>Hipperholme & Lightcliffe High School and Bogra Govt Girls' High School partnership
Hipperholme & Lightcliffe High School and Bogra Govt Girls' High School partnership
Introductions
A brief description of Hipperholme & Lightcliffe High School and Sports College.
Location
The school is located on the edge of green belt land within the communities of Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, being just over 3 miles east of Halifax and 2 miles north west of Brighouse. It is a foundation school. The larger town of Huddersfield is within approximately 6 miles and the cities of Bradford and Leeds within 5 miles and 18 miles respectively. Being in the heart of Pennine Yorkshire, the area has many attractions. Locally there are splendid examples of Victorian architecture, a variety of theatres, galleries & cinemas plus many sporting and cultural activities. Further afield the cities of Bradford and Leeds offer many commercial, shopping and entertainment opportunities. In addition the local countryside provides for many pleasant walks and the Yorkshire Dales are within an hour’s drive.
The School
The Hipperholme & Lightcliffe High School is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale. The school was formed as a result of a borough-wide re-organisation in 1985. The school became Grant Maintained in April 1994 and moved to Foundation Status in September 1999. It assumed Specialist School Status in September 2002 and was re-designated in 2006 as a High Performing Specialist Sports College with a second specialism in Mathematics and computing and a second subject of Science The published admission number has been increased to 240 inrecent years as the school is seen as both successful and popular by the local community. The increasing roll has moved the school from six form entry to eight and the number of students on roll currently stands at 1320, of whom 180 are in the Sixth Form. Students are drawn, in the main, from 8 partner primary schools located in the communities of Hipperholme, Lightcliffe, Northowram, Shelf and Boothtown. The school has been oversubscribed for entry into year 7 since 1995 and it is anticipated that the school will continue to grow with an anticipated final population of 1450, including 200 in the Sixth Form.
A brief description of Bogra Govt. Girls' High School:
Bogra Govt. Girls’ High School, Bogra was established in the year of 1869 A.D.. The rule of Company has just been over the subcontinent; in that period, the institution was founded at the south of the Palace of Nawab Altaf Ali with the initiatives of social elites, Missionary, Hindu, Muslim and elites of Brahma society.
With a very moment in 1969, as a memoir of great Queen Victoria, the school was named as ‘Victoria Memorial Girls’ School’. In 1901, Shree Ananto Nath Mitter was the secretary of the institution. The old building of the institution was established in his period. The institution was formed as an English High School in 1932. After one year, in 1933 the school was permitted to take part in Matriculation Examination.
Now, there are 2000 girls are running as students and 53 teachers are engaged for guiding them. The two-storied building consisting 37 classrooms is conducted with two shifts in every class day of the school. Now, the school is running efficiently with an effective leadership of Mrs. Rabeya Khatun, Head Teacher (In charge).
Foundation Stone of the School:
This building the foundation stone of which was laid on the 9th October 1901 by Mrs, L. Sen wife of B.C. Sen Esqr I.C.S. District Magistrate and President of the Bogra Victoria Memorial Committee is erected to commemorate the memory of the great and good Victoria beloved of her subjects of all races queen of Great Britain Ireland and all The British Colonies and dependencies; Empress of India whose life, as a dutiful daughter, devoted wife, affectionate mother, sincere friend and a God fearing woman, has left an ever-living example for old and young of all times. Her love for Indian women was marked by her weighty support of efforts, for their alleviation, education and elevation.
Of woman emblem was, of all that exalted her kind high high above her sex’s allotted place her mark has life in mind.
The path of honor was that she ever trod, her guide star, love of kind and fear of God, This made her what she was, an ever-living flame that fed by oil divine, increasing brightness lent, to her advancing years, gave wisdoms unsurpassing bent, that a mark has left, imitable without blame.
H.S.T.
Ananto Nath Mitter
Secretary
H.S.TAYLOR
Architect
Bogra Girls Government School
Various photos of our visit to the school during of stay in Bogra
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Year One
Project activity and reports from Year One of our partnership.
Following the visit to Bogra we have developed a 'plan of action' to be implemented before representatives from the school arrive in October! Our intended actions include a presentation to all members of staff followed by presentations to all students via assemblies. We will identify up to 20 students from all year groups to act as International Ambassadors. In September we will establish links via letter writing using Y7 gifted and talented students, plus we will link each member of the Hipperholme & Lightcliffe Leadership Academy with a student leader in Bogra.
Bogra Girls Government School
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