Ellie Holland, aged 13, has been selected to play for the National Children's Orchestra in the UK. Blanchelande College pupil Ellie auditioned at St James via a video link for judges in the UK. Ellie, who started playing the flute seven years ago, said: 'It was great to be accepted because I was not really expecting it as it is such a big thing'. Many congratulations Ellie from everyone at...
Netballer Alice Gallienne has become the youngest player on the UK's under-21 netball team. The 14 year old Blanchelande College pupil said she was amazed and thrilled when she was picked during trials in London and will be going to Brisbane, Australia in June 2012 to compete in the world series. There were only twelve places available - 'I was the last name to be read out' said Alice. 'I...
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Blanchelande College was transformed into an array of Christmas themed stalls, craft activities and cafe, to name but a few, as well as Father Christmas and Mrs Christmas in their grotto!
Have a look at the attachment to see lots of photos from the day itself!
Our Nativity Concerts were a huge success. The story of 'Tinsel and Tea Towels was based around a fictitious school inspection at Blanchelande College! The Junior pupils took on the roles of various staff members, nativity characters and animals whilst the Infant pupils became angels and shepherds. Pre-School were 'Twinkling Stars' and twinkle they did! With catchy,...
Honor de Garis recently came runner up in the Rotary Club Young Chef of the Year competition out of 13 entrants. The challenge was to prepare and cook a healthy three-course meal within two hours at the College of FE for under £7 per head. Many congratulations to Honor (pictured below with the winner) who now progresses to the next stage of the...
We were very excited to have Stuart Hardie visiting Blanchelande this morning to talk about his recent fund raising for the charity Wooden Spoon. Remarkably, Stuart ran 40 marathons in 40 days from John O'Groats in Scotland to Lands End in Cornwall. In our assembly, Stuart talked about the importance of preparation, planning and breaking tasks down into smaller bite-size targets to make them...
A team from Blanchelande came sixth in a UK wide First Aid Competition on Friday 18th November 2011 held at Coton House, Rugby. The Young Grand Prior First Aid Challenge is a UK wide competition for teams of young people from industry, voluntary youth organisations and schools. Congratulations to Morgan Johnson, Erin Scullion, Hannah Casbolt and Jenna Tostevin. Mrs Higgs, Head of Pastoral...
Blanchelande's Year 10 Business Studies pupils were delighted to receive a visit from Malcolm Hart yesterday who is the Chief Executive Officer of AurignyAir Services. He spoke to the pupils about his own career, the Airline business in general and different marketing strategies that the company uses. Our pupils will be making good use of the materials that Mr Hart left us with and hope to...
We were visited today by a Sea King Helicopter from 863 Squadron based in Yeovilton, Somerset. This has become an annual event for our pupils and gives them the chance to meet the helicopter crew and sit in the driving seat! It was a fantastic occasion and parents and pupils alike would like to thank the Royal Navy for giving up their time to come to Blanchelande. See you next...