Life is always very busy at Crompton House and the second half of the Autumn Term was no exception. As well as the pupils’ very successful academic standards their other activities showed their caring, their faith, and their high standards in extra-curricular activities. November started with our Remembrance Assemblies with the minute’s silence at 11.00 on […]
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The school musicians were very busy in December 2016. Over 150 musicians took part in 9 events over 3 weeks. The brass musicians started the Christmas season playing for the Oldham Metro Rotary at their Christmas Concert at St James Church, Derker. A few days later the Brass Ensemble played a selection of carols for a
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A fantastic Macbeth in the Shakespeare Schools Festival at Bolton.The pupils were excellent in a dynamic, emotional & flawless show. Mrs Hammond & Mrs Bacon produced a very original Macbeth. With 9 witches in control, what chance did Macbeth have? It was spell-binding. CHS Drama is so good because the pupils and directors are very
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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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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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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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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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