ISSUE NUMBER 23

- Spring Term 2016

During the latter part of the Autumn Term and, as announced in the last Issue of

Morecambe Road News, I was elected by my fellow Governors to take on the role of

Chair of Governors for our exceptional school. I will endeavour to ensure that their

choice is well founded. I will strive to continue the good work of Mrs. Janet Ward

who, on retiring from the role as Chair, continues to play an essential role on the

governing body. Now retired, during my working life I had the opportunity to visit

nearly every school in Lancashire at some point in my career. I have had an

association with Morecambe Road School for more than thirty years and have

always received a warm welcome from staff and pupils. I have maintained a great

affection and respect for this school and all it strives to achieve.

In mid February, the Governors received a generous invitation to a 3 Course Lunch

created, cooked and served by young men and young ladies from Year 11, with the

assistance of Mrs. Leach and her team. After a long, dark and very wet winter this

turned out to be a wonderful event that was greatly appreciated by all those invited.

The food, its presentation and the service we received was truly exceptional.

Members of the Governing Body usually come together in a group, around a table,

for the purpose of school business. This lunch time event afforded us the opportunity

to talk together in an informal and social atmosphere and allowed us to learn more

about one another away from the formality of committee.

This issue of the Newsletter is packed full of reports detailing school events, clubs,

educational visits and pupil achievement all of which is only possible through the

inspiration, dedication and hard work of all the staff of the school in whatever

capacity they work and is underwritten by informed and supportive parents, carers

and families.

Tony Bland Chair of Governors

Morecambe Road School

Morecambe Road

Morecambe, LA3 3AB

Telephone: 01524 414384

Howtown Outward Bound Y10

1st – 5th February 2016 Twelve Keystage 4 pupils have recently enjoyed a week of “Adventure and

Challenge” at Howtown Outward Bound, Ullswater.

Supported by Jim Townley, Sandra Bateson and Jo Gibson, the group took part in

a variety of outdoor pursuits in some very good, if wet and windy, weather.

We set off on Monday morning, breaking our journey by stopping for lunch at

Tebay and then travelled on to Howtown. There we met our tutors, Gary and

Rosie. After sorting out our rooms, we went down to the lake and splashed

around. We dried off and changed for dinner then later on we followed the night

line around the grounds.

On Tuesday after breakfast we went into the tunnels which are artificial

potholes. It was muddy and dark inside the tunnels. In the afternoon we climbed

a gorge in Martindale. As we climbed up the stream we saw wild deer on the

fellside. That evening we tackled the orienteering course.

Wednesday was expedition day. In the morning we packed and prepared for our

expedition and then set off in canoes for a tour of the lake. We stopped for lunch

in Howtown Bay. Later we stopped at Hallin Hag to play some games before we

canoed across the lake to Halsteads, which is another Outward Bound centre on

Ullswater. The lake was a bit choppy but the sky was sunny and bright. We

moored our canoes on the shore and collected wood for a fire. We cooked our

evening meal on Trangias around the camp fire. That evening we walked to the

waterfall at Aira Force and slept out all night in yurts.

On Thursday we cooked our own breakfast before starting the day’s activities. In

the morning we had a go at climbing a telegraph pole and jumping onto a trapeze.

Then after lunch we caught a speed boat to Hallin Fell. Some of us walked round

the fell while the rest of us scrambled up to the obelisk and down the other side.

We all then walked back to the centre. After tea we cleaned our kit and played

so games turning in for the night.

On Friday, we tidied our rooms, then cleaned and returned the kit we had

borrowed. We then went climbing on the rocks above Howtown. After lunch it

was time to return to school. We were all looking forward to our own beds and

seeing our families again.

A big thank you to all the people who supported us at Howtown especially Pete the

chef and Gary and Rosie the tutors.

Bendrigg Lodge Residential 2016

Week beginning 29th

February – 4th

March year 9 went to Bendrigg Lodge on a residential.

9ii went for the beginning of the week followed by 9i to end the week. During our time we

had lots of fun doing the following activities.

Canoeing

Indoor Caving

Zipwire

Big swing

Climbing wall

Abseiling]

Camp fires

Archery

Caving at Inglebourgh

We would like to thank the staff at Bendrigg Lodge for the fabulous food and excellent

hospitality. Also Morecambe Road School Staff for giving us their time.

See you next year

Summer 2016 Exam Timetable

Some Y11 pupils will be sitting the following exams this Summer:

Maths Paper 1: Thursday 26th

May at 0915

English : Tuesday 7th

June at 0915

Maths Paper2: Thursday 9th

June at 0915

Exam results will be available at school between 10:00 and 12:00 on

Thursday 27th

August.

Result not collect will be posted later that day.

Jim Townley

Exams Officer

We would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents, carers, staff and pupils who contributed to Sports Relief.

We raised

£198.00 Kind Regards

The School CouncilThe School CouncilThe School CouncilThe School Council

Thank you for all the support, the school raised £880, which was better than we expected. This couldn’t

have been achieved without the help and support of the parents and friends of Morecambe Road School

whether it was donating items, buying raffle tickets or being at the fair.

Enjoy the Easter Holildays!

OFSTED’s Parent View

Parent View gives parents the chance to tell Ofsted what you

think about our school, from the quality of teaching to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. The survey can be completed at any time; you don’t have to wait until the school is being inspected.

OFSTED will use the information you provide when making decisions about which schools to inspect and when.

Click ‘Give your views’ to register and complete a survey to help your child’s school improve. https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

There is also a link to click on for Parent View in our school website - http://www.morecambe.lancsngfl.ac.uk. On the school home page go to ‘OFSTED, Performance and Assessments’ on the left side of this web page.

����������������� ������������������������ �� ������� ��� �������������

�������������������������������������������� ������������������� ���

������������������������������������������������� ���� ��������������

��������������������������������� ���� �������

������ �������������������

!����� ����!������ ������!����������� ����� ����������������� �

�������������� � ���������� ������� ���� �������������������

�� ���� ������������������������

"���������!�����"����#����$������� ��������������������������� ������

������������������������������ �������������������� ��

������ ����������

Dear Parent / Carer,

Morecambe Road School is teamed up with a charity called schoolangel.org.uk

which will help our school to raise money, along with many other schools in the UK

by shopping through their browser.

School Angel works with many big shopping brands in the UK, for example, Amazon,

Argos, Next, Boots and many more which have agreed to donate a portion of the

profit, they normally make on your shopping if you use the School Angel website to

visit their shop. You are guaranteed to only pay exactly the same price, for whatever

you buy, but our school will also receive a donation.

School Angel is really simple to use and our school has its own charity page already

set up which you can visit here:

http://www.schoolangel.org.uk/morecambe-road-school.html

Once on the page all you need to do is click on the logo for whatever shop you would

like to visit. School Angel does not need you to ever create an account or login, there

are no passwords to remember and they will never trouble you with any junk mail.

We are really excited that School Angel can help our school raise lots of money. So

please remember to use the School Angel site when you shop online and ask your

friends and relatives to support us too!

As we start to book our Summer Holidays we hope that our staff, you, your friends

and family might consider visiting this website prior to your purchases.

Many thanks for your ongoing support. Every purchase you make will really make a

difference.

Thank you

MORECAMBE ROAD SCHOOL

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS – September, 2015 - July, 2016

SEPTEMBER, 2015 Re-open Monday 7th September, 2015

HALF TERM Close after school Thursday 22nd October

Re-open Monday 2nd November

CHRISTMAS

CLOSURE

Close at lunch

(1.15pm)

Friday 18th December

JANUARY, 2016 Re-open Monday 4th January, 2016

HALF TERM Close after school Friday 12th February

Re-open Monday 22nd February

EASTER WEEKEND Close after school Wednesday 23rd March

Re-open Tuesday 29th March

EASTER HOLIDAYS Close after school Friday 8th April

Re-open Monday 25th April

MAY DAY CLOSURE One day only Monday 2nd May

HALF TERM Close after school Friday 27th May

Re-open Monday 6th June

SUMMER CLOSURE Close at lunch

(1.15pm)

Friday 22nd July, 2016

INSET DAYS (5) – September, 2015 – July, 2016

Friday 4th September, 2015 STAFF TRAINING DAY *

Friday 23rd October 2015 STAFF TRAINING DAY *

Thursday 24th March 2016 STAFF TRAINING DAY *

Monday 25th July 2016 STAFF TRAINING DAY *

Tuesday 26th July 2016 STAFF TRAINING DAY *

* Some of the Staff Training Days may be converted to Twilight sessions –

further information will be issued to staff nearer the dates.