Schüleraustausch mit der Crompton House Church of England School in Oldham Gleich von Beginn an war Team Spirit das Motto. Eine von der Lehrerin Claire Raho durchgeführte Team Building Activity, bei der deutsche und englische Partner gemeinsam vielseitige kreative und bewegungsorientierte Aufgaben zu bewältigen hatten, sorgte für ein sofortiges “Wir”-Gefühl unter allen Beteiligten. An den […]
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After all the news on the television, radio, and other media about the new grades it had been a sleepless night before GCSE Results Day for many of our Year 11 students, but the relief was noticeable once the results envelopes had been opened. Mr Newell had spoken at their valedictory service of the great
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Many congratulations to all our sixth form students who received their A and AS results on Thursday 17th August. 100% Overall % pass rate (better than 2016, & 2015) 51% of the A Level grades were A*, A or B (better than 2016, 2015) 8 pupils achieved at least 3 grade A passes or better. (see
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Thomas Tsang recalls the recent Geography fieldtrip to Iceland. Day 1: Thursday February 9th : The trip began when we all met at Manchester airport for a 12.30 flight. We landed in Iceland at 3pm. We then got the coach to Reykjavik and visited the Perlan, where hot water is stored for the city. We
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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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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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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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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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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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Crompton House School played host to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge on Tuesday 13th September 2016. Around 50 Year 13 students attended from the neighbouring schools of Blue Coat, Oldham Hulme Grammar and Oldham Sixth Form College. Students were given an overview of the Oxbridge application process and given useful tips for their personal
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