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Well done literacy ladybird winners! Keep up your fantastic literacy skills! BBC School News Report at Fearns| Today, 21st March 2013, 8 pupils took part from Fearns for the BBC School News Report. We have had a great day! Here are some opinions: Kirstyn said: “Today has gone very well, it has been fun and helped me to understand more about news articles and how to write them.” Chantelle said: “Today has been successful. We have managed to work as a team and we have learnt to understand the journalism work role as we have to work for a dead line.” Freya said: “Today has been very productive, I have learnt much more about journalism and some of the topics.” Underneath you will be able to view all our articles, see the photographs we took and watch our video! Enjoy!
There is also a video report about Comic Relief below BBC News School Report Presenting Masterclass|
Respect Day – Special Report
Reading challenge at Fearns boosts love of books| For the first hour of every day all the pupils, and their teachers and support staff, spent the time reading. Literacy co-ordinator Miss Roach promoted the initiative as part of the school’s aim to improve literacy and a love of books. Reading Rocks Reward!|Reading Rocks is a reading group which has taken place every Wednesday lunchtime this year. Year 7s have been paired with Year 9s to read a range of fantastic books. Several members of the Reading Rocks group showed great commitment and were rewarded with a trip to The Rock, Bury, to go bowling. They all had a fantastic day, and want to remind everyone that READING ROCKS!!  Literacy Picnic|
Animated storyteller brings words to life|MAGICAL mysterious myths and traditional tales kept 130 pupils enthralled. Storyteller Sue Allonby was animated as she described the stories bringing words to life while the Year 7 and Year 8 pupils wondered where the tale would go next. The visit was organised by Literacy Co-ordinator English teacher Miss Roach. She said: “The purpose is to stretch the pupils’ imaginations and help them to understand the story telling process.
Charities benefit as Year 7s read| YOUNG bookworms with noses for good books absorbed hundreds of pages and savoured thousands of words to raise money for charity.
Discover a whole new world of wondrous words! Bacup Library is a great place to meet exciting new characters, to find out amazing facts and to expand your mind. See you there!
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Mill visit brings Victorian age to life| More than 90 pupils visited Helmshore Mills Textile Museum over two days when they absorbed life in the late 1800s and early 20th Century.
Students turn sports journalists at Preston| ENGLISH GCSE students became sports journalists for the day when they joined the press pack at Preston North End. Eleven Year 10 and 11 pupils from Fearns spent a busy Saturday at Deepdale where they got to know a bit more about the club and the game and got top tips on writing a match report before having a go themselves.
School fosters love of books with challenge| Literacy co-ordinator Miss Roach said: “The aim of the reading challenge is to encourage everyone to have a love for books, and that means staff as well as pupils. “For one week we ask that, during first period, everyone brings along a book and reads. Pupils can earn smileys, the school’s reward point rewards, both for bringing in their own books and also for making an effort.” Animated author inspires young writers| The horror writer from Lumb, has written 29 books and his latest, Flame of the Dragon, the 13th and last in the series Scream Street, has just been published to coincide with Hallowe’en.
Literacy fun at Fearns' festival| Literacy is fun: Visitors to Fearns Literacy Festival with literacy leaders and prefects and English teacher Miss Roach.
Prince's award for Miss Roach| High praise: Headteacher of Fearns Mr Dawson with Literacy Co-ordinator Miss Roach who has earned the school the Prince’s Teaching Institute Kitemark for the third year.
Read all about it, get a copy of Fearns Chat| GOOD read… The junior journalists and teacher Miss Roach with copies of their newspaper.
READING all about it: newshounds Jordan Houlker, Aimee Fordham, Megan Cartridge and Leigh Wood. All clued up for literacy quiz| The event was organised by literacy co-ordinator Miss Roach, who was delighted with the turnout as Year 5 pupils descended on the school in droves.
Top spooky author visits Fearns| He gave a talk on his career interspersed with several spooky tales, explained his inspiration and went on to describe the characters in The Spook’s Books’ series. Literary detectives solve Christmas crime| The fun activity at was organised by English teacher Miss Roach and was led by Literacy Leaders who all became suspects to be quizzed by Year 7 girls. School student leaders live on air| Year 11 students Chris Kenyon and Nicole Taylor-Lyons were interviewed on Rossendale Radio by Peter Sweetmore. Royal appointment for Fearns| Our school is one of only two in Lancashire to have the work of a school department recognised by the Prince’s Teaching Institute. Wordsmiths pen prose for book| The work of the Years 7,8 and 9 pupils will appear in Poetry Matters – Manchester and The North of England, which is being published at the end of February. Team challenge puts Britain in the news|
Under the title Best of British, all year 7, 8 and 9 pupils took part in a literacy challenge to earn prizes and rewards for their teams of Hillary, Bannister and MacArthur. |
SUPER sleuths turned detective to solve an animal crime in a fun literacy quiz held at Fearns.
BEST selling children’s fantasy author Joseph Delaney visited our school to discuss his work with Year Nine pupils.
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