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| LATEST ACTIVITIES
TAKING PLACE, IN ORDER TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR SPORTS HALL: |
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you can donate to BRGS Sports Hall Appeal online, at www.justgiving.com!
Here we have our own online
fundraising area for you to explore...
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HRH The Earl of Wessex visits B.R.G.S.
The Earl of Wessex is to be the guest of honour at the
official opening of the B.R.G.S. Sports Hall on Monday 31st October
2005.
The
completion of a new Sports Hall is a long-term ambition
of the board of governors at BRGS and represents the generous
support of former pupils, parents, staff and students.
Prince
Edward’s visit comes a month before the scheduled
completion date for the Sports Hall. The contractors have
been working hard to finish the building work and the finishing
touches will be completed after The Prince’s visit
in time for the official completion date at the end of November.
With
the support of the school, the Sports Hall Appeal Committee
has reached over £940,000 out if its target of £1
million. Local companies, charitable trusts and private supporters
have played a significant part in reaching £940,000
and a number of fundraising activities have been held. Black
tie fundraising dinners, golf days, an 11 mile sponsored
walk for over 600 students and staff sports days have been
among the fundraising initiatives. Over the summer term,
each year group took responsibility for organising their
own fundraising events.
Alan Torevell, Chairman of the Sports
Hall Appeal Committee: “We
have been thrilled by the generosity of so many people who
think so warmly of the school. Nonetheless, we still need
to raise an additional £60,000 and we hope that we
can count on people’s continued support. Even though
externally the building looks finished, we still need to
equip the sports hall.”
Headmaster, Marc Morris: “We
are delighted that The Earl of Wessex is visiting B.R.G.S.
and the Rossendale Valley.
It is a great honour for the school and it will be a memorable
day in our history for both students and staff.”
Guests
at the official opening include Martyn Morris, former Headmaster
at B.R.G.S. and his wife, Linda, who are travelling
from their home in Devon for the special occasion. A small
number of major supporters and advocates of the Sports Hall
Appeal will also be in attendance.
During his visit, Prince
Edward will also unveil a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award merit board listing over 20 students
who have completed their Gold Award. Over lunch, His Royal
Highness will make a presentation on The Duke of Edinburgh’s
Award to local companies.
His Royal Highness will meet students
who are working towards their bronze, silver and gold Duke
of Edinburgh Awards. Students
on the school’s Charities Committee and pupils who
have made a significant contribution to fundraising for the
Sports Hall will have an opportunity to meet Prince Edward.
Students who have represented England in various sports will
be presented to Prince Edward: Zara Moon (Endurance Horse
Racing, Great Britain), David Groom (Judo), Rachel Henry
(Netball) and Jonathan Haworth, Aden Woodall and Michael
Hindle (Handball). In the Sports Hall there will be sport
and dance exhibitions by students and as many pupils will
be involved as possible by lining the route His Royal Highness
will take to the school. |
JULY 2005 NEWS
 BRGS
Sponsored Walk took place on
Monday 18th July!
Mr.
Baird organised an inter-form football competition which
raised £227!
 A
second performance of Staff Stars in their Eyes took place
on Friday 8th July!
SEE PHOTOS
HERE!
Congratulations
to Year 7 on raising £253 by
selling raffle tickets at their History Models Exhibition
evening on Tues 5th July! SEE
PHOTOS HERE!
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JUNE 2005
NEWS
     See
more photos... |
| STAFF
BLIND DATE! Year
9 organised a staff "Blind Date"
show which took place in the hall on Tuesday 28th June! The
winning contestants, enjoyed a luxury meal in the
school canteen on Friday 1st July! This raised £59! |
| MISS
BRGS! A "Miss BRGS" competition took place
on Monday 27th June! Pupils voted for the winner. |
LEG
WAXING!
   See
more photos... |
| On Tues
21st June the following
male teachers had their legs waxed (for the Sports Hall Appeal
of course!): Mr Haycocks, Mr Vass, Mr Edwards, Mr Fitton,
Mr Grehan, Mr Baird, plus one sixth former, Matthew Chadwick.
Pupils bought raffle tickets to be in with a chance of pulling
the wax strips and this raised £90! Well done
to 8G for organising this event! |
 BRGS
Quiz Night was on Thurs 16th
June.
This raised £499.36 ! A
team of teachers won with 117 points (Miss Frazer, Mr Ventress,
Mr Grehan, Dr Ellis and Mr King!). In 2nd place with 112
points was a team which included Mr and Mrs Gray, Mr and
Mrs Shepherd, Miss Sharples.
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Ms.
Haslam took part in the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday 12th
June!
Sponsor money will go to our Sports Hall Appeal.
Her time was 3 hours 54 minutes. Well done Ms. Haslam! See
Edinburgh Marathon website |
  
YEAR
10 had a non-uniform day on Thursday 16th June.
They dressed in sports gear! |
STAFF
STARS IN THEIR EYES -
Friday 17th June
We watched staff sing along to their favourite songs, whilst raising money for
the sports hall!! This raised £371.60! |
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MAY 2005 NEWS |
  
  
Photos from Staff Sports Day
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Students
will be contributing to our target of £100,000 more
to raise, by holding an inter-year fundraising competition
with various activites throughout the summer term!
Friday
6th May- BRGS
Golf Day raised £11,000! Wow!
Friday
13th May- Year 11 organised a Staff
Sports Day! This raised £250!!! |
Sponsored
Swim
Gail Stanley, High Sheriff of Lancashire, who is a member of our Sports Hall
Committee, would like to meet parents who are good at organising events
and may be able to form a team to manage this exciting project!
If you are able to help, or would like any further
information, please telephone Emma Gauntlett on
01706 234502. You don't have to be a swimmer to
help, and any time or support is appreciated! |
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WHY
BRGS NEEDS A SPORTS HALL...
 BRGS’ sporting
reputation is very high. Last year, we were successful in netball,
basketball and orienteering at national and county championship
level.
This success has been achieved with only one indoor sports facility,
a small gym, built over 60 years ago which was intended to cater for
about 300 pupils. Today, our sports facilities do not meet
the needs of our 1,250 pupils.
We have had a vision to build a Sports Hall for a number of years but due to
limited public funding this has not yet been realised. We are looking to the
support of former pupils, parents, businesses and charitable trusts to enable
us to achieve this vision for the benefit of our current and future generations
of pupils.
 We
do not have a tradition of requesting financial support for
our capital development plans. Many other schools do, and after
exploring all options available to us we realise that in this
case, if we are to provide the best for our students we are
dependent on your support.
Maybe you have benefited from your education at BRGS and would like to say thank
you to the school? Perhaps you would simply like to invest in your child’s
education or your company would like to give as a business opportunity. In any
case, we hope you share our vision and that you will consider investing in the
education of our current pupils. Your support will be gratefully received
and will enable us to provide facilities where students can discover and develop
their talents, interests and abilities to the full.
 We
lack an indoor multi-sport facility of an acceptable size and
standard. The school gym has been criticised by Ofsted Inspection
Reports as being below the recommended level. It is frequently
overcrowded with up to 90 children when lessons have to be
held indoors due to adverse weather.
To resolve this, the new development will meet the
following requirements:
 a full-sized netball
court suitable for county level matches
a dance
studio and fitness suite
facilities
for basketball, volleyball, indoor football and cricket as
well as many other sports.
Changing
facilities for up to 90 pupils
Two large classrooms to
help address our teaching space shortage.
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The Sports
Hall shall transform the amount and type of sport available
to students at BRGS. A Sport Hall will not only benefit students
at BRGS but will also be of benefit to children from local
primary schools and the wider community.
The total cost of the
project is £1 million. We have
been working very hard to secure a number of early donations
to our Appeal, and are delighted to report that we
have reached £900,000 through
careful management of the school’s reserves and
generous support already received from companies, trusts and
individuals. Raising the remaining
£100,000 out of our target will be the most difficult stage
of fundraising!
You could help the school through making
a regular contribution by standing order either
on a monthly, quarterly, half-yearly
or yearly instalment. This soon adds up to large sums, especially
as we can reclaim tax on your donations through Gift Aid, if
you are a UK taxpayer. For example, for every £100 given
to the appeal we can gain an extra £28 in tax you have
already paid. Tables with various levels of giving are outlined
in the Sports Hall Appeal leaflet available to download, which
show how even modest contributions can add up to substantial
amounts. Another option could be to make a single gift to
BRGS.
To
make a gift to BRGS then please download either the:
‘Regular
Gift’ form or the ‘Single
Gift’ form.
Each
of these forms includes a gift aid declaration for you to
sign to enable us to claim back tax.
We hope that you will consider helping us in some
way, however small or large as your circumstances allow. Your
support will
be acknowledged on a Roll of Honour, or you may wish to keep
your support anonymous.
If you would
like any further details about the BRGS Sports Hall
Appeal, please contact:
Emma Gauntlett
Development Director
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Glen Road
Waterfoot
Rossendale
Lancashire BB4 7BJ
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01706 234500 (general office) |
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01706 234502 (direct) |
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01706 234505
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| emma.gauntlett@brgs.org.uk |
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