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Lambs spring into school I .1


visit St James’pupils to help thern understand nature X ' -


A trio of one-week-old lambs visitedSt James'Primary -


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A fascinating cultural ex­ change between a school in Hong Kong and Stonyhurst College has taken place, con-


. eluding with a unique con- certgiven by pupils from both schools.


. - The Stonyhurst Big Band toured to Hong Kong and Chi­ na in October and their hosts from Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, visited the Kibble Valley, this term, performing a pro-


. gramme of Chinese music on traditional instruments such as a bamboo flute (a dizu),' a twd-stringed instrument called an erhu, the da ruan;


. which is like a mandolin, and ■ the Yangqin, a dulcimer.


■ .' The Wah Yan musicians


. then joined forces with Stony- hurst’s Big Band to perform Happiness on Western and Chinese instruments - c e l- . ebration music tradition-: ally performed at Chinese


: New Year. The audience then heard the world prenTiere of Jazzy Happiness, a swing ver- .


■ sion by Stonyhurst’s Directory of Music Greg Mann for the . Stonyhurst and Wah Yan en­ sembles. Eastern and western; music combined to illustrate


. the success of the two schools’ musical and cultural partner­ ship.


: During their-two-week stay at Stonyhurst the Wah . Yan pupils visited Old Traf- -


i ford, Liverpool, York and the' Lake District, as well as attend. lessons at the.Rlbble Valley


: college. Stonyhurst’s Head-: master, Andrew Johnsonsaid: “The exchange has been an in-


■ valuable and enriching educa-: tionalexperienceforeveryone. and we are delighted that such i a strong partnership has been • established.” ■ Our picture shows Wah


,:Yan College and Stohyhurst pupils, (s)


East meets West at Stonyhurst H '


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Inspiring Fairtrading ■ When Year Six pupils of Wad-


/ dingtonandWestBradfordPri- mary School wrote letters to local and national businesses


• as part of Fairtrade fortnight activities, they never expected it would lead to a visit from the Mayor and Mayoress of the Rib-


• bl’e Valley. But that is exactly: what happened!


: . Elleana Barton and Oscar Duck wrote to the Mayor Coun. Ian Sayers to inform him o f . the importance of buying and promoting Fairtrade products and they were delighted when he and the Mayoress Mrs Jean Hayes came into school to learn.. more.YearSixpupilCabyDunn showed a variety of Fairtrade products and explained how


Agroup of 12 little ones from Bowland Montessori Pre--


' SehoolinClitheroegottheir ' handsdirtyastheyleamtthe importance of growing their ownfood.


buying Fairtrade products en- suresfarmersgetafairpricefor


, their work. The'pupils were so persuasive that their visitors even bought ajar o f Fairtrade marmalade. In return the class - hadlotsofquestionsaboutmay- oral responsibilities and the Mayor and Mayoress gave their time to explain their roles to the children. Our picture shows pupils Elleana Barton and Os­ car Duck with the Mayor and: MayoressoftheRibble Valley, (s)


, . Thanks to FoodlinkLan-'


- cashire the three and four yearoldstookatriptothelo-


? cal garden centre, Hanson’s where they chose rhubarb,


.gooseberry, strawberry, black currant, raspberry and tomato plants to grow


~ in their school garden. ' :' .- Foodlink Lancashire’s Area Co-ordinator Sarah


: Walkersaid: “lt’ssoimpor- tant for children to learn where th eir food comes


, fromandwhatbetterwayto start than eating what they have grown.”


Pupils learn through book collection


Pupils’ innovation wins prize . Pupils frama Clitheroe second-


• aryschoolgaveoutaloudcheer - astheyscoopedtheprizeforthe most innovative business idea


■ in the East Lancashire finals of : the Young Enterprise Company Challenge. : The Year i i teenagers from


ClitheroeRqyalCrammarSchool hadcreatedCookit-acookingset with recipes attached. team was competing:',


'against other talented teen- , ' agers from four high schools -s


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Pupils from CRGS with the prize fo r . mostinnovativebusinessidea.Is): ;


across the region, all of who demonstratedimpressivebusi- - ness acumen before a panel of threejudges.


' ^ - Tony Hewitt, who is Young.


: Enterprise manager for.the :: Lancashire area and conducted the proceedings, said: “Thepu-'


: pils put in so much effort over the year that it is good to show- ■


. case their successes and cele-' ;< brate them. While not everyone can be winners, each and every: schoolwhoattendedhasgained > a great deal from taking part, whether this has been learning:,


, newskillsorsimplygrowingin; ■: confidence and each and every .: one should be applauded.’!


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: School children have been col-: lecting books and resources for - : SouthAfi-icanschools. -:


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:. .: Illiteracy is a big problem in . v Soirth Africa and their schools i' are in desperate need of re--^- sources, particularly reading ' . and text books - only 20% of South African schools have li- ; braries., , .


, ■ : The aim o f the book col- •: lection was to give pupils,the t


■ opportunity to learn about : South African culture, while : donating unwanted books to s : underprivileged farm and ru- ■ *:


ral schools in South Africa;' ' Our picture shows the school council members with ju s t -’ some o f the boxes of books they managed to cBllect.'


:. : ; FoodlinkLancashirepro- motes local food throughout ■ the county and aims to in- spire future generations to appreciate local food and its '


. heritagewhilstsharingskills ■ and knowledge through


Yoodlink SELF Groups. : „■ : Nancy Bigmore, Bow-


■ land Montessori Pre-School teacher, said: “The children had a great morning learn-


.'. ingaboutthefoodtheywere


!; planting and gained lots ;,ofgood tips from gardener :


;MikeatHanson’swhohelped ,


,' Out on the day along with , parent Emma Hipwell. We


.[areveiy^atefiiltoFoodlink ; Lancashire and are all excit- •: . ed to taste the results.’^ F. -'- . ;


■ • - Our picture shows*Alfie. >


- and Sam planting rhubarb ■ with Mike, (s) '


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, School in Clitheroe as part of alearningtopicentitiedAII CreaturesGreatandSmail.


Key Stage One pupils, who are


.investigating how animals changefrombeingbabiestobe- ing fully grown, were offered a


. helping hand from David and £o.ik


Sue Graveston, of Park House Farm, Gisburn. Their niece Charlotte told them about this topic and they offered to come into school to give a talk on the subject. They brought in two Hebridean and one Welsh badger faced lambs who could only pay a quick visit to school


. astheycouldonlybeawayfrom their mothers for an hour. : : All the infant children were:


lookingforwardtothelambsvis- itingschool, but were surprised whentwoofthelambsthatcame 1 wereallblack,theywereexpect-


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ing them to be white like the' sheep theyseein thefields.The children were able to get close up to the lambs and were able tostrokethemiftheywantedto.5 Evie, a pupil in Ash c la s s ,:


said: “The lambs were cute ; and all our class were excited ^ when theycametoschool."-- David and Sue also brought.


in a selection o f antlers and horns from various breeds o f • cows, sheep and deer for the children to look at. Our photo . shows children fixvm Ash class looking at a lamb, (s)


. Youngsters from Rowland Mon-


' tessori Pre-School get th e ir . .'handsdirtylearningwhere their ' food comes from, (s) •


Youngsters get grubby growing their own


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