News: Year 8
Year 8 pupil dances her way to Germany for competition
Year 8 Keira danced on the European stage at a championship event in Germany.
Mrs Elliott's cool reader's club - Taylor
These are our reading stars put forward by their English teacher. We interview them about their current book, what they like reading and what they like to do when they’re not reading. Introducing Taylor..
Year 8 research local WW1 history for competition
Year 8 pupils were challenged to produce a piece of research explaining how their local area was affected by World War 1.
Year 7 & 8 pupils are leading the way
‘Resilient,’ ‘hard working’, ‘helpful’ and a ‘natural leader’ – these are just a few of the descriptions given by Priory teachers to our new group of Lead Learners.
Year 8 pupil is leading the way in community centre projects
Priory pupil Taejun is helping to change the face of The Foxton Youth and Community Centre by leading on a £2m funding bid.
Year 8 Are Seeing Eye To Eye in Design Tech
Who thought that Textiles could be so much fun!
Year 7 & 8 pupils are leading the way
Teachers nominated Lead Learners from Years 7 and 8 not necessarily for their academic achievements but primarily for their resilience, behaviour and helpfulness.
Earth shattering time for Year 8 Geography
Mrs Kursitis' Year 8 classes have been creating earthquake proof buildings this week.
Year 8 have designs on their books for competition
Year 8 Chloe R was 'puntastic' as she won our annual Design a Bookmark competition!
Year 8 girls lock pupils into the music room
The girls worked together to come up with an escape room challenge and tasked the rest of the year group and younger pupils to get their lateral thinking caps on.
Mrs Cowell's Cookery Club - Year 8 World Tapas Day
After school on Thursday, Mrs Cowell invited Year 8 pupils to join her for her World Tapas Day cookery club.
Top Year 7 & 8 Pupils Take On National Challenge
Year 8 Daniel M was ‘Best in School’ at the recent Junior Mathematical Challenge (UKMT) as he collected a Gold Award.
Year 8 Cookery Club - 16 June
Mrs Cowell will be running her next Creative Cookery workshop for Year 8 on 16 June where you’ll be celebrating World Tapas Day!
Mrs Gidden's cool reader's club - Ethan
These are our reading stars put forward by their English teacher. We interview them about their current book, what they like reading and what they like to do when they’re not reading. Introducing Ethan...
When English and History collide to make great impact - part 2
The History and English Departments are working together again and it’s a subject that has got pupils gripped – a serial killer.
Year 8 join 3D printer workshop
Sixty lucky Year 8 pupils have been selected by Head of ICT and Computer Science to take part in an exciting #InspiringLancashire Project, funded by BAE Systems.
Year 8 do history their own way
Year 8 pupils have been tasked with researching and creating a presentation on whatever part of history interests them.
Year 8 South Ribble Football tournament winners
The Year 8 girls team took part in a South Ribble football tournament at Balshaw's High School, and won!
South Ribble Indoor Athletics
Earlier this week, Priory took part in the South Ribble Indoor Athletics competition for Year 7 & 8 pupils.
Through the key hole... Year 8 Languages
This week in French, Year 8 have been learning about directions.
Year 8 Cookery Club celebrate National Pizza Day
Year 8 got a pizza the action when they attended Mrs Cowell's Creative Cookery Club.
Mrs Gidden's cool reader's club - Layla
These are our reading stars put forward by their English teacher. We interview them about their current book, what they like reading and what they like to do when they’re not reading. Introducing Layla...
ICT Goes 3D and Needs Pupil Help!
The ICT & Computing Department has been gifted with a 3D printer...
Oliver is making his mark as a squash player
Last week we met up with five of our sporting stars whose dedication and hard slog is getting the results they deserve. Here's Oliver's story..
December means advent calendars
The start of December means advent calendars. Chocolate, sweets, and... science?! That's right!
Science classes turn green!
Miss Nouraghaeii's Year 8 and 10 science classes have become Supersized Climate Heroes and have been awarded a Blue Peter Climate Heroes green badge!
Oliver boasts his Lancashire call up
Last weekend Year 8 Oliver represented Lancashire in the Inter-counties squash competition.
7-a-side girls football
Last night Year 7 and 8 girls played in a 7-a-side football competition at Balshaws’ High School.
Year 8 book the trend for competition
The year group were set a creative challenge which will also prove useful for pupils' Accelerated Reading (AR) sessions.
Year 8 bookmark competition is back
It's Bookmark Competition time again for Year 8. This year your theme is 'Everybody's Reading'.
Much Ado about competition winners
There was certainly Much Ado About Something as Year 8s set to work on bringing a Shakespeare classic into the modern era.
Year 8 have Much Ado about book cover competition
Year 8 call upon their creative skills as they are challenged to design a modern, contemporary book cover for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
