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03 Apr 2020

New: Videos of Makaton signs

Ravenswood teacher Julie Lawrence is working through our Makaton Handbook and demonstrating all the…

School closed for Easter holiday

School will close at the end of Friday 3rd April for the two weeks of the Easter Holidays. School…

School partially open from Monday 30th March

Ravenswood School will re-open for some pupils the week beginning 30th March. The families of those…

School Closure Update

Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 23rd March.

17 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED to pupils on Thursday 19th March until further notice

Due to the latest government guidance around Coronavirus and the higher risk posed to vulnerable people,…

Post 16 Open Evening

Find out more about the courses and support we have to offer. Welcome and refreshments by our P16…

Guides on how to stay safe on PlayStation and Xbox

Did your child get a games console for Christmas?

Do you need help restricting screen time…

Review of terms 1 & 2

We've been doing some fantastic work this academic year! Check out some of things we've done here

Staff walk 26 miles for charity

NINE MEMBERS OF STAFF WALKED A TOTAL OF 234 MILES FOR CHARITY!

The…

Message from Mr Senior

I have really enjoyed the year. Our school community has gone from strength to strength, it is a…

Fire Safety Improvement Works; September delay to return of pupils

Unfortunately, building works to improve the fire safety of our school building need to take place…

Agilisys volunteers help us out

On Wednesday 19th June we were delighted to welcome volunteers from IT company Agilisys, provider…

Bristol City's Scott Murray trains Ravenswood pupils

Ravenswood pupils had the pleasure of being trained by Bristol City Legend Scott Murray this week. …

Primary Music Fun Day

A huge thank you to all the students and staff who have been involved today in our Musical Fun Day…

School flooded... with volunteers! BHGE staff transform our grounds

Last week we had a wonderful team of volunteers helping the school. In fact, 20 different teams! …

Kilve Trip

Pupils from Frome and Axe classes thoroughly enjoyed a two-day one-night residential trip to Kilve…

Post – 16 Work Experience

Our young people in Post-16 recently completed a two week work experience programme. Placements took…

Willow class study the Romans

Willow students have been working hard learning about the Ancient Romans this term. We have been…

Duck Class Internet Safety work

As part of their e-safety learning Duck class focused on pressing icons to choose their favourite…

P16RM Safer Internet Showcase

P16RM had a class discussion about how to keep safe online and they designed these posters...

Ash Class Safer Internet Showcase

Our first class to showcase their learning during Safer Internet Week is Ash class. Here's what they've…

Safer Internet Week

We had Safer Internet Week last week and all our classes were working hard learning about how to stay…

P16KJ visit to Citizens Advice

P16KJ visited the Bristol branch of Citizens Advice as part of their Asdan Personal and Social Development…

Report of P16's learning for Anti-Bullying Week

P16BJ

The students in Post 16BJ have learnt about behaviours that make us…

What we've been learning in KS4 during anti-bullying week

Yeo class

In anti-bullying week we looked at who could help us in our family…

Anti-bullying week in KS3

Willow class:

What did we learn about during anti-bullying week?

Friendships. …

Learning about friendship during anti-bullying week in our Primary Dept

The 19th November was the start of Anti-Bullying week at Ravenswood. Here's what has been going on…

P16 on stage

It was great fun! Post 16 students gave an amazing performance on Tuesday evening as they joined…

Robin run for Ravenswood!

Ravenswood pupils from Robin Class took part in the North Somerset Cross Country Running finals on…

Our Christmas Fayre is booked!

Yes, it's happening on Saturday 8th December 10am to 1pm. If you know anyone who would like a stall…

Willow Class get out and about

We walked to Christ Church Nailsea on Wednesday 17th October and were met by Reverend Tony. He showed…

Message from the Chair of Governors

This year has been such an excellent year for Ravenswood! The year began with an Ofsted Inspection…

Many grateful thanks

I have been Head at Ravenswood for 14 years and in that time have been so grateful for the support…

School Awards Church Service

Once again, class teams found it so difficult to nominate a pupil for the 2018 end of year awards. …

Leavers' Assembly

How confident our 10 school leavers were in giving their presentations to a packed hall. They were…

A show fit for a Headteacher!

Mrs Clark was treated to a special show, with presentations of songs, poems, dances and artwork. …

Fantastic Sports Day

Sunshine and a light breeze. Firm dry ground. A large cheerful crowd. Race activities designed…

Sports Activities on Moving Up Day!

Moving Up day is a chance to meet your new class and teachers and get to know the pupils you are going…

P16 students visit The Bristol Hotel

Post 16 enjoyed a very informative visit to The Bristol Hotel to find out more about working in the…

P16KJ and JM Sports Leaders

After several weeks of preparing Post16 KJ and JM students were ready to lead their activities with…

"Ravenswood School is Amazing!"

That was the message both pupils and parents gave the Ofsted inspector yesterday. He was delighted…

Kingfisher Class visits city farm

On Friday 11^th May, Kingfisher class visited Windmill Hill City Farm. They had a brilliant…

P16 visit to Synagogue

P16 classes recently enjoyed a visit to the Bristol and West Progressive Synagogue. The visit gave…

Well played Ruby!

The Mickey Mouse March is quite a fast and tricky tune but in this video Ruby absolutely nails it! …

Post 16 Open Evening

We had a lot of visitors to see our Post-16 department on Thursday evening; they were interested to…

P16 wows audience at Dance Festival

Our Post 16 students made everyone very proud at the recent Dance Festival at The Playhouse in Weston-super-Mare. …

World Book Day

Thank you to all those who dressed up today as their favourite book characters. We postponed the…

Primary Dept strike!

On Tuesday 6^th March, children from the Primary department went on a bowling trip. They…

Curious Kingfisher class!

On Monday 26^th February, Kingfisher class went to ‘We the curious’ in Bristol. The children…

Tag Rugby Coaching

Frome and Axe classes were both selected for rugby coaching following a suggestion from the Secondary…

Intra Activity Report for Term 3

The challenge was to work together to collect all the bean bags as fast as possible, beating the clock…

Secondary School Council leads assembly to launch the new lanyards

The Secondary School Council can be praised for their determination and effort to pursue lanyards…

Welcome back to school

Happy New Year to all pupils and staff!

Thank you and have a happy Christmas!

A huge thank you to all the students and staff for working so hard over terms 1 and 2. We have celebrated…

Get your skates on!

On Friday afternoon Willow, Ash, Birch and Pine classes went skating on the rink in the centre of…

P16 Drama Group perform ‘The Tempest’

Well done to all our budding actors that played their part so well on Wednesday evening at the Shakespeare…

Panathlon Challenge

Primary and Secondary Schools across the WESPORT area were invited to enter the Panathlon Challenge. …

P16 JM: Sports Leaders at Kingshill School

After several weeks of planning, practicing and evaluating performance the students were ready to…

Changes for Life Sports Club - Term 2 progress

Term 2 and Sports Club continues with a core group of keen enthusiastic pupils from across all Key…

Cricket coaching for pupils in Ash and Birch

Ash and Birch Classes have both been selected for Cricket coaching following a suggestion from Secondary…

School disco

It was great to see so many families at the Disco. We loved the dance competitions, with parents…

Learning targets

New learning targets came home for every child on Friday. This is an important way we can keep parents…

Celebrating our GOOD Ofsted report

Staff and pupils celebrated our GOOD report together. Paulo's ice cream van parked up for the afternoon…

Secondary School Council presents cheque to Clevedon Foodbank

Fantastic achievement! Pupils at Ravenswood School can be praised for their efforts in collecting…

Raising the roof!

Robin class have been learning songs from all around the world as part of North Somerset Raise The…

Advert: St Katherines Weekly Multi-Sports Club

Fencing, Laser Run, multi-sport activities and more. Fencing equipment and laser pistols provided. …

Advert: North Somerset Athletic Club

The club promotes disabled athletic sports for boys and girls age 8 to 16. It will be held at Clevedon…

Raising money through Water Races!

This year the school is supporting Clevedon and District Food Bank. Various activities have been…

Harvest Assembly - supporting Nailsea Foodbank

Thank you for all the food donations! Richard Worthington, from Nailsea Foodbank (part of the larger…

Ravenswood bags £4000 from carrier bag charge fund!

We are delighted to announce that we have bagged £4,000 from a Tesco funding scheme. Tesco teamed…

Outdoor and Adventure at Ashton Court

Pupils joined friends from Baytree, New Siblands and Warmley Park School at Ashton Court yesterday.…

Changes for Life Sports Club

As we start a new academic year pupils are keen to participate in an after school sports club again. …

Ofsted Inspection

Two inspectors visited today. They were busy watching teaching, meeting with pupils, governors, senior…

Parents and Friends plan family events

It was good to see new faces at the PFA meeting this evening. We are planning a range of family events…

Secondary School Council

Secondary School Council had their first meeting today. The class reps were proud to have been elected…

New Learning Opportunities

Y11 pupils visited Weston College. Next Friday onwards they will be going every week to learn skills…

Parents meet the class

Thanks to the many parents and carers who came along to meet classes this week. The children enjoyed…

Drama in p-16!

Once again p-16 students will be performing at the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol. Planning and…

Keep calm and carry on

Flash rainstorms caused lessons and assembly to be disputed today. At times it was impossible to…

Message from the Head

It has been a delight to welcome your children back to school. They have all been pleased to see…

We welcome pupils back to school on Wednesday 6th September

We hope you've had a lovely summer break and we look forward to welcoming pupils back to school on…

Frome Class - the Firefighters!

Today, Frome class visited Weston-super-Mare Fire Station where they were given a guided tour from…

Support to schools

SENCOs from other schools came from 4.00 to 5.30pm for training by Philippa Clark and Mark Senior. …

Volunteering Day was a success!

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped us on Monday. You really helped to make a difference to the…

Frome visit Rolls Royce

Year 11 visited Rolls Royce at Filton. They were finding out about jobs in our community. They found…

Sports Activities on Moving Up Day!

Moving Up Day is a chance for our pupils to meet their new teachers and get to know the pupils they…

Post 16 End of Year Outing

Yesterday, all three Post 16 classes had a very successful outing to Glenny Wood Campsite. Most of…

Regional 'Equals Moving On' Moderation

On Wednesday 28^th June, I hosted a regional moderation meeting for teachers and senior…

Ash class intersports

This morning Ash class went to join a class from Baytree School for an intersports session. The class…

Maths GCSE

Congratulations to Zack, Eleanor and Joe for working well this morning. We are very proud of them.

Enterprise

Birch and Pine Classes are making and selling a variety of goods. Each class aims to make a profit…

Link Courses at Weston College

College staff gave Mrs Clark glowing feedback about our Y11 and p-16 students. They are amazing ambassadors…

'Changes for Life' sports club

It's term 5 and Sports Club at Ravenswood School remains popular for pupils across all key stages.…

Intra Activity Term 5: Working Together in Relay Races

The PE focus this term has been on athletics: running, jumping and throwing, so the challenge for…

Extended Work Experience

Congratulations to Rebecca and Lydia who were so successful in their WEX placements, they have been…

GCSEs have started

Congratulations to Y11 students who started their GCSEs this morning. They all worked well and we…

P16 leading the sports at Kingshill School

After a limited amount of practice PS16 KJ leaders were excited once again to be going to Kingshill…

Every Little Helps

Thanks to the Nailsea Tesco store for their generous support to the school. Recently they have given…

Great Work Experience celebration

It was lovely to see so many parents, carers and employers at the Post 16 Work Experience celebration…

Look what our volunteers did!

A huge THANKYOU to our volunteers who spent the day at Ravenswood on Thursday in the conservation…

Staying Friends

Robin class created puppet shows on the theme of friendship today. They created storylines and performed…

Get set. Ready steady. Go!

Pine class are in training for Sports Day and have been practising their sprint starts. Like true…

Visit from Tri

Pine class were lucky enough to have a visit from Tri (short for triceratops) the bearded dragon yesterday.…

Keep Dancing!

Congratulations to our p-16 students for their amazing performances at the NS Dance Festival. On…

Welcome back

It is good to see the pupils return to school, happy to see their friends and teachers again.

Let's celebrate!

Our Easter Service at Christchurch was a great celebration of both the Easter message and pupils'…

Ash class and Ruby class inclusive activities at New Siblands School

Pupils from Ash Class were excited to travel to New Siblands School today to play a range of games…

Get active!

Once again, Jane Hawkes (SSCo) brought the school together through a sports competition. Primary…

Waitrose special!

It was a delight to join Stephen and Michael for a special presentation by Nathan Boyd (Waitrose HR…

P-16 Open-evening

It was good to see so many families coming to find out about our p-16 courses and learning opportunities.…

Clark's company

Some p-16 students have been working in the school company learning about stock control, customer…

What will you do when you grow up?

Our pupils were inspired today when they saw what p-16 students are doing on their work experience…

Who's cooking dinner?

Mike Evans (chair of governors) came to lunch today. He had heard that Lydia was on work experience…

PFA meeting

Thanks to everyone for coming along this evening to plan our next family events; the disco in May,…

Work experience fortnight

Our p-16 students will be out and about for the next fortnight in a variety of WEX placements. They…

Parents visit Duck and Owl

Duck and Owl class were very pleased and excited to see so many parents come to visit on Wednesday…

Our French trip - latest news...

We've all had a lovely, busy day today. We got up very early and have been on a river cruise on the…

We've had a postcard from Paris

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An update from Disneyland...

We have had an exhausting day at Disney today. All of the students have had a great time trying new…

RE day out for P16

Yesterday, Post 16 students went for their Religious Education outing to Bristol. We went to see…

Bonjour... from Paris!

French trip 2017 has begun! After a long journey to Paris the students and staff have arrived safely…

Post 16 perform to the school

Following the success of their performance at the Tobacco…

Fire from Ash!

Ash class made fire as part of their Stone Age topic. They learned to use flint rock to make fire…

Promoting Ravenswood at Life After Westhaven event

On 28th of February 2 Post 16 students and I went to the 'Life after Westhaven' event at Westhaven…

P16 runs 'excellent' café

P16KJ and P16JM classes worked hard to plan and deliver a very successful café for customers from…

Basketball Challenge

The Basketball Challenge for term 3 was suggested by pupils in secondary classes.

Year…

Good Judgement

Axe and Frome class students have been "investigating crimes" this term and as part of this they visited…

Football Coaching report

Pupils in Axe Class enjoyed a coaching session this week. Four football coaches and a lecturer from…

Great News!

Progress of pupils across the school is significantly better than it was this time last year. We…

Should we join Inspirational Futures Trust? What do parents think?

Philippa Clark and Mike Evans (COG) were joined by Chris Wade (CEO of IFT) to meet parents and Carers…

Join a MAT? What's best for Ravenswood Staff?

Chris Wade (CEO) and colleagues from Inspirational Futures Trust (IFT) talked with staff about the…

Staying calm

Secondary pupils have been talking about New Year Resolutions in assembly. They know the importance…

All aboard!

Post-16 students start a 6 week sailing course at Bristol Harbour.

Welcome back to school

Pupils returned to school, full of energy and news of their holidays. It was great to see so many…

Thanks to our volunteers!

Another classroom painted, canopies and doorways fixed! A huge thanks to our team of volunteers who…

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Staff are back to school for a training day. This had a focus on the importance…

P16 help charity at Christmas

Students from P16KJ and P16BJ have been collecting and sorting gifts to donate to the Salvation Army…

PFA Christmas Fayre raises over £800

Thank you to all who helped and supported with the Christmas fayre. The PFA are pleased to announce…

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen" A rousing Julius Caesar!

We've received this appraisal for our performance at Bristol Tobacco Factory last month for…

Intra-Activity Report: The 12 Days of Christmas

In this session, to begin with, all classes were challenged to aim for a target. The "12 days of Christmas"…

Thankyou to our Volunteers!

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped us last Friday. Our first volunteering day was…

Christmas Show named!

Our Christmas Show has been named! We had a whole-school competition to name the show with each class…

P16 Relaxation Afternoon

P16 students enjoyed an afternoon of relaxing leisure activities as part of their Asdan Personal and…

Presenting the Cheque to NU Water Uganda

Following the fun water activities on October 17^th pupils at Ravenswood School have been…

P16 put on a spectacular performance at the Tobacco Factory!

Last night Post 16 actors from Ravenswood School wowed the audience with their fantastic performance…

School disco report

We had a great turn out for the disco on Friday and enjoyed the music, dancing, raffle and hot dogs.…

Something to sing about!

Robin class had a hugely successful trip to St Nicolas Chantry School in Clevedon to take part in…

Getting involved at Ravenswood

Thanks to those who turned up at our volunteers meeting this week. It was good to see the enthusiasm…

Generous donations help those in need

Our…

Ravenswood awarded £1000 towards project

Thanks to our Chair of Governors, Mike Evans, for applying to Persimmon Homes for their

Get your skates on for Nailsea Community Christmas Fair

A huge thanks to Mark Hunter of Hunter Leahy…

Medal winners!

Our year six pupils represented Ravenswood running in a North Somerset Schools Cross Country event.…

School Council gathers in the harvest!

The School Council has collected together all the harvest festival donations and displayed them in…

Sharing our expertise

Thanks to Teacher Cheri Frost for supporting colleagues in other schools last week. They were really…

School Council leads Harvest Festival Assembly

Members of the school council led the assembly last week. They have asked for food donations to be…

Golf Coaching for Pupils in Kingfisher, Robin and Ash Classes

It was a great start to the new school year for pupils at Ravenswood to have the opportunity of coaching…

Could you spare a few hours ocassionally?

Are you a community group, charity, sports club, business or individual who has a few hours to spare…

Catering for visitors!

At our “coffee afternoon” the children from Robin Class helped prepare drinks and treated parents…

Owl class coffee afternoon

Owl Class were very happy to show parents around Owl Class and the Primary department on our coffee…

Afternoon tea ...with spaghetti

It was lovely to see so many parents and carers on Thursday chatting with students and enjoying afternoon…

Shakespeare Schools Festival - Book your tickets now!

The Shakespeare Schools Festival uses the unique power of Shakespeare to transform lives.

In…

Come and Meet your Class

Come along and meet your child’s teacher and support staff. Join us for a cuppa, a biscuit, and a…

Duck and Owl Class Parent Meet up

Duck class thoroughly enjoyed welcoming parents to come and see their classroom both inside and outside!…

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