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Thursday 6 June 2024 Harper Green School Introduces Student Library Ambassadors As part of their commitment to nurturing a strong reading culture, Harper Green School has introduced a dedicated team of library ambassadors to support the school library and help promote reading around the school.
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Tuesday 28 May 2024 Horwich and Blackrod Cluster Primary Schools Take Part in Cross-Country Event at RBHS Rivington and Blackrod High School recently hosted the Horwich and Blackrod cluster primary schools' cross-country event, where eight primary schools came together to compete alongside our RBHS student leaders.
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Thursday 23 May 2024 Students Across LCECT Come Together for Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Expedition On Thursday, 16th May 2024, students across Â鶹ÊÓƵ Church of England and Community Trust embarked on this year’s Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Expedition.
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Tuesday 21 May 2024 Class of 2024: RBSF Year 13 Leavers Assembly' On Monday, 13th May 2024, Rivington and Blackrod Sixth Form students gathered in the beautiful RBHS chapel for the Year 13 leavers' assembly.
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Tuesday 21 May 2024 Rising Football Star Nominated for Bolton Wanderers Trials A talented Year 8 footballer from Harper Green School, Lily S, has enjoyed a tremendous season this year and has been nominated for Bolton Wanderers football trials.
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Monday 20 May 2024 Harper Green School Becomes Bolton's First Secondary School to Win Schools of Sanctuary National Award Harper Green School has been awarded the Schools of Sanctuary National Award, becoming Bolton's first secondary school to achieve this.
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Thursday 16 May 2024 Away From Home - Live it: A Residential for Year 11 and 12 Students Sophie from NCS recently visited Rivington and Blackrod Sixth Form to offer Year 11 and 12 students the opportunity to apply for the ‘Away from Home – Live it’ experience this summer with NCS.
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Wednesday 15 May 2024 Harper Green School Focuses on Diversity and Inclusivity in Recent Assemblies In assemblies last week, Harper Green School focused on the British values of mutual respect and tolerance in conjunction with the Harper Green values of respect and acceptance.
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Tuesday 14 May 2024 Year 13 Rivington and Blackrod Sixth Form Student Accepted into Highly Acclaimed Drama School, Italia Conti Year 13 Rivington and Blackrod Sixth Form student Joshua Nicolls is set to embark on an exciting journey in September as he has been offered a place at the prestigious London drama school, Italia Conti.
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Thursday 9 May 2024 Harper Green School Launches Weekly Boxing Intervention with Elite Boxing We are delighted to have recently partnered with Elite Boxing in Halliwell to offer a weekly boxing intervention to support our students and help build resilience, discipline and ways of dealing with emotions.
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Tuesday 7 May 2024 RBHS Hosts Horwich and Blackrod Cluster Primary Schools' Football Finals Rivington and Blackrod High School hosted the annual Horwich and Blackrod cluster primary schools' football finals competition last week. From the first whistle to the final moments...
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 Harper Green School Partners with Farnworth Cricket Club Harper Green School has secured access to Farnworth Cricket Club’s facilities as well as professional coaching from their Australian overseas players. This will grant them access to the new cricket net facility as well as full use of their pitches for school fixtures.
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Thursday 18 April 2024 From Finance Apprentice to Deputy Finance Manager We are proud to announce that Finance Assistant Lyndsey Higham has been promoted to Deputy Finance Manager. Lyndsey started an apprenticeship in 2018, studying her AAT Level 3 and Level 4 while employed at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Church of England and Community Trust.
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Monday 15 April 2024 RBHS Year 10 and 11 Students Visit CERN in Geneva A group of Year 10 and Year 11 RBHS students headed on a journey of scientific discovery last week, venturing to the heart of Europe to visit CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research located in Geneva.
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Wednesday 27 March 2024 RBHS and Harper Green School secure over £1million in CIF funding We are delighted to announce that our schools have been successful in securing over £1million in funding through the Condition Improvement Fund allocation. This funding will support ongoing improvement projects across our schools, further enhancing the learning environments for our students.
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Thursday 14 March 2024 Over 50 Students and Staff Take Part in a Community Iftar On Wednesday, 13th March 2024, Harper Green School hosted its first-ever Community Iftar. To celebrate our diverse community within the month of Ramadan, we invited staff and students to join us for Iftar, the evening meal to break the fast.
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Tuesday 12 March 2024 Year 11 Student Wins Fifth Place at Crufts 2024 A Year 11 student at Harper Green School showcased his talent and passion for dog handling at Crufts 2024 on Thursday, 7th, March 2024. Sam's family has been breeding and showing bulldogs for over 20 years. Now that he's old enough to participate, he recently stepped into the spotlight, handling the family's dogs in the show ring.
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Monday 11 March 2024 Celebrating World Book Day 2024 On Thursday, 7th March 2024, staff and students across the Trust came together to celebrate World Book Day 2024, an annual celebration of authors, illustrators, books and the joy of reading.
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Thursday 7 March 2024 Harper Green School students work with Ground Breakers Community Garden Project to transform their community Students from Harper Green School, part of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Church of England and Community Trust, have been working hard with the Ground Breakers Community Garden Project, a local initiative run by the Third Space Bolton Charity, in a bid to learn lifelong practical skills and make a difference in their local community.
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Monday 4 March 2024 Harper Green School Students Visit Lego Land as part of Lego Therapy Intervention Nine students from Harper Green School participated in an innovative Lego Therapy Intervention at Lego Land in Manchester last week...
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Wednesday 28 February 2024 Rivington & Blackrod High School is recognised for ranking in the top 25% nationally for attendance Rivington and Blackrod High School have been working hard to support the attendance of all students and are delighted to share that the hard work of staff, students and parents has been recognised this week by Fisher Family Trust for ranking in the top 25% nationally for attendance. Fisher Family Trust work with over 10,000 schools across the country.
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Monday 26 February 2024 Celebrating National Governors Awareness Day National School Governors Awareness Day will take place on Thursday, 29th February 2024 with the focus this year being the Governance of Inclusion. The day is dedicated to recognising the hard work, dedication, and impact of school governors across the country.
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Friday 19 January 2024 LCECT Launches new recruitment referral scheme for staff Support our students, school and Trust by helping us to find excellent staff and make a referral today. Referring a candidate is easy; click the link Employee Referral Form to complete our brief online form and help us expand our network of great professionals. For every successful referral made, LCECT employees are eligible to receive a reward of £250.
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Monday 6 March 2023 Harper Green School Receives "Good" Ofsted Rating Ofsted visited Harper Green School on the 10th and 11th January 2022. It is with enormous pride and pleasure that we are able to share that Ofsted recognised Harper Green is a Good School, in all areas. We are delighted that Ofsted has recognised all that the parents and staff do here together at Harper Green for our students and community. Ofsted recognised the quality of relationships and strength of our community.
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Thursday 5 January 2023 Harper Green School launches new branding Since joining Â鶹ÊÓƵ Church of England and Community Trust in 2017, Harper Green School has seen a significant transformation, investing considerably in its facilities and learning spaces to create inspiring and engaging learning environments for students and staff.
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Wednesday 7 December 2022 LCECT wins 2022 Fast Payer Award Good Business Pays has revealed that Â鶹ÊÓƵ Church of England and Community Trust is one of just 300 companies to be awarded its 2022 Fast Payer Award...
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Tuesday 27 September 2022 Harper Green School Make it Stick Careers and Revision Evening Join us on Thursday, 29th September 2022 from 4pm until 7pm at our Year 10 and 11 Make it Stick Careers and Revision Evening.
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Friday 16 September 2022 Pre-register for Rivington & Blackrod Sixth Form Open Evening Rivington and Blackrod Sixth Form are holding an Open Evening for prospective students and their families on Thursday, 6th October 2022 from 5.30pm until 7.30pm.
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Thursday 15 September 2022 RBHS presents... School of Rock - The Musical The Rivington & Blackrod High School Performing Arts department presents School of Rock – The Musical.
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Friday 9 September 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II We are incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We wish to thank her for her unwavering service and dedication. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family.
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