David Jinks reviews the recent AS Geography Fieldtrip: A whale of a time The AS Geographers drove down to Wales in two minibuses on the Wednesday; a reality away from the coaches normally used for long distance school journeys. After a couple of hours in cramped sitting conditions we disembarked onto Talacre beach. It would […]
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As Professor Iain Stewart says – “Earthquakes don’t kill – Buildings do!” Year 8 have been practising their engineering skills by designing buildings of 2 storey height, to withstand an earthquake. In preparation for their key assessment, Year 8 Geographers have learnt about the 3 P policy – Predict, Protect, Prepare. Photographs are of 821 and 812
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Congratulations to all the cast and crew of Guys and Dolls who took part in three fantastic performances of the classic American musical “Guys and Dolls”. The show was a triumph from start to finish, with excellent performances from everyone. Mrs Bacon started the rehearsals in January and by 2nd February the talented team
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During January the Year 8 pupils have been finding out about the subjects they can choose for their GCSE options which they will start in September 2017. As well as Parents Evenings and Guidance Interviews there was a Careers Fair & Options Evening. This involved over thirty businesses and colleges having stands in the school
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A Night at the Movies was a fantastic celebration of all styles of dance from 120 pupils in Year 7 to the Sixth Form. On Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th of January the school hall was full of eager friends, relations and Crompton House staff really enjoying the artistic dancing to music from a wide
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Life is always very busy at Crompton House and the second half of the Autumn Term was no exception. As well as the pupils’ very successful academic standards their other activities showed their caring, their faith, and their high standards in extra-curricular activities. November started with our Remembrance Assemblies with the minute’s silence at 11.00 on
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The school musicians were very busy in December 2016. Over 150 musicians took part in 9 events over 3 weeks. The brass musicians started the Christmas season playing for the Oldham Metro Rotary at their Christmas Concert at St James Church, Derker. A few days later the Brass Ensemble played a selection of carols for a
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This term, Year 7 Geographers have been getting creative in their lessons by understanding the structure of the Earth and the structure of a volcano. Pupils have used Terry’s chocolate oranges to understand Longitude and Latitude and the location of volcanoes, made fantastic volcano models – either volcano cakes or erupting volcanoes. They’ve used Oreo’s to
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A fantastic Macbeth in the Shakespeare Schools Festival at Bolton.The pupils were excellent in a dynamic, emotional & flawless show. Mrs Hammond & Mrs Bacon produced a very original Macbeth. With 9 witches in control, what chance did Macbeth have? It was spell-binding. CHS Drama is so good because the pupils and directors are very
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Early in October our Year 7 pupils were given the chance to meet and touch some unusual animals in their science lessons. The topic was about how animals adapt to their surrounds and the pupils could hold a snake, a millipede, a tortoise and a chameleon! They all found it very interesting and quite
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