There were surprisingly few screams when the Year 11 Ridley boys had their legs waxed to raise money for Springhill Hospice. How Mrs Harrison managed to persuade the lads, and maths teacher Mr Collins, to lose their hair, no-one knows, but she did a brilliant job and raised £270 from the pupils watching in the […]
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Thursday 3rd March was World Book Day, everywhere, including Crompton House. The day started with an assembly by the Sixth Form English Prefects, Emily, Christine, Aman and Rachael with the help of Long John Silver (Mr Pacey). During this all pupils were set a challenge of reading a modern and a classic book at some
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Early in January, after many weeks of auditions and rehearsals, the dancers of Crompton House School filled the hall with two nights of spectacular Disney themed dancing. From Year 7 to 11 all the pupils worked very hard on their dances and costumes under the excellent guidance of Mrs Ashton-Smith and Miss Lucy who gave
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On Friday 5th February Year 11, in two groups, had a half day of Revision and Study Skills at Oldham Athletic’s new Events Centre. The sessions started with a motivating talk by Mr Newell which was followed by a short coach ride to Boundary Park and straight into the first of four sessions run by
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It was a truly wonderful show for all three nights. After months of rehearsal involving many evenings after school and two days over half-term the pupils performed brilliantly and everyone agreed it was one of the best shows ever at Crompton House. As well as the excellent actors, praise must also go to the musicians,
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Last Saturday was the 10th anniversary of one of Crompton House’s main fundraisers, the Spring Ball which was held at The White Hart Inn in Lydgate. What an enjoyable night it was! The theme this year was ‘Putting on the Glitz’ and, as usual we were surrounded by wonderful guests, who swapped their every day attires for
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Work Experience for our Year 11 students took place the week after they had sat their GCSE mock exams in December. Pupils were at a wide variety of businesses including hospitals, offices, schools and colleges. The reports we received from the supervisors were extremely positive and a huge credit to the pupils. “He is a
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In late November Crompton House held two presentation evenings. On Wednesday 18th November the GCSE certificates and prizes were presented by Latics Legend Frankie Bunn. Many remember him for scoring a record six goals in one match against Scarborough in 1989. As well as presenting the awards to Year 11 and 12 pupils, Mr Bunn, spoke
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During November and December Mrs Noden, teaching assistant and cook, organised a series of Christmas Bakes for some Year 7 and 8 pupils on Thursdays after school. Their baking included gingerbread houses, mince pies, fudge and marshmallow snowmen. Mrs Noden was helped by Mrs Fisher, classroom manager, and a number of other teaching assistants. For
During December the school’s musicians were very busy. On the same day as the Christmas Fair the Brass Band performed at St James’ Church in Derker, for Oldham Metro Rotary. This was a lovely concert with a variety of local music groups. The music was excellent, under the baton of Mr Leedale, with great solo
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