The Lunchtime Lecture this week is titled 'The Power of Sleep' and is delivered by Mr Johnson. In this he'll discuss the importance of sleep and how important it is in our daily lives, as well as how you can use it to improve revision techniques amongst many other things. [1]

Join us in S2 from 1:45pm the Thursday, as always this is open to any St Christophers CE High School Year 11s who may be interested. [2]

…and submit their findings to the book award's organisers. Once all the reviews are in from across the county, a shortlist will be drawn up. The book titles on this shortlist will then be distributed to the participating schools. [3]

The pupils will have the opportunity to read, review and discuss their opinions with other participating schools. The overall winner will be announced at the beginning of July with a ceremony taking place in Preston. [4]

Our Christmas newsletter is available to download NOW via the link below. It has a round-up of all the fantastic things that have happened over the last term here at St Christopher's 🤩 bit.ly/3BFyvrk

We'd just like to say one last time well done Year 10 on completing your #workexperience & thank you to all the businesses that gave up their time to provide these fantastic and important opportunities to our pupils. We really appreciate all the support you have given them! [1]

Competitive drawing/retrieval and consolidation on the last lesson of the half term. Yr12 had three different tasks to complete in a carousel on Patroclus in The Iliad. What do you think Sixth Form ?

‘Why should we read aloud in class?’ “The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.” alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-rea…

Today it was Year 7s turn to celebrate #WorldBookDay. We had lots of pupils and staff dressed up as their favourite literary characters, raising money for the school library in the process. [1]

As part of our school-wide commitment to reading for pleasure they received a book funded by our school library in form time, following on from our Year 8 and 9 students receiving theirs earlier in the week. [2]

This year, they could select from 'Lego: Our Amazing Universe', 'The Fart that Broke World Book Day' & 'The Soccer Diaries: Rocky Takes the Lead' which are all promoted as part of World Book Day 2025. It's been loads of fun! [3] #ReadYourWay

This week's Lunchtime Lecture is titled 'A rose by any other name…' and covers one of the biggest taboo's in English Literature, was "Shakespeare" pseudonym. Come along to S2 from 1:45pm. As always Year 11 pupils from main school are warmly invited.

Today's penultimate Lunchtime Lecture was presented by Mrs Stott who took a look into 'Cults' and the power they have, she also asked the students to think about 'What is truth?' and how this influences us a species. [1]

Dr Jonathan Colman, Senior Lecturer of International History at the University of Lancashire, visited the Sixth Form this afternoon to talk to our History students about the beginning of the Cold War. [1]

He also covered one of the most influential figures in the early stages of the war, from the British side, Sir Frank Roberts, who was also a resident of Accrington! We'd like to thank Dr Colman for giving up his time to deepen our Lower students’ knowledge in the subject. [2]

What an absolutely fabulous evening we had for the first night of Frozen: The Musical! The pupils were brilliant throughout and loved every minute. We can't wait for this evenings show and to WOW another audience! 🤩❄️🏔️☃️

While some of Year 10 were experiencing an A-level taster day in Sixth Form last Friday, the rest of the year group visited Accrington & Rossendale College for an enterprise day. They learnt about the various jobs needed to run a successful business and… [1]

…applied their work ready skills to developing a product idea and business plan which they pitched to college staff. An excellent opportunity for them to think about personal learning styles and post-16 pathways. [2]

To all students, parents and guardians please note that the new school year starts for Lower Sixth only on Tuesday 2nd September. The Sixth Form opens for Upper Sixth on Wednesday. Everyone here is looking forward to the 2025-26 academic year.

📚✨ Great news for our YR7 pupils - the deadline for entering the Bookbuzz Competition has been extended to Friday 16th January! 🎉 This gives you extra time to finish your book and complete your review. The winner will be announced during the week beginning 26th January. 👀🏆