+ 12 I CUTHEROEADVERTISERSi TIMES www.clith0roeadvert1s0r.co.uk Thursday,April3o 2015 Thursday, April 30,2015 www.clitheroeadvertiser.co,ul( VALLEY SCHOOL NEWS " L , , . , r


Oakhill pupils keep on hitting those high notes


byEricBeardsworth eric.beardsworth@jpress.co.uk Twitter; @clithadvertiser


In an evening of high drama, Ribblesdale High School Year lOfootballteamproducedan incrediblecomebacktowinthe Lancashire Schools'Cup for the second time in three years, againsta very strong and de­ termined Our Lady Queen of Peace College from Ormskirk.


The match was played at the ho me of Skelmersdale Utd in front of a largely partisan crowd, Ormskirk being on Skelmersdale’s doorstep.. Ribblesdale were on the


back foot from the kick-off, falling behind in the second minute, and struggled to find their rhythm, not being allowed to play the flowing football that had brought


. the reach of the goalkeeper, while Will Wrathall in the Ribblesdale net made two outstanding penalty saves to cap a magnificent performance. Captain Scott Wilson pow­


ered the deciding penalty which sent the Clitheroe cel­ ebrations into full flow. Liam Lishman, PE teacher


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them to the final. Our Lady’s pounced on a defensive mix-up at a corner to make it 2-0 after only 16 minutes.


. Ribblesdale kept the defi­


cit to two goals though to half­ time, and emerged for the second half like a different team. Aperfectlyflightedfreekick ’


from Nightingalehitthe bar and rebounded to James Billington, who headed over the line. From


'this point Ribblesdale were • in the ascendency and they, consistently probed for the equaliser, which came after Josh Tetley was up-ended in the area and Elliot Watson smashed the penalty beyond the diving keeper. Extra time ended in


deadlock, and it was down to penalties. Josh Tetley, Simon Wharton and Max Cane all put their spot-kicks beyond


and team manager, said: “It was a thoroughly deserved victory from a squad of players who simply will not accept defeat. Theydidthemselves.theschool and their parents proud on the night with a performance of grit, determination, teamwork, and belief.” The climax to this


wonderful season will see the Ribblesdale Year 10 squad competeintheEnglishSchools’ Open Final on 20th May at the Madjeski Stadium in Reading, where they will pay Coombes Academy from Fulham.


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School’s Friends organisation have been very busy bees


The Friends of Clitheroe’s St James’ CE Primary School have been busy recently. On the last day of the


spring term the school held its annual Easter Eggstravaganza organised by the Friends of St James’ School. Pupils were invited.to bring in decorated eggs, Easter bonnets and Easter gardens. Prizes were awarded to the best entrants in a special end of term


assembly to which parents and friends were also invited to attend. The next event the Friends


of St James’ have organised is a chocolate bingo which will be held tomorrow (Friday) April 24th in thejunior school hall.


, Tickets cost £2-50 on the door and eyes down are at 6-30 pm. For further details please contact the school office on 01200423599.


Youngsters at Simonstone Primary School have been busy working on a life in the' trenches display during the First World War. Thanks to help from lo­


cal historians Richard Mat-, thews and Brian Jeffery, from Read and Simonstone Archive, pupils from Years 3,4,5 and 6 rolled up their sieeves and turned their hands to creating the dis­ play to be exhibited at Black­ burn Cathedral. Deputy headteacher at the school, Mr Lonsdale, said several local businesses helped


- to donate the ma terials. He add­ ed: “The pupils made a dis­ play of front­ line trenches from th e


First World War. They painted the figures in grey, apart from one which was in red to signify the poppy. I am pleased to say that the chijdren made not only a


historical connection, but a spiritual one.” . The model w i ll be displayed at Blackburn Cathedral from April 23rd onwards.


Richard Matthews and Brian


Jeffery from Read and Simonstone Archive with Years 5 and 6 pupils and their artistic display


Extra curricular music and dramatic art lessons are proving a real hit at Whal- ley’s Oakhill College. The London Academy


of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) lessons are contin­ uing to grow stronger at the college with 26 students now from preschool all the way through to secondary school taking lessons with teacher Claire Haymes. The LAMDA lessons are a .


great extra curricular lesson for pupils as they help with reading and literacy skills, confidence, communication skills, diction and of course performance skills. The ex­ aminations with LAMDA also enable students to gain extra UCAS points i f they wish to attend university in the future. Recently, two of the


school’s LAMDA students, Megan White in Year Eight and Florence Green in Year Four, took examinations


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LAMDA students Megan and Florence


with LAMDA. They both did extremely well, Megan achieving a distinction with a mark of 81 and Florence gaining a merit with a mark of 77. A spokeswoman for the


school said: “Both girls have done extremely well and we would like to congratulate them on all their hard work.” Megan and Florence will


be taking their next exami­ nation at the beginning of July alongside all the other LAMDA students.


Young golfer Thomas’s victory


A Year 11 pupil at Oakhill College, Thomas Hughes, has won Whalley Golf Club's Junior Captain's Drive-in Competition. Despite hor- rendousweatherconditions, Tom who plays off36 and has been playing golf for nearly two years, was victorious over the nine holes beating around 20 other players. Thomas started on a


handicap of 45 and hopes to get down to 24 or lower be­ fore the end ofthis season. This is not Thomas’s first


competition win. Last year he came third in his first competition, then in the summer, Tom won a major


competition,theJuniorCap- tain’s Trophy by a massive 10 shots over 18 holes. ' Thomas’s love of golf be­


gan when Mrs Bland, Oa- khill’s former registrar took the golfers to Whalley Golf


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Club for coaching sessions in all weathers in her own time. He has a lot to thank Mrs Bland for his achieve­ ments so far. Thomas also attributes his success to Margaret Calvert for all her hard work with the juniors at Whalley and club profes­ sional Jamie Hunt for all his enjoyable coaching.


een on Kenya


Pupils at Thorneyholme Primary School, Dunsop Bridge, enjoyed African t a l e s w h e n Ke n y a n storyteller Githanda Githae. v is i ted them for World


B o o k N i g h t 2 0 1 5 . - More than just listening


to stories, they got.to join in with African performance elements such as chant, music and movement..: ■


The visit' was part of


Settle Stories’ Book Night programme which brought three s to ry te l le r s from different cultures - Kenya, Lebanon and Sweden -


to p re sen t in te ra c t iv e workshops and inspiring p e r fo rm an c e s at more t h a n 20 s c h o o l s in. Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria; -


Settle Stories founder


and director Sita Brand said: “This tour has proved to us that schools want


storytellers in schools. It develops p u p i ls ’


speaking, listening, reading and w r i t in g sk i l ls and


improves lifelong learning. “It also teaches children


about other cultures and widens horizons.”


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