September 23, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 23rd September 2019
Pupil of the week: Jack 10L – Excellent Rock School performance Jerome 9L – Great…
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September 19, 2019
Join the Bowland High PTFA 100 Club
PTFA 100 Club We would like to invite you to become a member of our…
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September 16, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 16th September 2019
Pupil of the week: Oliver 10L – excellent start in geography especially homework Robert 8L…
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September 13, 2019
Year 10 Visit the Empire Theatre in Liverpool to Watch Blood Brothers
The Year 10 GCSE drama group visited Liverpool to watch Blood Brothers at The Empire…
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September 10, 2019
Isobel Wins the Year 8 Summer Reads Competition
The winner of the Summer Reads Competition is.... Isobel! Pupils were invited to submit a…
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September 9, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 9th September 2019
Pupil of the week: Ellisha 11B – superb organisation of a group of Year 7’s…
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August 22, 2019
GCSE Results Day
On behalf of all the staff at Bowland High we would like to congratulate Year's…
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July 19, 2019
Year 10 Work Experience Week
Well done Year 10 for being amazing and shining in your work experience week. …
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July 19, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 19th July 2019
Pupil of the week: Sam 10L for his amazing achievements with Lancashire Football Lois 10C…
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July 18, 2019
Year 8 Star Awards
Congratulations to all the following pupils who won a star award today. Chris, Emily, Helena,…
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July 17, 2019
The 100 Club
Congratulations to all the pupils who achieved 100% attendance this Year. Pupils were awarded with…
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July 17, 2019
Year 7 Celebration Assembly
Congratulations to all the Year 7 who were involved with today's assembly and to all…
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July 17, 2019
BE-U Week Newsletter
Thank you to the following pupils who worked extremely hard last week during BE-U Week…
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July 17, 2019
The Last, Last Millionaire Readers of the Year!!
Fantastic news! We had 3 pupils that were so close (one of them just over…
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July 16, 2019
George is Chosen for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award
George, a recent Year 11 leaver was selected to go on the Rotary Youth Leadership…
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July 10, 2019
Let’s Do Moore
An exciting opportunity saw the year 8 future BTEC pupils accepting an invite to an…
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July 10, 2019
Dance Dynamics
'Dance Dynamics' was an evening where a variety of pupils throughout all of the year…
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July 5, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 5th July 2019
Pupil of the week: Elise 7B & Cayleigh 8B are Millionaires – well done. Harry…
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July 3, 2019
The Last Millionaire Readers of the Year
It's the final flourish as Accelerated Reader has now ended. These fabulous people just managed…
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July 1, 2019
Bowland Prom 2019
On Thursday the 27th June Year 11 pupils celebrated the end of their 5 years…
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June 28, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 28th June 2019
Pupil of the week: Henry 7C, Charlotte 8C, Freddie 8L, Thomas 7B, Henry 8C, Izzy…
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June 27, 2019
70th Anniversary Celebrations
It was amazing to have so many people joining us at the 70th Anniversary Celebrations…
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June 27, 2019
Meeka Sings at the Waddington Duck Race
Meeka and her band ‘The Rise’ were invited to perform at the Waddington Arms recently…
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June 27, 2019
Congratulations to our New Millionaires and Multi-Millionaires
So, if you read David Walliams' fab book Demon Dentist 27 times you'd be at…
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June 27, 2019
Year 7 Enterprise Day
Year 7 were challenged to write and produce a book for pre-schoolers as part of…
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June 27, 2019
Year 10 R.E. Day
We had visitors from all different religions visiting us today. The pupils prepared questions to…
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June 26, 2019
Year 8 Geography Day
Year 8 have been building models of the coast and the results are spectacular. The…
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June 26, 2019
Year 10 Technology Exhibition
Thank you to those of you who came and supported the Year 10 Technology Exhibition
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June 21, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 21st June 2019
Pupil of the week: Max 10W for being a wonderful help to Mr Jackson during…
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June 20, 2019
Year 7 Rounders Tournament
It was the Year 7’s first rounders tournament recently, they performed fantastically and had great…
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June 19, 2019
Clitheroe Rotary Club visit Bowland
Clitheroe Rotary Club delivered an assembly to Year’s 9 & 10 recently and spoke about…
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June 14, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 14th June 2019
Pupil of the week: Claire 9C, Fallon 9L and Charlie 9C for creating geography revision…
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June 13, 2019
Chris Cycles for Alzheimer’s
Well done to Christopher from Year 8 who raised over £150 from a charity bike…
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June 12, 2019
Chelsea Wins Two Football Awards
Chelsea plays for Clitheroe Wolves girls under 16’s division football team and was ecstatic to…
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June 7, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 7th June 2019
Pupils of the week: Libby, Megan and Grace – for outstanding Spanish speaking assessment. Lara,…
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June 5, 2019
New Millionaire Readers – Well done!
Well done to our latest millionaire readers: Lara, Chris, Joshua and Yanto. They have all read…
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May 24, 2019
Latest Newsletter Issue 5
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May 24, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 24th May 2019
Pupil of the week: Levi 8B – for great citizenship towards another pupil. Lucie 10W…
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May 23, 2019
Star Awards for Year’s 9 & 10
Click here to see who won a star award in Year's 9 & 10 Congratulations…
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May 22, 2019
Year 8 College Enrichment Course
The College Enrichment Course was run for a group of Year 8 pupils to help…
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May 21, 2019
Star Awards for Year’s 7 & 8
Click here to see who won a Star Award this term. Congratulations everyone!
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May 17, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 17th May 2019
Pupil of the week: Saffron 9C– for fabulous dance work Grace & Hannah 7W –…
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May 17, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 10th May 2019
Pupil of the week: Claire 9C - for commitment to study every lunchtime in drama.…
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May 15, 2019
Well done Teddy on your millionaire status
Congratulations Teddy on becoming a millionaire reader. Brilliant!
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May 15, 2019
Jonathan is now a millionaire. Fantastic!
Congratulations Jonathan on becoming a millionaire reader. Brilliant!
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May 15, 2019
Gulliver is now a multi-millionaire reader. Well done
Congratulations Gulliver on becoming a multi-millionaire reader. Brilliant!
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May 15, 2019
Henry is a millionaire. Brilliant achievement
Congratulations Henry, brilliant achievement
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May 3, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 03 May 2019
Pupil of the week: Imogen 8L – for her fabulous LBGTQ presentation in English. James …
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May 2, 2019
The Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition
Following the pre-expedition briefing, 55 Bowland pupils embarked on the Duke of Edinburgh practice walk.…
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May 2, 2019
Freya is our latest millionaire. Excellent achievement
Congratulations Freya, well done
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May 2, 2019
Laila is a millionaire. Well done
Congratulations Laila, brilliant achievement
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May 2, 2019
Lucie has become a millionaire a magnificent 5 times!
Outstanding achievement, well done Lucie
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April 30, 2019
Can the Year 7 Structures Survive the Earthquake Test?
Mr Procter's Year 7 geography pupils have been studying tectonic hazards. They constructed buildings made…
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April 26, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 26 Apr 2019
Pupils of the Week Tom 7W: For kindness to a fellow pupil who had a…
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April 23, 2019
Watch Bowland High’s New Promotional Video Here
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April 5, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 05 Apr 2019
Pupil of the week: Danny 8W for winning the ‘Fortnite’ maths competition Aggie, Grace, Freya…
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April 3, 2019
Mr Bates Completes His Training as Community First Responder
Mr Bates, Bowland’s Performing Arts Technician has recently completed his training to become a Community…
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April 3, 2019
Year 10 Hair and Beauty Pupils Visit Lush
This term the Year 10 hair and beauty pupils were treated to an insight into…
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April 3, 2019
Prefect Training Workshop
Year 10 pupils will be stepping into their prefect duties soon and so received some…
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April 1, 2019
Bowland High presents ‘Oliver’ at The Grand in Clitheroe
The pupils and staff worked tirelessly to deliver a magnificent performance of ‘Oliver’ over three…
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March 29, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 29 Mar 2019
Pupil of the week: Ruby 8L & Pip 7B are Millionaires and Sarah 7B is…
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March 28, 2019
Sarah is a MULTI-millionaire. Well done
Congratulations Sarah, brilliant achievement
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March 28, 2019
In they roll..Ruby is our 18th millionaire! Congratulations
Well done Ruby, brilliant achievement
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March 28, 2019
Pip is our 17th millionaire! Congratulations
Congratulations Pip, brilliant achievement
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March 28, 2019
Year 9 visit The Spread Eagle at Sawley for some hands-on experience
The Spread Eagle at Sawley who are part of Individual Inns, kindly allowed our Year…
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March 25, 2019
Year 10 Catering Exam
The pupils have worked so hard to prepare and present their GCSE catering exam dishes.…
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March 22, 2019
Niamh is now a millionaire. Congratulations
Congratulations Niamh, brilliant achievement
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March 22, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 22 Mar 2019
Pupil of the week: Ruby 8B, Hollie 8B, Oliver 8B & Owain 8B – for…
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March 19, 2019
Bowland High Pupils Win 1st Place at this Year’s Technology Tournament
24 teams from 9 East Lancashire schools took part in the Accrington Heat of the…
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March 15, 2019
Imogen is now a millionaire reader. Well done
Congratulations Imogen, brilliant achievement
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March 15, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 15 Mar 2019
Pupil of the week: Lucie 7C – is a 4 Millionaire Imogen 7B & Amelie…
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March 15, 2019
Amelie has reached millionaire status. Well done
Congratulations Amelie, brilliant achievement
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March 15, 2019
Lucie has become a millionaire a magnificent 4 times
Wonderful achievement, congratulations Lucie
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March 15, 2019
World Book Day Murder Mystery
Mrs Donald and Mrs Emmanuel had prepared an exciting event for the pupils in celebration…
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March 12, 2019
Bowland pupils take to the stage – ‘Oliver’ tickets now available
The pupils are busy rehearsing for this year’s school show ‘Oliver’ which will be held…
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March 12, 2019
National Careers Week
It was National Careers Week recently and Mrs Burns had organised for different companies and…
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March 8, 2019
Year 8 Enterprise Day, Year 9 Holocaust Day, Year 10 R.E. Day, Year 11 Study Skills
Year's 8 to 11 enjoyed a collapsed timetable of different events on Monday 4th March…
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March 8, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 08 Mar 2019
Pupil of the week: Freya 8L and Megan 8W – exceptional Spanish conversation Caitlin 9C…
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March 7, 2019
New Prefects Announced for the 2019/20 School Year – Well done everyone
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March 5, 2019
Pancake Day Challenge for 8 Walker
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March 1, 2019
Year 9 & 10 Star Awards – Well done everyone
The Year 9 & 10 Star Award winners for the first half of the spring…
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March 1, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 01 Mar 2019
Pupil of the week: Polly 8W, Isobel 7L, George 8B & Helena 8C – all…
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February 28, 2019
Year 11 Star Awards – Well done everyone
The Year 11 Star Award winners for the first half of the spring term are…
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February 27, 2019
Isobel is our latest Millionaire Reader – Well done Isobel
Well done Isobel for reading a million words since September! Isobel has received a book,…
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February 27, 2019
Polly has reached millionaire status
Well done Polly on becoming a millionaire, congratulations.
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February 25, 2019
Year 10 Ski Trip to the Aosta Valley
The Year 10 pupils had an amazing time skiing in the Aosta Valley in Italy…
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February 15, 2019
Latest Newsletter Issue 3 2018/19
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February 15, 2019
Year 10 Mock Interview Day
Local employers kindly gave up their time recently to help Year 10 have a realistic…
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February 15, 2019
Taking History to the next level
Matthew Hodson, a history lecturer at Nelson & Colne College, visited our GCSE history…
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February 15, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 15 Feb 2019
Pupil of the week: Harvey 9C, George 9W & Jude 9L– for being a great…
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February 13, 2019
Year’s 7 and 8 Star Awards
Click here to see Year's 7 and 8 star awards for this half term
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February 8, 2019
Year 10 Community Day – Tree Planting
Mr St John and a group of year 10 pupils worked with Rivers Ribble Trust…
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February 8, 2019
Year 10 Community Day – Clitheroe Castle Clean
Undeterred by the wind and rain a group of Year 10 pupils took part in…
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February 8, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 08 Feb 2019
Pupils of the Week Phoebe & Elysia 7B – kindness and good citizenship during Geography.…
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February 7, 2019
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China Day – Year 8 learn about the history of the terracotta army and make their own terracotta warriors
February 7, 2019
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China Day – Year 7 make their own ping pong bats
February 7, 2019
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China Day – Year 8 Learn how to make fortune cookies
February 7, 2019
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China Day – Year 8 design their own lanterns
February 7, 2019
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China Day – Year 7 pupils learn about origami, Chinese fans and blossom painting
February 7, 2019
Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Training
Mr Spencer helps the Duke of Edinburgh pupils get ready for their expedition in April…
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February 7, 2019
China Day – Year 7 make Chinese dragons and Year 9 learn tai chi
In celebration of the Chinese New Year (Year of the Pig) and the imminent arrival…
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February 1, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 01 Feb 2019
Pupil of the week: Adam 9W – an amazing speech in an English lesson. Lucy…
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January 29, 2019
Year 9 Dance Pupils Practice their Group Performance
Year 9 dance pupils have been practicing their group performance based on set works 'Emancipation…
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January 29, 2019
Society Election Results
Congratulations to the following pupils who made it through the society election campaign. Society officials…
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January 25, 2019
Wintery Scenes from Bowland
Wintery Bowland The view from Bowland in the snow
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January 25, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 25 Jan 2019
Pupils of the week: The students who ably showed our visitors from South Lakes around…
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January 18, 2019
Former Pupil Josh visits us from Northcote Manor to help a group of Year 10 Pupils
Former pupil Josh came into school to help a group of Year 10 pupils prepare…
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January 18, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 18 Jan 2019
Pupils of the week: Lucie 7C – First tri millionaire-amazing, well done. Sarah 7B –…
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January 15, 2019
Sarah is our latest millionaire
Congratulations Sarah! What a fantastic start to 2019. Well done.
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January 14, 2019
Chess Club and Toy Making Club
Chess Club and Toy Making Club with Mr Higham Chess club for Year 7 Toy making…
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January 11, 2019
Pupils of the Week – 11 Jan 2019
Pupils of the week Claire 9C for a brilliant Drama GCSE coursework Aimee 9B for…
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January 10, 2019
Francesca becomes our 7th Millionaire of 2018/19
Congratulations Francesca! What a fantastic start to 2019. Well done.
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January 10, 2019
Evan becomes our 6th Millionaire of 2018/19
Congratulations Evan! What a fantastic start to the new term.
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January 9, 2019
BRAG Careers Information Evening 14th January 2019 @ The Grand, Clitheroe 3.30pm to 6.00pm
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December 21, 2018
End of Term Newsletter
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December 20, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 20 Dec 2018
Pupil of the week: Grace 7W for excellent Geography work, well done Grace 10B for…
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December 19, 2018
Imogen becomes our 5th Millionaire of 2018/19
Congratulations Imogen! A wonderful achievement, well done.
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December 19, 2018
Gulliver becomes our 4th Millionaire of 2018/19
Congratulations Gulliver! You have worked so hard this year to achieve this, well done.
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December 14, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 14 Dec 2018
Pupil of the week: Harry 7L – for being an excellent and practical help to…
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December 13, 2018
KS3 Star Awards
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December 10, 2018
8 Walker Harvest Collection for the Ribble Valley Foodbank
8 Walker Harvest Collection for the Ribble Valley Foodbank! 8 Walker did an outstanding job collecting…
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December 7, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 7 Dec 2018
Pupils of the Week: Lara 11C for being an excellent bus prefect Courtney 7L and…
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December 5, 2018
Scarlett’s success at The British National Dance Championships
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December 4, 2018
Amelie becomes our third Millionaire of 2018/19
Congratulations Amelie! You have worked so hard this year to achieve this, well done. …
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November 30, 2018
Y7 Skipton Castle Trip
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November 30, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 30 Nov 2018
Pupils of the Week: Imogen H 8L – Excellent effort with accelerated reading Helen B…
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November 23, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 23rd Nov 2018
Pupils of the Week: Owain IW 8B – 1st Year Millionaire Tom V 10C –…
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November 20, 2018
First Millionaires of 2018/19
Amazing Lucie of Year 7 is our first millionaire reader this year. Huge well done…
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November 16, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 16th Nov 2018
Pupils of the Week: Milly E 10W & Riley SJ 10C – Outstanding effort in…
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November 9, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 9th Nov 2018
Pupils of the Week: Milly E 10W & Autumn M 10L – for exceptionally great…
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November 9, 2018
Autumn Term 1st Half Newsletter
Please click here to download the Autumn Term newsletter from Bowland High School.
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November 7, 2018
International School Award
Fantastic news, Bowland High has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in…
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November 2, 2018
Pupils of the Week – 2nd Nov 2018
Pupils of the Week: Harry JM 7L – Outstanding helpfulness getting all pupils in his…
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October 19, 2018
Waddow Hall Trip
One day late in September the Year 7's got the opportunity to go to Waddow…
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October 10, 2018
Bricklaying Assessment
Congratulations to George from 10L for winning the best bricklaying assessment at Craven College!
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October 10, 2018
Challenge Day
With challenges involving cracking enigma codes, working out complex algorithms and the frenzied futuristic train…
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October 10, 2018
Holmes Mill Visit
The Year 10 Hospitality Group recently visited Holmes Mill to gain experience of the industry…
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October 10, 2018
Year 9 Rounders
The Year 9 Rounders team won the Hyndburn and Ribble valley rounders tournament convincingly on…
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October 10, 2018
Rounders Tournament
Winners of the Blackpool Youth Games Rounders Tournament. Well done Laura,Georgia, Jess, Ella, Emma, Jasmin,…
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August 19, 2018
GCSE Results Day 2017/18
Excellent levels of progress of recent years sustained High numbers of top grades in core…
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December 10, 2017
Christmas Card Design
This year's official Christmas card of Bowland High was designed by Kiera Twizell (9 Walker).…
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December 10, 2017
Christmas Raffle Winners
A huge thank you to everyone who donated prizes to the raffle and bought raffle…
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October 19, 2017
British Citizen Youth Award
The ambition for public libraries is to provide a space where people in the community…
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October 19, 2017
Skipton Castle Trip
The trip was a success although we had to brave our lovely North West weather!…
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October 10, 2017
Multi-Millionaires
Bowland has been reading their socks off over the Christmas holidays and we have our…
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September 19, 2017
Parliament Trip
Twenty two students from Bowland's School Council visited parliament last Friday. The trip was organised…
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September 19, 2017
Trig Point Walk
In September, the year 7 cohort were given the challenge of reaching the summit of…
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August 19, 2017
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Prom Night 2017
March 19, 2017
Red Nose Day 2017
Bowland raised £742.00 from dressing up as cartoon or animated characters and a huge number…
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March 19, 2017
Aladdin
Bowland High performed their annual show at The Grand in Clitheroe for three nights from…
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December 19, 2016
Liverpool Slavery Museum Trip
This term year 8 pupils spent the day visiting the Liverpool Slavery Museum. The purpose…
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November 19, 2016
Christmas has arrived at Bowland
As a treat the pupils who successful represented school at the Kids Lit Quiz were…
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November 19, 2016
The Lost Generation – WW1
The artist Andy Farr took the photographs of pupils from Bowland who volunteered to be…
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November 19, 2016
Quarry Bank Trip
Year 8 had a fabulous day visiting Quarry Bank textile mill in Cheshire. This trip…
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November 19, 2016
Skipton Castle Trip
In November the year 7 pupils went on a trip to Skipton Castle. The pupils…
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October 19, 2016
Funds for Bowland
Chip eaters provide funds for Bowland High! The local inn, The Spread Eagle at Sawley,…
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October 19, 2016
U16 Badminton Tournament
Great Representation at Inter Schools U16 Badminton Tournament Congratulations to both the girls’ and boys’…
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July 19, 2016
Prom Night 2016
On Wednesday 29th June, we held our annual Prom Night. As last year, we held…
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July 19, 2016
BE-U Week
What is BE-U Week? Bowland Enrichment Unlimited (BE-U Week) is an important and rewarding week…
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May 19, 2016
7 Curnock Fun Run
On Monday 9th May, 7 Curnock completed a sponsored run. We organised the run to…
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May 19, 2016
Visit to the Palace
Mr Tarbox and Mr Spencer attended the Duke of Edinburgh Award 60th anniversary celebrations at…
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April 19, 2016
Recycling Competition
Year 7 winner – 7 Walker (Mrs Bradley) (Recyling Rocks) Year 8 winner – 8…
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March 19, 2016
Blood Brothers
Year 8 took part in a workshop to launch this term’s project: looking at ‘Blood…
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February 19, 2016
District Public Competition
Both intermediate and senior teams performed brilliantly in the District Rotary Public Speaking Competition held…
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February 19, 2016
China Day
On Tuesday 9th February Bowland High School hosted its annual global challenge day. The theme…
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January 19, 2016
George and Charlie’s Video
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November 19, 2015
Royal British Legion
Bowland High pupils raised £202.74 for the Poppy Appeal in November 2015. Well done to…
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October 19, 2015
Dance Dynamix
This year’s Dance Dynamix at the Grand was once again a marvellous showcase of the…
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October 19, 2015
International School Award
Bowland High School in Clitheroe, Lancashirehas been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award…
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October 19, 2015
Battlefields Trip
Bowland High School participated in the DfE funded Battlefields Trip to mark the Centenary of…
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October 19, 2015
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Official Opening
October 19, 2015
Outdoor Classroom
On Tuesday 6th October, the geography classroom was much larger (and tiring) than usual. With…
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June 19, 2015
Year 8 History at Quarry Bank Mill
Year 8 pupils had an interesting visit to Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire on a…
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June 19, 2015
Team Building Day at Waddow Hall
On Friday I went to school in my waterproof trousers, coat, fleece, walking boots and…
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June 19, 2015
Prom Night 2015
On Friday 26th June we held our annual Prom Night. As last year, we held…
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June 19, 2015
Nepal Earthquake
Pupils and staff have been involved in a variety of fund raising activities to support…
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May 19, 2015
PTFA Raffle
The raffle has raised over £1,500 for the school. We are very grateful to everyone…
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May 19, 2015
Race for Life
Members of 7 Curnock took part in the Cancer Research Race for Life at Carter…
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May 19, 2015
Urban Altitude
Year 9 Maths group spend the day working out a ropey problem! The maths department…
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May 19, 2015
World War One Battlefields
It was a very fitting time to take Y9 and Y10 pupils to some of…
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May 19, 2015
Visit to Rhineland
Year 7 pupils had a long drive through mainland Europe to reach Boppard on Rhine,…
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May 19, 2015
London Trip
33 pupils enjoyed a fabulous three day trip to London in enrichment week. After a…
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May 19, 2015
Bake Off Comes to Bowland
During Enrichment Week Year 8 and Year 9 pupils had the chance to test their…
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April 19, 2015
Skipton Castle Visit
On a sunny but wintery day in November all the year 7 pupils had the…
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April 19, 2015
Barcelona Food and Art Trip
In enrichment week the art and food GCSE students enjoyed a cultural visit to Catalonia…
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April 19, 2015
Enrichment Week
Year 7 and 8 benefit from a sunny day in the local countryside! Year 7…
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March 19, 2015
Children In Need
Superman and Batman (alias Mr Procter and Mr Fletcher) called at Bowland to receive a…
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March 19, 2015
The Sound of Music
This year’s school production, The Sound of Music, was held at The Grand on the…
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March 19, 2015
Riversmead Revisited
Our Headteacher, John Tarbox was presented with two novels written by Hermann Kaunders, who left…
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February 19, 2015
Chef of the Year
Meg in Year 10 has won the District Rotary 'Chef of the Year' competition and…
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February 19, 2015
The Keys to the Door
On Thursday 12th February 2015, our Headteacher Mr Tarbox was given 'the Keys to the…
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October 21, 2014
Parliament Visit
“On arrival in London, we observed ‘The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace and…
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October 21, 2014
Rotary Young Chef
Four students - Meg (Year 10), Josh (Year 9), Matthew (Year 9) and Faith (Year…
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October 21, 2014
Pasta Masterclass
Year 11 Catering students spent a morning at Accrington College learning to make pasta in…
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October 21, 2014
Lancashire Colours
After several tough weeks of trials for Lancashire Under 15’s rugby, Matthew got the call…
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October 21, 2014
Enterprise Day
8 of our Year 10 pupils volunteered to take part in a mind provoking enterprise…
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October 21, 2014
PTFA Race Night
Over 80 people placed their bets on favourite runners at the Bowland Race Night hosted…
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October 21, 2014
Young Farmers Success
Molly and Lucy from Year 10 both represented Lancashire in the National Federation of Young…
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October 21, 2014
Romeo and Juliet
The Expressive Arts and English departments teamed together to take twenty-five Year 11 able and…
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October 21, 2014
Waddow Hall Visit
Year 7 enjoyed a day at Waddow Hall as part of their team building programme.
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October 21, 2014
Photography Competition
Mr Procter organised a society competition for enthusiastic photographers! All pupils were invited to compete…
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September 21, 2014
PTA Purchase
We are pleased to announce our latest purchase for school from PTFA funds. The new…
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September 21, 2014
Rounders Success
Year 11 Rounders' Team were placed 2nd in the District Rounders Tournament on Wednesday 18th…
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September 21, 2014
Year 8 Triumph at STEM Competition
A fantastic performance in the STEM Disaster Relief Challenge led to success for Bowland's Year…
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September 21, 2014
Manchester City Visit
Year 8 pupils visited the Manchester Sportcity complex on 26th June 2014. The objective of…
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September 21, 2014
Prefect Training at Blackburn Rovers
Year 10 newly elected prefects spent a day at the Blackburn Rovers F.C. Education Centre…
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July 21, 2014
Fishing Match
The school's Inter-Society fishing match was held on Sunday 13th July and was sponsored by…
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July 19, 2014
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Prom Night 2014
July 19, 2014
Society World Cup
Mr Gleave organised a Society World Cup competition to help raise awareness of this international…
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June 21, 2014
Barmy Britain
The whole of year 7 enjoyed a wonderful opportunity to see the 'Barmy Britain' Horrible…
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May 19, 2014
Silver Award Winner
Mr Breen has been announced as a Silver Teaching Award Winner in the category: The…
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May 19, 2014
Future Rotarians
The Youth Speaks team from Bowland High took part in the National final in Maidstone…
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April 19, 2014
Best in the North West!
On Saturday 29th March, following winning the district finals of the Rotary ‘Youth Speaks’ public…
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April 19, 2014
Krakow and Berlin
A group of 45 Year 9 and 10 students set off for Berlin and Krakow…
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April 19, 2014
Bowland’s Got Talent
16 acts from years 7 - 11 entered into the annual Bowland's Got Talent show,…
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April 19, 2014
Year 7 Star Pupils
Gaby, Jacob, Joe and Tom received their Star Awards in Assembly this week. These certificates…
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April 19, 2014
U14 Girls Table Tennis
U13 Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Table Tennis Championships Girls: Isabelle, Nata’Lha, Codey and Ellie Boys:…
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April 19, 2014
Indian Cooking
Year 11 catering pupils visited the Double Tree Indian restaurant in Clitheroe as part of…
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March 19, 2014
Les Miserables
One of the joys of my life is the opportunity to see so many live…
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March 19, 2014
Ski Trip to Italy
27 pupils and 4 teachers spent half term skiing in Pila in the Aosta Valley,…
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March 19, 2014
Hair Cuts for Charity
On 1st March, Abigail, Tullia and Jess from Year 9 cut approximately 17cms off their…
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March 19, 2014
We Knock Ours Down to Build Theirs Up
Pupils have raised over £200 from a raffle for Build Africa Foundation. Molly Nock from…
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February 19, 2014
Rotary Youth Speaks
The new Intermediate Public Speaking Team, (Hollie, George, Sam - Year 8) stormed to success…
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February 19, 2014
Public Speaking
1st Place @ Young Farmers Regional Junior Public Speaking Rebecca Pilkington (Year 9) Sophie Altham…
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February 19, 2014
Media City
A small group of pupils were able to see a live show in the making…
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February 19, 2014
IWM Salford
Forty-five pupils in year 10 had an enjoyable and informative visit to the Imperial War…
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February 19, 2014
Lancaster and Preston Visit
Year 7 had a fantastic day out as part of the SEEDS curriculum, learning all…
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January 19, 2014
Rotary Youth Speaks Competition
Bowland Pupils are starting to gain an excellent reputation for public speaking and their presentations…
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November 22, 2013
Children In Need
Year 7 raised an amazing £1, 436.11 for Children in Need by doing a sponsored…
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November 22, 2013
Sleepover and Skipathon
Year 7 volunteered to stay in school overnight and sleep in the Sports Hall as…
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November 22, 2013
Christmas Card Competition
The Art and Technology department organised the annual ‘Design a Card for the School Christmas…
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October 27, 2013
Pumpkin Lanterns
Year 11 Countryside and Environment Group led by Mr Spencer provided a helpful service for…
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October 22, 2013
New Build Progress
Much of the enabling works for this project have now been completed including: erection of…
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October 22, 2013
Make it With Mince
“Three talented young Bowland chefs - Lucy Armer (Year 9), Kelsey Rutherford and Jack Harris…
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September 22, 2013
Year 7 Dance Club
New recruits for Year 7 Dance Club, pictured in the dance studio with Dance Ambassadors…
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July 22, 2013
Howarth Visit
Year 10 pupils have been studying 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte for their GCSE in…
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July 22, 2013
Norber Erratics Visit
Year 9 Pupils visited Norber Erratics, near Austwick in the Yorkshire Dales National park, as…
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July 22, 2013
The Apprentice
Year 10 had a fantastic day developing their business skills in The Apprentice under the…
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July 22, 2013
Year 7 Team Building Day
Year 7 spent the day getting to know each other better and pushing their boundaries.…
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July 22, 2013
Year 7 at Grindleton Fell
Year 7 had a great day out using their navigation and teamwork skills to get…
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July 22, 2013
Fame
Congratulations to all the cast and production team involved with the school show, “Fame”. For…
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July 22, 2013
Dance Dynamix
On 5th July 2013 at The Grand, the Performing Arts Department held its annual showcase…
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July 22, 2013
Congrats to Kelsey
We are delighted to announce Kelsey came 12th in the U17 Home International Fell Race…
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July 22, 2013
Childrens Health Study
Bowland High takes part in an internationally recognised children's health study Did you know that…
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June 26, 2013
Sports Day 2013
Bowland High School held its annual Sports Day on Tuesday 25th June. The highlights are…
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June 22, 2013
Challenge Day
Walker pupils demonstrate their Fair of Nations stalls as part of the last Challenge Day…
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June 22, 2013
Pay Back for Charity
9Walker would like to thank Mr Tarbox and his team for being such good sports…
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June 22, 2013
Big Bang
As part of Waddington and West Bradford’s Science Week, pupils from their Class 5 and…
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June 22, 2013
Croasdale Brook
For once, the geographers have conducted their field work in glorious sunshine. Year 10 and…
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May 22, 2013
Nominees Achieve Highly
Bowland nominees achieve highly in the East Lancashire Newspapers' Education Awards-sponsored by Burnley College On…
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May 22, 2013
Holocaust in World War 2
Year 9 pupils spent the day studying The Holocaust in World War 2 and were…
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May 22, 2013
Charity Cake Sale
7 Walker raised £110.33 from the sale of cakes and homemade milkshake in a range…
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May 22, 2013
Year 8 Football
Congratulations to Year 8 football team who reached the final of the Hyndburn and Ribble…
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May 22, 2013
Year 9 Enterprise Day Winners
Year 9 Enterprise Day winners on Friday 10th May The winning team, called "Studio Live",…
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April 22, 2013
Year 8 Enterprise Day
Year 8 pupils spent an industrious day working on the theme, "The Biscuit Challenge". They…
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April 22, 2013
Skipton Castle Visit
Year 7 pupils avoid incarceration at Skipton Castle on 26th April, when they spent half…
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March 22, 2013
Archery, Fencing, Boxing
Pupils had an opportunity to hone their controlled, combat skills with visiting coaches who provided…
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March 22, 2013
Bolton Abbey Estate
Pupils from Years 7-9 had the opportunity to visit Bolton Abbey Estate on two days…
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March 22, 2013
Red Nose Day 2013
Bowland raises £543.53 to date... and there is more to come! Pupils and staff were…
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February 22, 2013
Praise for Pupils
Bowland pupils have been praised by their bus driver for being very clean tidy and…
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February 22, 2013
Ski Trip – Aosta Valley Italy
32 pupils and 4 staff have just returned from an 8 day ski trip to…
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January 22, 2013
Book Fair Visit
Book Fair has just been and although it looked like we would not reach the…
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January 22, 2013
Picturesque Bowland
Pupils returned to school on Monday 14th January to see a beautiful blanket of snow…
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November 22, 2012
PTFA Autumn Ball
The Autumn Ball was a huge success and very enjoyable evening. Thank you to the…
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November 22, 2012
PTFA Casino Night
Once again our Casino Night was a huge success. Over a hundred guests, even more…
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November 22, 2012
Souper Assembly
This week, 9 Walker and Miss Machen orchestrated a whole school collection of cans for…
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July 22, 2012
Celebrating Success
Congratulations to Casey from 7 Lister! Casey is the first raffle winner in our new…
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June 22, 2012
Argentina Trip
Bowland and Grammar pupils make return visit to Yapeyú College in Corrientes in Argentina.
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June 22, 2012
Blackburn College Visit
Year 11 and Year 10 had a visit to Blackburn College for a series of…
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May 22, 2012
Year 9 Trip to Naples Bay
Some forty pupils and four members of staff visited Italy this year. Staying in Sorrento…
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May 22, 2012
Year 7 Trip to Paris
The Year 7 trip to France was a great success this year and lots of…
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May 22, 2012
The Way of the Roses
Over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, twenty three cyclists will be riding the “Way…
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April 22, 2012
Year 8 Trip to London
Year 8 Trip to London during March Enrichment Week. Forty Year 8 pupils stayed in…
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April 22, 2012
Enrichment Week 2012
During the last three days of the spring term, pupils at Bowland have been on…
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March 27, 2012
Rotary Competition
Niall, Rosa and Romilly - winners of district public speaking competition. The team competed in…
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March 25, 2012
Fiddler on the Roof
On the 21st to 23rd March Bowland High produced 'Fiddler on the Roof ' at…
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March 22, 2012
Group of the Season
A group of 29 pupils and 3 staff from School travelled with Interski to the…
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March 22, 2012
Global Challenge
This is the third year that we have run this event. The aim of the…
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February 22, 2012
Ski Trip 2012
Pupils were fortunate to have a fantastic week of skiing in Italy in February, which…
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February 22, 2012
Year 7 for Fair Trade
During February, Year 7 pupils have supported a Clitheroe Town Fair Trade initiative. They participated…
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November 22, 2011
Catering Christmas Draw
Christmas came early for one of our pupils this year, as Grace, Year 11, won…
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June 22, 2011
We Will Rock You
“The best show Bowland has ever done.” “As good as any amateur show I have…
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May 22, 2011
Pupils and Staff Visit from Argentina
Pupils at Bowland High enjoyed a wonderful week hosting 15 students from Yapayu College in…
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March 22, 2011
U16 Girls Badminton
The U16 Girls’ Badminton Team completed their season with a sweet victory! Hayley, Emma, Bethan…
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February 22, 2011
Enrichment Week
School bags were carefully packed the night before. Checklists were scanned with a keen eye;…
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February 22, 2011
Red Nose Day 2011
Heroes and Villains arrived at Bowland by the score to raise money for Red Nose…
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January 22, 2011
District Competition
Congratulations to Year 7 Team who finished 3rd out of fourteen teams in Hyndburn and…
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January 22, 2011
Rotary Technology Tournament
Two teams entered the tournament from Year 9 (KS3) and Year 10 (KS4) team. The…
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December 22, 2010
Prince’s Teaching Award
Photo’ shows Mr Cox at a reception held at Clarence House in December for Headteachers…
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November 26, 2010
School Caterer of the Year
Our kitchen manager, Elaine Cox, won the Lancashire County Council Commercial Award for School Catering…
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September 22, 2010
Manchester Invasion
Year 10 historians visited the Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays this week. The…
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September 22, 2010
Bowland’s Big Read
Photographs represent the culmination of a week's activities celebrating the importance of reading in our…
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June 27, 2010
Celebrating 60 Years
On Saturday 26th June we celebrated our 60th anniversary, opening our doors to all our…
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May 22, 2010
Trig Point Trip
Year 7 explored the local countryside, climbing to the highest point behind the school, using…
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May 22, 2010
Dance Dynamix
175 people watched the show and enjoyed a variety of dances and songs including numbers…
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May 22, 2010
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Grease at the Grand
April 22, 2010
Skipton Castle Visit
Year 7 pupils have been investigating how good Medieval castles really were as part of…
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March 22, 2010
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Ski Trips
February 22, 2010
Haiti Appeal
Our children have embraced the appeal with some giving up their beds, Ipods, Xbox, food…
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January 22, 2010
Headteacher meets Prime Minister
Stephen Cox, Headteacher of Bowland High school, attended a reception hosted by the Prime Minister…
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October 10, 2009
Our African Connection
Thank you for all your support, especially the 'Our African Connection Committee' for their dedication…
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October 10, 2009
Catering Team Award
From left to right - Jenny, Cath, Unit Manager Elaine, Judith and Joanne, our Catering…
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October 10, 2009
Joseph Delaney Visit
Joseph Henry Delaney is an author of science fiction and fantasy books. His writing career…
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October 10, 2009
Music and Multimedia Block Official Opening
A new state-of-the-art music and multi-media block has just been opened at Bowland High, Grindleton,…
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October 10, 2009
Grab the Event – The Grand
RIBBLE Valley audiences experienced more Wow Factor than X Factor as three nights of inter-school…
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April 19, 2009
Things are looking up!
Visitors to our school will see two new additions to our front landscape, as our…
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March 19, 2009
Homework Diary Competition
Clare Sutton from 9MO has won the competition this year, her prize will be to…
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October 10, 2008
Diary Competition
Your task is to design the front cover of our new 2009/2010 Homework Diary. Your…
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October 10, 2008
An Entertaining Lunchtime
Pupils, staff and visitors to Bowland High received a welcome treat on Thursday 26th February…
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October 10, 2008
Wall Art
As well as constantly striving to improve the quality of our teaching in school, we…
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