During the lockdown last spring, groups of Year 11s and 12s got together for an online Science Journal Club – discussing scientific research on a wide range of different topics from DNA structure to whether anyone can be a scientist. With learning going back online in January, Dr Pannell started up the Journal Clubs again, […]
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Year 13 Biology students visited Malham Tarn this week for their A level field trip. The Field Centre is situated at 377 metres above sea level, in the Craven limestone complex, a European designated Special Area for Conservation. It is also in the Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve, part of the Malham-Arncliffe SIte of Special
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For two days this November we had Andrew from Animal Intuition in school, giving our Year 7s the chance to see and handle some exotic creatures. He had a Vietnamese blue tree frog, a Golden knee tarantula, a Royal python, Guinea pigs, Sandfish and other animals. A great time was had by all as we
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On Thursday 14th June Molly Mooney, Arianne Makinson, Callum Lancaster and Cameron Hurst represented Crompton House at the 2018 Physics Olympics at Withington Girls’ School, ably led by Head Coach Dr. Whitworth. During the day they designed and built a marble run with the aim of having the marble in motion through the track for
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Six of our Year 8 pupils recently took part in The Faraday Challenge, an engineering-based competition organised by the Institute of Engineering . The event took place at Withington Girls School in Manchester. The challenge was to design an element of a theme park attraction, and Emma Astley, Jake Murray, Henry Molyneux, Freya Liles,
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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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At the start of the summer holiday three students, Stephen Oldfield, Rachel Milligan and Josh Carr (Yr 10) went on a materials science course at the University of Manchester. Rachel has written about the first two days and Stephen about days three and four. The picture is of their group with Alan Turing, outside
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A former student from Crompton House School has been recognised as an engineering rising star and awarded with a Diamond Jubilee Scholarship The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Diamond Jubilee Scholarships offer long-term financial support to 102 students Tom Upton, a former student from Crompton House School, has celebrated his success at receiving the Diamond
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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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At 7pm on Thursday 8th October a group of Crompton House Sixth-Formers and staff were in the Queen Elizabeth Hall sitting with bated breath as a procession came down the aisle to thunderous applause. Following them was the man we were all there to see, Professor Brian Cox. After a few words from the Principal
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