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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On Friday 14th October all the Year 7 pupils brought to school their entries for the Edutopia Schools of the Future Expo. As the photos show, they were terrific, with every material used, including Lego and marshmallows! The winner was Max Boak with his grass-roofed classroom. Well done Max, and to everyone who put so much
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After 18 months of fundraising, towards the end of July a dedicated group of 11 intrepid Crompton House Sixth Form students and 2 staff began an epic 18 day expedition to Nepal. The main aims were to carry out work on a community project – helping to lay the foundations for a new
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Oxford University Trip to Corpus Christi College – 1st November 2016. Written by Connie Rigby Year 11. An early start was a strain for some of us, still we managed it. The coach ride there was one filled with revision, catching up on sleep and general early morning grogginess. We stopped off at M6 services
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It was an early rise in order to catch our flight to Madrid so well done to the Year 10 and 11 students who arrived at school for 3.30am! Unfortunately, due to an alarm clock error poor Mrs Elphick was almost late, but managed to be out of bed, get a taxi and arrive at
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Crompton House School’s Computer Science department ran a trip to Manchester Airport Terminal 2, to learn about the vast range of information systems and the Runway Visitors Park, to discover the wealth of job opportunities that are available at Manchester Airport. The airport employs over 22,000 staff in the northwest and the students got learn
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Samaritans Purse at Crompton House At Crompton House we are supporting Samaritans Purse, a charity which sends Christmas boxes to children all over the world, who otherwise would not get a present at Christmas. Last year we sent nearly 90 boxes, so this year it would be great to send at least 100. But we
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Tanya Ashworth recalls the 3 days in July spent at MMU learning more about the benefits of attending University, Photos have only just arrived from MMU, hence the later than planned blog. Day 1 Tuesday 19th July On the hottest day of the year, Tanya, Zara, Roheema and Faye waited for the coach to pick the
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Year 8 Geography Field Trip to Castleton – 7th October 2016 Beth Martin Nixon writes about the Castleton fieldtrip : After a beautiful week of sunshine and clear blue skies on Friday, the day of our field trip to Castleton, it was a cold grey day. When we set off from school on the two
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Tuesday 4th October was a special day for Crompton House School. As part of the 90th anniversary of the founding of Crompton House we arranged for a photograph of the whole school. With over 1,300 pupils and over 120 staff, it was a mammoth task, but the team from Tempest Photography did a brilliant job. The unique
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