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Galileo comes to Priory
Posted 22nd January 2010
We are delighted to invite parents and students to an evening of astronomy and star gazing with the famous astronomer Galileo.
He will be talking about his life and achievements and showing us a replica Galilean telescope and models of the universe as it was described in 1610. The date is Thursday 11th February, 7:00pm - 8:00pm. Pictures to follow. |
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School Open Evening
Posted 8th October 2009
The School Open Evening took place on Wednesday 7th
October 2009 when the school was be open for prospective
pupils and parents / carers to come and have a look
around and experience what makes Priory so
special.
If you were unable to attend
but would like to visit the school
please
contact us and schedule
a visit or take a virtual tour of the school
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Priory
Pupils Celebrate Achieving the School's Best Ever GCSE
Examination Results
Posted 27th August 2009
We are extremely pleased to announce that this
years GCSE examination results exceed anything the
School has previously achieved. 74% of pupils achieved 5 GCSE's at A* to C and
60% of pupils achieved 5 GCSE's at A* to C including
English and Maths. Callum Thow achieved an
incredible 7.5 A*'s and 2 A's, what fantastic
achievement for him personally. At
the departmental level Music and Performing Arts and
Science
achieved a staggering 100% success rate with all pupils
achieving A* to C grades.
Congratulations to all
of our pupils and a very big WELL DONE!
More details and photo's
can be found
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Roger Leighton Gala
Concert
Posted 18th August 2009
On Tuesday
July 14th 2008,
pupils past and present from Burscough
Priory came together
to present a Gala Concert
for Mr Leighton,
to celebrate
his twenty four years as
head teacher. The concert
was a sell out and the
audience was entertained by
performances of the very
highest standard. Several
past pupils surprised Mr
Leighton by their attendance
and, in particular, we were
thrilled to welcome Dean
Chisnall back to the Priory
stage. Currently, Dean is
rehearsing for a role in ‘La
Cage Aux Folles’ before he
joins the cast of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s sequel to Phantom
of the Opera.
More information and video of the finale can be found
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Singing
Examination Success
Posted 18th August 2009
A huge
congratulations to all the
singers that took graded
singing examinations in
July. There were twelve
pupils entered and nine of
them achieved distinctions,
the highest category of
marks available. This is an
absolutely incredible
achievement. Well done! Five of
those entered passed grade
six. This is the first time
that Priory pupils have been
entered at such a high grade
and Francesca Fairclough,
Lydia Craddock, Rachel
Prescott, Emma Francis and
Hannah Avery all did
incredibly well in achieving
success at this level.
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Priory in the News
Posted 6th August 2009
Burscough youngster
Alistair Nelson
enjoyed a dream
athletics masterclass with
British Olympian and
four-time UK
Champion Michael
Rimmer after winning
a place on the Aviva
UKA Academy regional
training session
programme.
Alistair, 14, from
Burscough
Priory Science
College,
was one of a handful
of youngsters in
attendance as Rimmer
passed on tips,
advice and ran a
live session at Edge
Hill University. It
was great to run
alongside Michael
and get his thoughts
and feelings on what
it takes to be
successful - he was
a real inspiration,"
said Alistair - who
runs for Liverpool,
Pembroke and Sefton
Harriers.
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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 10 hours 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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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 can be found
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