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AS Y e a rn pupils across the Ribble . Valley say a final goodbye to their • : ■ school days, we spoke to the head • • i teachers of all of our schools; who ■ gave us their own personal messages to the school leavers.


place, where friendships are made ■ for life; I hope you have enjoyed your ; time with us and that you are all now


;; ready to move on to the next phase : of your lives. You have been a great. ■ year, group and I know that you will look back in years to come, searching out those special memories. Very -


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good luck and best wishes to you all in your futures.".


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Anthony McNamara, head­ teacher at St Augustine's RC


Simon Smith, headteacher ' ; ^ ^ at Ribblesdaie High School,


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Ciitheroe:. "It is very poignant that you began school as Year 7 pupils,; - when I was beginning my first full - ■ year, as headteacher at Ribblesdale ; too! Ribblesdale School is a special '■


Stephen Cox, headteacher at Bowland High School, < Crindleton: "Everybody at Bowland wishes all of our Year 11 leavers the


- High School, Billington: "Our ~ pupils come to us as 11-year-olds f in blazers that are often too big for -


Judith Child, headteacher at Ciitheroe Royal Grammar ; ; School, Ciitheroe: "Our Year 11 -


■students have been an amazing . :‘: group who have worked really well ; as a. team and have always supported- each other. They have been an ' ' absolute credit to our school and ; we are very, proud of,them._Wewish_; them all good luck and every success " for the future."


j^pngi with the extensive seasonal a la carte menu the 3 Millstones also offer daily specials:-


a ^Beat the Clock’ 3 courses for £11.95 special offer which is served


Wednesday to Friday- Lunch 12pm - 2pm and Dinner 6pm-7pm and a very popular Sunday lunch served between noon and 2pm.


: them and leave us wearing their. trademark maroon sweaters having


:, outgrown several changes along the . ■


way. The transformation is completed when we celebrate our Leavers' Ball in late june and uniforms make way for.tuxedos and evening gowns. Over five years we've seen our students •


..develop.as personalities a s w e l l . T o r - staff at St Augustine's it is always a - privilege to accompany our young people on the journey through their


! high school years. We are proud of •: ... each and every one of them. Their : intense loyalty to our school means a i great deal to us. On behalf of all my . - colleagues I want to thank them for .all they have given to our community and to wish them every happiness in the future."


very best in their future endeavours.;. We are all immensely proud of them: as a group of young people and are


. sad to see them gp. They have been an outstanding year group, who ; ; deserve success both in their, recent . examinations and in whatever path they take in the future."


harder, and that they are pleased . with the GCSE grades that they will be awarded during summer." ; -


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STATE-OF-THE-ART facilities at . Blackburn Birth Centre were being - showcased as it celebrated the birth of its 500th b ab y .- Little Aimee-Leigh Heggin and


her mum, Danielle Slinger, were one of the many to have taken ■ advantage of the holistic and . . family-centred approach that the centre offers to all mums-to-be in' the East Lancashire area.- After its opening in September


2010, the centre's dedicated team has overseen the pregnancy and births of women deemed to be in the low-risk category, working with them with the aim of providing the most positive . birthing experience vvith as , little intervention as possible. Lead'


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Broom, explained the thinking behind the team's approach: "We know that giving birth is


the most natural bodily function and over recent years, we've seen a marked shift in the wishes. .. of women and families when it comes to the birthing process. Women need to feel that they can make informed choices over where and how they give birth and they don't necessarily want to be in a hospital environment," she said.-


. "As the team of community ■


midwives are based here, we offer a home-from-home experience, but with added back-up and


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DEDICATED TEAM: Some of the highly experienced midwifery team, help at hand if needed. We'd ■; : around the building and beautiful


: love people to come and see our ■wonderful facilities for themselves. They can view the three water-: . birthing rooms and have a walk- ■


CELEBRATION: Left, Aimee- . Leigh Heggin, ; the centre's. 500th baby,: ..... with her mum, Danielle Slinger.


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Jonathan Harrison,' headteacher;; at Moorland School, Ciitheroe: "I would like to publicly thank our:- : ; Year 11 students, who have worked hard and behaved well within school. ■ I was personally.very sad to see ' ; them leave Moorland School after ■ completing their GCSE examinations. . I always feel really.sorry for Year 11: ; around this time of year; as there -. = is a real pressure to work hard and ;■ perform well to ensure that they get ■ the necessary grades to go on to - sixth form and colleges.'However, m y; sympathy only goes so far, as they - ■ now have an incredibly long summer. - break to chill out and go on holiday! 1 hope that they all feel confident that they couldn't have worked any


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Carmell Riley, heaidteacher at Oakhill College, Whailey: "Year- ' 1T, I know that you have worked - hard this year and you deserve to do ­ wel! in yourGCSEs. I hope you are enjoying your;,well-earned summer v


, break and I look forward to seeing ■ you all in August to give you yo u r: ■ results."- -.


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grounds. It's great for mums to allay their fears by having a chat with one of the midwives - we're; here to give advice and overall :.


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support and we're happy to •, answer any questions that parents- to-be may have." ■ For more details, or to arrange a visit, please call 01254 733434.


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