Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Clare Mount achieves the prestigious School Games Platinum Award
Fri 19 Jul 2019We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Platinum Award for the 2018/19 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in
2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.There isn't enough space here to list the many reasons why we have achieved this award but in summary it is because of our continuing commitment to use the power of sport, physical education and physical activity to inspire our young people to be the very best learners, athletes, citizens and role-models they can be.
We were the first school in Wirral to achieve the Platinum level of the School Games Mark and we are once again the first to be re-accredited at this level. We can only achieve recognition such as this with the support of the whole school community; staff, pupils, governors, parents and our ever-growing network of partner organisations.
This accolade has topped-off what has been a truly amazing term for the Clare Mount community
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TRFC disability summer programme
Fri 12 Jul 2019Please see the flyer below for details of Tranmere Rovers junior disability indoor football prgramme.
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Active all sports summer holiday programme
Fri 12 Jul 2019This summer Wirral are running an Active all Sports Programme for Summer for children and young people with disabilities and additional needs. Places are limited and are based on a first come first severed basis. Please complete the relevant consent and booking form, one per child, and return it via email or post using the contact details below before the start of the programme.
Please click this here for all the information and booking forms
To book onto any of the activities please email me at staceyaddison@wirral.gov.uk with the following information:
Activity – date and time
Name of the child
Age of the child
Disability
Contact number
Stacey will confirm all bookings made via email.
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Clare Mount visits Paris
Wed 03 Jul 2019On Monday 24th June, 31 students and 10 staff visited the French capital on a week long residential. We stayed just outside the capital in PGL’s Chateau De Grande Romaine in the picturesque region of Lesigny.
We set off from school shortly after midnight and, after a long coach ride, arrived at the centre on Monday afternoon. We soon found that there was a heat wave happening in France and temperatures were already in the high 30’s. We spent the rest of Monday unpacking, settling into our rooms and getting some much need rest after the long journey.
Tuesday morning saw us visit the market town of Brie Comte Robert. We visited the ruins of it’s small castle and spent some time (and money) browsing the towns street market stalls. Many mini Eiffel Towers were purchased! In the afternoon we headed to Montmartre, which is the arts district of Paris. We walked to the impressive church, Sacre Couer, which stands on one of the highest points in Paris. By this time we were all very hot, so we found a café to take shelter from the sun and take on some much needed refreshment.
On Wednesday we visited Disney Land Paris. We spent the whole day in its two parks flying around rides, watching shows and hopping from one patch of shade to the next. Between the whole group, we must have managed to go on practically every ride in both parks and fun was had by all, thrill seekers and those after a more calming day alike. By the time we got back to the centre at around 8 we were all shattered and ready for and early night!
On Thursday we managed to visit the iconic Eiffel Tower. Most of the group climbed the stairs to the first floor (which is higher than it sounds) and some were brave enough to walk up to the second floor, which was quite a feat in 38 degree heat. After we made our way back down, we headed to our boat trip on the River Seine. This took us past many of the main tourist sites in Paris including The Louvre, Pont Neuf Bridge and took us past the Notre Dame Cathedral which has begun it’s restoration after the devastating fire earlier in the year.
Friday was time to pack up and, after a hearty breakfast, set off on the long coach journey home.
The trip was a resounding success and we would like to say thank you to each and every one of the students who took part for being a credit to the school and joy to spend the week with.
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Fit Fun Fest #3: Girls Get Active with Kin-Ball!
Wed 03 Jul 2019On Tuesday 2nd July we hosted our final 'Fit Fun Fest' of the academic year; welcoming pupils from Grove Street PS, Orret's Meadow PS and Holy Spirit PS. The theme for this event was 'Girls Active' and the aim was to introduce a brand new activity to a special group of girls in our primary schools. The sport; 'Kin-Ball' is one of Clare Mount's favourite sports; ever since our Healthy Lifestyle Champions introduced it to us in January this year. Here, pictured you can see Ryan from Kin Ball UK and the participants from the three schools. All the girls had a fantastic afternoon, learned plenty of new skills and made friends in the sunshine! Thank you to Mrs Corcoran for 3 brilliant Fit Fun Fests this year and to our wonderful sports leaders for acting as perfect role models as ever!
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Inspirational Visit from Ben Smith from 'The 401 Challenge' and Paralympic Learning and Discovery Day
Mon 01 Jul 2019The 25th June was a very special day for our students as we received a visit from Ben Smith, Athlete Mentor from The Youth Sport Trust and official Ambassador for National School Sports Week 2019. Ben's story is truly inspirational, not least his incredible endeavour of running 401 marathons in 401 days in 2015-2016. You can read more about this incredible feat and what inspired it here: https://www.the401challenge.co.uk/about/inspiration
Ben spoke to our community in assembly before joining in with Year 7 PE; his first (and probably last!) ever experience of dodge-ball!! He was given a lesson by our Year 7s, especially Kai!! Ben then
listened to some fantastic questions from the students before going for a run with them all outside.
From there, Ben and the team from The Youth Sport Trust joined ANOTHER amazing athlete mentor; Charlotte Hartley from the England Hockey team that won Commonwealth Bronze in 2006, along with Mr White, Mrs Corcoran, our 6th form 'Healthy Lifestyle Champions' (HLCs) and 50 primary-aged pupils from 6 schools across Wirral in a Paralympic learning and Discovery Day at Leasowe Recreation Centre. Our HLCs were perfect role models and sports leaders as the pupils got to experience inclusive badminton, fencing, 'New-Age Kurling,' Boccia, VI Athletics, sitting-volleyball and goal-ball.
An absolutely unforgettable day. We are looking forward to following Ben on his amazing challenge next year; to run 50 marathons, one in each state of the USA in just over 100 days (cycling in-between each one!) totalling 18,500 miles. You can find out more about Ben's charity and USA-2020 here: https://www.the401challenge.co.uk/usa-2020
Pictures to follow.
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Merseyside Paralympic Panathlon June 26th 2019
Mon 01 Jul 2019On 26th June, 15 of our Year 9 students represented the school at the annual 'Panathlon' in Wavertree Sports Complex in Liverpool. Luke, Elliott, Ethan, Harvey, Nathan, Matthew, Brandon, Bailey, Matthew, Nathan, Sam, Alfie, Max, Luke and Harry took part in multiple sports including Wheelchair Basketball, Boccia, New-Age Kurling, Football, Basketball and Athletics. The event was attended by 8 schools from across Merseyside.
Our basketball team gained bronze medals in the morning event and we had multiple medals in the athletics; Luke M (Gold), Harvey (Silver) and Ethan (Bronze) with the highlight being a 38.3m 'vortex'
throw by Luke. The Boccia squad did brilliantly too winning some of their games.
In the afternoon our football squad finished runners-up in their pool (Silver) and the New Age Kurling team were champions! All of the boys behaved impeccably all day and it was great to see some real teamwork skills developing throughout all of the activities and squads.
Well done boys!
Mr Byrne / Mr Kwiecien
