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A huge thank you to everyone that donated cakes, buns and money for Children in Need. We are pleased to announce we raised £223.64. We had a cake sale, face painting and a Pudsey colouring competition In the morning we held a Holly Grove’s Got Talent. The winner in Key stage 1 was Dylan from Class 2 for his fantastic singing of the Queen hit, ‘We Will Rock You’, the winner of Key Stage 2 was Nestee for her version of George Ezra’s hit, ‘Shot Gun’. Everyone was fantastic! Keep practising for next year!
We are pleased to say we have raised an amazing £1860 at our Peaky Blinders Casino night! This will enable us to provide respite breaks for our pupils. A huge thank you to all our supporters. Please take a look at the photos posted below of the event. We are already planning our 10th Anniversary extravaganza and look forward to seeing you all in October 2019!
Holly Grove’s Coffee Morning was a huge success, raising £250 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation in just a couple of hours. The Rosemere Cancer Foundation supports world class cancer treatment throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria, providing the best possible care for cancer patients. We would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents and visitors that joined us for our coffee morning, also a big thank you to the bakers for some amazing home (and class) bakes, they were delicious!
On Monday 8th October, Zoo Lab kindly brought a wide selection of mini-beasts and reptiles to Holly Grove School. The children loved looking at them and some children were brave enough to even hold them! Thank you to Zoo Lab for the annual visit, we always look forward to seeing you.
A huge well done to everyone who was nominated for an award on Monday, Holly Grove is so proud of you all. Please keep up the good work.
We are pleased to announce the winners for the following awards were:
Swimming and Hydrotherapy Awards:
St. Peters – Dylan
Water Confidence –Furqan
Hydrotherapy –Max & Abigail
PE Awards:
Key Stage 1 – Nestee & Katie
Key Stage 2 –Azizul & Megan
MOVE –Grace C & Noah
Sports Superstar –Harley
Friendship Award – Daniel P
Georgia Fourie Award – Logan
Superstar Award – Ihsaan
Special Achievement Awards:
Foundation Stage – Cato & Leila
Key Stage 1 – Fatima & Scott
Key Stage 2 –Faisal, Adam & Kacey
Head Teachers Awards:
Boy – Jason T
Girl – Faith
Our Head Boy/girl and Deputy Head Boy/Girl for next year were also announced on Monday. The following children chosen were:
Head Boy – Kaidan
Head Girl – Hayaa
Deputy Head Boy – Jason T
Deputy Head Girl – Umme
Last Friday our Year 6 pupils came back after school to be part of a very special celebration assembly. We celebrated their achievements and looked back at their time here at Holly Grove.
The evening started at 6 o clock with pupils turning up in their smartest dresses and suits and had photo opportunities with their friends and family followed by a buffet. We then made our way into the auditorium for a special assembly where the pupils were presented with a leavers gift, personalised poem written by Cathy Cryer and a leavers book full of memories.
It was an emotional evening but everyone had an amazing night and we wish our leavers every success in the future and hope they keep in touch.
A massive well done to one of Holly Grove’s Teaching Assistants, Rosie Garnett, for facing her fears and tandem skydiving from 15,000ft to raise money for our charity. Rosie’s skydive has raised £781.25 with more donations still coming in. A huge thank you to everyone who sponsored and donated online and a big thanks to Rosie!
Holly Grove School has recently been awarded the Bronze Award for all the work the Eco Council have done around the school in the last year to make it more eco friendly. We are currently working towards the Silver Award and at our last meting the children decided they would do some work in the community.
So today some of the Eco Council went to Towneley Park to help clean up the area, do some weeding and plant some bulbs. We met up with ‘The Friends of Towneley Park,’ who are a group of dedicated volunteers who work to maintain and improve the park for the whole community to enjoy. We had a fantastic time and cant wait to go back and see the bulbs we have planted turn into flowers.
Well what an energetic week it has been! We have been taking part in Sports Week to tie in with the start of the World Cup and all the children participated in lots of fun activities. On Monday we started the week off with some light Yoga. Tuesday saw us playing boccia and curling. On Wednesday our football team went to Pendle View to represent the school in a football tournament – and we only won 3-1 against the hosts Pendle View! On Thursday some children went to a swimming gala at Accrington Academy and they all did us proud. Each class was given a country to represent and learn about and on Friday all the classes came together in the hall to share food they had made from their nominated country. It has been a fantastic week with everyone coming together and working hard as a team. well done everyone for all your hard work
