Six of our students from KS3 were involved in producing five film posters assisted by James O’Connor from Whitelabrecords. Their remit was to redevelop a film poster for the film, ‘The Others’ and think you will agree they did a brilliant job. Well done to Brandon, Luke, Kian, Ben, Alisa and Isaac.
Two of our students from Larches High School and staff from Preston Vocational Centre took part in a project to rebuild old timber raised planter beds in Concrete Block at Moor Hey School in Lostock Hall. The project allowed the students to put skills in to practice and support another school in need. The spirit of community work empowers the young people.
The area had originally 3 raised beds for planting, the beds where made of timber that had rotted away and become unsafe. The staff from PVC started by digging the foundations for the planters and laid concrete footings. The following week the students Byron and Charlie spent 2 days building the raised beds in 150mm concrete block with sand a cement. This will allow the students of Moor Hey School the ability to take part in their horticulture sessions in the future.
Our pupils Byron and Charlie have made a great difference to the Horticulture area for the school through their hard work and determination. Both students have gained valuable realistic work experience that will support their future applications for employment or Apprenticeships.
Well done to Byron & Charlie!
As part of the Preston Schools’ Teaching Alliance, Larches High has been partnered with Strike Lane Primary in Freckleton. Local author Alan Gibbons’ new book ‘The Beautiful Game’ is the focus of our attentions. It’s about the history of football in the UK, both good and bad, as told through a narrative.
We are taking a group of Year 11s on a trip to Strike Lane next week to do some paired reading with a group of reluctant Year 6 readers. The Year 11s are looking forward to returning to primary school!
On the 4th Feb we invited some youth workers from the Foxton Centre, to come into school to meet with yr 11 students as part of the Princes Trust Help in the community unit and our focus on homelessness in forms for the previous two weeks.
The youth workers suggested asking a person from the shelter who had been homeless in the past to come and join the groups for a questions and answers session, to which he agreed.
The students were extremely polite and engaged asking lots of questions and were very empathic about the situations that homeless people may find themselves in.
This was a very interesting session and our plan is to continue to offer our help to the Foxton Centre in the near future.
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