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Our hope is that the website will give you a flavour of what the school has to offer, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any unanswered questions.
Statement
The school is closed for pupils until 2nd September. Staff return on 31st August. A level results day is Thursday, 19th August. GCSE results day is Tuesday, 24th August
Latest News
BEST EVER RESULTS!
Congratulations to the Year 11 pupils and our staff for achieving the best GCSE results in the history of the school.
At least 89% of the pupils achieved 5 or more A*-C grades with 83% of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C with English and Maths. This is a 13% rise on previous results.
Miss Griffiths said "I am delighted and so very proud of the tremendous effort, dedication and hard work of our girls and the staff – what a fabulous and well deserved achievement."
Walking Through Cathedral Windows
We are extremely proud of our Drama students who were part of the unique and wonderful, specially commissioned promenade drama "Walking Through Windows".
The performances focused on revolutionary women of the 19th century and took place at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral between 29 June to 3 July. It was a sell-out success and was the first of its kind to be staged there.
The piece on Elizabeth Fry featured Year 12 Drama girls and was written by former St Edmund's girl and twice BAFTA nominated writer of 'Cranford' and 'Lilies', Heidi Thomas, who was deeply moved by the performance. Nine Year 9 pupils from the school's Drama Club performed their own devised piece on the steps of the Welsford Porch on Liverpool-born Anne Clough, who revolutionised higher education and became the first principal of the girls' Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1874 (of which ABS has recent alumni).
Great reviews and high commendations were received from the audiences and the artistic director, Thea Soltau. As part of the celebrations, the school's Chamber Choir also took part in the Service for the Commemoration of 100 years of the Lady Chapel giving a beautiful performance of "For the Beauty of the Earth".
Archbishop Blanch CE High School was delighted to welcome Beth Tweddle, World Champion Gymnast, to present awards to students at an Evening to Celebrate Sport on 23 June.
The school has much to celebrate with two of it's pupils excelling in the martial arts. Year 12 student, Wadhah Saleh represented England in the International Karate Tournament held in Chicago and gained 4 World titles along the way and Sarah Fielding in Year 11 took part in the European Championships.
The school's swimming team are City Champions and the Junior team also participated in the English Schools National Final in Coventry.
The tremendous commitment shown by our pupils has also resulted in fantastic achievements by all year groups in the field of Athletics, Tennis, Hockey and 4 of our individual Year Groups winning Netball City Tournaments.
Mrs Langley, Sports Co-ordinator, said "we are thrilled Beth Tweddle has taken time in her busy schedule to celebrate the commitment shown by our sporting pupils. Her own personal success will truly inspire and motivate our students to achieve their best."
The Power of Love!
A huge 'thank you' to everyone in the school who donated items for the Buckets of Love campaign.
Your generosity will make a big difference for families who live in abject poverty in the slums of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Blytheswood Care will deliver the buckets to families in one of these needy areas to brighten their day.
WE MADE IT!
The following pupils from year nine attended the 'Make it Challenge' in Ellesmere Port on Thursday 20 May, Dominique, Riana, Emily, Shannon, Katherine, Jessica, Alys and Rebecca. The competition was sponsored by 'Sellafield' and involved various design and make activities throughout the day such as sketching, modelling a product and a final presentation. The pupils from Archbishop Blanch were successful in winning the regional competition and have now qualified for the national final to be held in 2011.
Elephant Enterprises
Archbishop Blanch School Young Enterprise Company 2009/10
The Official Handover to The Federation of Small Business for their Conference in Aberdeen to promote Liverpool 2011 Conference with Liver Bird key rings. Our Elephant Enterprises designed and made 700 key rings for the event. Lord Mandelson was so taken with the idea that he has taken two of the fobs and is giving one to the Prime Minister!
Public Speaking Success
On Saturday, 13th March Year 9 students Riana and Alexa took part in the Soroptimist Public Speaking Competition. Both girls gave a three minute speech on an assigned topic; Riana spoke on the topic, “Do Celebrities Make Good Role Models?”, while Alexa discussed, “Is Volunteering Selfless?” Both girls presented logical arguments, spoke with maturity and eloquence and thoroughly engaged the audience.
Congratulations go to Alexa for winning the competition, defeating 15 other contestants from schools throughout Liverpool and thereby retaining the trophy for Archbishop Blanch School. Alexa was then invited to speak on the Tony Snell show on BBC Radio Merseyside. Well done!
BBC School Report
A team of budding ABS news reporters from Year 9 participated in the BBC's School Report on 11 March under the expert guidance of Miss Gillies and Mrs Sharples. Their reports on items including Building Schools for the Future, Childhood Obesity, and even alleged sightings of a stray Superlambanana around school are available on the BBC website at www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport
Public Speaking Success
Congratulations to Archbishop Blanch School Year 11 students Victoria and Olivia who won the Liverpool Law Society Merseyside Schools Public Speaking Competition, held at Liverpool Town Hall on Monday evening, 1st March 2010. In the competition's three year history, this is Archbishop Blanch School's third time of reaching the final and the second time the school has won the trophy.
The team gave a 10 minute presentation on the subject
"16 is too young to vote at a general election"
They were presented with a question to test their wider knowledge of the topic. The girls successfully defeated teams from three other Merseyside schools - Belvedere, Caldy Grange and Liverpool College - who had made it through to the Merseyside final.
In their presentation Olivia and Victoria spoke eloquently and with great maturity, and are to be commended for their teamwork, research skills and work ethic.
Archbishop Blanch School Sixth Form debating team also won through to the Northwest Regional Finals of the Debating Matters Competition at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on Monday, 1st March. Although the students have not progressed to the national final, they were commended by the judges for their use of logic and their tenacity, and year 12 student Emily was awarded the prize for Outstanding Individual Contribution.
THANK YOU
TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE SO GENEROUSLY
TO OUR APPEAL FOR HIATI
OVER A £1,000
HAS BEEN SENT TO THE
DISASTER EMERGENCY COMMITTEE
Operation Christmas Child 2009
252 children suffering through war, poverty, natural disaster and disease in countries in Eastern Europe and beyond, will enjoy a special Christmas Day treat courtesy of the generosity of our school community. A big thank you to all who donated a Christmas Shoe Box filled with goodies. To have collected this amount of boxes during difficult financial times has been an amazing achievement.
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Children In Need
THANK YOU
TO ALL THE PUPILS & STAFF AT ARCHBISHOP BLANCH SCHOOL
WE HAVE RAISED
£1587.20
FOR
CHILDREN IN NEED!
Our pupils and staff raised the fantastic sum of £1,5827.20 for Children in Need 2009. Over £300 of the total raised was for a wet Sponge Throwing event when braver members of staff volunteered for a soaking from very enthusiastic pupils!
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Sixth Form Splash at Lakeside
ABSfab Magazine
Here is the latest issue of our annual magazine Abs Fab Issue 14 2010
The previous issues can be found here
Forthcoming Events
This Month At School - July
| Friday | 2nd | Prospective Sixth Form to receive information re start of term | |
| Monday | 5th | 2.30pm 6-8.30pm |
School closes for pupils to prepare for Open Evening Open Evening for 2011 Admission |
| Thursday | 7th | 9.30am 7.00pm |
New Intake Taster Day New Intake Parents’ Evening |
| Friday | 9th | Year 10 Geography Field Trip to Ambleside | |
| Monday | 12th | Week for Year12 Work Experience | Tuesday | 13th | 1:30pm | Year 7 Spoken English Presentation | Tuesday | 20th | 12:30pm | LAST DAY OF SUMMER TERM Pupils leave |
This Month At School - August
| Thursday | 19th | GCE Results | |
| Tuesday | 24th | GCSE Results |
