West Craven High School

Big thank you to all the local businesses who joined us last night to sell their Christmas goodies at our Christmas Market. There was a fantastic range of beautifully handcrafted designs and delicious sweet treats for our families and community members to enjoy ahead of our Christmas show. It was so lovely to meet you all, and we hope you can join us again next year.

Thank you for joining us at the West Craven Christmas Concert! We had an incredible evening celebrating the festive season with our talented students, and we are so grateful to everyone who came along to support the event. A special thank you to the local businesses who joined us for our Christmas Market. It was a lovely addition to the evening, giving families the chance to browse and buy some Christmas gifts before the show began. We'd also like to say a huge thank you to Stage Door Drama School for helping our students with their performances, Imogen School of Dance for working with our dancers, and GIZ for supporting our band and musical performances. Your expertise and encouragement made such a difference. All photographs from the show will be uploaded to our school website, and you will also be able to find them in this week's newsletter. Thank you once again for making the evening so special.

It's Show Day! We are really looking forward to welcoming our families, friends and community members to the West Craven High School Christmas Show this evening. Don't forget to bring a few pennies to browse our festive Christmas Market from 5.30pm – we have lots of brilliant local businesses joining us with gorgeous Christmas gifts and treats! The show will begin at 6.00pm, and you can take your seats from 6pm to enjoy performances from: West Craven Choir Solo performers Stage Door Drama School Imogen School of Dance We can't wait to see you all tonight and start the festive season in style!

Thank You to Our local Primary Schools! A huge thank you to all the wonderful primary schools who joined us this morning for our Christmas matinee show! We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we loved welcoming you. Coates Lane Primary School Kelbrook Primary School Wishing you a magical Christmas!

So lovely to see you all, glad you enjoyed coming and visiting us here at West Craven High School

Christmas Show Rehearsals! Our students have been working incredibly hard during their Christmas show rehearsals this week, and we can't wait for tomorrow's performance! They've shown real dedication (and lots of festive spirit!) preparing for the big event. We hope to see you there and share a magical evening together!

Pendle Education Trust Christmas Card Competition – West Craven Success! A huge well done to West Craven students Shakira and Bradley who reached the finals of this year's Pendle Education Trust Christmas Card Competition. Their festive artwork was fantastic and we are incredibly proud of their creativity and effort. Both students attended the celebration event at Castercliff Primary Academy this week, where they received certificates and prizes for reaching the finals. A special congratulations to Bradley, who went on to WIN the overall competition! What a brilliant achievement and a wonderful reflection of his artistic talent. Well done to both students – we are extremely proud!

Reminder for this Thursday!

Tell Us About Your Out-of-School Achievements! We know that our students are achieving fantastic things outside of school, and we'd love to celebrate these successes with our community. Whether it's competing in a national competition, raising money for charity, completing a first Parkrun, or any other achievement big or small – we want to hear about it! Please share your news by emailing jevetts@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk and we will feature your stories in our weekly e-bulletin.

Christmas Show – This Wednesday! A quick reminder that our West Craven High School Christmas Show takes place this Wednesday! Browse our Christmas Markets from 5.30pm Show time 6.00–8.00pm Come along and enjoy magical festive performances from: West Craven School Choir, Solo performances, school band Stage Door Drama Group Imogen School of Dance It promises to be a wonderful evening celebrating the magic of Christmas through music, arts and dance. We'd love to see you there!

This Week's Christmas Newsletter is Here! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in school, and this week's newsletter is packed with festive updates and celebrations! Inside, you'll find: Our beautiful Christmas tree donation bringing the season's sparkle to school Details about next week's Christmas Show Fantastic results from the Pendle Schools Cross-Country Championships Everything you need to know about Christmas Dinner A reminder about our festive Christmas Jumper Day Tap the link below to catch up on all the news and upcoming events https://www.westcraven.co.uk/page/?title=Parent+E%2DBulletin&pid=103