Y7 Silver Award Winners
Congratulations to the Y7 students who this week were awarded Silver certificates for accumulating 125 or more achievement points.
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Brilliant Club Project
Well Done to the 9 students who graduated from the Brilliant Club project. Each student was tasked with writing a 2000 word essay, and reporting to their PHD tutor about their research and their essay. Special mention to Alfie and Sam, both achieving a first on their essay.
Great win in testing conditions
Congratulations to our U16 Girls football team who won their English Schools quarter final 5-2 against a very talented Greenbank High School. Every member of the team played their part in what was a great team performance. Well done girls.
National Holocaust Memorial Day
On Monday 29th January as part of our National Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration we worked alongside the Refugee Council and Amnesty International to do a question and answer session. 30 keen Historians from Years 8, 9 and 10 attended a one hour session in the theatre where they heard about the work of Amnesty International and…
Horizon Welcomes England Rugby Ace
On Friday 25th January 2019, we welcomed Former Great British Rugby League captain and current manager of England Rugby Jamie Peacock MBE into Horizon for the morning to talk to our students. The first session saw Jamie speak to Mr. Claytons Year 9 GCSE PE class about life at the top level of sport and how…
Congratulations to former student – Ellie Hawcroft
Ellie heads to America in July to follow her dream of becoming a professional football player. She has received a Pro scholarship at Austin Peay University in Nashville, Tennessee. She currently plays for Sheffield FC and England Colleges. Ellie was a fantastic role model during her years at Horizon and we wish her all the…
Delta Styling Competition
Last Thursday saw the launch of an all school competition in partnership with Carlton Motor Sport Ltd/Deltastyling. This local Barnsley business has over 100 years’ combined experience in the manufacturing and fitting of aftermarket car parts and are a leading design house in this field. They take great pride in the quality of their products and the innovative range. They already sponsor…
Enterprise Challenge
On Friday 14th December, 12 of our Y10 students hosted a VIP event at the Sheffield Sharks game. They planned the menu, devised the entertainment including a quiz, and were superb hosts on the night, serving their VIP guests. The students also used a raffle as a way of raising money for their chosen charity, Bluebell…
Dance Show
The annual dance show took place on the 11th and 12th January in the Horizon Theatre. Over 170 students took part in the production which was themed around America and the culture and past times associated with it’s different states. All year groups contributed to the show with diner girls, muscle beach fitness fanatics, vegas…
Principal’s Award
Well Done to the students receiving the first termly Principal’s Award. The award is given to one student in each year group, each term. The 5 selected students have all excelled in progress, outstanding behaviour and engagement – each and every day throughout the school year so far. The students are a pleasure to teach…
Magic Breakfast
Have you tried a ‘magic’ school breakfast? FREE ‘Magic Breakfast’ for ALL pupils! Our school is proud to be part of the National School Breakfast Programme, making sure every child has the right fuel for learning! A delicious, healthy breakfast will soon be available every day, offering every child great fuel for learning. Research has…
International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
2019 will be the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements and has therefore been proclaimed the “International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT2019)” by the United Nations General Assembly and UNESCO. As a school we wanted to help celebrate this by kicking off the year with an event in Year…
Christmas Hampers
Thank you to our Year 9 #BRV group who helped load over 180 hampers onto the @AgeUK_Barnsley van! These will be distributed to those people in real need over the christmas period. #OpportunitiesForAll
Basketball Sponsorship
Members of the Yr 11 boys Basketball team proudly receiving their shirts from shirt sponsor New Dawn Resources. The team will be wearing the shirts against Barnsley College on Thursday 13th December.