Longcrofts’s Got Talent 2011

October 5, 2011

Longcroft School and Performing Arts College held their second Longcroft’s Got Talent evening. Contestants had taken part in previous rounds with the 18 acts being selected to perform on the finals night. The evening consisted of singers, dancers and musicians with the eventual winners being Connor & Fraser and Jess Lowery.

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Longcroft Pupils Acknowledged By Cancer Research UK

September 27, 2011

Over the year the past school year at Longcroft School and Performing Arts College, Form 9.T (now 10.T) have been collecting money for their chosen charity, Cancer Research UK. They were initially given a target of £50, but this was soon exceeded. During Easter, Annabel Carrick and Kyrie Hobson held a ‘bake sale’. They saved up the money to pay for the ingredients and baked various cakes on 27th April…

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Beverley Youngsters To Represent Team GB

August 18, 2011

Four Beverley youngsters have been selected to represent Great Britain in the World Biathle Championships in Bulgaria in September. Jordan Mounsey, Natasha Bellamy, Jessica Chapman and Luke Chapman are all thrilled to have been selected for the Great Britain squad.  They qualified after their performances in a series of events including the National Championships which were held at Salford Quays on 14 August. Biathle is a growing sport in which…

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Beverley Six Form Disco @ The Beverley Arms Hotel

July 24, 2011

The head boys and head girls from Longcroft and Beverley Joint Sixth, Connor Ferguson, Mary Tear, Chevan Ilangaratne and Evie Prescott organised a Joint Party between the two colleges on Saturday 23rd July at the Beverley Arms Hotel. Around 150 people turned up for the event. Connor Ferguson, Head Boy of Longcroft School said: “We started organizing it after a quick coffee meeting where we agreed we wanted to let…

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Beverley Longcroft School Pupils Sign Off In Style

June 30, 2011

Longcroft School pupils said goodbye to their school days at their end-of-year-prom at Lazaat restaurant in Cottingham. The effort made by the students for the prom was impressive, with both sexes looking smart and stylish. A prom would not be a prom without a special entrance, and one group of Beverley students really did it in style. Organised by Beth Harrold, around 40 students were picked up and driven to…

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An Evening Of Dance @ Longcroft School

May 18, 2011

Longcroft School and Performing Arts College held its annual celebration of dance on 11th and 12th May 2011. Showcasing the various dance groups throughout the school, the production was a fantastic opportunity for parents, family and friends to see the hard work students have put in over the past year. Ranging from pieces choreographed by A-level students for their examinations, through to dance clubs for younger students, the performances highlighted…

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Sally Bolton Wins Longcroft’s Young Musician of the Year

May 7, 2011

Talented musicians from Longcroft School and Performing Arts College were rewarded for their hard work at their Young Musicians awards night. Sally Bolton on the oboe won the overall award, with singer/ guitarist Sarah Shiels picking up a worthy award for best singer. Other awards went to Peter Bolton on the bassoon, to Madelaine Rann, Jess Lowery and Eva Lawrence. Longcroft School’s head of music Jonathan Chapman was effusive in…

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Conservative Candidates Joined by MP & Student On Election Day

May 5, 2011

Local Conservative Candidates in the Minster and Woodmansey Ward, David Elvidge, Kerri Harold and Dominic Peacock were out early to rally support for the local election and as always put themselves forward to discuss local issues. They were joined by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart and Connor Ferguson a student from Longcroft School and Performing Arts College. Graham Stuart once again stressed the importance of people making the effort…

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Golden Heart Commendation for Longcroft Pupils

April 8, 2011

Pupils at Longcroft School and Performing Arts College joined forces with the Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust in a project entitled ‘Healthi’, a work that was commended at the annual NHS Golden Heart ceremony at the KC Stadium on Thursday night. The students from the Creative and Media Diploma group were busy preparing for their latest production when they got a surprise visit from Anne Burdiss and Patrick Appleyard…

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It’s Grammar Time:You Can’t Touch Us

March 31, 2011

Beverley Grammar School celebrated their victory well as they beat Longcroft School 19-7 in the final fixture of the Beverley Cup. The fixture was moved at the last minute from Beverley RUFC’s Beaver Park home to Longcroft School, although playing at home proved to be no advantage. Beverley Grammar took an early 14 point lead in a game that was hampered by the windy conditions. But Longcroft pulled a try…

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Grammar School Beat Longcroft in Schools Rugby

March 31, 2011

Beverley Grammar School beat Longcroft School in the annual rugby competition and, judging by the reaction of the players, it meant a lot to them. Beverley Grammar School won three of the four games yesterday as their Year 7, 8 and 9 teams all beat their Longcroft counterparts. Longcroft did win one of their matches, the Year 10 lads beating Beverley Grammar Year 10 51-6. Beverley Grammar are 3 –…

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Alice in Wonderland @ Longcroft School

January 28, 2011

In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll, published his most well-loved and popular book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Telling the tale of a curious girl who follows a white rabbit to a fantastical world of talking animals and living playing cards, the novel was an instant hit.  With witty puns, social satire and mathematical whimsy, it struck a chord with Victorian readers and has done so…

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Centre of Excellence Football Tournament @ Longcroft School

January 22, 2011

Longcroft School today was home for the football tournament that saw Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Hull College Girls School’s of Excellence compete. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size

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Beverley Schools Perform Well as East Riding Climbs League Tables

January 14, 2011

The performance of East Riding schools at the end of key stage four has jumped 11 places up the national league tables to 42nd. GCSE results have risen again for the sixth successive year.  Validated results indicate that 77.7 per cent of pupils achieved five or more A*-C GCSE grades and 58.6 per cent achieved the government’s “gold standard” of five or more A*-C including English and mathematics, both these…

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Longcroft School to Remain Closed on Friday

December 2, 2010

Longcroft School CLOSED – Friday 3rd December Longcroft School will remain CLOSED on Friday 3rd December 2010, due to adverse weather and safety concerns. Due to Longcroft’s location and split site, problems remain including heavy accumulations of snow on roads leading to and within the site. Snowplough clearance has been requested and we hope to re-open on Monday 6th December. Please check the school website during Sunday evening and at…

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Beverley Longcroft LAT Question Time Event

November 26, 2010

Beverley Local Action Team held a Question Time style event at Longcroft School yesterday. 32 students put a variety of questions to a panel made up of local police, health, voluntary sector and youth service staff along with local town and ward councillors and a young person volunteer. The questions, which the students came up with, included: What are the police doing about the gangs of young people hanging around…

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Will Dyson-Campbell Wins Longcroft’s Got Talent

November 18, 2010

Longcroft School held a special evening called ‘Longcroft’s Got Talent’. The event was organised by the Renaissance Dance Company which is made up of students from the school. In total nineteen acts took to the stage performing in front of a panel of three judges. The winner was Will Dyson-Campbell, a pianist who only entered after helping a friend and was shocked to win. There was plenty of talent on…

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