PleckgateHighSchool
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A multicultural school where ALL children Aspire and Believe, Act and Succeed.
Joined April 2012
đWe are absolutely delighted to be rated an âOUTSTANDINGâ school again by @Ofstednews!. đŤFollowing our recent Ofsted inspection, we are immensely proud to have retained our âoutstandingâ status. âĄď¸Read the full report:
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We are delighted to announce that Pleckgate High School has been graded as an OUTSTANDING school. @Ofstednews.
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It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Keith Ashworth.All those that had the pleasure to know Keith will no doubt be saddened to hear of his death. A kind hearted, good humoured & much loved former member of Pleckgate. RIP Keith.
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đđť A huge well done to our history department under Mr Bajkowski. They have been awarded GOLD in the Historical Associationâs Quality Mark, the highest accolade they could achieve!
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𼳠We are absolutely delighted to be rated an âOUTSTANDINGâ school again by @Ofstednews . Read our full report âŹď¸.
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Schools Working Together 2019. Students met Ahmad Nawaz, a survivor from the terror attack on the Pakistan military school in December 2014. Over 100 people died and dozens injured
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Our Senior Prefect team are working with @Benefit_Mankind to raise money to help people in Morocco and Libya. Help them reach their target! Please donate here >>>.
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đ Well done to our IT Manager Mr Mulla whose @Benefit_Mankind charity won Group of the Year at the @1VoiceBlackburn Awards event. This was for the work it did during the pandemic.
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Thanks to @1VoiceBlackburn Pleckgate is now a 'Dementia Friendly' school. 279 pupils, along with staff, learned more about dementia, its symptoms and how to help people in a series of sessions to become #DementiaFriends
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Our students are being interviewed by @bbcnwt about our outstanding Ofsted. Tune in at 630pm!
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Headteacher Mr Cocker is interviewed by @beccybarr1 for @bbcnwt about the schoolâs outstanding Ofsted. Tune in 630pm tonight!
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Eid Mubarak to everyone that is celebrating Eid Al-Fitr.
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Ms Birchall has been working with her year 10 students to produce some 3D models to demonstrate how 'global atmospheric circulation' happens around the planet.
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â Our 'OUTSTANDING' photos! â. In the report, @Ofstednews inspectors praised âthe rich and inspiring offerâ, the âhigh academic expectationsâ and the âexemplary behaviourâ at our oversubscribed school.
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Generous students have contributed a large number gifts for under-privileged children for EID #SecretSheikh @1VoiceBlackburn.
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GCSE Results Day. Head Girl and Boy, Aliza and Amaan celebrated their hard work and success. Amaan "Teachers have supported me, thatâs whatâs keep me going even in the subjects that I found hard.such as English"
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We are so proud of pupil Sifa for helping to host the @1VoiceBlackburn Annual Dinner. Sifa was praised for her confidence and maturity - and she loved it!
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đ Our IT Manager Mr Mulla is a founder and trustee of the charity @Benefit_Mankind. They have linked up with @Rovers which will mean they will have fundraising and awareness activities at Ewood Park and have an ambassador in @BradJohnson15
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Congratulations to the class of 2015. Best results in the schools history.
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Well done to all of our students that have been joining the âlive lessonsâ that the Pleckgate teachers have been delivering this week. Remember to keep following your usual timetable and access your google classroom at the correct time.
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Thank you to the âNo More Knivesâ tour which came to Pleckgate today and spoke to our pupils about the impact and devastation of knife crime. The âKnife Angelâ - made up of 100,000 blades - is displayed outside @bbcathedral until November 29.
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Good morning, at the start of the month of Ramadan we wish all those who observe a peaceful and happy Ramadan. For all others happy Friday.
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GCSE portraiture final piece by Safa in year 11. Her theme was exploring beauty, cosmetic surgery and iconic, influential women through time. Such a talented artist.
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#RemembranceDay at Blackburn Cathedral followed by the procession to corporation Park where Mrs McGinty and Ms Hartley, along with our senior prefects laid a wreath in respect of fallen soldiers
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Pleckgate are doing our bit to try to support the fantastic NHS staff at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. Mr Karbhari & Mr Turnbull can be seen collecting safety googles to be used as eye protective wear and other available PPE gathered from our Technology & Science departments #NHS
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Ofsted January 2019. âThe community of Pleckgate has a local secondary school it can be proud of. It provides an excellent education for all its pupils. This is an OUTSTANDING schoolâ. @Ofstednews.
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đWe are thrilled and filled with pride to have received a letter from His Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, acknowledging our exceptional rating from Ofsted.
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Our newly qualified teachers in maths, modern foreign languages and PE successfully complete their first year at Pleckgate. A fantastic achievement and we are very proud of them all. Congratulations
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Breakfast with the Headteacher. Students from all year groups have been chosen as a result of their hard work and effort to have Friday morning breakfast.
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Geography lessons with year 8 students as they tried to simulate the convection currents that cause the movement associated with plate tectonics.
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Proud to be down in London at St Paulâs nominated at the Education Business Awards in the Outstanding Progress category
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Well done to the year 11 boys football team.Tonight saw a fantastically competetive fixture between Pleckgate and OLSJ finishing 1-1
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A group of 12 highly skilled female mathematicians from Pleckgate High School attended Lancaster University on Tuesday 10th January as part of the Florence Nightingale programme to promote further study in mathematics for female undergraduates.
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Congratulations to Mrs Savage who has been shortlisted for a coveted @TES Award. The Head of Religion and World Views is one of 8 candidates in the category for the Subject Lead Of The Year (Secondary). Good luck!.
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It was great seeing so many of our Year 11s collecting their GCSE certificates. They are leaving with some fantastic GCSE results as well as many special memories. Well done, your hard work has paid off and everyone at Pleckgate is really proud of you.
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We are looking forward to seeing last year's Y11s on Thursday at 9.30am for GCSE results day. We are sure there will be plenty of cheering!
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Mrs Tattersall has been making âconnected heartsâ for patients in intensive care and their families. Because they canât be together, a patient gets a heart and their family gets a matching heart as a way of feeling connected. It can bring enormous comfort to those involved.
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End of year celebration. Staff enjoyed a bbq meal and drinks with colleagues to celebrate the achievements made throughout the year
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Mrs. Savage was recently nominated for a prestigious @tes Award in the 'Subject Lead Of The Year (Secondary)' category. đˇCheck out the video below to hear her speak about our amazing Religion and World Views department!. #TESAWARDS2023
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Congratulations to Aleena and Rahima in year 11. They entered NATRE's national Spirited Arts competition. They were chosen as winners from over 40,000 entries from UK schools. Aleena and Rahima's artwork can be found on the online gallery
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Miss Morris has been spending her time sewing for the NHS. 40 sets of scrubs and 20 scrub bags have been finished are on the way to Bolton hospital.
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The Anne Frank Trust have been in to train 15 year 7 pupils up as guides who have then given tours to different classes within school, to parents tonight and will be giving a tour to outside visitors from the council tomorrow.
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GCSE Results Day. It was a 'double' success story for brothers Muneeb and Ubaid with some outstanding results on cloud 9!.It was proud moment for their family to witness. Mrs Makba said "The boys have had great support, everybody has been behind them all the way". Congratulations
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Our first EPT Great Debate as students discussed their local area and how it has changed in the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II reign. It was extremely informative. Thank you to @Eden_School1 and @Burnley_High for taking part!
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đWe are delighted to announce that Miss Bland and Mrs Banks are finalists at this yearâs #EducationTodayAwards. 𩷠We are truly proud of them both & thankful for everything they do on a daily basis for our school, pupils, & community! . #NewTeacherofTheYear #CommunityChampion
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Fatima's model even has water that comes out of it (tears of someone suffering) to water the flowers, which shows that even during suffering, some good can come out of it!
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Congratulations to all our pupils who collected their results today. We are proud of all of you!
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What a fantastic âPresentationâ evening. Tonight we celebrated some of the great achievements that have been made by our past and present students.
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Visiting a Hill Top farm to learn about sustainable farming and discover more information about rare breeds of farm animals @JohnMuirTrust @yorkshire_dales
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đ§ââď¸After weeks of preparation, Pleckgate pupils competed in the @YoungCitizensUK National Bar Mock Trial Competition at Manchester Crown Court this weekend. đWe are thrilled to announce that we won and we have advanced to the finals! #MockTrials
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Everyone at Pleckgate was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former colleague Aâliya Lulat. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time.
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'Pleckgate Hall of Fame'. We are always really pleased to find out how successful our former students are in life. We are trying to compile a Hall of Fame in school to inspire students featuring family, friends and people they know in the local community.
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âŞď¸Wishing our Muslim community a blessed Ramadan filled with peace, joy, and spiritual enlightenment from all of us at Pleckgate High School.
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đľ We are so proud of Taha who is a @imocharity and @1VoiceBlackburn Young Diabetes Champion. He will be going into schools shortly raising awareness of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
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#Charity Year 9 raised ÂŁ324.49 which will go to .@Benefit_Mankind in order to help build water wells in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Here representatives from the year group can be seen presenting the charity with a cheque for the monies raised by their inter-tutor Tug-of War
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Kind-hearted Year 11 pupils tested their strength in a tug-of-war battle for @macmillancancer after they were touched when representatives of the charity came onto school. Even the teachers got involved!
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#bakeforvictory. Adam's cake (cakes) look spectacular. Love the way you have created the numbers to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
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Well done to Ryan who has been asked to become a volunteer Peer Counsellor @WishCentreBDDWA. Ryan attended sessions at the centre which have boosted his self-esteem and confidence and has allowed him to work on his ability with regulating his emotions.
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Mr Saleh led the Safer Internet Day activities that were completed by representatives from schools across the EPT @TheHeights_main @Eden_School1 @HeightsBurnley
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Thank you to @bbcbitesize who came into school today as part of their Schools Tour and talked about careers in innovation. Pupils admitted it has opened their eyes to the variety of careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and maths.
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Staff and students collected items to support the Blackburn food bank charity.
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Super Learning Day. Ayaz Bhuta, a wheelchair Rugby athlete, delivered an inspirational talk on resilience, facing and overcoming challenges and having goals to all students in year 11 @Ayaz_Bhuta
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Thank you to everyone at Pleckgate that have helped to raise ÂŁ380 for the Al-Imdaad Foundation UK to help towards tackling poverty in South Africa.
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Year 11 have successfully arrived at @HodderHistory Elizabethan England Revision Day with the fabulous @bones_carmel and David Ferriby
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Mr Cocker âCongratulations to all our students at Pleckgate & those across the borough for achieving their GCSE results this year. The past few months have been difficult for this yearâs cohort, who didnât get to complete their school career how they would have hoped".
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Our Year 7 and Year 8 School Councillors are ready to put their plans into action!
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đ Our Head Boy and Head Girl, along with their deputies and two Year 7s, enjoyed a special assembly where they welcomed 275 Year 6s to Pleckgate for their Induction Day. We canât wait to see them again in September!
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đWe couldn't be more proud of Miss Bland winning the New Teacher of the Year Award at the Education Today Awards 2023!.
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#bakeforvictory. Aisha, from year 7 has been busy baking this fabulous looking cake. Why not have a go to make a cake to help celebrate VE day on Friday. The competition is now on!!. Great start Aisha!
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đ§ââď¸Our pupils are up and active after a reasonable nightâs sleep with climbing, abseiling, Jacobs ladder and problem solving all under way! #PGL
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Mohammed was âin shockâ at his results as he collected high grades and was going out to celebrate with his family tonight! He is looking at a career in dentistry or optometry.
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Well done to the KS3 girls who played football last night in a thrilling encounter with Darwen Vale. The score finished 7-7 with goals coming from Zara & Mariya. The girls train every Wednesday & the hard work is certainly paying off!
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Pleckgate have managed to raise a fantastic total of ÂŁ689.69 going towards work to further support Alzheimers work completed by a leading Dementia Charity. This money was raised from contributions from a recent cake sale/coffee morning.
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đŹOur pupils have been busy fundraising for our community on behalf of @Benefit_Mankind. đA huge thank you to @SimplyDoughnuts, Staci, @rocciatiles, & @mayetestates for their support with items to sell & raffle prizes. â¤ď¸Please help us reach our goal:
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Nine Eco Club members attended a Climate Summit event hosted by the Youth MP and BwD Youth Forum. For World Environment Day they completed a series of interactive workshops on fast fashion, recycling with BwD council & flooding by the Environment Agency #worldenvironmentday
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đ§Mohmed Zaid in Year 10 finished his first year of a Construction course at @bbcollege . đˇââď¸As part of his studies, he successfully completed a joinery module. đŠˇUtilising his newfound joinery skills, he designed and crafted a beautiful Quran stand as a thoughtful gift.
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#bakeforvictory. Zain from year 7 has also been very imaginative in his use of fruit on the top of his cake in order to make a Union Jack đŹđ§ another fantastic looking cake
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đźWe are so proud to be participating in #NationalCareersWeek which kicked off today. âď¸We're celebrating the week with some career advice from our local heroes! . @Benefit_Mankind
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đ§Our teachers and pupils were proud to celebrate #worldhijabday2024 today!. đWorld Hijab Day encourages people of all backgrounds to learn more about the hijab. đThe hijab is a symbol of modesty and identity for millions of Muslim women across the world
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â¤ď¸ We are so proud of everyone who took part today!.
Staff members at @PleckgateHigh School including Jenny Savage, Keely Knight, James Carter, Martyn Bajkowski, Charlotte Bland, Sarah Belshaw and Claire Hopkinson are taking part in our #imnotamuslimbutiwillfastforoneday campaign 2024. See quotes from them below:. Jenny: 'IÂ take
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đPupils from Year 7 and Year 8 had the opportunity to see Life of Pi, a well loved piece of literature translated to the stage. đŻPupils learned about character development, the importance of staging and set design, and were immersed in a vibrant and exciting performance.
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đ§ââď¸After weeks of preparation, a team of our students will be competing in the @YoungCitizensUK Bar Mock Trial Competition National Final at the Royal Courts of Justice this weekend. đ¤Best of luck to them at what will be an exciting and inspiring event! #MockTrials
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Local author Nathan Parker has been working in school this week with our Yr 11s to inspire our students for their Narrative writing assessment and see if there are any future novelists. Students and staff would like to thank Nathan for the great sessions he has delivered.
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We had the chance to show off our new entrance & reception at last night's successful Open Evening. Work has been ongoing since the last school year & we have highlighted our outstanding @Ofsted as well as making the school safer for our pupils.
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At 8pm this evening it is 'Clap for Carers'. This is an opportunity to thank the NHS staff that are on the frontline fight against the Coronavirus. People are being asked to open their windows and share a round of applause as a tribute to the NHS workers .@NHSuk. #ClapForCarers.
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The Government has asked parents to keep their children at home and therefore school will be closed from tomorrow. The school will open at 820am for the children of key workers, these families have already been in contact with the school. Please stay safe in these difficult times.
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đ Champions!. A huge congratulations to our U15s (Y9/10) Cricket Team who were crowned Blackburn School Cricket Champions!.The boys defeated St Bede's and BCHS last week to qualify for the Finals.
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Inaam may follow a career in medicine as a GP. âI want to study Chemistry, Biology, Maths & Further Maths at Collegeâ.âI like to help people, this would be a perfect job".He has the grades he needs with 9s in Maths & Chemistry, A* in Further Maths & 8s in Geography, RE & Physics
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A class of Year 10s are preparing to take their maths GCSE a year early. Last year, around 20 students passed their GCSE maths in Year 10 with exceptional results. Over the years, Pleckgate's maths GCSE results have put their high achievers in the top one per cent in the country
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Maths GCSE. 23 Year 10s sat this yearâs exam with exceptional outcomes. 11 achieving the maximum Grade 9, while eight earned Grade 8 and four achieved Grade 7. Congratulations on such a fantastic achievement.
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Maleeqa celebrated 5 Grade 9s, 4 Grade 8s and a distinction in Child Development and will go @bbcollege to study Maths, Biology and Chemistry. Congratulations!
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Day three of the John Muir residential: pupils visited Hill Top Farm in Malham for biodiversity talks and conservation work in farming, ending the trip with a wellness session in front of Malham Cove. @hilltopfarmgirl @Yorkshiredales #Malham #farming #johnmuir
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#SchoolCouncil . We are delighted that our Year 7 and Year 9 school council representatives have been selected, and look forward to them helping to make a difference around the school.
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Congratulations to the year 8 football team, a 3:0 victory over TIBHS meant that the team had won all of their matches in the league this season and secured promotion to the 'A' league for next year.
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Great win today for our year 8 boys football team as they beat @WAPschool. Really enjoyable game with a number of strong performances. âď¸MOM Qureshiâď¸â
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Great to see lots of year 7s attending after school netball. Lets hope the hard work translates into victories on the netball court
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đWe are incredibly proud of the donations made by our pupils, staff, and families towards this wonderful cause. âĽď¸A heartfelt thank you to all who participated!.
Students at @PleckgateHigh are stepping up for their community! đŚâ¤ď¸ Collecting shoeboxes for the homeless and food items for the local foodbank, theyâre spreading kindness where itâs needed most.
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Congratulations to Mrs Turnbull and the Pleckgate team. They broke last years speed record, recording a time of 86mph. Overall they finished in joint second place. Congratulations to everyone involved
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