Safer Internet Day Tuesday 6th February
Pleckgate has been doing lots of work around safe internet usage in conjunction with Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 6th February. All year groups have attended assemblies regarding safety and...
View ArticleReadathon Challenge
All Year 7 have been raising money for the readathon challenge by getting sponsored for reading as many books as possible. In total they managed to raise £358-38. Armaan Hussain raised £70 and Rizwan...
View ArticleYoung Interpreter Scheme
Pleckgate students are using their translation skills to help their fellow pupils and their families. Ten bilingual students from Year 10 and 11 can speak English and at least one other language...
View ArticleReadathon Challenge
All Year 7 have been raising money for the readathon challenge by getting sponsored for reading as many books as possible. In total they managed to raise £358-38. Armaan Hussain raised £70 and Rizwan...
View ArticlePleckgate Football Champions!
Pleckgate’s Year 7 football team, captained by Ali Master, won all their four matches to be crowned champions of the Blackburn with Darwen B Team League with Ayaan Aslam scoring a hat-trick in every...
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World Book Day
Pleckgate students enjoyed a special visit from author Sufiya Ahmed as part of World Book Week. Sufiya was born in India, before moving to Bolton and she now lives in London as a full-time author, her...
View ArticleBlackburn with Darwen Easter Holiday Activities
Blackburn with Darwen Young People’s Services are holding activities over the Easter Holidays that you may be interested in. Please click on the link below for a brochure : Easter YPS School Holiday...
View ArticlePleckgate High School wins national award for excellent results
Pleckgate High School has been recognised nationally for its excellent results in 2017 based on data from the Department of Education and Ofsted, analysed by SSAT (the Schools, Students and Teachers...
View ArticleSpecial Award for Pleckgate
Pleckgate High School has been recognised nationally for its excellent results in 2017 with a special Educational Outcomes Award. Pleckgate was found to be among the best performing secondary schools...
View ArticleReading for Pleasure Recommendation
Ben Goldacre writes about the supplements we take and remedies we use and how they are not necessary. He makes you question what we do (but still do it).
View ArticleReading for Pleasure Recommendation
I would recommend, “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom. I really enjoyed this book; it might sound depressing as it begins with the death of a character who ends up in heaven and he...
View ArticleOxford University visit to Pleckgate
Pleckgate High School’s most able Year 11s are aiming high after a visit from an Oxford University speaker. Orock Nsoatabe, a Schools Liaison and Outreach Officer for Queen’s College, came to Blackburn...
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Wainwright Challenge
Two Pleckgate High School teachers have conquered 80 wainwrights in the first four months of the year for Cancer Research. Denise Turnbull is an engineering teacher while her husband Mark is a...
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Super Learning Day
Pleckgate held a Super Learning Day as pupils came ‘off timetable’ and explored different topical issues. There was a mixture of different events throughout the day including trips to BAE Systems,...
View ArticleReading for Pleasure Recommendation
Rebecca Solnit’s “A Field Guide To Getting Lost” is a lovely, slim book about walking or, to be precise, wandering. Whether you love to ramble on your own or with friends, Solnit writes about the...
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Reg Johnson Cookery Competition
Pleckgate High School pupils were cooking up a treat after reaching the final of the prestigious Reg Johnson Cookery competition. The cookery competition, for Year Eights and Nines, has been set up in...
View ArticleBAE Engineering Apprentice Success
Pleckgate High School Head Boy Umer Patel has secured a prestigious Apprenticeship with BAE Systems – thanks to an engineering option at his school. Umer, 16, excels at STEM (Science, Technology,...
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This book has been recommended because it contains a good range of information on ALL the elements in the periodic table. It shows that a book can be just as good as the Internet as a source of...
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Incredible Charity Bubble Rush Event at Pleckgate
Pleckgate High School played host to around 500 people who took part in East Lancashire Hospice’s incredible Bubble Rush Event. Families had their faces painted by Sparkle Me Up and wore tutus and...
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“Misery” by Stephen King is a classic of the thriller genre. What would happen if a crime writer had to spend time with his biggest fan? This is a cracking yarn and a master class in suspense.
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