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N u r t u r i n g P o t e n t i a l R a i s i n g A s p i r a t i o n s E m b r a c i n g D i v e r s i t y CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER 2017 PENDLE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE We are so delighted that for the first time in the history of Pendle Community High School and College – OFSTED have confirmed we are officially OUTSTANDING!!! This is a team achievement, based on a combination of high quality, hard-working and completely dedicated staff and our amazing students. We are so grateful to everyone for every contribution made towards supporting us in our journey toward this momentous achievement – we really did do this together. I know I keep repeating this, but I am so proud to be the headteacher of this fantastic school – which is completely focused on making a real difference to the lives of the children and young people it serves. These are some of the quotes from the OFSTED report which should make us all proud to be part of this community too: The school is a caring and welcoming place where pupils feel very safe and are happy Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary. Their conduct around school is excellent The curriculum is very well designed and meets the needs of all pupils Teachers have high expectations of pupils, which contributes substantially to pupils’ excellent progress Highly positive attitudes to learning contribute very well to the wonderful progress that pupils make Relationships between pupils and staff are excellent After a long and busy term I wish all staff, students, parents/carers and the wider Pendle Community a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Best wishes as always Chris Lingard

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Nurturing Potential Raising A

spira

tions

Em

bracing Diversity• •

• CHRISTMAS newSleTTeR 2017

Pendle CoMMunITyHIgH SCHool & College

We are so delighted that for the first time in the history of Pendle Community High School and College – OFSTED have confirmed we are officially OUTSTANDING!!!

This is a team achievement, based on a combination of high quality, hard-working and completely dedicated staff and our amazing students. We are so grateful to everyone for every contribution made towards supporting us in our journey toward this momentous achievement – we really did do this together. I know I keep repeating this, but I am so proud to be the headteacher

of this fantastic school – which is completely focused on making a real difference to the lives of the children and young people it serves. These are some of the quotes from the OFSTED report which should make us all proud to be part of this community too:

The school is a caring and welcoming place where pupils feel very safe and are happy

Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary. Their conduct around school is excellent

The curriculum is very well designed and meets the needs of all pupils

Teachers have high expectations of pupils, which contributes substantially to pupils’ excellent progress

Highly positive attitudes to learning contribute very well to the wonderful progress that pupils make

Relationships between pupils and staff are excellent

After a long and busy term I wish all staff, students, parents/carers and the wider Pendle Community a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Best wishes as always

Chris Lingard

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Noticeboard

Wacky Warehouse SEN nights

Christmas Holidays

School closes at 1.30pm on Thursday

21st December. If your child uses

community transport, they will be

picked up at 1.30pm.

School will re-open on Monday 8th

January. Have a lovely break!

If you haven’t yet downloaded our parent app, you can do so by searching for MyEd in your app store/play store and finding Pendle Community High School & College.

The app shows you up to date information about all aspects of your child’s school life. It has lots of powerful tools within it, to make your life a bit easier and help you as a parent ensure that your child receives the best education possible.

Parent App

This year to raise money for Children in Need, Pendle Community High School & College decided to ‘Dress up, dress down, dress fancy’. For a small donation students and staff were encouraged to come in dressed up (shirts, smart trousers, dresses, tiaras, bow ties etc.), dressed down (pyjamas, onesies, favourite comfy sweatpants etc.) or dressed fancy (fancy dress items e.g. wings, ears, character dress up etc.)

There was an array of superb outfits and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all! We also held activities throughout the day to raise awareness of the work done by Children in Need, and raised more money with the Mini Enterprise Team selling Pudsey Bear cookies and cakes.

In total we raised £245.55!

Well done everyone!

Children in Need

Adverse Weather

As we are approaching the winter months

it is time to prepare for adverse weather.

All announcements will be issued in the

following ways:

Radio: Radio stations 2BR and Radio

Lancashire will be advised.

website: Our school website will also have

up to date news of our closure:

www.pchs.lancs.sch.uk

Telephone: If these options are not

available to you please call the school

on 01282 682260. If you are unable to get

your child to school because of adverse

weather please call our attendance

line on 01282 682263.

It is with mixed emotions that we are announcing the departure of Mrs Helen Willett, one of our middle leaders who has recently been successfully appointed to the post of deputy head of a different special school. We thank Helen for all her contribution to school and college over the past few years, and wish her all the best for the future.

We are delighted that Helen is being replaced by Ms Natalie Woods, an experienced teacher from one of the other local special schools, who will join our KS4 staff team in January.

In the last half-term we have also welcomed Gill Brooks, Nicole Ashworth and Rebecca Foreman as new teaching assistants, who are already settling into their new roles.

School & College Staffing

Wacky Warehouse in Burney have started to run SEN nights. The soft play area is closed to the public during the sessions and there are no age or height restrictions. Booking is essential as numbers are limited.Call 01282439521 to book.

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NewshouNds...Welcome to the Newshounds Christmas edition! Our intrepid reporters have been as busy as ever, tracking down the news that matters! We’re going to begin with a real Christmas Cracker! Callum is in Year 7 and has journeyed back in time to seek out the Christmas Presents from Christmas Past! A truly amazing treasure chest of those ‘must have’ gifts from nearly forty years ago! How many do you remember? Are you old enough to remember them all? Let your imagination reach back and enjoy Callum’s fantastic memory joggers!

The BMX bike. Exercise, just exercise!

1982

1983

Cabbage Patch Kids - Designed by a single art student, these have sold an incredible 15 million

units worldwide!

1984

Transformers Figures. Remember when these were actually cool for once? Yeah, me too!

1986

Laser Tag. Genuinely exciting for children back in the ‘80s, boys and girls from all over the world

couldn’t stop firing lasers at each other!

1988

Ghostbusters Toys.I’m sure everyone knows

the main vocals by now…

1989

The Gameboy. Mario, Pokémon and Tetris on the go! Who could wish for more? These great portables sold over a

mind-blowing 118 million units worldwide, Woah!

1994

Has it got huge new zones? Check! Twice as big as Sonic 2? Check!

The new 3-D special stage? Check! The all new Save Feature?

Check!

Yes, small plastic discs actually took over our

lives in the ‘90s. 350 million Pogs were sold. Just,

wow!

1995

It sure didn’t sell well, but there are a large amount of

great games at your disposal!

2012

There were too many great presents that year! I

just couldn’t decide :(

2002

Beyblades. The latest battling contest

collectables from an action cartoon. The fad

died out quickly though…

2004

When you get two Gameboys together

and put one on top of the other, what does that make? You get a

Nintendo DS!An interactive robot - how

cool for the times!It’s Robosapien…in

dinosaur form!

1998

Computer GamesSo classy, yet so great!

1999At last the speedy blue blur finally makes his first

jump into 3-D!

2000

Razor scooters have made a comeback, but these scooters were part

of the turn of the new millennium!

Er, somehow tools made it onto this list. Okay…

2001

Fly pen-top computer. It was something that isn’t based on homework…

Nintendo Wii. Remember those times when your

grandparents destroyed you in sports? Good

times…

2007 2008

Dance Mat. Nothing better to do than dance

the night away!

Bakugan Battle Brawlers. What is this rip-off of

Pokémon? Step up your game, Activision!

2009

Kidizoom Smart Watch. VTech, you did good! Just

wow!

2014

Thirty NES games in high definition with HDMI support! Relive our

childhood! Who could wish for more?

2016I’m sure everyone and

their grandparents have played this once in their

lives…

Who could forget the classic Rubik’s Cube? With over 43 quintillion

combinations (REALLY!), this puzzle cube has never lost its charm!

1980

1981

Lego is still a very popular company, but has the

classic train set ever been beaten?

Super Mario 64. Now this is how 3-D platformers should be done! Way

past polygonal!

1996

1997

Tamagotchi. Keeping it alive was the real test and you thought that the Rubik Cube was

challenging?

It sure did stumble a bit at launch in terms of price, but nowadays this great successor to the DS has sold over 60 million units

worldwide!

2011

Kidizoom Camera. Take photos, record videos and play games! I bet

kids loved this!

2010

This Nintendo classic is sure one of the best-

selling games of all time and a major classic in

today’s world. Come on, it’s Mario! Now you’re playing with power!

1985

Koosh Ball. Squishy! There are ‘knock-offs’ from

Poundland these days, but they’re just not the

same…

1987Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures. These

figures sure were popular back in the very early

1990s…

1990

This speedy blue blur blew children’s minds back

when the Sega Genesis (also called the Mega

Drive) in Europe destroyed Nintendo. It has since has

been ported to every system you could think of, selling 15 million copies in

the process!

1991

The speedy blue blur returns once again in

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Join Sonic and his

new buddy Tails on a brand new adventure

to stop Dr Robotnik from building his new creation,

the Death Egg!

1992

Inspired by Home Alone, this voice recorder was

way more fun than it should have been.

Slowing your voice down to a slur provided hours of

hysterics.

1993

2003

2005

2006

2013

2015 We will soon find out what the best Christmas present

of 2017 is going to be…

Callum H reporting for Newshounds.

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NewshouNds coNtiNued...

Aeesha is in Year 7 too and has also been on some journeys, but not quite like Callum’s time-travelling!

Aeesha enjoys looking at Lancashire’s towns and countryside without having to leave the comfort of the classroom.

She enjoys using Google Maps to visit places she knows and to enjoy new sights!

This term she’s whizzed around Nelson, Blackburn and Burnley, using the little Google Maps Figure to travel along streets, up hills and down dales!

Mapping with a Mouse

Channel HoppingIn the last Newsletter, Laura wrote a great article about the Scouts’ trip to Blackpool last October. This time she’s been finding out about trips that are much further away! Pendle Community High School and College is currently enjoying its third European partnership project, which gives some of our young people the chance to visit different countries. At the moment, we’re involved in Make Every Step Count (2016 –2018), which puts us in touch with six other schools overseas! Miss Debra Grogan, one of our very hard-working leadership team members, organises these foreign projects and Laura, being a great Newshound, reckoned that it would be a great idea to find out a little bit more about what goes on…

Laura: You’ve been to France and Malta this year! Did you enjoy

seeing those countries and did you get the chance to do much sight-seeing?

debra: Yes, they were great places to visit and there were loads of interesting locations to see. When I was in France, I saw Provins, which is an amazing medieval town in the north of the country and is also now a UNESCO World Heritage Site! I went to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower, the cathedral of Notre Dame and visited Fontainebleau, where there is a beautiful chateau and gardens. Malta was quite different, but just as exciting. I visited Valletta, which is the capital city. I also travelled to the islands of Gozo and Comino, where I was surrounded by beautiful beaches and lots of sea!

Laura: What was the food like? Did you try any local special dishes?

Debra: Absolutely! In France I ate snails and in Malta I tried different kinds of seafood!

Laura: When I looked at our Make Every Step Count noticeboard near the dining hall, I noticed that there wasn’t a flag for Malta. I bet everyone’s wondering why you went there!

Debra: You’re quite right, Laura. Malta is not one of our six partners, but there was a big conference being held there for ‘e-twinning’ and inclusion in the European projects in which we are involved. I was invited to take part, but didn’t have much time after I got back from France to re-pack my suitcase before jetting off to Malta! Never a dull moment!

Laura: Do you know how many countries we’ve been in partnership with since we started our European projects way back in 2012?

Debra: Wow, what a great question, Laura! I’m going to have to think about this. Let’s see…there’s Bulgaria, France, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Spain and Turkey. We’ve been to some of these countries more than once and have still got to get over to the island of Réunion, which is off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, but where French is spoken!

To end this Newshounds Christmas edition, the team would like to wish Seasonal Greetings over the festive period to all our readers. We’d particularly like to thank our ‘fantastic fivesome’ who’ve been this term’s Newshounds; Aeesha, Brooke, Callum, Laura and Liam. They’ve all done a brilliant job, working hard since last September in the Newshounds weekly Lunch Club Press Office to bring you so many interesting stories to read about. They’ll be back next year to bring you more journalistic ‘scoops’ and one or two have in fact already started planning contributions for the next Newsletter!

We now move on from Laura’s article to another type of twinning! Identical twins - and we really do mean identical! Brooke and her twin sister Mackenzie are in Year 7 and it’s sometimes hard to know who is who! Do they always like the same things, though? It appears not! Brooke is one of our current Newshounds and wants to give us a peek into the sisters’ amazing world!

“We do have another sister who is older than us; we also have a brother and a lovely dog called Bracken, so our home is usually quite lively. I enjoy playing football with Mackenzie and I like playing on my iPad too. We also both enjoy watching The Thundermans on television. However, we have different Thunderman heroes and we definitely don’t support the same football team!”

If you’ve never seen the programme, Phoebe and Max Thunderman are twins (well, they had to be, didn’t they!) who, although they have different personalities and are certainly not identical, share a common secret. These two teenagers, their parents and their younger sisters and brothers are superheroes,

but the family must keep their superpowers ‘under wraps’ and live a normal life. Good-natured Phoebe tries to do the right thing, while troublemaker Max wants to become a supervillain.

“I really like Phoebe; she’s my hero, but Mackenzie likes Max!” says Brooke. “Football? I’m a keen Burnley fan, but Mackenzie’s a Liverpool supporter! Burnley will meet Liverpool on New Year’s Day at Turf Moor. We’ve already played at Liverpool and we got a 1-1 draw there, so come on The Clarets! People often wonder which one of us is the elder twin – well it’s me, but not by much! My best friend at school is Ellemai; she’s in my form and I also really like Mrs Endersby, our form teacher.”

Twin sisters have more fun!

V

Liam, who is in Year 8, was asked to design a Powerpoint to showcase one of the partner countries that we are working with in the Make Every Step Count European project. In true Newshounds tradition, Liam didn’t disappoint! We had a grand Modern Foreign Languages Day on Friday 8 December, when we displayed the best of France, Lithuania, Portugal, Sicily and Turkey. The pupils made some great exhibits and produced lots of fantastic local foods for us to try! We were particularly honoured to receive Pendle’s Mayor and Mayoress, who really enjoyed looking around all the great presentations and sampling the lovely foods on offer.

Liam was in the French group and some of the great pictures that he picked are included here, together with some of the great ‘French Facts’ that he discovered:

• French people buy and sell with euros, not pounds• French people love playing and listening to music, which has its

own very special style • There are loads of tasty French breads to choose from, such the

croissant, the baguette and the ‘pain au chocolat’• French people enjoy eating macaroons, omelettes and even

snails!!

Liam finds out about France

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In October five of our girls from school went on a trip to France for a week as part of our Erasmus+ project ’Make every Step Count’.

We were warmly welcomed by our hosts at College Elsa Triolet in Varennes sur Seine and were introduced to the staff, pupils and important members of the town, including the mayor! We had many experiences during our stay, learning new words, making new friends, painting umbrellas, planting bulbs in the ecology garden, making presentations and we took part in a charity run for ELA which supports research into children suffering from leukodystrophy.

We did manage to take in some famous sights and went to visit Fontainebleau, Provins and of course Paris! We travelled round Paris on the Batobus and visited the Eiffel Tower, NotreDame, the Louvre and also saw the Mona Lisa.

It was a fun packed week and there were definitely some tired girls when we returned, but as always they did us proud and were a credit to the school!

Fun in France Online Safety Group

The School’s Online Safety Group conducted a survey with parents based on information discussed with our students during online safety sessions. We contacted the parents and asked each of them the same questions which included use of internet at home, rules at home and if there was a time limit you allowed your child on the internet. The results are below. Thank you to all parents who answered the survey.

Does your child go on the internet at home?

Yes No

92% 8%

Do parents go on the internet at

home?

Yes No

92% 8%

Do parents talk about

online safety?

Yes No

69% 31%

Do parents have rules

about going

online? Yes No

54% 46%

Is there a time limit

on internet use?

Yes No

61% 39%

Pendle Community High School & CollegeOnline Safety Group are looking to appoint a

Parent Representative

The representative will join the online safety group meeting once a term (usually on a

Wednesday between 12pm - 1pm dates to be confirmed)

Register your interest today!

If you would like to be considered, please fill in your details below and send back into school

with your child, or contact reception on 01282 682260 or [email protected]

I would like to become a Parent Representative for the Online Safety Group at PCHS&C

Parent Name:

Parent of:

Tel no:

Email:

We entered the Erasmus+ ‘Make Every Step Count’ Lithuania visit into a national competition for the ‘My Best School Trip’ Award. We were delighted when we found out that we had been selected as one of five finalists for this award which is a great achievement for PCHS&C, especially as all the others were mainstream schools.

As finalists, we were invited to the School Travel Awards ceremony, in Kensington, London, where the ultimate winner of the award was revealed by the news reader Fiona Bruce! Unfortunately whilst we weren't the outright winner, the organisers were so pleased with the runner up entries, we were also asked to go up on the stage to get our finalist award.

Best School Trip Award

You can find out more about the awards at: http://www.schooltravelorganiser.com/awards

5 classes across KS3 & 4 took part in a Modern Foreign Languages Day on Friday 8th December. Classes spent the morning looking at a country: making food, building The Leaning Tower of Pisa, painting flags, researching about different cultures. These are only some of the fantastic opportunities the students took part in.

The Mayor and Mayoress joined us in the afternoon for our ‘Grand Bazaar’ where students showcased what they found out and got to have a ‘taste’ of the 5 different countries!

MFL Day

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Wycoller’s Christmas Bonanza

More information about any of these training sessions can be found on our website at www.pchs.lancs.sch.uk

PARenT TAlk - THe TeenAge yeARS

The teenage years are a time of transition and can be

challenging for both teenagers and parents. Parentalk – The

Teenage Years is all about helping mums and dads do the best

job they can as they navigate these years with their teenager.

It’s a relaxed, informal, DVD based course giving you the

opportunity to talk about the day-to-day challenges you

face, as well as sharing the things that are going well.

The sessions are presented by Rob Parsons OBE and Katharine

Hill. They are joined by special guests, including broadcaster

Carrie Grant, educational psychologist Dave Lumsdon and

youth specialist Rachel Gardner.

The key themes are explored in six two hour sessions:

• Understanding your teenager

• Staying connected• Identity• Communication & conflict• Big pressures...good choices

• Letting go

DVD Features:

• Real-life family interviews• Presenter discussions• Street vox pops• ‘My story’ animations

Please contact Alison McConville, Family Liaison Officer

on 01282 682260 to find out more.

Starting Wednesday 24th January 2018 from 1pm to 3pm

(6 sessions)

RIdIng THe RAPIdSRiding the rapids is a training group for parents of children with behavioural difficulties. The course begins by

looking at why children might show challenging or difficult-to-manage behaviours. It covers strategies that

you can use to build on your relationship with you child, promote positive behaviours and manage behaviours

you would like to change. We use group discussion, practice and video to think about ways of dealing with

particular problems that you may have come up against. Often parents find it helpful to meet other parents/

carers who are experiencing similar issues.

The course will run every Tuesday from 9.30am to 12pm from 9th January to 20th March 2018

Please note that there will not be sessions on the 13th February 2018 due to half term

The course will be held at Pendle Community High School & College

If you would like to bring a member of staff from your child’s school, or a family member/carer with you they would

be most welcome. Please let us know how many people will be attending. To complete the course, parents are

required to attend all sessions; the children do not need to attend. Please contact Alison McConville, Family

Liaison Officer on 01282 682260 to confirm your place.

FREE TRAInIng

FOR PARENTS AND CAReRS AT Pendle CoMMunITy HIgH

SCHool & College

AdHd: PARenT eMPoweRMenT & SkIllSHas your child got a short attention span and poor concentration? Does your child interrupt, intrude, argue and talk excessively? Is your child overactive, impulsive, difficult to discipline, & under-achieving? Do you have a child affected by ADHD?

If you answered yeS to the above and your child is aged 6 to 12 yrs why not attend one of our Training Programmes. You will learn about....

• The most powerful tool you possess• The two biggest mistakes parents usually make• The six kinds of testing and manipulation ....and much more!

Our next 9-session programmes will be held atSt. James Old School, Cannon St, AccringtonWednesdays, 9.30am to 12pm, starting 17/1/18orBlackburn with Darwen Carers CentreThursdays, 9.30am to 12pm, starting 18/1/18

To book a place on one of these programmes please visit www.pchs.lancs.sch.uk in the Parents & Carers section and download and complete the application form.

PLACES WILL BE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SeRVed BASIS

We had a wonderful time at the College Christmas Meal on 1st December. We went to Burnley Mechanics and enjoyed a two course meal followed by mince pies !

College Christmas Meal

Students in college went to watch the performance of Beauty and the Beast at King George’s Hall in Blackburn on 11th December. It was a great performance.

Ethan enjoyed watching the acrobat who had a rope and flew onto the stage. Daniel enjoyed the songs where the audience had to stand up and sit down … then stand up and sit down …. then stand up and sit down….

……… Oh yes he did !

Beauty & the Beast

On Saturday 25th November Wycoller group had their own stall at Colne Christmas market. It was a very cold & snowy day. The students worked on the stall from 9am - 3pm. They had a fantastic time working together to sell their goods to the general public, all of which had been made by themselves. They had magic reindeer dust, hot chocolate reindeer cones, Christmas trees, elf doors and much more!

The students had an amazing experience. For some of them this was their first taste of work experience in college. The new and exciting adventure saw students developing their money skills and having an introduction to sales and marketing by encouraging people to come and look at what they were selling. They employed a super sales pitch, using fancy dress as a tool to get people interested in the stall.

The day was full of many new learning experiences which students really enjoyedand all have asked if they can do it again but maybe in the warmer weather!!

November saw the whole country raise awareness of the dangers bullying can cause, by celebrating that we are all same but all different. In school and college we all wore odd socks all week to share our uniqueness, we had an assembly and talked about anti bullying in PHSE lessons.

Anti-bullying week

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Bowland Big Shots have been working hard throughout the whole of the term in their Enterprise Challenge. Lots of preparation including research, mind maps and collaborative ideas were discussed to identify our products to sell. Market research and negotiating were high on the agenda to kick start our selling. Each week, items were produced and Halal sweet cones sold with our main customers being Pendle Vale students.

Estimations, predictions and actual profit calculations became part of our weekly Numeracy lesson. Items produced included candles, sock snowmen, personalized painted rocks, rocky road, cookies, cupcakes and our biggest seller sweet cones. Each week we met and greeted our customers selling our products which then involved money exchange of coins and notes, so our learning skills were really challenged to meet the needs of our customers. This all culminated in selling our final products at the Christmas Fair and we sold out before the end of the night!!Would we do the challenge again? Absolutely! We loved it.

Bowland Big ShotsnewSfrom Nurse Deborah

https://www.lancashirecare.nhs.uk/snsnA Special Needs School Nursing (SNSN) website is now up and running.

It will be a source of great information. Please take a look.

I have been working closely with Alison McConville, the newly appointed Family Liaison Officer at PCHSC. We had a successful first Parent Carer Drop-In which happened to be on the morning of Day 1 of our Ofsted visit and we had great feedback! We are organizing various services to speak at the Drop-Ins. We are holding our next drop in session on Wednesday 17th January (more details can be found on the back of this newsletter) Please come and join us for a brew and biscuits, an informal chat, meet other parents and carers and meet professionals and speakers from other services.

Merry Christmas from the Health Team at PCHS&C!The Staff and Pupils have been colouring in hands and thinking about how we help others every day.We all embrace how different we are and accept support and guidance to reach our potential.

“See the person not the disability”

Leaders have recently appointed a family liaison

officer to encourage parents of more-vulnerable

pupils to work more closely with the school. There is also a nurse in school, who provides invaluable support to staff to enable them to ensure the welfare of pupils with complex medical conditions. These two roles contribute significantly to pupils’ excellent personal development. - OFSTED 2017

MeASleSPublic Health England is warning parents and carers that Measles is circulating.

Take a look at the symptoms (left) and if you think you or a member of your family may have measles, stay at home and phone your GP or NHS 111 for advice. STAY AWAY from GP surgeries and A&E departments as you could spread the illness to others.

If you would like to discuss this with me please do not hesitate to contact me.

Deborah McKenna RGN RSCN - School Nurse for Children with Additional NeedPendle Community High School &College Direct Line 01282 682269

St Peter's Centre 5th Floor, Church Street, Burnley BB11 2DL Tel: 01282 628359

Father Christmas came to visit and brought some magic to our Christmas Fair! It was a hugely successful event, and everyone left with big smiles and bags full of festive cheer! Students in college worked hard as part of a whole college enterprise project to make items to sell on their form team stalls. Everyone enjoyed the process of creating, selling, and counting their profits! Well done to all the students and staff for your efforts, it was fantastic to see so many wonderful things! The DIY wood craft stall was extremely popular, with all products being made by students from school and college; we are still fulfilling back orders for some items!

I would personally like to thank all of the staff and students who were involved in making this event so magical, to all that donated the fabulous prizes, and thanks to everyone who attended to support us: this was the first year that I have organized the Fair, and I’m overwhelmed by the positive response it gets from our community!

Merry Christmas Everyone!- Mrs Poole

Christmas Fair

Exciting times ahead for Wycoller who are working with Digital Advantage who are a company that give the students the opportunities for work experience within the classroom. The students are working together to develop an Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh we can’t tell you that it’s a SECRET but what we can share is that they are all working together to create a mini business.

Exciting times in Wycoller

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PEND LE’SgoT TAlenT

Monday 18th December & Tuesday 19th December 2017

1. KS3 GirlsRoar

2. RibbleOompa Lumpas

3. HodderDisney Medley

4. Ryan & Danielle Toot Sweets

5. Blacko’s Video

6. Sulaman and Nuhman Upsy Daisy

7. Wyre & Luke Rappers

8. Wenning In the Jungle

9. ReeceMonster - Imagine Dragons

10. Nabil and his Backing dancers

11. Calder Video

12. Singing and Signing Sing

13. The FinaleMerry Christmas Everyone

1. Hannah & DawoodNow you are gone

2. Sophie & Wycoller Cups

3. Liam & MVLove me again

4. Drama GroupCinderella

5. James KirkSilent Night

6. RubyPiano

7. ZainLast Christmas

8. AdamOne Love - Blue

9. Bowland12 Days of Christmas

10. Danielle & PaigeSomeone Like You

11. AdonSay you wont let go

12. TowneleyFeed the World

13. The FinaleMerry Christmas Everyone

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We look forward to seeing you there!

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Parents & Carers

Wednesday 17th January1pm - 3pm

with Alisonwith AlisonOur Family

Liaison Officer

Drop in afternoon

Join us for a first aid taster session

and Deborahand DeborahOur School Nurse

with Wendy Woodfine from New Era Enterprises

Meet other parents/carers

Learn some basic first aid

Find out lots of important tips on what to do if your child is choking

Enjoy a cup of coffee/tea and a biscuit

All welcome!