Sleepover in school - Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School

R.C. High School
A family of faith & learning
NEWS - JANUARY 2014
Sleepover in school
History was made just before the Christmas break
when some of our students slept overnight in school!
Around 60 Year 7 pupils gathered sponsorship money from
family and friends in return for the priviledge of wearing their
pyjamas and onesies and sleeping in the school hall. Year 7 form
tutors Mrs Smith, Miss Bamber, Mr Low, Mrs Jones, Miss Sutcliffe and
Miss Rushton along with Mr Nash, Mr Minns and Miss Murphy and Deputy Headteacher
Mr Catlow attended this charity funraising event which was organised by Head of Year
7 Mrs Lowe. During the evening the pupils took part in team building challenges and
quizzes including building a shelter from just newspaper, sticks, tape and bin bags. At
supper time some of our PTA came along and served a hot chocolate drink and biscuits and the
following morning our catering staff came in early to serve
them breakfast.
There were some very tired and
bleary
eyes
around
school
the
following morning (and that was
just the staff!) but our pupils really
enjoyed the evening and we are sure it
is an experience they will never forget.
The
sleepover
was
the
main
fundraising event of the half term for
the charity ‘Shelter’, with a total of
£911 raised. Mrs Lowe said “This is a
fantastic amount of money raised for
this worthwhile charity. I am very proud
of Year 7”
www.mountcarmelhigh.lancs.sch.uk
Community Christmas Party
A
Community
Christmas
Party
took place at Mount Carmel in the
afternoon
of
Monday
16th
December.
Over
60
guests
attended
from
local parishes, family members of our
school community, residential homes
and local residents. They were treated to a hot festive meal cooked by
Accrington & Rossendale College staff
and catering students. Mount Carmel
students served the food and waited
on the tables ensuring our guests were
happy and well catered for.
An afternoon full of entertainment including music, song and dance all provided
by Mount Carmel students and staff followed the meal. The Christmas carols and
songs really got everyone in a festive mood.
Hampers of food kindly donated by Mount
Carmel students during a recent non-uniform
day were given to each guest as they left.
We were extremely grateful to the local
businesses and school staff who donated many
of the items used during the party such as table
decorations, crackers, napkins, tablecloths and
sherry.
Thank you to all family, friends, helpers and
carers who kindly transported many of our
guests ensuring everyone arrived and returned
home safely.
view more Mount Carmel news at www.mountcarmelhigh.lancs.sch.uk
Carol Concert
Mount Carmel hosted a Hyndburn Schools Catholic Partnership Carol
Concert in the school Hall.
The service was a wonderful festive celebration delivered by the Catholic
partnership of schools. Pupils from Mount Carmel, St. Anne’s & St. Joseph’s, St.
Mary’s Clayton-le-Moors, St. Mary’s Oswaldtwistle, St. Oswald’s and Sacred Heart
performed festive Carols, songs, readings and drama to a packed house.
Mount Carmel PTA served refreshments and St. Mary’s College students entertained
our visitors in the ‘Twelve Star Diner’ afterwards.
Each family was given a candle to light on Christmas Day as they left the Concert.
Market Hall
festivities
Accrington
Library carols
St. Anne’s & St. Joseph’s primary
school choir sang Christmas songs and
carols at Accrington Library to a large
audience. The fifty strong choir sang
beautifully and were led by Heateacher
Miss Watson, supported by her staff.
Four Mount Carmel pupils who are all
ex-pupils of this primary school went
along to serve mince pies, chocolate
coins and drinks to the audience.
The
Market
Hall
in
Accrington
was the stage for the Hyndburn
Catholic Schools Partnership choirs to
sing to a large audience of Christmas
shoppers. They entertained for over
2 hours singing carols and Christmas
songs.
The event culminated in a combined
performance with over 150 pupils
singing together on the staircase.
facebook.com/MountCarmelHigh
twitter.com/MountCarmelHigh
Spelling Bee
The Leading Edge Partnership of schools
took part in their annual ‘Spelling Bee’
competition. Hosted at Norden, teams
of Year 7’s from Mount Carmel, Hollins,
Norden and Rhyddings High Schools
battled for the title of ‘Spelling Bee’
champions for 2013.
The
‘Last
Man
Standing’
round
was the longest round in the history of the
competition!
The
‘Spelling
Bee’
had
almost exhausted his list of words and had to resort to
selecting more from a dictionary! In a tense second round teams
chose the level of difficulty of words and spelt as many as possible against a
timer. The final results were extremely close with Rhyddings coming out as
winners and Mount Carmel in a very close second place.
The Mount Carmel team willingly came along to ‘working lunchtime’ practice
sessions for almost 3 weeks to prepare for the competition. We were really proud
of their commitment. Thank you to Miss McMellon for her dedication and time.
Our school is
currently full of
munchkins, tin
men, scarecrows
and witches as
rehearsals are
franitcally
underway for
our major school
production of the
‘Wizard of Oz’.
Performances
will take place on
Weds 12th and
Thurs 13th
February in the
evening.
Please contact
school if you wish
to purchase a
ticket.
Please support the
many pupils and
staff who have
worked hard to
make this a
special event for
you to see!
Tel: 01254 233458
to order your
ticket.
Weds 12th & Thurs 13th February 7pm
at Mount Carmel - tickets on sale soon
view more Mount Carmel news at www.mountcarmelhigh.lancs.sch.uk