Coming up Next Half Term

8A Retreat are going to Skipton on 6 June

Students from Primary Schools, who will be commencing in September, are invited to attend a Caring and Sharing Day on Thursday 9 June.

Year 11 Prom will take place on Monday 20 June at The Mercure Bankfield Hotel, Bingley.

Students will travel to Kempten, Germany for an exchange visit to our partner school 17—24 June.

Leavers Mass for Year 11 is Monday 20 June and Year 13 is Thursday 26 June.

Parents Evening for Year 7 will be held on Thursday 23 June.

Primary Students starting in Year 7 in September have their Transition Evening Monday 27 June.

Students from Primary school will visit Holy Family for their Transition Day Wednesday 29t June. All our current Year 7 Students will not be in school on this day.

There is a residential Trip at Buckden House, Arncliffe from 4-6 July.

Key Stage 3 students are going to Rhineland in Germany 4-8 July.

6th From Prom will take place on Friday 8 July at The Marriott Hotel in Leeds

SEN Opening Morning for Year 6 is Saturday 9 July, 10 am—12 pm

Year 7 & Year 8 are going to Lightwater Valley for their end of year trip.

Yeat 9 Are going to Flamingo Land for their end of year trip.

Year 10 Are going to Blackpool for their end of year trip.

PHSE Week will commence Monday 11 July.

Issue 5 W/E 27 May 2016

As we approach the final term before the summer holidays I would like to thank all Parents/

Carers for your continued support for the school.

Our 6th Form and Year 11 students are busy revising for their exams and the school would

like to wish them the very best of luck.

Students have also had a very busy term doing extra curriculum activities.

Students went Skiing to Andorra during the Easter holidays, pictures are enclosed.

On Friday 8 April staff and students went to Alton Towers and had a wonderful time and

were a credit to the school.

The English department ran an educational trip to the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford for Year 11 Students.

Also the Psychology department went to watch ‘Opening Skinners Box’ at West Yorkshire Play House..

Year 10 Students will be attending this years Lourdes Pilgrimage on Thursday 26 May to Thursday 2 June.

Last term we held an Easter Raffle which raised £203.22 , all money is donated to The Lets Get Cooking Club run

by Mrs Hastings.

Mrs Llewellyn and Mr Verfureth visited Indonesia to our sister school.

Mr Darkins and Mrs Victor took student to the Tate Museum in Liverpool.

Staff and students are very busy raising money for this years and next years Lourdes trips. We also held a Mass

for Lourdes on Thursday 5 May.

The holiday calendar for the school year 2016-2017 is available on our website under Parent Information.

Finally I would like to wish everyone a happy half term holiday.

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Ski Trip 26 March - 2 April

Further to last months newsletter regarding the Students

Skiing in Andorra, these are just some of the photographs from

the trip.

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Alton Towers

Staff and Students went on a trip to Alton

Towers during the Easter Holidays.

Tate Art Gallery in Liverpool

The Art Department went to see

a small exhibition of

Henri Matisse on

Tuesday 12 April.

This was to help the students

show a contextual understanding

of artists past and present as

part of their Assessment

Objectives.

Mr and Mrs Stabler received a

Trophy for the Fastest Team of 5.

Well done to the Stabler Family

Keighley 10K Run for Sue Ryder

Staff and Students gathered to

present the cheque to Andrew

Wood from Manorlands for

£2,180.

School also received the following

Trophies:

Organisation with most Participants.

School Team with most Participants

and finally Fastest Team of 5.

Well done to everyone!

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Tate Museum Liverpool

Students visited the Tate Art

Gallery in Liverpool to see a small

exhibition of Henri Matisse, on

Tuesday 12 April. This was to hep

students understand artists past

and present as part of their

Assessment Objectives.

Following the exhibition Students

then looked around Albert Dock

area. The trip was a great success

although students were very tired

on the return journey!

Children’s University Visit

On Saturday 23rd April, the 400th

anniversary of Shakespeare’s

death, members of Year 7 went to

the West Yorkshire Playhouse as

part of the Children’s University.

They were given a drama workshop,

practising Shakespearean insults

and developing some of the most

famous characters from his plays.

Students were given the chance to

use props and perform a speech in

front of other schools. Afterwards

students were given a backstage

tour of the theatre and discovered

that putting on a performance

involves lots of different jobs and

skills in getting everything ready

for an audience. The visit was

organised by the “half-faced

hugger-mugger” Miss Storey and

the “beslubbering boar-pig”

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Indonesia Visit

In April the Holy Family School celebrated 10 years of partnership with

Pondok Pesantren Darunnajaj in Jakarta , Indonesia. This is essentially a

partnership between a catholic school and an Islamic boarding school, whereby

teachers and sometimes students from each school have visited the other

country each year for a two week period. The aim has been to find out about the

two different cultures , the education systems and the similarities and

differences in the two religious.

This year Mrs Llewellyn and Mr Verfuerth from Holy Family travelled to

Indonesia to take part in celebrations attended by the British Ambassodor to

Indonesia and the British Council.

We are looking forward to welcoming back staff and students from Darunnajah in

Autumn 2016.

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An Inspector Calls

The English Faculty embarked on an adventure with 83 Year 11 students to

Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre on Wednesday 4th May, to watch a stager production

of the GCSE Literature text ‘An Inspector Calls by JB Priestly. The show is about

an Inspector who drops into the esteemed Birling family one evening and turns their

lives into turmoil. But who is it that learns from their mistakes? ‘The famous younger

generation’. When the Inspector leaves the Birling family think they have got away

with their hideous crimes, until the phone rings and a real Inspector is on his way to

pay them a visit. The students enjoyed the trip and will hopefully remember all they

had seen and read for their exam on Friday 27th May. Good luck Year 11!

Lourdes Fund Raising Event

Staff and Students held a coffee morning on

Thursday 5 May and raised £79.59.

Mrs Fletcher made cheesecake for each

department and raised £165.50.

Student Contact Details

Please be reminded that it is very important

that you inform us of any change of address or

new mobile or house numbers.

Holy Family Catholic School

Spring Gardens Lane

Keighley

BD22 8EJ

Tel. No. 01535 210212

Fax No: 01535 210242

Email: hfcschool@holyfamily.ngfl.ac.uk

Web: www.holyfamily.ngfl.ac.uk

Opening A Skinner’s Box

The Psychology department took students to

watch “Opening a Skinner’s Box’ . The

production was based around 10 ground

breaking Psychological experiments , how they

were carried out and the implication of their

findings. This will have hopefully broaden

students understanding of some of the key

pieces of research in Psychology.