Community & Extended Services
Summer Term 2011
Hawthorne Park Mural Project – Launch Day
On Saturday 30 April the Hawthorne Park Mural was launched with the help of the Mayor and Mayoress of Wyre, students from Millfield and representatives from Lancashire County Council, Wyre Borough Council, Young People’s Service and of course the artist, Gavin Renshaw.
Performing Arts Morning: Tuesday 17 May 2011
The assembly hall was filled with eager primary school pupils waiting to perform their chosen song or dance. Once again, there were some fantastic performances and Red Marsh invited many of the children on to stage to join in their line dance. The picture shows Mrs Palmer with her fantastic Ukulele Band from Royles Brook Primary School. There were more performances from Baines Endowed Primary School, Chaucer Primary School, Anchorsholme Primary School, Great Arley School, Stanah Primary School, Thornton Primary School and Northfold Primary School.
Gardening Club
This term we began the development of an allotment in the Environmental Garden with the help of some Year 8 students. What an amazing transformation! We are currently growing potatoes, beetroot, carrots, artichoke, lettuce, cabbage, peas, tomatoes, courgettes and purple sprouting broccoli. We meet after school every Wednesday. Many thanks to Harry Murphy, Tom Smith, Adam Strong and Matthew Swarbrick for their hard work and dedication to keep it looking so nice! Our neighbourhood cat, who we’ve nicknamed ‘Milly’, is also a regular visitor.
Top of the Wyre Quiz: Thursday 9 June
Congratulations to Northfold Primary School who, once again, won our annual Top of the Wyre Quiz,
followed closely by Anchorsholme Primary School and Baines Endowed Primary School
Well done to everyone who took part.
‘M’ Factor: Tuesday 21 June
This proved to be another successful evening of talent for our local primary schools. The judges were Mr Kilmurray and our senior students: Jessica Cunnah and Rachel Lumley. They had a very difficult decision but decided on Nikita Broadbent from Baines Endowed as the winner followed very closely by Neo Rice from Northfold Primary School and Harry Moulding from Manor Beach came third.
Health ‘Expo’ Event: Thursday 30 June
This was a first for Millfield and began for Year 9 students at 2.00 pm and it was then available from 3.15 pm for the community to have a look around. Many local health professionals and volunteers promoted their organisations and it gave everyone the opportunity to find out who is supporting our community.
'Did you know you can give blood at Millfield?
The next blood doning sessions are:
Tuesday August 30 - from 2pm to 4pm and 5pm to 7.30pm
Wednesday December 21 - from 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 5.30pm
For further information about giving blood, or to make an appointment to donate, please call 0300 123 23 23, or visit www.blood.co.uk'.
Culture Awareness Day: Wednesday 13 July 2011
Culture Awareness Day proved to be a very eventful and thought provoking day for staff and Year 7 and 8 students. Thank you to John East from the YMCA in Blackburn and Gill Taylor who co-ordinated the visitors. They represented Eritrea, Zimbabee, Uganda, Sudan, Asia, Iran, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We also welcomed students from Beardwood Humanities College in Blackburn who very quickly made some new friends. They all told some amazing stories about their lives; some were entertaining, informative and at times very moving.
Adult Learners Week: w/c 16 May
To coincide with Adult Learners Week, Adult Education in Lancaster hosted some free taster sessions at Millfield. Family History, British Sign Language and Indian Head Massage were very well attended.
Adult Education Programme
Our Autumn programme begins on Monday 26 September. For information about the courses being held at Millfield please call 0845 600 1331 or www.lancashirecollege.com
Sports Xtra activities for the Summer holidays
Sports Extra is running two camps for Years 7 and 8 during the Summer holidays from 9.30 until 4.00 pm.
8-12 August: Dance and Junior Dance Xperience.
15-19 August: Spy and Junior Spy Xperience.
Telephone 07884 200 600 for more details or book on-line: www.sports-xtra.com
PTFA
Our recent Summer BBQ in June was another successful evening of entertainment, stalls, activities and a prize raffle draw. Despite the weather letting us down once again it didn’t spoil the fun!
In September we will be having another ‘Bags2School’ collection so if you are having a clear out over the Summer holidays please bear us in mind and bring your donations into school. All unwanted clothing, soft toys, paired shoes and bedding are sent to developing countries and we receive 50p per kilo. We have raised £500 since we began taking part in this campaign. Thank you to staff, students and parents for your support during this year.
We are looking forward to meeting new Year 7 parents in September. If you want to be part of ‘Team Millfield’ please contact Mrs Murphy, the PTFA Secretary, at school for more information.
Diabetes UK: Cheque presentation [
Miss Jackson presented a cheque for £1,200 to Robert Edge from Diabetes UK. The money was raised from three events that the staff took part in. In May a team of 23 staff ran the Blackpool 10K event, Mr Grayston took part in the Great North Swim at Lake Windermere and staff took part in a sponsored bike ride in June.
Well done everyone!