Coming up Next Half Term
8A Retreat are going to Skipton on 6 June
Students from Primary Schools, who will be commencing in September, are invited to attend a Caring and Sharing Day on Thursday 9 June. Year 11 Prom will take place on Monday 20 June at The Mercure Bankfield Hotel, Bingley.
Students will travel to Kempten, Germany for an exchange visit to our partner school 17—24 June. Leavers Mass for Year 11 is Monday 20 June and Year 13 is Thursday 26 June.
Parents Evening for Year 7 will be held on Thursday 23 June.
Primary Students starting in Year 7 in September have their Transition Evening Monday 27 June.
Students from Primary school will visit Holy Family for their Transition Day Wednesday 29t June. All our current Year 7 Students will not be in school on this day. There is a residential Trip at Buckden House, Arncliffe from 4-6 July.
Key Stage 3 students are going to Rhineland in Germany 4-8 July.
6th From Prom will take place on Friday 8 July at The Marriott Hotel in Leeds SEN Opening Morning for Year 6 is Saturday 9 July, 10 am—12 pm Year 7 & Year 8 are going to Lightwater Valley for their end of year trip. Yeat 9 Are going to Flamingo Land for their end of year trip. Year 10 Are going to Blackpool for their end of year trip. PHSE Week will commence Monday 11 July.
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As we approach the final term before the summer holidays I would like to thank all Parents/ Carers for your continued support for the school.
Our 6th Form and Year 11 students are busy revising for their exams and the school would like to wish them the very best of luck.
Students have also had a very busy term doing extra curriculum activities.
Students went Skiing to Andorra during the Easter holidays, pictures are enclosed. On Friday 8 April staff and students went to Alton Towers and had a wonderful time and were a credit to the school.
The English department ran an educational trip to the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford for Year 11 Students. Also the Psychology department went to watch ‘Opening Skinners Box’ at West Yorkshire Play House.. Year 10 Students will be attending this years Lourdes Pilgrimage on Thursday 26 May to Thursday 2 June. Last term we held an Easter Raffle which raised £203.22 , all money is donated to The Lets Get Cooking Club run by Mrs Hastings.
Mrs Llewellyn and Mr Verfureth visited Indonesia to our sister school. Mr Darkins and Mrs Victor took student to the Tate Museum in Liverpool.
Staff and students are very busy raising money for this years and next years Lourdes trips. We also held a Mass for Lourdes on Thursday 5 May.
The holiday calendar for the school year 2016-2017 is available on our website under Parent Information. Finally I would like to wish everyone a happy half term holiday.
Ski Trip 26 March - 2 April
Further to last months newsletter regarding the Students
Skiing in Andorra, these are just some of the photographs from
the trip.
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Alton Towers
Staff and Students went on a trip to Alton
Towers during the Easter Holidays.
Tate Art Gallery in Liverpool
The Art Department went to see a small exhibition of
Henri Matisse on Tuesday 12 April.
This was to help the students show a contextual understanding
of artists past and present as part of their Assessment
Objectives.
Mr and Mrs Stabler received a Trophy for the Fastest Team of 5.
Well done to the Stabler Family
Keighley 10K Run for Sue Ryder
Staff and Students gathered to present the cheque to Andrew
Wood from Manorlands for £2,180.
School also received the following Trophies:
Organisation with most Participants. School Team with most Participants
and finally Fastest Team of 5.
Well done to everyone!
Tate Museum Liverpool
Students visited the Tate Art Gallery in Liverpool to see a small exhibition of Henri Matisse, on Tuesday 12 April. This was to hep students understand artists past and present as part of their Assessment Objectives.
Following the exhibition Students then looked around Albert Dock area. The trip was a great success although students were very tired on the return journey!
Children’s University Visit
On Saturday 23rd April, the 400th
anniversary of Shakespeare’s
death, members of Year 7 went to the West Yorkshire Playhouse as part of the Children’s University. They were given a drama workshop, practising Shakespearean insults and developing some of the most famous characters from his plays. Students were given the chance to use props and perform a speech in front of other schools. Afterwards students were given a backstage tour of the theatre and discovered that putting on a performance involves lots of different jobs and skills in getting everything ready for an audience. The visit was organised by the “half-faced hugger-mugger” Miss Storey and the “beslubbering boar-pig”
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Indonesia Visit
In April the Holy Family School celebrated 10 years of partnership with Pondok Pesantren Darunnajaj in Jakarta , Indonesia. This is essentially a partnership between a catholic school and an Islamic boarding school, whereby
teachers and sometimes students from each school have visited the other country each year for a two week period. The aim has been to find out about the
two different cultures , the education systems and the similarities and differences in the two religious. This year Mrs Llewellyn and Mr Verfuerth from Holy Family travelled to Indonesia to take part in celebrations attended by the British Ambassodor to
Indonesia and the British Council.
We are looking forward to welcoming back staff and students from Darunnajah in Autumn 2016.
An Inspector Calls
The English Faculty embarked on an adventure with 83 Year 11 students to Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre on Wednesday 4th May, to watch a stager production of the GCSE Literature text ‘An Inspector Calls by JB Priestly. The show is about an Inspector who drops into the esteemed Birling family one evening and turns their lives into turmoil. But who is it that learns from their mistakes? ‘The famous younger generation’. When the Inspector leaves the Birling family think they have got away with their hideous crimes, until the phone rings and a real Inspector is on his way to pay them a visit. The students enjoyed the trip and will hopefully remember all they
had seen and read for their exam on Friday 27th May. Good luck Year 11!
Lourdes Fund Raising Event
Staff and Students held a coffee morning on
Thursday 5 May and raised £79.59. Mrs Fletcher made cheesecake for each
department and raised £165.50.
Student Contact Details
Please be reminded that it is very important that you inform us of any change of address or
new mobile or house numbers.
Holy Family Catholic School Spring Gardens Lane
Keighley BD22 8EJ Tel. No. 01535 210212 Fax No: 01535 210242 Email: [email protected]
Opening A Skinner’s Box
The Psychology department took students to watch “Opening a Skinner’s Box’ . The production was based around 10 ground breaking Psychological experiments , how they
were carried out and the implication of their findings. This will have hopefully broaden students understanding of some of the key
