Maghull High School

Christmas Card Competition

A small group of  Year 7-9 students entered a national competition run by Hays Education  to design Christmas cards. The students had a lot of fun getting in to the festive spirit and created some very successful card designs. Congratualtions to Lucy Standing from 8Swho has been selected as the secondary school winner for the North West. Her design can be viewed on the following website: https://www.hays.co.uk/christmas-card-competition/index.htm Well done Lucy on this great achievement!

Ian Murphy Visit

Our sixth form students had the great privilege of working with world renowned artist Ian Murphy. Ian visited the art department to show the students his work, discuss his career and then deliver a drawing workshop in which all students produced large mixed media drawings. It was a very productive day, thank you to all involved. 

London Art Trip

A group of Year 11-12 Art students visited London on Monday 4th December as part of their GCSE/A Level studies. The students had the opportunity to visit some of the countries best loved art galleries including the Tate Modern and The Royal Academy of Arts; most notably visiting 'Jasper Johns: Something Resembling Truth' and 'Dali/Duchamp' exhibitions. A great day was had by all, with all students feeling inspired for their own projects.

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Maghull and Lydia Art Competition

35 Year 7-9 students' artwork was selected to enter the Maghull and Lydiate Art Group Competition.  Charleigh Tartt (Year 7) and Leanne Graham (Year 8) both came in 2nd place and were awarded a cash prize alongside the opportunity to have their artwork put on display at Lydiate Village Centre. The following students were also highly commended; Liam Mattocks, Riley Maloney, Tegan Warwick, Ruby Faulkner, Louise Cottrell,  Lydia Breckell  and Connie Hill.

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Christmas Creations

Year 7 and 8 students making creative Christmas creations with sweets as part of their Design Technology classes expertly guided by Miss Garnett and Mrs Southworth

Attendance

The government’s expectation for good attendance is 96% or above. A report published by the Department for Education in 2016 stated that “pupils with no absence are 2.2 times more likely to achieve 5+ GCSEs A*-C or equivalent and 2.8 times more likely to achieve 5+ GCSEs A*-C or equivalent including English and mathematics than pupils missing 15-20% of KS4 lessons”.

Parents are reminded that time off in term time does have a detrimental impact on outcomes for students and should be avoided wherever possible. Requests for exceptional term time holiday should be submitted directly to Mr Anderson.

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