On behalf of everyone here at Holy Family I would

like to wish you a very happy festive season.

Tuesday, 1 November was the Feast of All Saints.

Year 10 Students and Parents attended the Work

Experience information evening.

Wednesday, 9 November students visited

Lancaster Castle.

Friday, 11 November Remembrance Day.

Sunday, 13 November our Indonesia guests

arrived.

Holy Family School Choir sang at Cliff Castle.

Tuesday, 15 November Peter Rosengard visited

the school to talk about his career.

Thursday, 24 November the shoeboxes were

collected, well done to everyone who donated .

Sunday, 20 November was the Close of the Holy

Year of Mercy.

Tuesday, 22 November Students visited Abbey

House Museum in Leeds and the Industrial

Museum in Bradford

Congratulations to St Joseph’s Primary School

who celebrated 90 years old. They held a special

Mass which Mr Metcalf attended on behalf of HF.

Thursday, 24 November staff and students went to

see Manchester United play.

Thursday, 1 December was the HF Presentation

Evening. A special thank you to Mrs Kit for all her

hard work, the evening was a great success.

Monday, 5 December was the start of the Mock

examinations.

Friday, 16 December students held their CAFOD

Concert.

Merry Chirstmas

& A Very Happy

New Year

Dates for The Diary

School re-opens Wednesday, 4 January

2017.

Year 10 & 11 are invited to see A

Christmas Carol production by Quantum

Theatre company.

6th Form Open Evening Thursday, 19

January

Year 9 visit Ypres in Belgium Tuesday, 24

January.

Year 11 Open Evening Thursday, 26

January.

Year 10 Open Evening, Thursday , 9

February.

A Level students will travel to Krakow in

Poland, Thursday, 16 February.

Mrs Javed is setting up a lunchtime

journalism club in the New Year—more

details to follow.

Bad Weather

Procedure

Should school have to close due to bad

weather a text will be sent to all Parents.

Please make sure we have your correct

mobile numbers and if possible provide an

email address.

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School Buses

I would like to thank all parents who have

helped keep the turning circle clear for the

school buses. The safety of our students

is our priority.

Feast of All Saints

Tuesday 1 November

On November 1st we celebrated the Feast of All Saints. The

feast of all Saints isn’t about those who are publically named

saints – like Saint Teresa of Calcutta because each one of those

has their own feast day. Instead we think about many good

ordinary people who walked with God in their daily lives and

who are now dead. This is their feast day- all the unmentioned

saints who now live in God’s presence in the Kingdom of

Heaven.

To celebrate the feast day we had two masses in school and

four year groups were able to be part of the masses. The

masses were celebrated by Fathers Dennis Cassidy and Andrew

Summersgill and we are grateful that they were able to support

us, by saying mass in school, on a feast day when they also said

at least two other masses. We are also grateful to Father

McCreadie for inviting us to take year 7 down to the Parish Mass

in St Anne’s.

Holy Family students and staff ensured that we remembered all

the unmentioned saints in the traditional way as a community of

prayer .

Lancaster Castle

Wednesday, 9 November

Due to the bad weather this trip was rescheduled for Thursday 9 December.

As part of the A level Sociology course, students are required to study

aspects of Criminology and Criminal Justice, including the judicial system

in England and Wales.

Lancaster Castle was used as a Category C prison until as recently as

March 2011 and is still a working Crown Court. Students got to experience

life as an inmate, learn about the about the British Justice System, the role

of the judiciary, a history of criminal sentencing and the gruesome history of

capital punishment.

Work Experience

Information Meeting

Tuesday 1 November

Parents and Year 10 students attended

an information evening about their

forthcoming work experience. Please ask

your child to see Mrs O’Connor if you

were unable to attend.

JLT Meeting

Thursday 3,

November

JLT team held their first

meeting of the school

year, with Mrs Pickles, to

discuss the re-branding

of the International

Diner.

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The Beats of the Bard

Thursday, 10 November

A group of year 7 students walked to Keighley Library in pursuit of

learning about Shakespeare’s works. They encountered a very

entertaining and interactive session, where they learned about

the ‘beat’ the Bard employs in his writing: iambic pentameter.

The students were encouraged to clap and gallop to the rhythm

of the words in order to recognise the carefully crafted rhythm.

After this, a whirlwind introduction to Romeo and Juliet and A

Midsummer Night’s Dream began, where Holy Family students

took on roles, dressed in wigs and were squirted with a water

pistol, all in the name of learning! Everyone agreed that the

afternoon was ‘good fun’ and they would love to go again.

Student Exchange

Saturday, 12 November

As a school, we have many links with other schools across the world.

One of our most established links is with the Pondok Pesantren,

Darunnajah which is an Islamic boarding school in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The first link was established in 2006 by Tony Blair, former Prime Minister.

The Holy Family Catholic School was invited at that time to be the first

school in the UK to be formally linked with a school in Indonesia.

Since then, we have had an annual exchange of two teachers from both

countries. We have extended this in recent years by including students.

Thank you to all our parents and students who kindly hosted our visitors.

Remembrance Day

Friday, 11 November

Staff and Students planted poppies at the

front of school.

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Peter Rosengard

Tuesday, 15 November

Peter Rosengard visited the school to gave an aspirational talk to Years 11,12 and 13. He spoke at length about his career as a life-insurance salesman and how he got into the Guinness Book of World Records for selling the world’s first $100 million life insurance policy.

Later he started a career in pop managing a band called ‘Curiosity Killed The Cat’ which were in the Top Ten in the 1980s. His mantra was ‘whenever life gets you down, keep on putting one foot in front of the other and keep walking forward.’

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Manchester United

Football Club

Thursday, 24 November

Staff and Students went to see Manchester United play against

Feyenoord at Old Trafford.

Manchester United won 4-0

Abbey House Museum & Industrial Museum

Tuesday 22 November

Staff and students visited Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall, Leeds and

the Industrial Museum in Bradford.

The visit gave students an insight in life in the Victoria Times and was

very educational.

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Operation Christmas Child

Thursday, 24 November

Staff and Students collected shoeboxes and filled them with gifts to give to children somewhere in the world.

The boxes were collected and will be taken to Meltham where the contents are checked for customs purposes. From there they will be packed into large outer carton and loaded onto lorries or containers to go abroad. There are around 100 lorries that will hold 10,000 shoeboxes.

Well done to Mrs Coppen and Miss Bennett for organising

this great cause and to everyone who kindly donated.

The Celebration of Achievement Evening

Thursday, 1 December

Parents and students were invited to our Celebration of Achievement

Evening.

Students were presented with Key Stage 4 awards and also their exam

certificates.

Father Michael Walsh, former School Chaplain was the guest speaker.

The school choir performed Christmas Carols and there were

refreshments. Students had time to catch up with one another and of

course with members of staff.

A special thanks goes to Mrs Kit who works very hard to make the

evening run smoothly.

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RE Day

Wednesday, 7 December

Well done to Year 13 who took part in their first General RE

day on Weds 7 Dec. We had a great day; discussing whether

we have free will and what our choices are with Miss Cybulska,

exploring the plight of the refugees with Pam Lloyd from

CAFOD, considering our spirituality with Father Denis and

creating our own political party who will change the world with

Mrs Woollacott. Thanks to everyone who got involved!

Parliament Week

HF JLT members met with MP Chris Hopkins as part of

Parliament Week. They did an excellent job representing HF,

well done.

Technology Showcase

The technology department put on a

display of products they have been

making.

Christmas At The Castle

Sunday, 11 December

The Holy Family School Choir sang

festive songs in the Museum which was

attended by members of the public.

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Grand Reunion

Saturday, 10 December

Holy Family past and present staff, and pupils, attended the Grand Reunion. There

was a display of photographs to look back on and many memories shared. A

special thanks to Mrs Myers for all her hard work.

OLV Christmas Fair Sunday, 11 December

Holy Family DSP students helped out at the Our Lady Of Victories Primary school (OLV) Christmas Fair on Sunday 11th December. Students made gifts to sell at the fair and then sold them on the day. We raised money for both OLV and our DSP and practised many life skills at the same time. Our DSP students helped out at the Keighley Catholic Centre Afternoon Tea for the elderly. Students and staff made the table centre pieces for the event and then helped to set up, greet and serve customers and tell them a few jokes while they enjoyed the festivities. There was a great community atmosphere and the students were excellent ambassadors for the school.

Attendance

The overall attendance for the end of the first half term was

94.8%. We are aiming to achieve 95% for this half term.

The winners of the 100% attendance draw for Year 7 are:

Leah Atkinson

Liam Clarkson

Serena Ali

Mason Carter

The winners of the 100% attendance draw for Year 8 are:

Mark Ambler

Harry Knowles

Jenson Bennett

Sammee Akram

Heena Asif

Zach Dodgson

Please help us reach the target by ensuring your child is

only off when it is absolutely necessary and any medical

appointments are backed up with an appointment card.

Literacy Corner

Students are given a

“Word of The Week” which

should be put into their

planners. Below is a word

search with the previous WoW

in, see if you can find them.

Magnanimous

Pilgrim

Reference

Acquire

Resilience

Collaborate

Puzzle Page

We hope you enjoy the new addition to the Newsletter.

Numeracy

Challenge

Just for fun, can you workout

this suduko puzzle.

Netball Results

Date Team Played Results Player of The Match

03.11.16 OA Skipton

Girls

15-13 win Georgia Greenwood

03.11.16 Under 15 Skipton

Girls

4-12 lost Marila Mazur

17.11.16 Year 10 South

Craven

25-4 win Heather Flaherty

Football Results

Date Team Played Results Player of The

Match

10.11.16 Year 8 Ilkley

Parkside

Ilkley

1-0 Win

0-0

0-0

Sinead Denby

Elle Roberts

Elle Roberts