Up Holland Music news

UHHS pays tribute to Ruth Pollock

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Many of you will know that Ruth Pollock our Vice Chair of Governors sadly died during the summer. Ruth’s contribution to the school

and the wider community for over 40 years has been exemplary. Her funeral took place on Tuesday the 3rd October and was attended

by many people who wanted to show their respect and gratitude for Ruth’s work, including staff, pupils and the school band and choir.

The school closed early to enable school to be appropriately represented as our mark of our respect for the contribution Ruth made to

many children over a significant number of years at Up Holland High School. Our thoughts are with Ruth’s friends and family during

this difficult time.

Up Holland High School’s Celebration Newsletter

Summer/Autumn 2017 edition

Up Holland Music news Festival of Music - This year has been the 39th Anniversary of the Festival of music (formally known as the proms) and it has been

the best so far. Through the course of 3 nights, Up Holland music department welcomed over 800 performers from primary to college

education to perform in the annual summer event. Each school performed their own take of the theme ‘Music from Stage and Screen.’

We had a variety of amazing performances from Broadway to Disney with each performance dazzling and amazing the audience.

Tickets were in high demand from the local community to watch the outstanding young musicians from the following primary schools

and college:

Crawford Primary School

St Thomas the Martyr

Newfold Primary School

Holgate Academy Primary

St John Rigby College music department

Holland Moor Primary School

Chapel End Primary School

Phoenix Stars Academy

A special thank you goes to all the performers from the primary schools and colleges for their tireless work, dedication and

enthusiasm which they showed throughout the evenings. A big thank you goes to all the teachers and inspirers who helped the pupils

achieve the very best performance and realise their true potential. There were some memorable highlights of the concert too from

our own performers. The choir, led my Mrs Worthington, performed two very special pieces featuring talented soloists in the

ensemble of Amelie Galbraith and also Rebecca Houghton. Mrs Worthington has been an exceptional leader with the choir this year

and started the festival off on the right note with ‘Run’ and also ‘You Raise Me Up.’ The unplugged ensemble which features

prominent soloists in the department showcased their talents in a variety of genres. A special well done goes out to the following

soloists of the unplugged ensemble Emily Wallis, Amelie Galbraith, Rebecca Houghton, Ratcliffe, Ayse Inel and Charlotte Moran. The

festival also featured the much loved brass ensemble performing their version of I dreamed a dream. In particular a special well done

goes to Lucy Farrelly, Bethany Roberts, Emma Harrington and Joe Cooper for their dedication to the ensemble and helping to lead

it. The school concert band concluded the festival with a selection of music from James Bond, Chicago and also Les Miserable.

Joel Whittington, a trumpeter from year 10, performed Bring Him Home accompanied by the band. Well done Joel on your moving

performance.

The music department looks forward to welcoming you to the 40th festival of music next year and to other performances throughout

the year. Keep check the music department twitter account for further performances and news in the coming term.

Countdown Competition! Enter the Countdown competition in Maths for your chance to win! Weekly draw

from all correct answers. Last entries Friday 3.15 pm. For more information please see Mr Conway.

Lessons for Life Key stage 4 pupils were given lessons for life on the last Stop the

Clock Day which was particularly useful for year 11 pupils. They

were given lessons in financial management, and up to date

information regarding applying for mortgages as well as how to

achieve a part time job.

Guest speaker and Life Coach Luke Askew delivered a fantastic

presentation about having the right mind set to succeed in life.

He bravely shared stories about how he faced his own challenges

in life and managed to turn his life around by adopting a more

positive mind set. Instead of seeing every setback as a failure, he

now regards them as a challenge that he is determined to meet.

A former pupil, Tom

Aitchison also delivered a

powerful presentation

about how boxing helped

him make something of his

life. He even invited several

pupils to join him on stage

for a bit of sparring. Some

great lessons learned!

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Up Holland High School’s Celebration Newsletter

Summer/Autumn 2017 edition

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COMES TO UP HOLLAND On the 26th June several able, gifted and talented pupils from Years 7 – 10 were joined

by six other Lancashire schools to listen to a talk by Grace Dickinson, the Liaison Officer

from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. The aim of the talk was to raise awareness of

University life, courses and entry requirements. During the talk, pupils had common

myths dispelled about the cost of university, the benefits of attending and the many

activities to be enjoyed there. Pupils also had the opportunity to ask questions and

enquire about courses they may be interested in in the future. Many thanks to Grace

for coming all the way from Cambridge to speak to visiting pupils and the AGT pupils of

Up Holland.

Orienteering success Mrs Kenyon’s, Mrs Thompson's and Mrs Cooney's All Star Orienteering Team won the District KS3 Orienteering competition at Tarleton High and have qualified for the Lancashire School Games in Blackpool in July! Here's a champions photo (with Harry Smith behind the camera). Mrs Thompson will happily give you a rendition of We Are The Champions on the corridor if you see her.

Paris 2017 Paris 2017 Paris 2017 Paris 2017 Paris 2017 Paris 2017 We have recently visited Paris; 4 days jam-packed with exciting activities.

On the first evening we all went to a typical French restaurant and while

most of us ordered Spag-bol (Mrs Ward was not impressed), Iskren,

Charlotte, Sophie and Abbie ate some snails. They said it was all right but

Sam almost passed out looking at it. On day two we went to Disney and

thought we would never stop screaming on the Tower of Terror. Really, it

was a lot of fun! On day three, we went up the Eiffel Tower (big job), visited

a museum (all right) and went shopping on the Champs-Elysees (Mackie’s!

Sephora!). On the last night, we ordered pizza and went swimming at the

hotel pool (yes, the hotel was really nice) - by Ellie, Ayse, Amelie and Eve.

Well done to 7EJL (Mr Lyon’s

form last year) for raising the

most money for the school

improvements back in July. Their

prize was private a BBQ.

7EJL raise most money!

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Summer/Autumn 2017 edition

Up Holland High School’s Celebration Newsletter

TOP ATTAINMENT AND PROGRESS JULY 2017

Well done to these pupils last year!

MINI MASTERS

Fifteen Year Nine pupils from Up Holland were invited to

the first ever Mini Masters event hosted by Ormskirk High

School last week. Able, gifted and talented pupils from

eight different schools across Lancashire, met to listen to

two keynote speakers: Doctor Stuart Wood PHD, an expert

in Music Therapy and Joanna Barnard, an accomplished

author of fiction.

The aim of the morning was to challenge pupils ideas

about what success means and to experience three

seminars of their choosing on fascinating topics outside of

the National Curriculum. The day was designed to

challenge pupils perceptions of themselves and to

appreciate that goals and dreams can be achieved even

when obstacles are put in the way. Both speakers had

enjoyed successful careers before changing direction

unexpectedly, achieving their goals and achieving their

own version of ‘success’.

After listening to the keynote speakers, pupils branched

off into their own areas of interest which included CSI

Investigations into Jack the Ripper, how music cures

people with long term injuries or trauma and a session on

The Hunt for the God Particle.

After enjoyable three sessions and a lunch together, pupils

took part in a question and answer session with the

keynote speakers. Pupils listened with great enthusiasm

and interest asking sensitive questions, bringing the whole

day to a very positive end.

Many thanks to Mrs Helen Brown (Ormskirk High School)

and Mr Steve Barnard (Tarleton High School) for their

collaborative skills and organisation of what was an

amazing day and to the many pupils who took part and

were fantastic representatives for the school.

New Lego club

up and running

We have now started a new

Lego club on a Monday lunch

time with Mrs Johnson (parent)

where all pupils can develop their fine motor skills and creativity while

having a relaxing social occasion too. Watch out also for other new

clubs such as chess and board game club.

UHHS Performing Arts UHHS Performing Arts

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Up Holland High School’s Celebration Newsletter

Winter/Spring 2017 edition

The school musical auditions got off the

ground on Friday with a new cast now

forming for the extravaganza next term. The

Wizard of Oz will be our first school musical

that has been produced since 2013. Well

done to all those who tried out for a part,

there was some real talent on display.

Watch this space for more information

Congratulations and well done to the following pupils who achieved 100% attendance for 2016 -17

Year 7 – Ralfs Arnieks, Eleanor Atherton, Sasha Burrows, Zak Alex Cosslett, Luke Darbyshire, Gabriel Davis, Amy Du-Feu,

Keifron Edwards, Gracie-Anne Fletcher, Emma Grey, Hannah King, Adam Lenahan, Lorna Marsh, George McConville, Jessica Miller,

Daniel Moran, Reece Rogers, Toby Rowan, Harvey Rowe, Poppy Sibbald-Evans, Samuel Stockley, Jersey Traverse, Jenny Travis,

Georgia Ward, Ellis Winstanley.

Year 8 – Rebecca Banks, Alfie Berry, Megan Davies, William Elliott, Samuel Gallagher, Jessica Highcock, Toni-Leigh Joice, Lewis Knight,

Jasmine Leather, Alison Marsh, Chloe Rimmer,

Year 9 – Alexander Aspey, Lily Culshaw, Jema Doran, Rebecca Houghton, Mollie Latham, Sophie Leyland, Louis Melling, Katie Moore.

Year 10 – Georgia Barlow, George Berry, Chloe Burgess, Tyler Burrows, Iskren Dinev, Adam Grey, Ethan Griffiths, Rebecca Houghton,

Ayse Inel, Harry Jones, Matthew Lenahan, Abbie Lomas, Jack Lowe, Ben McConville, Ben McGovern, Ben McMaster, Amelia Sharples,

William Stockley, Jack Thomas.

Year 11 – Kye Ashcroft, Sami Basar, Jack Benson, Harry Elliott, Isabella Farren, Joseph Gerrard, Jessica Hampson, Joshua Hesketh,

Jessica Hodgson, James Hook, Lauren Kay, Madeleine Kelley, Jordan McKay, Phoebe Powers, Abigail Preece, Madeline Stewart.

Danni Williams winning

Sports Performer of the

year at the Believe

Wigan Sports Award for

her karate. Well done

Danni! We are really

proud of your

achievement!

Cross Country - A huge congratulations to all those pupils who ran in our first cross country event last week. Pupils in Y7, 8 & 9

braved the rain at OLQP for the District Cross Country League competition and did Up Holland proud. Good luck to all runners and don’t

forget running club on Fridays! Watch this space for more results.

Y7 Teams - Y7 pupils have got off to flying start this term in the sporting arena. Huge turnouts at netball and football practices

caused a selection headache for PE staff and fierce competition for places. The Y7 netball team put in fantastic performances to win

their first games against Lathom and Our Lady’s. The Y7 football team were equally as successful, beating Our Lady’s 4-1. They are the

first football squad to beat OLQP in 3 seasons!

Y7 hockey practice is on Tuesdays. Rugby practice is now up and running on Thursday nights after school. See our extra -curricular

timetable for more details. We share lots of information on our twitter page too @UHHSpe so give us a follow! Get stuck in!

Wizard of Oz

comes to UHHS

Sporting success

for UHHS pupils

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