number of rewards issued: the Maths department
Summer Recipes
Quesadillas
INGREDIENTS:
2 tortilla wraps
50g cheese
2 slices of ham/chicken
1 spring onions
Other ingredients of your choice
METHOD:
1. Cut the spring onion into slices, put onto the plate.
2. Cut the ham into small pieces add to the plate next to the onions.
3. Grate the cheese using the largest side of the grater, put onto plate.
4. To put the toasties together, put one wrap at the bottom, sprinkle over some onion, then the ham and then the cheese, put the other wrap on top of this.
5. Heat the pan, add the tortilla toastie and cook for 5 minutes.
6. Once browned, use a fish slice to turn it over and cook for 5 more minutes.
7. When cooked remove from pan and cut into 4 pieces. Enjoy with a green salad and guacamole or sour cream!
Pinwheels:
INGREDIENTS:
1 packet puff pastry
4 tablespoons of tomato puree 150-200g cheese
METHOD:
1. Set your oven 210°C, gas mark 7.
2. Roll out pastry on a floured surface to make a rectangle the size of A4 piece of paper.
3. Spread with tomato puree.
4. Then sprinkle on the grated cheese.
5. Roll up from the long edge to make a swiss roll shape.
6. Cut into 12 evenly sized slices.
7. Place on baking tray and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden and crisp.