Year 9 Watersports Holiday 2015 Thursday 20th to Friday 28th July Days 1 & 2 To The Ardeche From when we departed from the humble school of Crompton House; we knew as a collective that our next 8 days were going to be filled with a whirlpool (pun intended) of extra-curricular pursuits, and so far […]
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I was very excited to go on the Exchange but when I got there I was very nervous. I met my partner and we had small conversations at first, but it didn’t really seem to be flowing. The next day conversation was getting better and we went into a few lessons, it was
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Hannah Sinclair describes how she is improving her chances of a successful Oxbridge application: I applied for the Oxford Science Summer School after receiving an email from Mr Douglas and knew it would be a fantastic opportunity to learn, see the university and gain valuable experience for applying to university. The application process involved completing
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The school hall was very busy on Thursday 20th August when our Year 11 students came in to collect their GCSE results and enrol for the Sixth Form. The Headteacher Mr Newell said, “I am delighted to congratulate our Year 11 students on their excellent GCSE results. This year 82% of the grades achieved were
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Each year the Rotary Club of Crompton & Royton present three Year 13 students with Rotary Student of the Year Awards. This year the awards went to: International swimmer Jessica Fullalove for being a brilliant role model to all the pupils in the school, and for her work with the PE department. Head Girl Ellie
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Crompton House was buzzing on Thursday 13th August when our Year 13 students came in for their A Level results. And there were many smiling faces as these photos show. Our students will be off to Cambridge, Durham, St Andrews, Cardiff, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Lancaster, Manchester, Bangor, York, Huddersfield, Salford, Loughborough, East Anglia, Chester, Hertfordshire, and
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Kyle Wilcock gives a personal review of the recent 3 day residential to Manchester Metropolitan University. Five Year 10 students were successful in their applications: DAY 1 – Tuesday 14th July 2015: On the first day of the trip we arrived at school at the usual time and then found out we didn’t need to
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At the end of term the school said a sad goodbye to the staff who are leaving us.. Some of the teachers are retiring, some taking promotion at other schools, and one emigrating to Australia. We also said goodbye to two of our Governors who have both worked very hard for the school. Mrs Veale,
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Want to win a prize? Write an impressive book review to win! The best reviews in each year group will win book vouchers Post here: http://cromptonhousereaders.wordpress.com/ Are you stuck for a book? Try the book sorter hyperlinked below. http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/book-sorter
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At first, I was worried that I wouldn’t make any friends in Taize since I knew no-one to begin with; however, everyone in Taize is incredibly friendly and I made a group of great friends quite quickly. Even if you are bad at making friends, I guarantee you will make friends because of the groups
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