‘Proud to be PRIMET’
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As part of our ‘Introduction to Shakespeare’ and our Pendle Education Trust Pledge focus on ‘Cultural Appreciation’, all of our Year 7 students have been on a trip to Gawthorpe Hall. During this trip, they learnt all about the life and times of the infamous Bard, William Shakespeare and took part in a variety of activities, to experience what life would have been like during the time that our most famous writer lived.
1,000 children from Pendle Education Trust’s family of schools met with a wide range of local employers at the Trust’s annual Careers Day, which was held as part of National Careers Week.
Year 5 children from Castercliff Primary Academy, Casterton Primary Academy and Pendle Primary Academy, Year 9 students from West Craven High School and students from years 7 – 11 from Colne Primet Academy visited the event, held at Primet.
The Trust’s sponsor, Nelson and Colne College, brought along representatives from all of its curriculum areas at the Nelson and Accrington sites, from A Levels to Motor Vehicle and Hair and Beauty to Engineering. They were joined by employers including the RAF, Department for Work and Pensions, Pendle Leisure Trust, Teaching Personnel, Taylor Shaw, Burnley FC in the Community, the Army and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust to discuss the wide range of career opportunities available in their organisations.
Jude Evetts, Pendle Education Trust’s Strategic Marketing and Development Manager, said: “This is the fourth time we have held our Trust wide Careers Day, but the first that we have tied it in with National Careers Week, a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK.
“We’d like to say a huge thank you to all of the staff from Nelson and Colne College and local companies who gave up their time to share their experiences with our children, inspiring them to consider a wide range of careers.
“As a Trust, it’s really important to us that we encourage all of our children to dream big when it comes to their futures and it was fantastic to see them all coming away from the event full of inspiration.”
Pendle Education Trust has created a pledge of opportunities which all of its children will complete before they leave school. One element of the pledge is to explore careers so all children who attended the Careers Day will receive their Careers certificate.
Groups of children from Pendle Education Trust’s five schools pitched their sustainability ideas to a panel of judges at Nelson and Colne College, in a bid to secure funding to implement their ideas.
The panel, made up of Pendle Education Trust’s Chief Executive, Anita Ghidotti, Joseph Ferguson from Silentnight, Jon Horsfield from Nelson and Colne College and Sue Young from Taylor Shaw, heard from children from the Trust’s primary and secondary schools about how they believe they can make their schools greener.
Ideas included creating a sustainable planting area with bird feeders at Castercliff Primary Academy, developing a Solar Powered Irrigation System at Casterton Primary Academy, promoting eco-friendly ways of travelling to school at Pendle Primary Academy, purchasing high-vis vests, gloves and litter pickers to restore Gib Hill in Colne, creating a living walkway at Colne Primet Academy and refurbishing the outdoor space in West Craven High School’s quad.
The panel of judges were so impressed with the ideas from all of the groups that they awarded each school with £200 to kickstart their plans. The money was donated by Barnoldswick bed manufacturers, Silentnight and Pendle Education Trust’s catering provider, Taylor Shaw.
The day ended with the judges, children and school staff helping to plant some of 1,500 trees which had been donated by Lancashire County Council as part of a project to create a micro-wood next to Nelson and Colne College’s 3G pitches.
Anita Ghidotti said: “It was fantastic hearing so much passion from our children for these sustainability projects. We all know that we need to do more to be greener and the best people to champion this are our young people. We can’t wait to see their ideas come to life and our schools become greener.
“I’d like to say a huge thank you to our judges and staff at Nelson and Colne College for the time they spent with our children and for giving them ideas to develop their green plans further.”
Colne Primet Academy’s Head of Creative Arts has been highly commended in the Pearson National Teaching Awards.
Mrs Goldie, who is a Performing Arts teacher, was presented with her certificate and personal letter from Pearson National Teaching Awards’ President, Michael Morpurgo, by Primet Principal, Mrs Pilkington.
Mrs Goldie was nominated for the award for the outstanding job she has done in bringing together colleagues from a range of creative subjects to develop a strong and collaborative team. She has also been instrumental in the school being reaccredited with the Silver Artsmark Award for a further two years.
She is always looking at ways to develop the creative curriculum and widen the experiences of students, whether this is offering African drum workshops or securing new musical instruments through the East Lancashire Music Services.
Mrs Pilkington said: “Mrs Goldie is really deserving of this commendation. She has supported students in using music therapy to successfully support their behaviour and, in addition to her timetable and weekly extra-curricular activities, she gives up her own time to ensure students have as many opportunities as possible to be exposed to the arts.
“Recent examples of this include whole school productions of Oliver and Elf, choir performances at Nelson and Colne College’s Festive Market and at local care homes and dance performances at The National Theatre Festival held at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool.”
If your child is currently in Year 6 and you would like to find out more about Primet’s creative curriculum and the opportunities available to students, you can attend its open event on Thursday 26th September by registering at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/909747317717. Applications for a 2025 Year 7 place need to be submitted by 31st October at https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/children-education-families/schools/apply-for-a-school-place/starting-secondary-school