Inter Faith Day
Year 7 students took part in an Inter Faith Day on Friday 22nd June, which was also part of ‘The Great Get Together’, a national initiative and celebration inspired by Jo Cox’s belief that ‘we have...
View ArticleReading for Pleasure Recommendation
“I’ll Be Gone In The Dark” by Michelle McNamara may not be an obvious choice for a summer read but it’s a gripping and fascinating, non-fiction account of one woman’s obsessive search for the Golden...
View ArticleHeadteacher’s Update – June 2018
Dear Parents/Carers We are almost at the end of another highly successful year in which Pleckgate High School continue to achieve rates of progress significantly above the national average. Pleckgate...
View ArticleStudent Book Recommendation
Our student book recommendation is ‘Skellig’, by David Almond. Jameel Williams of 7MYA has read and reviewed this book as an English homework task for Miss Redman.
View ArticleSummer Holiday Activities – Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen Young People’s Services are holding activities during the Summer Holidays that you may be interested in. Please click on the link below for a brochure : YPS Summer Holiday...
View ArticleReading for Pleasure Recommendation
Vikram Seth’s “A Suitable Boy” is, at its core, a love story: Lata and her mother, Mrs Rupa Mehra, are both trying to find – through love or through exacting maternal appraisal — a suitable boy for...
View ArticleStudent Book Recommendation
Student book recommendation is ‘Goosebumps-Stay out of the Basement’, by R L Stine. Noor Fatima of 7UMA has read and enjoyed this book. Noor has successfully read and quizzed on 5 books, achieving...
View ArticleStudent Book Recommendation
Abdul-Hady Nazir of 8AKH, has been asked to recommend a book he has read and enjoyed for ‘Book of the Week’ and has chosen ‘Geekerella’ by Ashley Poston.
View ArticleAspire and Believe
A teenager who is battling blindness is determined to lead as normal a life as he can and make it big in the business world. Pleckgate High School student Aman Raja, 16, suffers from autoimmune...
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Judo star inspires students
Judo Olympic star Sophie Cox inspired students at Pleckgate High School. Sophie, who appeared at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the London 2012 Olympics, is part of the Youth Sports Trust and she visited...
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Religious Education Visit
31 pupils (mainly Year 9) had a visit to Blackburn Cathedral and the Raza Jamia Masjid Mosque in Accrington to help with their GCSE Religious Studies. Below are a selection of photos from the visit.
View ArticleGCSE Results 2018
Pleckgate on Cloud 9! Pleckgate students have once again achieved impressive results this year with a wide range of subjects performing above national levels, against a backdrop of considerable changes...
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Brave The Shave!
Last term Pleckgate High School’s husband and wife team ‘Braved the Shave’ for a local charity. Engineering and Technology teacher Mrs Turnbull and her technician husband, Mr Turnbull, are already...
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Bumper Open Evening!
It was a bumper open evening at Pleckgate High School as prospective Year Seven students hope to secure a place at the school. Primary school students were able to sample maths tests, an escape room in...
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Focus On Physics
Medical Engineers from the NHS came into Pleckgate to give students a taste of their work. The group worked with the Year Nines with the initiative aimed at inspiring students, especially girls, into...
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Anne Frank Exhibition
Pleckgate High School Year Seven students have been showing students, parents and visitors around the school’s Anne Frank exhibition. The 15 Year Sevens were taught the story of Anne Frank, the...
View ArticleWainwrights Conquered!
Two Pleckgate teachers have conquered the 214 Wainwrights for Cancer Research. Mrs Turnbull is an engineering teacher at Pleckgate while husband Mr Turnbull is a technician. Both decided to walk all...
View ArticlePoet-Tree National Poetry Day
Pleckgate students are certainly enjoying their poet-tree. Students from all years celebrated National Poetry Day by writing their own poems on the theme of ‘change’. They then stuck their poems to a...
View ArticleRemember
Every tutor group at Pleckgate High School explored the Commonwealth War Graves website and dedicated a cross in memory of someone who died in World War 1. There were 100 crosses altogether which were...
View ArticleSchools Linking Network
The RE department will be taking part in Blackburn with Darwen’s ‘Schools Linking Network’ initiative. The aim of this initiative is to develop and deepen young people’s knowledge and understanding of...
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