Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you are all well.
A video version of this update can be found here:
Firstly, I would like to thank all parents and carers for their support during the course of this academic year. It has been another brilliant year at the school in so many ways, with another set of incredible real world learning projects that have challenged our learners and developed a range of skills and qualities. Many of these projects are detailed in this webpost. This year has also seen further progress in our personal development provision, culminating in a wonderful Personal Development Day last week and the upcoming WISDOM days (Friday 17th July and Monday 20th July).
We are excited about the new building being fully operational in September. The new library space will provide a university style environment, which will be ideally suited to the project work our learners experience. There are also excellent new facilities for Art, Humanities and Careers.
Next year brings a renewed focus on all learners being Prepared for Learning (PFL). This includes all learners having the following items every day:
The items with the asterix will be provided by the school, although learners can use their own pencil case if they choose. Learners will receive one warning if they do not have these items to be prepared for learning. If they are still without these items the following day they will receive a detention over dinner time.
There has been new legislation around the use of mobile phones. We have been a phone free environment in this academic year and this will continue to be the case as we work within the new government guidance. We ask that parents and carers support us by ensuring that any communication with home is via the learner services office as learners should not be using mobile phones during the school day in any way.
In the final term of every academic year, we review the teaching groups for Key Stage 3. Following discussions with Heads of Department, Heads of Family and Heads of Learning, we have readdressed the Teaching Groups for non-core subjects and made significant changes to ensure we can maximise learning. Timetables will be distributed on the first day of September in Form Time.
The last day of the school year is on Tuesday the 21st of July. Learners will be leaving the school site at 1.35pm.
Here are some other key dates to be aware of:
Thank you again for all your support during this academic year.
Yours faithfully,
Paddy Russell
Headteacher
There have been so many highlights this term! Please click on the ‘Learn more’ link against each event for more information:
Our talented young musicians and singers took to the stage for our annual BridgeFest concert, held outside for the very first time! With group performances from our Ladybridge Collective ensemble and a variety of solo performances from talented musicians, this proved to be an unforgettable day of musical brilliance and fun!
An inclusive day of inter-form challenges for this term’s Personal Development Day!
Three incredible evenings of magical entertainment provided by our super talented Performing Arts cast and crew!
Welcoming Year 6 pupils for a full day of activities in their Ladybridge Families before they join us in September as our new Year 7 cohort!
Our school site was transformed into a bustling hub of advocacy today, as Year 9 learners brought their real-world learning project, ‘What’s Worth Fighting For?’ to life.
Inspired by the tradition of Speakers’ Corner, learners presented passionate, persuasive speeches on the causes, beliefs and issues they feel are worth fighting for.
As part of an ambitious cross-curricular project, Year 8 learners have been investigating the question: Can Bolton become a Blue Zone?
Inspired by regions of the world where people regularly live beyond 100 in good health – known as Blue Zones – the project focused on three key lifestyle pillars identified in physical activity, nutrition and socialisation.
Year 9 MFL learners have been practising their language skills in a Virtual Language Exchange with a partner school in Spain and performing Viva assessments about their project with external assessors.
A group of Year 10 learners spent an immersive two day work experience event in the world of marketing and advertising at the prestigious, global advertising agency McCann. They explored the exciting roles available in the industry and were tasked with creating an advertising campaign for a well known drinks brand!
A fabulous celebration for our Class of 2026 with Prom Night!
We said farewell to our Year 11 learners with a wonderful celebration assembly and goodbyes on the Ladybridge Farm.
A wonderful Creative Crafts Day event to introduce and inspire a young generation to craft skills and the entrepreneurial career options available in the crafting industry.
The Young Green Briton Challenge is an exciting national initiative to transform passion into action by working together to identify local environmental issues and design innovative, entrepreneurial solutions to address them.
From brainstorming green energy concepts to pitching their prototypes in a ‘Dragons’ Den’ showcase, our Year 7 ‘Easy Energy’ team developed invaluable skills in teamwork, creative problem-solving, and communication!
Year 7 learners have been developing their creative writing skills, exploring different styles of poetry and crafting their own poems, some of which have been published in an anthology, ‘The Space Between’. Poems are on display at the Manchester Poetry Library over the summer holidays!
Community is at the heart of what we do and we’ve been busy collaborating with amazing local partners and primary schools – reinforcing our commitment to not just be a school in our community, but a supportive hub at the very heart of it.
Learner-led Community Meetings, an Inter-Form WISDOM Boules tournament and many community projects!
Celebrating some incredible sporting success this term and recognising the support from our incredible Sports Leaders!
Celebrating learners’ and alumni achievements this term!
Here are our family email addresses:
aslansupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
intaresupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
leonsupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
raionsupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
simbasupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
tausupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk