Open Evening: Thursday 26th September 2024

Our Open Evening will start at 4:30pm and end at 7.00pm
The Open Evening will give you the opportunity to:
- Take a tour around our school
- Visit each of our faculty areas
- Find out how to apply for a place here
- Find out how our current year 7s are settling in

Open Mornings: Monday 23rd September - Friday 4th October

There will be slots available on every week day so choose a day that suits you.
The Open Mornings will provide the opportunity to see the school in action and ask any questions you may have before making the final decision on your child’s high school. In addition, during the open weeks we will be offering tours from 4:00pm - 5:00pm in the evening.

Year 11 have had a busy week of GSCE exams and we are really pleased by how they have started.

Just a reminder that your son/daughter should attend school every day at 8.30am as normal throughout the exam season.

Next week is a busy week of exams before the half term holidays. Please see the information below about the May half term revision sessions for Year 11 students.

Over the Easter holidays teachers will be holding revision classes for all Year 11 students to attend. The schedule for Easter Holiday classes has been attached to this email. Most are held online over Google classroom so please encourage your son/daughter to log on over the holidays to keep on top of their revision.

Our Lady's RC High recently received an FFT National Award for student attendance. Thank you so much to all our parents and families for your continued support.

Our school show Matilda JR is fast approaching and once again it is set to be a fantastic production!

The show will be on in school on the 7th, 8th and 9th February 2024.

Tickets are still available online via this link:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/our-ladys-rc-high-school/matilda-the-musical-jr/e-ebmjxy

On the 5th and 6th of October we were inspected by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate, and we are extremely pleased and proud to be able to report to you that our school has been judged ‘Outstanding’ in all areas. This is a significant achievement for the school and reflects the fantastic work that goes on at Our Lady’s every day.

Numerous areas of outstanding practice were highlighted by the inspectors, and the full report is now available for you to read, but the following are a summary of the key findings:

• Leaders in the school have created a faith filled community that is fully inclusive, welcoming and ambitious for all, where staff are strong role models for students.
• Pastoral care for everyone, but especially those that are most vulnerable is exceptional.
• There is an environment where behaviour is exemplary underpinned by a climate of mutual respect.
• Outcomes in Religious Education are strong.
• The school is committed to creating a meaningful and accessible sacramental and liturgical experience to develop the faith lives of the whole school.

A copy of the full report is available through the following link https://www.olhs-manchester.org.uk/salford-diocese-inspection/ and on request from the School Office.

Securing the judgement of ‘Outstanding’ for Our Lady’s is a testament to the hard work and commitment of our students, staff and governors. We also greatly value the contribution parents have made to the success of the school. I don’t think the inspectors had seen such an overwhelmingly positive response from parents before. Going forwards, with your support, we hope to continue to deliver outstanding educational outcomes for your children and improve their experience even further.

Mr Ormsby

We are delighted to announce Our Lady's has won an attendance award for being in the top 10% of FFT schools nationally for the Autumn 2022 Term!

A huge thank all to all parents for their continued support in ensuring your child/children attend school on a regular basis.

Blackpool 2022!

Our students enjoyed a well-deserved trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Friday as a reward for all their hard work and excellent attendance all year!

Prom is Back for the Class of 2022!

It was amazing to have the school prom back at the Village Hotel in Bury last night. The year 11s all enjoyed a brilliant night full of dancing, celebrating and so much fun!

We will share more photos and the award winners in this term's Vision magazine. The Village Hotel said it was the best prom they had ever had! Well done to Miss Brophy, Miss Power and all of the class of 2022!

Information regarding Year 8 Trip to Langdale

Thank you very much to those of you who came out in the rain last night for the year 8 information evening on Langdale. For those who couldn’t attend, please follow the link below to view the presentation and key information that we went through:

Group 1 - Monday 11th October – Wednesday 13th October

F1, F3, F5, F7

Group 2- Wednesday 13th October- Friday 15th October

F2, F4, F6, F8

All students must be at school, in the dance studio at 8.30am on their day of departure so that the coach can be loaded up and ready to leave at 9am – latecomers will be left behind so please ensure your child arrives on time. Pupils should wear their own, weather appropriate clothing on this day. The students will return to school at 14:50 on the last day of their trip to ensure they can get home like normal. Students will be given a packed lunch for the first day of the trip but may bring additional snacks if preferred.

The kit needed for the week is as follows:

Waterproof jacket (lightweight waterproof is fine)

Wellies

Sturdy outdoor shoes (recommended, not essential)

Old clothes that are ok to get muddy

Jumpers

Multiple pairs of socks

Towel

Small rucksack

Plastic bag for wet kit

Water bottle

Suncream

Toiletries (including shampoo, body wash, toothpaste etc)

alongside all other items that a child would need for a stay away e.g. pyjamas, underwear, sanitary products etc. Pupils will be expected to take part in activities in all weather conditions so please ensure your child has spare clothes to change in to in the event that they get wet.

Pupils are permitted to bring £5 for the onsite tuck shop if they wish. This sells confectionary and snacks.

We kindly request that no electronics are brought on to the trip, including mobile phones. Where we are staying has no signal or wifi and we find phones particularly to be very distracting for pupils in attendance. There is a landline at the youth hostel which pupils are welcome to use and parents/carers will be given a contact number for in the case of an emergency.

The trip has been organised with the Youth Hostel Association. Our Lady’s staff will be supervising the children throughout the trip, with the YHA’s excellent and fully qualified staff leading all activities.

Behaviour in school in the weeks before the trip must be excellent for all children. Bad behaviour in school will result in children being withdrawn from the trip. We anticipate that behaviour at the centre will be excellent with all children having a fantastic time.

If you have any questions please contact Miss Watkins or Mr Cope in school on 0161 507 9640.

Presentation link:

https://www.loom.com/share/f82bcc73c0ef4d6da6efc0cd6222a31e?sharedAppSource=personal_library