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Computing Club, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 10:34am
Newsletter 15.12.23, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 15th Dec 2023 @ 11:09am
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Newsletter 1.12.23, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 1st Dec 2023 @ 10:55am
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Newsletter 17.11.23, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 1:00pm
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Congregational Chapel Remembrance Day Service, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 9th Nov 2023 @ 12:34am
Look at our amazing new Bretherton Timeline, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 9th Nov 2023 @ 10:15pm
Thanks to Stanley Mason for our fabulous new timeline. Bretherton Endowed school and Bank Hall, Preston Docks and Cotton Mills alongside world and UK history.. just dates and finishing touches to do. The children have loved thinking what is coming next and have chosen some of the pictures / periods of history. Queen Elizabeth is significant person missing- she'll be added at the weekend.
Consulting for our Admission Arrangements for Sept 2025, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 5th Nov 2023 @ 5:10pm
Every 7 Year , the Governors of Bretherton Endowed will consult on it's admissions policy. There are no changes to be made to our policy, however this year we will be consulting with our school community and the Local Authority.
The Governors propose no changes as the pupil admission number fits the size of building and classes on offer and we would be unable to facilitate any increases due to classroom sizes, staffing and school budget.
If you have any questions about our admission policy for 2024 2025, please contact the school office on 01772 600431.
Kind regards,
Alison Moxham on behalf of Bretherton Endowed CE Primary School Governors
Newsletter 3.11.23, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 11:01am
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Newsletter 12.10.23, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 13th Oct 2023 @ 11:11am
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Yipee! Our BBC MicroBit's have arrived, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 4th Oct 2023 @ 12:31am
Mrs Allchurch can't wait to use the 30 BBC MicroBit's to support coding in school and Miss Hymers has arranged for Bishop Rawstorne to inspire our use of the donated 3D printer. We Can't wait!
HEADSSUP parent meeting offering support for families and pupils, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 3rd Oct 2023 @ 11:52pm
We are delighted to be able to offer a parent session from HEADSSUP, through our work with TARDIS, on 10th October 2023 at 2.30 in the school hall. All welcome and refreshments will be provided.
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Congratulations to Miss Hymers and Bretherton team for being shortlisted for the EDUCATE AWARDS 'Arts in Primary School' Award, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 3rd Oct 2023 @ 11:48pm
Congratulations to Miss Hymers for being shortlisted for the EDUCATE AWARDS, 'The Arts in Primary School'.
https://educateawards.co.uk/ Have a look at the website to see all the nominated schools.
I would like to nominate Bretherton Endowed CE Primary School, under the Art Leadership of miss Lesley Hymers for the Outstanding Arts in School Award. For the last 18 months, Lesley has lead school through a transformation in the Arts. In order to explain, the amazing achievements at our small rural primary school, with only 107 pupils and 5 teaching staff, I will highlight some of the wonderful opportunities that have been on offer and the links to our community.
Miss Hymers set up an Arts Council where children passionate about the arts assist her in leading art in school. ( https://www.brethertonschool.org.uk/page/arts-council/62490) She has organised their visit to Salford to the Van Gogh and Banksy experience and the children then led an assembly, organised a in school art instillation linked to the artists and invited parents and our community to attend. (https://www.brethertonschool.org.uk/work/brilliant-banksy-inspired-assembly-by-the-arts-ambassadors/82909) and our final outside whole school art project is here, with each child in school creating a personal stencil for our display. It is great to see the complexity increase as we reach Year 6 children.
Annually we hold an art gallery where all children in school create a piece of art and we display them in frames like a gallery and parents and community are able to come and view and buy work. This year we have widened our passion for the arts and have invited famous local artists into school through our ART week and in specific sessions with classes. Sophie Martin, an illustrator from Cumbria worked with Class 2 and a relief artist with class 3.
We extended our art to include children from a local nursery into school to work with our children and inspire them (https://www.brethertonschool.org.uk/blog/bank-hall-kindergarten-visit-for-artsmark/82274) and children from Bishop Rawstorne High school were invited to work with year 6 to create Hive Hexagons together.
Extending the arts into dance, our Class 2 entered a virtual dance competition winning 2nd place for their interpretation of ‘Our Green World’ and we had professional dancers in school to work with the children (https://www.brethertonschool.org.uk/blog/artsmark-dance-session/83040) We have a huge Morris Dancing squad from reception to year 5 who perform regularly with the support of the Royal Preston Morris Men and are now learning Maypole. For the coronation, the whole school learned to country dance and we did so on Sports Day. (https://www.brethertonschool.org.uk/work/our-coronation-square-dance-on-sports-day-2023/82153)
Our children are encouraged in every class to orally tell stories and we enter an oral poetry telling competition each year.
Through music, and in particular our choir, we ensure that all children access music over and above the National Curriculum expectations. Our choir of ½ of kS2 children won the Lancashire Last Choir Standing Competition – first out of 31 outstanding entries and they were amazing! (https://www.brethertonschool.org.uk/work/recording-studio-session-for-the-choir/83538) In
addition, every class listens to a different genre of music each week and reflects and evaluates it and their enjoyment of it. It helps them become discerning listeners and performers.
We have 2 performances each year – Christmas is class 1 and 2 and Summer is class 3 and 4. All children are involved and also lead the lighting and sound. This year’s summer performance was the best yet – 3 performances with our whole school family and community invited. https://youtu.be/QliWS1FKwOM In addition to this we perform at a Cluster Performing Arts festival each year and take the whole school to the theatre- this year being The Lion King at Manchester to inspire all. Our year culminates with Bretherton’s Got Talent show and we often have to hold two audition days due to the number of entries.
Thank you to Miss Hymers and our incredible 2022/23 Arts Council who have inspired, supported and excelled in equal measure.( https://www.brethertonschool.org.uk/blog/awesome-artsmark-collaboration-displays/83979)
All in all, every child in school access The Arts as a right, with no exceptions and through the passion and enthusiasm of the staff leading – our children all see themselves as artists, in many disciplines. I hope that you too are enthused by the arts on offer and how much we achieve in our small school for all our children. They love all aspects of the arts!
Newsletter 29.9.23, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 29th Sep 2023 @ 10:57am
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Newsletter 15.9.23, by Mrs Mitchell
Date: 15th Sep 2023 @ 1:06pm
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Extracts from the judges report from our 1st Place Last Choir Standing competition, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 12th Sep 2023 @ 8:30pm
Final – Blackburn, Friday 16th June 2023
Bretherton (1st place)
A lovely gentle start, notes and phrases well-held displaying amazing breath control. Great stage presence and an engaging and expressive performance.
The added harmonies were perfectly balanced, the tune always uppermost, and the diction clear. Enthusiastic but at the same time disciplined........The vocal acrobatics were well executed, dynamic contrasts effective, key change faultless, and the tempo variations were interesting and fantastically well-controlled, evidence of good conducting from the front.
Very professional acknowledgement to the audience at the end with a corporate bow. Nice touch. The choice of the contrasting second piece was also noted. Congratulations. Here's to the next time.
What a wonderful read and truly encapsulating their performance. Well Done Choir.
All the best to our fabulous Year 6, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 7th Aug 2023 @ 5:30pm
Wishing year 6 leavers all the best for their summer holidays and beyond. We'll miss you but thank you for leaving your legacy of The Lost Bear class set of books with your special messages inside for future generations of year 6!
Congratulations to the children entering Bretherton's Got Talent, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 19th Jul 2023 @ 9:19pm
Congratulations to all who entered Bretherton's Got Talent and the finalists entered below:
Class 1
Emmerson - singing
Jude - Jokes
Faith, Amy, Margo - dance/gymnastics
Halle- Jo - singing
Class 2
Joseph - singing
Harvie , Rudi - Magic
Rowan, Kian, Jaxson - drama
Casper - breakdancing
Class 3
Chloe - dance
Tilly - guitar
Lucas - Tabel tennis keep ups
Oscar - jokes
Class 4
Harris - singing
Lily - Piano
And the winners this year were ......... Joseph and Lily. Congratulations to them and the year 6 teachers for a great take over day.
Choir in the recording studio, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 17th Jul 2023 @ 10:29am
Well they are ready for a great session in the Rock Hard Recording Studio. Amazing prize - memories made forever.
British Commercial Vehicle Museum, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 16th Jul 2023 @ 10:09pm
Check out the local events over the holidays.
Congratulations to our Year 6 for their SATs results 2023, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 11th Jul 2023 @ 10:54pm
Thank you to year 6 for their hard work in preparation for the SATs and their results reflect this. I am proud of the staff and children for their achievements.
I have attached the information in relation to the National Data of this year's KS2 SATS results and a comparison to our school.
If you have any questions about the results, please contact school.
EXS - Expected standard
GDS - Greater Depth
KS 2 SATS Results Bretherton Endowed and National 2022/2023
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2023 Sats scores % |
This year national % |
School average scaled scores |
National average scaled scores |
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Reading EXS |
94 |
74 |
108 |
105 |
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Reading GDS |
41 |
28 |
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Writing EXS |
82 |
69 |
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Writing GDS |
35 |
13 |
na |
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Maths EXS |
94 |
71 |
107 |
104 |
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Maths GDS |
29 |
22 |
na |
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GPS EXS |
88 |
72 |
107 |
105 |
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GPS GDS |
29 |
28 |
na |
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Combined EXS |
94 |
59 |
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Combined GDS |
5 |
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Celebration of Life- Daisy Mae Morrison, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 28th Jun 2023 @ 1:19am
For our school family. We miss Daisy Mae and her smiles.
Press release due in Lancashire Post, by Mrs Clarke
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 6:48pm
Lancashire wide primary school 'Last Choir Singing' competition has successfully completed its seventh year.
The Last Choir Singing Competition, featuring hundreds of Lancashire’s best young singers, had its 2023 Grand Finale on Friday 16th June.
The finale was held at King Georges Hall, Blackburn, featuring ten finalist schools from across the county, including Chorley, Burscough and Fleetwood.
This year the competition had 31 schools taking part in the heats, that were held in March 2023 at various venues across Lancashire. Following the heats, 10 schools made it through to the grand final.
In the final, each choir sang a set song followed by a song of their choice, which were judged by three independent judges; all of which are experts in the music industry.
This year, Bretherton Endowed CE Primary School, took the County Final Winners trophy home, and will receive the grand prize of day in a professional recording studio, where they will be able to record their winning songs. This was the first year that Bretherton had entered the competition and where delighted to take home the winners trophy.
Jayne Clarke, Deputy Head and Choir Leader at the school said “We are so proud of the children in Bretherton Endowed Primary School Choir who shine each day and express themselves through music. The passion of the children, who truly believed in themselves and each other, helped them achieve their dreams and be inclusive to all”.
The first runners up were Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge and second runners up were AKS Lytham Preparatory School, who will receive cash prizes of £250 and £150 respectively.
Meanwhile St Patrick’s RC Primary School, Walton Le Dale won Best Newcomer and Coppull Parish Church School won the Angela Carson Award.
Local businessman George Critchley, who founded The Last Choir Singing, said: “This year we had five schools making it through to the Grand Final, who had entered the competition for this first time this year. Out of those five schools four of them won trophies, including Bretherton who won the overall competition. Its magnificent after seven years to see new choirs still wanting to enter. All the schools who have taken part this year have been fantastic. The choirs have given it their all and should all be so very proud of themselves. We are already excited to start planning the 2024 competition”.
The 10 finalist schools were Park Primary School, Colne; Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge, AKS Lytham Preparatory School, Anchorsholme Academy, Thornton Clevelys, Norbreck, Thornton Celvelys, Bretherton Endowed CE Primary School, St Patrick’s PC Primary School, Walton Le Dale, Coppull Parish Church School, Chorley, Lordsgate Township C of E Primary School, Burscough, St Mary’s RC Primary, Osbaldeston and Park primary School, Colne.
The 2024 Last Choir Singing competition will be open for entries in September 2023.
If you would like to know more about the Last Choir Singing, have a look at the website or follow the Facebook page.
Winners of the Last Choir Singing, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 18th Jun 2023 @ 8:20pm
Congratulations to Mrs Clarke and the choir for coming first in the Last Choir Singing competition on Friday at King Georges Hall. A wonderful efffort and amazing evening.
Our wonderful sports day 2023, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 21st May 2023 @ 9:58pm
Take a look at our aerial view of sports day. It was a great day. Thanks to staff, children and families.