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An archive of all news posted to our website. 10 news posts are displayed per page. Use the navigation at the bottom to flip from page to page.
Horbury School took part in the BBC School Report today...
Students worked to a 2pm deadline to create video, audio and text based news before publishing it on our school website by 4pm which has been linked to by the BBC.
You can read the reports and view the footage over on our BBC School Report Page
Note, we recommend hitting play and then pausing it to allow the entire footage to download into your browser's cache for smooth playback. Our website may appear slightly slow due to the increased volume of traffic produced by the link to the BBC. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Following the recent ballot for the election of two Parent Governors, we are delighted to welcome Mrs. Sharon Fleming and Mr. George Craven (who has been re-elected) to the governing body.
Mrs. Fleming has a daughter in Year 9 and Mr. Craven has a son in Year 11 and a daughter in Year 9.
Being a school governor is a responsible and increasingly important position in our society and we hope it proves a very rewarding one for them.
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Following the successful start of our 2-good-2-go Uniform Exchange we urgently need donations of school uniform/school items. Donations can be taken to Mrs Crowther & Mrs Farrell in the Base or left at Reception.
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All students going on the New York trip must arrive outside at Horbury School between 1.30 - 1.45am on the morning of Sunday 14th February.
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European Safer Internet Day (SID) is supported by countries throughout Europe and during the week, a range of activities will be taking place across the continent to help protect young people online.
The theme for SID10 is "Think Before You Post" and we hope you will help us to make the whole week (from Monday 8th February - Friday 12th February 2010) a week for raising awareness at Horbury School.
Safer Internet Day is on Tuesday 9th February.
For more info, head to our Cybermentors' SID site...
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We're delighted to announce that the Morrisons Let's Grow team and the Sun's Gardening Editor, Peter Seabrook, have chosen Horbury School to be one of 100 schools across the country to receive a special "Let's Grow to Chelsea" growing crate, seeds and compost. These will be delivered to us by 8th February, along with a digital camera so that our pupils can keep a record of how the crate develops. 30 of the 100 schools will then have their crates collected and exhibited in the Let's Grow Show Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show at the end of April.
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Horbury School has been given the opportunity to take part in the BBC School Report.
Our "Reporters" will be taking part in their second practice News Day on Thursday 4th February when they will be making their own news. They will be reporting on things going on in our school as well as National and International issues.
During the ultimate News Day on 11 March 2010, students will be working to a 2pm deadline to create video, audio and text-based news before publishing it on our school website by 4pm which will be linked to the BBC.
Throughout the day, the progress of students across the UK will be featured in an hour-by-hour account on the BBC Website, enabling students to compare their work with other School Reporters.
Some schools will have their reports shown on National and Local BBC News.
Reports and footage from our first practice day on 14th January 2010 can be viewed here.
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The Government has now launched the Home Access programme. This is a free computer scheme for low income families. Families with children in years 3 to 9 at school, who are entitled to free school meals, can now apply for a grant to buy a computer and broadband connection from an approved supplier. The computers will be loaded with a suite of software to support literacy and numeracy.
Click here for further information
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If your circumstances have changed recently, or even if they haven't, you could be entitled to Free School Meals. This could make you a significant saving over the course of a school year. In some cases you could even be subject to backdating your childs entitlement.
This site provides information on whether you qualify and how to apply.
You'll also be able to download application forms and information leaflets.
We hope you find this useful. Should you have any questions you can contact
the school for further advice and guidance.
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The Wakefield Express, Pontefract and Castleford Express and Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express are currently running an initiative with Barclays Money Skills called Cash For Schools, which will see 10,000GBP shared between the five schools collecting the most tokens from our papers.
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