Food for Thought!
The city of Liverpool consists of six boroughs – Halton, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley, St Helens and Liverpool. There are thought to be 82,205 children living in poverty across our city. That’s 25.6% of all children who are living in households that are having to go...
Student Travel 2021-22
Student Travel 2021-22 Dear Parents and Guardians, The next school year is fast approaching! If you’re child doesn’t already travel to school by bus, have you thought about this as an option for the next academic year? Arriva monthly direct debit passes allow travel...
Year 6 to 7 Summer reading challenge
How many books can you read before you arrive? At Holly Lodge, we love reading and we want you to love reading too! Below is a list of brilliant books that will help to prepare you for Year 7, some of these books are staff favourites, others are there because we think...
Holly Lodge staff well being message
We’ve been away from school for a while now, and wanted to send a little message to all our pupils
Holly Lodge Rated Good by Ofsted
We were delighted to welcome a team of Ofsted inspectors into school in November for a full 2 day inspection. The inspectors met with many students, members of staff, Governors and representatives of the Local Authority before deciding that Holly Lodge could now be...
Holly Lodge Girls’ College Foodbank collection.
Staff and students were extremely generous in donating items for this year’s Foodbank collection. At Andrew’s Foodbank were very grateful and have asked me to pass on their thanks, saying that it will go a long way in helping families this Christmas. Merry...
Author Visit for Year 9
This week we have been lucky enough to have a visit from an author! Julie Lamin gave an impassioned talk to our Year 9 pupils about the importance of creating a strong, female character in literature. Our girls loved having the opportunity of speaking to a writer and...
Winner of our Period Poetry Competition
Over the holidays, we received amazing news that two of our lovely pupils had won a poetry writing competition run by Women and Girls charity . Charlotte Andrews, year 9 became runner up in 13-15 age group and Fareedah Imam won a special award for her poetry entry....
Welcome back to school letter
September 2019 Dear Parent/Carer, Welcome back to what promises to be another exciting year in the development of our school. We have just been celebrating another year of best ever examination results. Our GCSE results were excellent, improvements in...
Congratulations to Year 11 for achieving record GCSE Results!
_________________________________________________________ We are delighted to announce another record-breaking year of Year 11 results at Holly Lodge – the third straight year of improvement. Highlights include; - Improved overall progress* compared to last year -...
End of year newsletter
July 2019 Dear Parent/Carer, This is the third end of year newsletter I have written since taking over as Headteacher of Holly Lodge and I am delighted to be able to do so after such a successful year. Highlights this year included; A successful Ofsted...
Liverpool Maths Party Day – Friday 5th July 2019
On Friday 5th July, primary and secondary schools across Liverpool will be hosting the Liverpool Maths Party for pupils. During the day, our students will participate in mathematical activities in many of their subjects, and they will be given the opportunity to...
HeadLines – Holly Lodge Girls’ College Newsletter
HeadLines
PiXL Up for Debate Regional Championships
At Holly Lodge Girls’ College we want to help our students to become articulate, reflective, engaged citizens that can confidently communicate their thoughts and ideas. We started a weekly Debate Club at the beginning of the school year and began working on a...
Girls’ Network
The Girls Network is a mentoring scheme in Year 11 where a number of girls have professional women mentor them throughout the year. Here Lydia, now in Year 12 describes, alongside her mentor Janet, the impact this has had on her life and career aspirations. ...
Jekyll and Hyde’ Lecture
Around 75 students in Yr 11 enjoyed listening to an excellent lecture on Duality in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ presented by Mrs Edwards. Well done everyone!
If Only
On Friday 8th February, Mr Maloney’s outstanding Year 9 students performed their play “If Only…” on The Epstein Theatre stage alongside 5 other schools’ performances as part of MYA’s Now! Festival. This was such a fantastic and important evening; raising awareness...
Year 8 become Digital Explorers for the day
In order to inspire and motivate to take an interest within the Digital industry, a group of year 8 pupils attended an event called ‘Digital Explorers’. Digital Explorers was an event organised by EDT – Education Development Trust, which aims to inspire young...
Advice about the Momo Challenge
Dear parents / carers You may be aware of news media coverage of an online / social media issue known as the Momo Challenge. To support you with this issue, I have attached to this message a guide from the National Online Safety which helps parents with understanding...
The National School Breakfast Programme
Our school has joined the government’s National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP), which is being delivered by the charities Family Action and Magic Breakfast. As a NSBP School we are pleased to offer a healthy school breakfast, available to all, and enjoy the...
MEM Mathematics Challenge – Regional Competition
MEM Mathematics Challenge – Regional Competition Dear Parent / Carer, The Maths Department would like to encourage your daughter to take some time this half-term to participate in the “Mathematics Challenge”, a regional competition organised by the registered charity...
Careers Event
Careers Event at Holly Lodge on Thursday 7th February in the Dance Studio. Representatives from local colleges, training providers, universities, employers, Career Connect and ASK (apprenticeship support) will be on hand to help students make important decisions...
Employability interviews
Employability interviews are to take place on 4th and 5th February, where all Year 11 students will have an interview with a local employer.
Liverpool Readathon
Our fantastic students took part in the Liverpool Readathon and raised £217.30 for Alder Hey Children's Hospital. A massive well done to everybody that took part; you've done something truly amazing!
Year 9 make progress on their Devised pieces about ACEs
On Saturday 8th December, Year 9 Btec Acting students went to their second workshop at Merseyside Youth Association (MYA) to take part in the second round of workshops in devising their performance piece which will be part of The NOW! Festival 2019, in February. All...
A Rock N’ Rollin’ Night at The Panto
On Wednesday 12th December, Mr Maloney, Mrs Scott and Miss Watson took 30 Year 7 students to see “The Snow Queen” Rock ‘n Roll Panto, at The Everyman on Hope Street. The girls and teachers were treated to real 80s Power ballads as well as some more contemporary songs...
GCSE Literature lecture
Over 70 students attended Ms McParland's excellent GCSE Literature lecture last night! It was looking at 'An Inspector Calls' through a Feminist perspective.
Sixth form open evening
Wednesday 30th of January at 5.30-7.00pm This is an opportunity to find out more about our Sixth Form and the courses we offer. Individual subject teachers and current students will be on hand to talk about what the courses entail and their specific entrance...
Holly Lodge Science Department
Please visit our website so you can see the subject content that our students are studying. The site aims to support study by providing lesson materials, slide shows, videos, animations and quizzes. Please check in to see the range of resources, announcements and...
Year 9 Shaping Futures Maths Club at LJMU
Throughout October and November, ten Year 9 pupils were given the opportunity to attend Maths Club, a programme ran by Shaping Futures and hosted by Liverpool John Moores University. Every Tuesday from 4-5pm, students participated in a wide range of...
Volleyball Club taster sessions
Thanks to Liverpool Volleyball Club for delivering taster sessions last week for our KS3 PE students
Level 1 Training to Train Award
Well done to one of our amazing year 11 BTEC Sport students Holly, on passing her ‘Level 1 Training to Train Award’ which enables her to now spar and compete in Boxing
Congratulations
Congratulations to our talented year 9 and 10 girls who came first place in last week’s football tournament at North Liverpool Academy. Well done!
Sixth Form Social Events
Being in sixth form can be a stressful time – trying to balance hard work in the classroom, homework, extra reading, work experience, university applications and more! Here at Holly Lodge Girls’ College we recognise that life is about balance, and that fun and...
Holly Lodge Remembers
As part of the activities designed to mark 100 years since the end of World War 1 and to honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom, our Year 7 students added ceramic poppies to our permanent remembrance display within school. These...
Holly Lodge widens partnership with The Girls’ Network
Last year, Holly Lodge were proud to become the first school in Liverpool to work with The Girls’ Network, an award-winning organisation that aims to inspire and empower young women by connecting them to female mentor for a year and to a network of professional...
Holly Lodge GCSE results above Liverpool average again
We are delighted to be able to confirm that DFE provisional performance figures have revealed that Holly Lodge’s GCSE results last year were above the average for Liverpool in the crucial Progress 8 measure. Progress 8 is a measure of how much progress students have...
Happy National Poetry Day!
Today we've been exploring natural imagery in poetry and how it represents this year's theme: change. Thank you to Liverpool Learning Partnership for the wonderful resources.
Year 11 Progress Evening
Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended our Year 11 Progress Evening on 25th September. We hope you found the information useful and now feel well placed to support your daughter through this very busy and important year. We hope you are also reassured...
Letter to parents/cares
24 September 2018 Dear Parent/Carer, You will be aware of the severe storms which affected the West Derby area late on Friday afternoon. It has now transpired that our school was struck by lightning which has disabled the fire alarm system in two buildings....
Happy Roald Dahl Day!
Today we are celebrating all things Roald Dahl! We had form time facts, quizzes and James and the Giant Peach inspired creative writing. Here are some of our students creating their own Roald Dahl style characters.
Emergency planning day
July 11th 2018 Dear parents / carers Today year 9 are taking part in an emergency planning day run by Sefton Educational Business Partnerships. The purpose of the day is to make pupils more aware of the wide range of employment opportunities and higher education...
Maths Party
On Friday 6th July, we held our Liverpool Maths Party celebrations. This special day was an opportunity to show pupils how Maths and Numeracy is used in every subject, as well as give them an idea about how Maths can help them in their future careers. Key Stage 3...
Shaping Futures Trip to the University of Liverpool
Some of our year 10 students were invited to visit the University of Liverpool as a result of their participation in Shaping Futures' creative writing programme. The girls were given an introduction to university life, took part in a creative writing workshop and...
In My Life Competition
A huge congratulations to Olivia Gardner in year 7 on being highly commended for her entry to the In My Life creative writing competition.
Holly Lodge in Parliament
Head Girl Mona Dimitrova recently spent a week shadowing West Derby MP Stephen Twigg in parliament and in his constituency office. She had an excellent time and was a credit to herself and her school. Find out more by reading the attached documents….. Parliament Visit...
Year 11 half term revision programme
Dear parent / carer, As part of the continued support programme for your daughter during her GCSE exams the English Maths and Science departments have volunteered to run some extra revision lessons during the half term break. The details are in the table below....
NOW! Festival performance is online!
On Wednesday 1st February 2018, Year 9 Drama students performed their devised piece “Finding the Balance” at The Epstein Theatre, as part of the NOW! Festival; raising awareness of mental health issues sprung from the theme “My Education. My Mental Health.” Students...
A FIVE Star Performer achieving her ambition
On Saturday 12th March, Mr Maloney travelled down to London to see ex-Holly Lodge student, Ellie Clayton, perform in her third year Musical Theatre piece; “A Chorus Line” as Val, alongside other London Central School of Speech and Drama students. Ellie has had an...
Easter Revision classes 2018 Years 11 and 13
Date AM PM MARCH Monday 26th Y11 Geography Mr Finnegan Y11 French Miss Cassidy Y11 History Mrs Scott Tuesday 27th A level Sociology Mrs Bailey A level History Mrs Murphy Y11 RE Ms Lee Y11 French Miss Cassidy Y11 French Miss Stafford Y11 RE Mrs Bailey RE A level Ms...
BBC School Report 2018
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Shaping Futures Creative Writing Programme
Some of our year 10 students have been selected to take part in a very exciting creative writing programme led by Shaping Futures. The sessions combine creative writing skills with careers and options information through the topic of ‘when I grow up I want to be…’...
Year 11 Subject Countdown Plans now uploaded
All subjects are in the process of preparing Countdown plans for between now and the start of May. Each plan will show students and parents what they can be expecting to work on during lessons in each of the next 6 weeks as well as the date and times of external...
Holly Lodge students win scholarships to prestigious public schools
We are delighted to announce that two of our Year 11 students have secured full scholarships for board and teaching fees in the sixth forms of two of the most prestigious public schools in the country. Molly McHugh-Iddon has been offered her scholarship at...
Code breaking, the Enigma, and how the Second World War was won!
Recently we were very fortunate to have a visit from the outreach team at Bletchley Park, who brought with them an original German Enigma coding machine used in World War Two to send secret messages between different units of the German armed forces. The story of...
Cake sale fundraiser
Fantastic effort by the Year 10 BTEC Sport class. They raised over £150 in their cake sale on Tuesday, all proceeds go towards their trip to the All England Badminton Championship in Birmingham.
World Book Day Celebration
Lots of fun was had here at Holly Lodge for World Book Day! We had quizzes, book reviews and design competitions all organised by our fantastic Reading Ambassadors. We also handed out book tokens to all students, so don't forget to spend them by the 25th March!
Book Tasting
Some of our students took part in a 'Book Tasting' session, where they sampled some of our lovely new books. The girls are going to read and review the books before they're put in the school library.
Creative Writing Workshop
The Reading Ambassadors organised a creative writing workshop to help our students with their 500 words competition entries. It was really enjoyable event and so encouraging to see so many enthusiastic, talented young writers. We received lots of fantastic entries and...
World Book Day
Here at Holly Lodge we’re celebrating all things books! The Reading Ambassadors are organising a World Book Day Bonanza for students that have displayed excellence in their reading, English teachers are sharing some of their favourite book extracts, and we have some...
Young Writers
Last December, some of our girls took part in a writing competition run by YoungWriters, called ‘Stranger Sagas’. This competition was organised in conjunction with secondary schools all over the UK and over 20 000 entries were received. We are thrilled that over 60...
Careers Event
In the week before half term, there were several events to help guide and support our Year 10 and Year 11 students making some decisions about their futures. On Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th February all Year 11 students had a mock interview with representatives of...
BAE Systems Roadshow
On Wednesday 7th February the year 7’s and 8’s had a visit from BAE Systems, RAF & Royal Navy Education Programme Roadshow. The roadshow demonstrated that the Maths we are studying here on a daily basis is the same Maths used in a large number of high profile...
Hope restored after Redrow returns treasured statue to Holly Lodge
Redrow has reunited Holly Lodge Girls College with part of its history after rescuing and restoring a much-loved statue. The well-known piece of a man and woman cradling children, entitled Hope, had been forgotten and lost when pupils from the West Derby school were...
500 Words is back for 2018!
The world's biggest short-story writing competition for kids has returned and we can't wait to read this year's stories! Please read all of the information on this page to find out everything you need to know about 500 Words and how you can enter......
You are invited to a Careers’ Fair
Dear Parent/Carer, You are invited to a Careers’ Fair on Thursday 8th February in Holly Lodge Dance Studio from 3pm – 4.30pm. There will be local colleges, training providers, employers and universities present to help your daughter plan for her future....
The Power Of Words
The poem was entered into a competition at the Upper House of Liverpool Schools’ Parliament by Lucy Phillips in Year 7. There were over 30 entries and Lucy was chosen along with 2 other pupils to read out the poem at the Holocaust Memorial Day Service at the...
Christmas Hamper Bags for our V.I.Ps
Our Christmas Hamper Deliveries V.I.Ps = Very.Important.Pensioners!) Here at Holly Lodge we decided that we wanted to do something special for Christmas. So during November and December we all worked very hard to try and make Christmas a little bit brighter for some...
SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING Wednesday 31st January
Congratulations Ellie
Ellie Jennings achieved her purple belt in Karate on 15/12/17! Ellie currently competes for The Red Triangle Karate Club and is doing fantastically well. In a year Ellie has achieved a yellow belt, red belt, green belt and now her purple belt. Ellie is on track to get...
Reading Ambassadors’ Tea Party
Our Reading Ambassadors hosted a tea party to congratulate some of our year 7 and 8 students on displaying excellence in reading this term. A huge thank you and well done to all involved!
Year 9 Drama workshops
On Saturday 2nd December, Year 9 Drama students attended MYA to take part in a range of workshops, to aid their development of the devised piece they are in the middle of creating, as part of the NOW! Young People’s Arts Festival 2018. They took part in Acting, dance...
Year 7 & 8 Pantomime Trip
On Wednesday 14th December Year 7 and 8 students attended the annual Rock ‘n Roll Panto at The Everyman Theatre, on Hope Street. As usual, the evening was full of song and dance, fun and enjoyment. The students who attended had a fantastic time, with some showing how...
Young Volunteer of the Year
Milly Quilliam in Year 10 has recently won the Young Volunteer of the Year Award at the Lancashire County Awards 2017. It was for her volunteering services to British Tennis and for being selected as a County Winner at the 2017 British Tennis Awards.
Business Studies Department Cadbury World Trip
The business studies department recently visited Cadbury World, in Birmingham. 26 year 10 students enjoyed the opportunity to explore the factory and also take part in an interactive educational talk. Not forgetting all the free Cadbury chocolate!
Christmas Hamper / Gift bags for our local Pensioners
This week in Holly Lodge, we have started to bring lots of yummy Christmas food items into school. We are going to use all of these donations to help us to fill our beautiful homemade Christmas gift bags. When all of the bags are full, we are planning to present them...
Our Reading Ambassadors are hosting a Book Swap
Our Reading Ambassadors are hosting a Book Swap! Check out our poster to find out how you can get involved. If you have any questions please see Miss McVey in A20, or ask any of our Year 10 Reading Ambassadors.
EDUCATE AWARDS 2017 Runner-Up ‘Outstanding Arts in a Secondary School’
On Friday 17th November, the annual Educate Awards celebrated excellence and achievement in primary and secondary schools across the North West. Holly Lodge was one of three secondary schools shortlisted in the ‘Outstanding Arts in a Secondary School’ category....
The Horse Visitor
For the past couple of weeks at Holly Lodge we have welcomed a four legged visitor called ‘Holly, otherwise known as ‘The Dark Horse’ into our art department! After a successful millinery collaboration last year that saw Yr12s handmade hats exhibited at Aintree...
Reading to help children in hospital
Congratulations to the students that took part in our recent Readathon event; together we raised a massive £845! The money you have raised will help to buy brand new books and storyteller visits for children in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. We will also be given book...
inter-form Netball
We have had Year 7, 8 and 9 inter-form Netball take place in PE. Year 7 results were: 1st – LSC - 28 points 2nd – HWN – 24 points 3rd – SGI - 18 points 4th - AS - 16 points 5th - AWD - 14 points 5th - JNR - 14...
Year 10 Reading Ambassadors
Congratulations to our newly recruited Year 10 Reading Ambassadors! They have been given the very important task of helping to promote reading throughout our school. The girls are working hard to arrange a Book Swap that will take place later this half term. Stay...
Young Lord Mayor
As a member of the Liverpool Schools Parliament Asal Hajimohammidi was elected Young Lord Mayor and carried out her duties during the Month of October. Asal thoroughly enjoyed her duties which she took very seriously. Well done Asal.
Arriva Bus Driver Industrial Action
Our ref: AK/SM 3rd November 2017 Dear Parent/Carer I am writing to update you on the situation with the Arriva bus drivers industrial action. At time of writing, further strikes are due to take place on the following days....
Mentor Matching with the Girls’ Network
Holly Lodge are proud to be the first school in the North West to team up with the Girls’ Network. Students in Year 11 have been invited to apply for a place on the scheme which places them with a professional woman to mentor them through the upcoming year. This...
Chief Inspector of Schools has written to us to acknowledge the improvements
We are delighted that the Chief Inspector of Schools has written to us to acknowledge the improvements we have made in the last 12 months and will continue to make in the future.
Students and Staff Delighted by GCSE Results
Staff, students and parents were all thrilled by the best ever results achieved by Year 11 in the new, more challenging GCSEs this year. More students than ever before achieved the all-important grades of 5 and above in both GCSE English and Maths whilst records were...
Grand National ladies day hat designs
Hats off to our students It truly was ‘Hats Off’ to our year 12 BTEC Fashion students at this year’s Grand National Ladies Day. Year 12 students have been working hard to produce a range of hats to mark the 40 year celebration of Red Rum’s last Grand National win. The...
Year 13 win prestigious art award
An artistic journey Since September 2016, Yr13 BTEC Level 3 Art & Design pupils have been working hard in collaboration with the Tate Liverpool and the Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) towards a joint exhibition. Using Tracy Emin’s installation, ‘My Bed’, as...
Hosting the SSE FA Women’s Cup draw
Holly Lodge play host to the FA We were delighted to play host to the FA, Teach First and Cup sponsors SSE for the draw for the 6th round of the SSE FA Women’s Cup on Monday 20th of March. The draw was made by Mona Dimitrova (Y11) and Isabelle Randles (Y7) with Katie...
Echo Schools Award 2017 Finalist
Fantastic news, we have a finalist ‘We are proud to announce that our Art Technician, Carol Gribbin, has been chosen as a finalist for the award category “School Support Staff of the Year sponsored by Vision for Education” at the 2017 Echo Schools Awards. Carol makes...
English Revision Raffle winners
Well done to Natasha Rowlands for winning the ‘Good Luck’ Yr 11 hamper today! Natasha is a worthy winner who is one of many who has turned up for English revision every week and during the holidays. Congratulations to Bianca Hill who won the English class ‘Good Luck’...
BBC School News Report
Holly Lodge Hosts SSE FA Women’s Cup draw
We were delighted to play host to the FA, Teach First and Cup sponsors SSE for the draw for the 6th round of the SSE FA Women’s Cup on Monday 20th of March. The draw was made by Mona Dimitrova (Y11) and Isabelle Randles (Y7) with Katie Brazier from the FA and Siobhan...
World Book Day
Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/holly-lodge-comprehensive to browse the latest books and order online. For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards. Please place...
Year 11 – Future Focus
On 6th, 7th and 9th February, all Year 11 students took part in mock interviews with local employers. We had representatives from Deloitte, American Airlines, Barclays, Home Office, Edge Hill University, Knowsley Community College, Hope University, PWC and Positive...
Year 13 BTEC Art Pupils To Exhibit at Tate Liverpool!
Year 13 Art & Design Level 3 BTEC pupils have been very busy since September working collaboratively with the Tate Liverpool and young women from the Young Person’s Advisory service (YPAS). Using Tracy Emin’s unmade bed art installation, currently on display at...
Holly Lodge is proud to support the Slow Down for Bobby Campaign
A Bobby Zone is a safe area outside a school designed to keep traffic flowing slowly without any obstructions. • Drivers must not exceed 20mph speed limit in a ‘Bobby Zone’ • Drivers cannot stop or pull over to drop children off in a ‘Bobby Zone’ • Drivers cannot park...
Duke of Edinburgh students at the gold awards at St James’s Palace
On Monday 21st November Mrs Maddocks & Mr Hindley went to St James’ Palace, London, to watch 11 of our Gold Duke of Edinburgh students receive their awards. The awards were presented by HRH Prince Edward (the Duke of Wessex) which was a fantastic honour which the...
Yr11 Amber’s & Eleanor’ film has been shortlisted in Educate Awards
On 24th October 2014, Bobby Colleran died following a road traffic accident outside of his primary school in West Derby. Since this tragic accident, the Colleran family have vowed to highlight road safety awareness through their ‘Slow Down for Bobby’ campaign. Bobby’s...