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decEMBER 4th 2015
Issue 5
Our Aim
In accordance with our Mission Statement the School’s aim
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Faith and Worship
To help us to grow spiritually as followers of Christ and as members of a C
community: to make prayer, worship and liturgy central to school life.
School and Community
Celebrating 60 Years of
Celebrating 60 Years
of Outstan
Outstanding Learning
1955 - 2015
To encourage and develop relationships between home, parish, school and the wider com
in order to prepare our pupils to become responsible,
I love comingcaring
to workcitizens.
here each day.
Often it doesn’t feel like work. We are a Catholic co
privilege to see our young people flourishing, to sp
Christmas Stall at local churches
ways and watch
grow in confidence.
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To develop
effective system of communications
and them
relationships
which
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every lesson great adventures
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Advent Liturgy
December 15th
brings so much more to the education of our studen
Christmas Lunch
December 9th
Ambrose’s Got Talent
December 17th
Individual
Support
and
Development
differently so that every child can realise their gifts a
Full Governors Meeting
December 10th
School
closes
for Christmas
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To celebrate the unique nature of each person
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Communications
and Relationships
IMPORTANT DATES
& FORTHCOMING EVENTS
& guardians
December 11th
Year 11 Celebration trip
December1 1th
CHARITABLE DONATIONS OVER ADVENT
Barcelona Trip
December 12th - 13th
Collections
dry goodsinfor
local
residents
and toys
and
curricular of
activities,
the
array
of research
projec
Curriculum
There is great spirit and energy in this school. You c
the creativity
that flows
through
our learning.
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for refugees
continue
throughout
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and differentiated
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no-one is left out.
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purpose
they find
in the
school; in
this
comes fro
Saturday morning saw a group of
pupils and staff board a coach at
6.00 am bound for Birmingham
and the Clothes Show. Led by
Miss Furey they braved the high
This Wednesday we welcomed
winds and terrible weather to get to
students from Year 11 at Harrop Fold
and St. Mary’s RC High School, Astley. their destination. Once there they
enjoyed the range of exhibitors and
They joined us for an afternoon of Athe fashion show, absorbing the
level and BTEC taster classes. The
high quality designs and creative
twenty students who came are all
seriously considering the St. Ambrose talent on display. For many of the
Sixth Form as a post-16 option. Their students this will be a chance to
develop further their own artistic
feedback was very good. They
and design skills
complimented the food, the quality of
teaching, the range of courses on offer
CLOTHES SHOW TRIP
and the very welcoming and warm
ethos. We look forward to welcoming
many of them in September 2016 as
Our Senior Girls Football Team
members of our community. Thanks
defeated Walkden High School 5-3
too to the teachers from Harrop Fold
on Tuesday evening - an excellent
who joined them
result from a strong team.
Last Saturday we held our
first Open Morning for the
Sixth Form. A good number
of parents and students
attended and benefitted from
presentations from staff and
lour business partners on the
unique opportunities available
in the Sixth Form. We
welcomed games designers,
creative industry
representatives and the
Connexions service to
reinforce the very special
creative approach we are
taking in developing our Sixth
Form. It is the place to come
to secure a good career or
university place in the future.
SIXTH FORM TASTER DAY
SIXTH FORM OPEN MORNING
girls football success
DESIGN YOUR FUTURE
FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
The 6th Form Creative
This week we made a strong start to our
new approach to supporting positive
mental health and challenging the
stigma around mental ill-health. In
extended form time students were led
through a variety of activities to
challenge their thinking and provoke
openness and discussion. Many
commented positively on the impact of
this work. This is only the start of the
work and there is much more to follow.
Friday December 4th was a big day
in the Advent calendar for us as
many students and staff opted to
don their Christmas jumpers for
charity. Everyone who wore the
festive garment had to pay £1 to
charity and this brought out a wide
range of fashion items. Mr.
Waterworth and Mr. Sanders
became Santa’s elves for the day,
whilst Mr. Hulton proclaimed his
footballing allegiance through his
jumper. Mr. Lawford was
understated and tasteful whilst Mrs.
Leather in Student Services went all
out for the festive look. Whatever
was worn it all raised money for a
good cause and raised smiles
across the school.
Media class undertook an
educational visit to the
GMEX in Manchester to the
'Design your Future'
post-18 event. Year 12&13
students attended the
event and visited stalls and
spoke to tutors of post-18
opportunities to 'shape their
thinking' for the future.
Students also were able to
visit seminar sessions in
the afternoon based on
topics such as 'Film
production' and 'Animation'.
The day overall had a real
focus on the Media industry
and Year 13 students
acquired direct email
contacts with several
university tutors that could
benefit their UCAS
applications.
AMBROSE’S GOT TALENT
The auditions for our first talent show
were completed this week over three
nights with nearly 50 acts auditioning for
16 slots. The standard of talent was
very high and the judges had a hard
time making their final decisions.
T HI S WEE K IN PI C T URE S
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY!
Here is just a selection of jumpers from the
excellent fundraiser on Friday. Staff are pictured
below gathered around the school Christmas tree.
Above: it’s not The Smiths, it’s the Creative Media class; below: Students enjoying the Clothes Show.
Above: students from Harrop Fold and St. Mary’s HS trying out our Sixth Form for size; below: the judging
panel of the Ambrose Got Talent competition with our very own Dermot O’Leary, Mr. Morrison.
SIXTH FORM OPEN MORNING
From top: our 6th formers in charge of catering for the day - the
did a roaring trade; getting careers advice from games designer
Mikael of Playground Squad; Join Us- why wouldn’t you?