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Headteacher, Mr Leighton, to leave Priory
Posted 2nd March 2009
After 24 years as Headteacher at Priory Mr Leighton has
announced his intention to leave at the end of the
summer term, August 2009.
Mr Leighton
became the second Headteacher at Burscough Priory High
School in January 1985 and has continued in this role
ever since. Throughout his
tenure the school has continually developed and grown
into what Burscough Priory Science College is today and
we have a lot to thank Mr Leighton for in this respect.
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Mr Leighton's successor now apointed, Posted
30th June 2009
After a rigorous selection
process the Governing
Body can announce that they have now appointed Mr
Leighton’s successor. Doug Bruce, the current
Headteacher at Lathom High School will be joining Priory
in September to become Priory's third Headteacher. For
those of you with long memories you may recall Doug was
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Physics / Astronomy Groups to attend lecture at
Liverpool John Moores University
Posted 12th March 2009
A group of Year 11 Physics and Year 10 Astronomy students from Priory
will be visiting
Liverpool John Moores
University on
the 18th of
March 2009 to hear a
lecture being given By
Dr Andrew Newsam
entitled, "How
to Explore the Universe:
A tale of telescopes,
time travel and
extra-terrestrials." The lecture is presented by
the Institute of
Physics, (IOP), which is
a scientific
charity devoted to increasing the practice,
understanding and application of physics. This years lecture is just the latest in the "Schools Lecture Series"
presented by the IOP, a
series which has been
running since 1993
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GCSE Astronomy
Posted 9th March 2009
19 year 10 Priory students have jumped at the chance to
study GCSE astronomy as an extra-curricula subject. The
course is being run by Mrs. Fidler and Mr Jackson who
decided to offer students this opportunity in
celebration of the International Year of
Astronomy. Student
reaction to the course has been excellent,
"When I was offered astronomy, I jumped to the chance! I
love the thought of what is outside our own planet and
universe so the opportunity to find out was not to be
rejected!"
Lydia
Craddock 10C. Find out moreabout the GCSE astronomy
group and view the photo's
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QinetiQ Challenge
Posted 4th March 2009
The QinetiQ Challenge was a race to the
Geographic
South Pole which featured Ben Fogle and James Cracknell
in the British Team. Pupils followed the progress of the
race and then carried out an Investigation based on this
to achieve a Bronze CREST award.
To obtain
the CREST award pupils had to design a jacket for use in
similar conditions to the Antarctic.Pupils completed at
least 10hours of work to receive an award.
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Revision Rocks @ Priory
Posted 2nd March 2009
Next time you see a Priory pupil walking along
the road with their iPod earphones in their ears don't
jump to the conclusion that they are listening to the
latest tracks by the likes of Duffy or Kings of Leon as
they could actually be revising!
Eleven pupils were
selected to visit
Rock Fm and take
part in a podcasting
revision session for
English and Maths.
The
content of the podcasts were English and Maths revision
techniques using an interesting script with “5 Steps to
Success” in their chosen area. These scripts were then
recorded and music is added as a background to the
scripts.
Find out more about this novel approach to revision at
Priory
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Spaceport
Trip
Posted 4th March 2009
Yr7 pupils had a day out
to visit Spaceport at Birkenhead in February. Pupils arrived at
Spaceport and then were blasted through the
Universe in a Space Pod to find out the secrets
of our Solar System. Pupils worked through
interactive activities for the planets, phases
of the moon, stars and local galaxies. There
was also the chance to ride the space simulator
and lie back on watch the stars in a
planetarium.
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Carnegie & Greenaway Book Awards
Posted 2nd March 2009
The Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Book awards
shadowing scheme enables pupils to review the books that
have been shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal
awarded annually to the
to the
writer of an outstanding book for children.
Each year
Priory pupils get the opportunity
to participate
by writing reviews
about the books they have
read and posting them on the
Shadowing website.
Last year
Burscough Priory students
voted for the winning novel
Here Lies Arthur by
Philip Reeve.
Read
about Priory's involvement in the Carnegie & Greenaway
book awards
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Latest School Newsletter now available on-line
Posted 2nd March 2009
The latest school newsletter, (Number 10), has now been published and
contains information regarding Mr Leighton's
announcement that he is to leave Priory in August after
24 years as Headteacher. The newsletter is
available on line
here
All school newsletters for this academic year
are also available on-line in our newsletter archive
which can be found
here |
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WOW Factor 2009 - Priory Pupils come 1st and 3rd
Posted 27th January 2009
After a
fabulous evening of
Music and Dance when
Priory pupils were
amongst 17 acts in
the Wow Factor final
at Southport
College, we
nervously awaited
the judge's
decision. We were
thrilled to hear
Hannah Avery's name
called out as the
third prize winner -
winning herself £50.
We were
not to be
disappointed with
the announcement of
the winner of the
competition - Emma
Francis won the
first prize of £100. It was a
very proud moment
for Priory and we
would like to
congratulate all our
performers who were
such fantastic
ambassadors for the
school.
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The
Clothes Show
Posted 14th January 2009
On Tuesday 9th December 2008
a group of Priory's Performing Arts
and Fine Arts students went to the NEC in
Birmingham to see the Clothes
Show ‘Live’. As well as
seeing the main fashion show event there was lots of
opportunity to shop at the many retail outlets present
at the event. The main fashion show was presented by
Vernon Kay and there
was also a fantastic
performance from the "Saturdays" who performed their hit
‘UP’. It was a very long but enjoyable day for all the
pupils who went.
Read a personal report of
the day written by the School Newspaper team together
with some excellent photographs
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Einstein was in the building!
Posted 14th January 2009
BPSC had a visit from the most
prestigious scientist Einstein on Tuesday 9th
December 2008.
He visited as many classes as possible,
discussing with the students the pros and cons of
space/physics in the past and future,
and how he came to be interested in them.
It was a great day, lots of fun but also very exciting
to discuss e=MC2 and lots of other things
such as gravity and magnetism and their effects on our
lives. Don't believe us? view the photo's
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Starchaser - Rocket Challenge Day
Posted 14th January 2009
On Wednesday 17th December
2008 Matt Shewbridge from Starchaser presented Year 11
rocket Challenge day. The day started with a talk and
demonstrations about Starchaser and building rockets.
The pupils then set about designing and building their
own rockets and the highlight of the day was launching
the rockets on the school field. Who's rocket travelled
the furthest? Who's won best design? ............ and
who's spiralled and went sideways, (there's always one!)
Answers to these questions
and photo's of the day can be found
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School Production
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Posted 3rd January 2009
A very big "well done" to everyone involved in
the school's production of Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the end of last
term. This was another fantastic production and
certainly one which lived up to the very high
expectations everyone now has of productions at
Priory. These productions don't just happen
overnight and the end results were certainly an
indication of all of the hard work that had been
done prior to the productions themselves.
Photo's of the production will appear very
shortly, watch this space! |
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Science
Newspaper Edition 2 now available
Posted 30th November 08
The latest edition of the Science Newspaper has now been
published and contains some very interesting articles on
subjects such as the new GCSE
Astronomy course, the Tetrahedron Challenge, the
Forensic Science day and lots of other science related
subjects. This edition of the newspaper has been
produced by Adam Davies, Alex Crisp, Adam Nelson, Daniel
Green, Sian Portelli, Lauren Wood and Lydia Craddock,
all in Form 10C. A big well done to you all!
The newspaper can be found
on-line
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