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 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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