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2 - wood, said leaving the school :: would be a huge wrench, but f he is excited about taking on a new challenge. During his time at SSMJ,


.;: Mr Murray {57) said there had been many highlights. , Strengthening links with


IV. the local community, setting up school links with Clithe- I roe’s The Grand, employing a =: French teacher to work at all


; the primary schools in Clithe-; ; roe through the school’s Bea­ con Status, coordinating the.


- c ont i nuous improvements ‘ to the school building and


:'■ winning two Green Flag eco- school awards arejust several


. : highlights that spring to mind. ' J.:i The impressive SATS re-


:■ -suits ofthisyear’sschoolleav- ers are also a “great legacy”^'


■ ; said Mr Murray to pass on. :;-s' “We’ve always had a repu


: i. ri’m leaving on one o f the -best set of results which is a^


nice legacy to pass on to some: one,” said Mr Murray.


..--i',Other highlights have in - ;


: eluded the school b'eingasked to represent the Salford Dio-:


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which Cardinal Hulme pre-- sented the school with a can­ dle that is lit during special occasions at the school. \ Mr Murrayiadded that


Christmas is always a spe^; cial time at the school, he had enjoyed the school choir’s.;.............. ...........


community, pupils taking part’ in Young Voices at the MEN


and the links with Stonyhufst College.


, , . - ' ' - , - :i“I’m.so.grateful for the


support, loyalty arid friend­ ship that I’ve enjoyed during all my time here and I will still be keeping an eye on SSMJ be­ cause it’s still abig part ofme,” : said Mr Murray.


’ . - School secretary Mrs Su-:


san Kerr and school caretak-! er and lollipop man Mr Alan. Moon said: ^Some o f the staff


-have been fortunate enough to have shared all o f the 18 years o f Mr Murray’s head­ ship, and its been a privilege to have worked wi th such an inspirational and charis­ matic heaclteacher. He has a wonderful sense offun and i ts :


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; years at St James’ CE Primary School.—' '- - / ’ -


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in 1974 starting at Thingvvall ,-r Middle School in Birkenhead. 'He arrivedat’StJames m


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i-Ahighlights during his time at|f; port of the parents and gover- s : .-.StJamesh’aveincluded.the./vnorsTas the highlights of his ■ •


--'.opening of the school envi-i|cafeerattheGreenacreStreet«;v > ronmental area - St Jame's’ ' school. ' ■ ?> /


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i s r en c e ’sGE Prima'ry School,; •.-;>Chbrley, where he had been i 'i's fof S I X years. It was his sixth; school and Mr Adnittjokingly/


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Others .include singmgl^’spectioris and make the time i-' ■ 'with the choir at MEN Young 7' ’'to traW .7


:..'-Voices,:King GeorgesHalI,-4j ’ ,/;.'^Theschoorscuraifdepu%;'; -- Clitheroe’s The Grand; BIack-:.fe headteacher Mrs'Filder w i l l l a /bu rn Cathedral and all bver^il’ selwe as acting b'eadteacherat^v' ,3; Clitheroe at various locations i?;« St James untR January istrfvas? ; and events.” f ' - ’ ; V ”- 2v.,'5‘' 7 ’Aftef this the school’s hew-' f ^ He also listed “working *. lyappointedheadteacher,Mrs /w ith and knowing so m’anyjsFionaPattinson;wiUtakeoTCr|?--


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-staff get involved and ‘dress up’as characters. ,.


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: “Vincent’s ‘creations’, are invariably hilarious, and the


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.: children (and staffjjlove it! -He had better not forget his ■ 60 year old teddy bear, which'


: waits forlornly on a shelf in his : office for the annual picnic in thesch'oolgardenl


■; ji,,“He leaves.an enriched school community arid parr


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Mr Murray explained that during a “year out” he ended


; up acting as housemaster for - an approved school in Sus­ sex and it was during his time


- there that he first became in­ terested in teaching. ’ .. He later todk a degree in .


.change at the school. Origi- :,nally an all boys’ grammar


• school, it opened its doors to. girls for the first time and be- , came a comprehensive; After;


: his first year at the school Mr Murray married his wife Ruth and was soon promoted to be-;


■ environmental science and ; studied for his teaching qual-


7 Wadclingtori and West Brad- ; ford CE Primary, School j'will ibecqmeassTC^^


ingable to be a part of such a ___________ . . . . . . . . remarkable period iniour 'f-l fered a job teaching phys-; old school’s history, our best^s ics back at his old secondary wishes for future successes ;:-!,', school, Thornleigh College at and very many fi-iendships.” sS -t Bolton, but had to decline be- - - Mrs Sarah Healey,; who jr;icaus"e he wasn’t yet qualified, is currently headteacher at - ' After he finished his stud lesTie ^ back in'fbiieh’irid -startedhisfirstteachingjob.


I ; ier at SSM J in September.-r ■ r2 ■ - • Although readers could


„ - ----- assume teaching was in Mr-


over the years. School theme V- Murray’s blood, having been days p'articularly come tb >brought up by parents who mind,wh‘enbothchildreriand


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'com e the head of Year Seven and was given the responsi-


ification. With only oneyear.;- bility of liaising with prima-- left o f his studies he' was of- j ry schools. It was around this' ’


. time, and after the birth of his first child Andrew in 1984, ’; that Mr Murray was offered a ■’


job at a large primary school in - Bolton - St Osmund’s and he i stayed there for the next four S


, years before applying for the. job of deputy head at Corpus.


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,alongside coUeaguesthathad(|,ChnstiPrima^Schoplat01dV taughthim. '


, 7?^h^VAfferseverdyeafsthere^^


7 -.“Thepeople Lpreviously;iJheto^ called “Sir” I was now calling g S o h n the Evarig^^^ by their first name,” Mr_Mur-7|; ley Cross) BpltbmS "


.......... rayrecalled.“Theyknewmeasj


-.were both teacherSj hisfather the pupil I was, but now I was\; a head teacher, it wasn’t until i s their colleague. I think some ;^ after studying for his A Levels - o f them thought I was there to 3 that he became interested m re-sitmyALevels!” - ' , - thevocation.


. •!>_ . 1 _ i t was a t ime o f grea t 1 . -


V Oiffordshire resp^^^^ :|dfewatnan0e£ro .|Slaptbri to Prestra 7 s ^ out to find ajolfaiiywlie^^; .7 ifrthat


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;7 ’;73The;next'. M - Michael arid St'John’s adver?


vs Used, arid ^ . is is te^


:£seen a scho ol in Clitheroe arid ) .rtheresU^history,” M


-■; Mr Murray,;“and i’ye never,;'


vevef) ever regretted a seed ofit.” .-.,-


sAfIriitially coriito '.'Murray then ferited b house' •.;'atB6ltqn;by)B^^^ iriovirig to his'eurrerit house in’; ‘ Chatbu^^^ from where he hasV; Snqplaristomove.-


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.)“Frqmayqung^^ ... . ^ -: er-in-law always used to nickv :;


. Reaching his late thirties,^;, nameirietheClitheroeKid,so’ MrMurraydecidedit was time:;;;-when I got thejob I was able to ■ for a change and inspired by


■ -his sister and brother who -. “lived in beautiful places” - KirkbyLonsdaleandThamem


• phone up and say,‘the Clithe­ roe kid has landed’.


, ‘ “I’ve always felt like I’m : coming home and still do.”.s.; 1 be,” he said!?


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