On the 6th of July we held our annual summer concert at St James Church Derker where musicians across all year groups came together to perform and celebrate the end of another successful musical year. There were performances from the Senior Wind Band, Guitar Group, Brass Ensemble, Senior Choir, Senior Orchestra and the Brass Band […]
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East Manchester Field Trip – Friday 24th June Mr R. Wadsworth, a graduate of Geography, who accompanied the trip recalls the fieldtrip. Last Friday the Year 9 Geographers embarked on a journey to explore the sunny city of Manchester. Using what they have learned throughout the year they aimed to contextualise the processes and examples
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Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, performed by a cast of over 70 of our youngest pupils was a fantastic success. Directors Darcey McCoy and Megan Fielden from Year 12 with Mrs Hammond and Mrs Nixon put on a fantastically colourful show in just two months. All the pupils put in so much effort into
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June 23rd 2016 was a day to remember for our Year 11students. Rochdale Town Hall was full of great looking young men and women celebrating their final Crompton House day together. As well as speeches, awards and good food, the students were entertained, and completely baffled, by table magician Tony Ward. It was good to
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The School’s wish list is as follows: A new science laboratory, a laser cutter for the DT department, new chairs for the Year 10 Common Room, new tables for the hall. 500 Club Draw Congratulations to our April winners: 1st Prize – Lottery number 32 (Staff) 2nd Prize – Lottery number 38 – Julie Hughes
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On Saturdays 7th and 14th of May, both Duke of Edinburgh Bronze cohorts completed their training for the Expedition. 50 pupils walked the 7th, split into 6 groups were blessed with warm weather. 57 walked this Saturday, again 6 groups. 14 staff gave of their time to help train the students in map reading skills
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The Year 7 Geographers made use of the excellent weather today (9/5/16) to collect weather data around school. They measured wind speed, wind direction, temperature and aspect.The work forms part of their Key Assessment, to answer the hypothesis ” Where is the best site to locate a micro-generation scheme in the school grounds”. 712 went
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The year 7s have been learning about Unfair and Fairtrade in their Geography lessons. This unit of work was planned to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight, where students were encouraged to purchase Fairtrade products and learn about development. Students had to research, plan, design and present a Fairtrade snack. The competition is organised by Traidcraft. The
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Thailand by Amelia Gregory Amelia Gregory, in Year 8, recently became a Thai boxing world champion. Here is her story: Going to Bangkok was a great opportunity for me. Thai boxing is a lifestyle – and so I was not only going to fight, but to learn about the culture side of the sport. Getting off
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Springtime Stars This spring term has provided an array of talent from the students both in main school and sixth form! February provided us with the terrifyingly brilliant production Little Shop Of Horrors directed by the fabulous Mrs Bacon with aid from Mrs Hammond as co-director and Mrs Harvey on lighting and sound. The musical
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