Lower School Prize Giving was a great success on the penultimate day of term. Mr Newell used the statement from our recent Ofsted that “Students of all ages demonstrate real pride in their school” as the basis for his talk. Mr Gerard Booth, Head of the Oldham Music Service, presented the awards to the students […]
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Tuesday was a great day for the Year 9 and 10 pupils, competing in a variety of sports for the House Cup. The day finished with all the pupils taking part in the Race for Life, raising funds to fight cancer. The pictures below show the pupils enjoying their celebration of sport. Many thanks to
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What a fantastic week of Crompton House music! It started with the Senior Choir singing Choral Evensong at York Minster. This is always a thrill but this year was even more of a challenge as the date seemed to clash with a wide variety of other activities. However our choir was augmented by ex-staff members
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On Saturday 4th July Mr Deane organised the first Old Boys’ 5 a-side Football Tournament. The five teams, from leavers in 2011 to 2014, played group matches lasting 20 minutes leading to a final. The winners were the 2013 team with Ben Pearson, currently with Manchester United, followed by the 2014 A team. The other teams
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Our newly appointed lollypop lady started her new job on Monday 13th July following 9 weeks of the Senior Leadership Team taking on the role. Wendy Murray, who also works in the school canteen, has already been impressed by the politeness of our pupils.
The experience of Taizé has been very different to what we expected. We thought the church would be boring and repetitive, especially as we visit it 3 times a day. In fact the church is calm, peaceful and intriguing. We thought the food would taste horribly. Surprisingly, it’s okay and caters for our basic needs.
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The 2015 Year 11 prom was a lovely occasion. Held at the wonderful Rochdale Town Hall, the pupils arrived in bright sunshine by caravan, campervan, motorbike, Ferrari, Bentley or dad’s taxi. They all looked terrific as the photos show. During the very enjoyable meal the students marvelled at the close-up table magic of Tony Ward,
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On Saturday 27th June Crompton House held its 2015 Summer Fair. It was a perfect summer’s day and over 500 parents, friends and children had a lovely time on the school fields. For the younger ones there was a bouncy castle, face-painting, sand art, card making, a human fruit machine, a toy and book stall and
Crompton House Girls are 2015 U-18 National Schools Water Polo Champions despite not having a swimming pool at school, or even in Shaw! What we do have is a group of determined girls with a range of swimming & water polo experience, Mr Darlington, a parent and coach who is prepared to give his
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This week in assembly Jayne Martin of Epilepsy Action presented the school with an award for how we have supported Year 11 pupil, Victoria Slater. The report below is taken from their facebook page: Crompton House C of E School, Oldham has won an Epilepsy Action Edwards award. The award was because of the support it gives
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