Junior News

World Cup Anthem To Score For Heroes

In advance of England’s bid for World Cup glory, our own Mr Lawrence Condon has penned a personal musical tribute to England’s football heroes, which he hopes will score big for Britain’s injured armed forces’ heroes returning from Afghanistan.

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With the help of pupils at Rossall School in Fleetwood, Lancashire, sports teacher and aspiring musician, Lawrence Condon has released a World Cup song, with the title: ‘England, My England’, in a bid to highlight the sacrifices being made by the nation’s soldiers abroad and to raise valuable funds for the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity.

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Lawrence’s pupils were the inspiration for the song and urged him to write one for the last World Cup. Four years on and just in time for South Africa 2010, ‘England my England’ has been created in a collaboration with British folk, rock band ‘Steeleye Span’ guitarist, Ken Nicol, who produced the song from its raw acoustic version, adding orchestra, drums and chorus - some of which was supplied by Rossall’s junior pupils. 

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He hopes the song will become an anthem and find its way onto the terraces in time for England’s kick-off against the USA on 12^th June, but if not, he’ll be more than happy if the public buys the song and it generates cash for Britain’s injured heroes, returning from conflict in Afghanistan.

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To help promote the single, a DVD featuring Lawrence and his pupils has been produced by children at Rossall, one of the North West’s oldest independent schools, with some help from the School’s IT department. The backing track features melodies from the early 1960’s hit ‘Telstar’, giving it its infectious chorus that would make an excellent football chant during the current World Cup.

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Commenting on the launch, Lawrence Condon said: “The children cajoled me into doing something for the World Cup, even though I’m not a professional musician. The result might not be likely to hit the heights of Frank Skinner’s ‘Three Lions’, but if there’s a chance that the public like it and want to support our lads in South Africa then they’ll be making a valuable contribution to the lives of our servicemen and women in Afghanistan, so hopefully we score either way.”

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DVD’s will be on sale at Rossall School from this week with all proceeds from the strictly not for profit song going straight to Help for Heroes.

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To view follow the link /includes/uploads/File/WorldCupSong.wmv or telephone 01253 774201 to order a copy of the DVD and support the charity.

Nursery, Infant and Junior Schools are awarded IBO World School Status

Following a very successful IBO (International Baccalaureate Organisation) inspection, Rossall Junior, Infant and Nursery School is proud to announce that it is now an IBO World School and fully authorised to teach the Primary Years Programme, the first independent school in the North of England.

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What is the Primary Years Programme?

The PYP provides an international curriculum that meets the needs of young learners between the ages of 3 and 11. We believe everyone at Rossall to be life long learners and we are preparing our children to face the fast changing world and enabling them to connect their learning to real life situations.

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Our children are encouraged to be inquisitive, ask questions, explore and interact with their environment.

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The programme is built around the children engaging in half termly Units of Inquiry where they are able to make connection in their learning across the curriculum and between subject disciplines.

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At the heart of the programme lies the Pupil Learner Profile; which encourages the children to be inquirers, communicators, open-minded and reflective. It provides them with confidence, empathy and independence as well as giving them the life-long skills of self-management, research and communication.

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The IBO were delighted with Rossall’s teaching and the progress the children are making under the programme. It is truly a curriculum for tomorrow’s child and Rossall Junior, Infants and Nursery are clearly providing this as the outstanding inspection report bore testament to. The report praised the outstanding pastoral care the children receive in their formative years. We are first and foremost a place of learning where the curriculum challenges the children to strive for personal standards of excellence and to reach their full potential.

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To read the article in the local press, please click here.....

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Grandparents Afternoon

On Thursday 18^th March we welcomed Grandparents of all our Infant and Junior pupils to visit our wonderful school.

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Our Infant and Junior pupils greeted grandparents and bounced off down the corridor showing off their contribution to the colourful wall displays, and then into the classrooms where the children showed off their workbooks and told of what they had been learning about in their PYP curriculum.

The heavens tried to open but didn’t hold our grandparents back!

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If you would like a copy of any of the photos please email us on julieb@rossallcorporation.co.uk 

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Unicef Change for Change Day
Pyjamas in School!

UNICEF Day For Change has been set up to support children’s welfare and education in developing countries. This years chosen country is Mozambique.  However, half of the money we raise will also be sent to help children in Haiti, recovering from the devastating earthquake.

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Every day in Mozambique, about 400 children under the age five die, mainly of preventable causes. One in two children lack safe drinking water and around one in three girls do not get the chance to attend primary school. UNICEF is changing children’s lives in Mozambique, but we need your help to do more. And we have all seen the terrible scenes in the wake of the Haiti earthquake.

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To view our Winmarleigh gallery, please click here.......

Y5 Trip to Winmarleigh

We welcome the Year 5’s (plus Mr Condon and Mrs Mitchell) back from their activity weekend at Winmarleigh Hall. 

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They had a fantastic time, as ever, and returned with tales of bravery at attempting the zip wire or how wet they got canoeing! Their enjoyment (and slight tiredness) was there for all to see on their faces. 

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They represented Rossall exceptionally well with their general behaviour and manners—well done to them all! I do also thank the accompanying staff who give up their own family time to ensure such trips can go ahead.

Simeon Wood Visits Rossall Juniors

We were fortunate enough to have a visiting professional
musician, Simeon Wood, perform in school. Simeon talked to us about all the wind instruments he plays and gave us a short concert! He also asked some children to have a go at playing the didgeridoo (?!) - not that successfully it has to be said! 

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Thanks again for Reverend Salt for arranging this for us!