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, Super heroes', caped crusad­ ers, villainous baddies and plenty of onesies could be seen when Ribblesdale High School set about fund-raising for thisyear’s Children in Need appeal. At break time pupils were . treated to chips in a cup and


" several cake sales. And when all the money


was added up the school had raised a staggering £1 ,100 through a thoroughly enjoy­ able day. Mr Thomas and Miss


Fletcher were voted best- dressed members of staff as The Joker and Dangermouse. Domnic Heys of Year 9 won best-dressed pupil as Mr Incredible.


Oakhill’s basketball team.


Oakhill pupils in a real slam-dunker


Oakhill College at Whalley


entered the Ribble Valley and Hyndburn mini basket­ ball tournament. Six pupils - Sam Chat-


burn, Joshua Wilkinson, William B a r ra s s , Toby Knight, Bradley Barnes and Alex Lutwyche - were in­ volved in the event. During the group stages


pupils beat St Charles, Rish- ton, 5-4 and St Nicholas, Accrington, 5-2, but unfortu­ nately lost to a highly skilled


Grindleton team 7-3. Oakhill went through to the runners- upplayoffandbeatBenjamin Hargreaves 7-2 earning their place as the highest scor­ ing runners-up out of the 14 schools involved. Special mention must go to Sam Chatburn who made a mas­ sive impact on each and eve­ ry game with his accuracy in shooting and relentless de­ fence and offence skills. He was voted the team’s and “my player of the tournament".


Classroom tea and cake for grown-ups


A visit to their children’s pri­ mary school class room end­ ed with tea and cake for some luckygrown-ups. The Foundation Stage


Children in Oak and Acorn Classes at St James’ CE Pri­ mary School held a tea party and invited their grown-ups, to join them in their class­ rooms. The children worked in


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the areas of continuous pro­ vision, such as the role play, the small world area and cre­ ative play, with their adults showing them what to do and how they learn when work­ ing in the classroom. During the afternoon each pupil sat with their


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grown-ups at the “tea party table” to share juice and de­ licious cakes provided by the school’s cook and the ladies


in the kitchen. Theafternoonendedwith


the children and adults to­


gether on the carpet singing songs and reciting rhymes.


Students help out at awards


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Students from Ribblesdale High School madeahuge con- ' tribution at the first Ribble G a l le y Business Awards, held


atBashallBarn. Business coach and author


Karen Hands introduced the awards and welcomed the . Mayor and Mayoress of the


Ribble Valley. The Mayor was delighted to see the extreme­ ly high calibre of nominees, and said how proud he was of all the successful and diverse businesses we have in the Rib­


ble Valley.. Ribblesdale pupils volun­


tarily helped out by directing


guests on car park duty and acting as ushers inside the building.


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Year 9 pupils who p e r ­ formed a musical slot during


the meal were singers Eliza and Georgia, and Ellen Buller, who played the flute. The Ribbie Media Team


was asked .to work with pro­ fessional photographer Dave Severn Jones and professional video recorder Wayne Avan- son, and they learnt a great deal from the evening. Wayne told them: “ If you would like to pursue a career


- in photography or video re­ cording, the key to doing so is


that you need to make many contacts and get a lot of work experience as it will benefit you in the future.” “Use every spare moment you have to practise because


themoreyou practise,thebet- ter you will become.” Joseph Dobson, from year


xi at Ribblesdale, was proud to receive an award, a certificate and a £50 voucher for the DT competition he won last year by actually creating the award.


Christmas presents for those without


Pupils at two Ribble Val­ ley primary schools have been thinking of others this Christmas. Children and staff at


Grindleton and Bolton-by- Bowland Primary Schools have been helping Samari­ tan’s Purse UK, a Christian relief charity, with its ‘Oper­ ation Chris tmas Child’ initia­ tive by donating Christmas wrapped shoe boxes filled


with gifts suitable for a boy ' orgirl.. These are distributed to


Some of the pupils with theirshoe boxes for Operation Christmas


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theunderprivilegedchildren around the world who will


not be expecting to receives Christmas gift this year.


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