Early in July Crompton House School Brass Band played in the Music for Youth Nationals at Birmingham Symphony Hall. The band was invited to take part following some fantastic playing at the MFY Regionals at Rochdale Town Hall earlier in the year. In the Nationals the band played brilliantly under the baton of Mr […]
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Year 11s Leavers Assembly and Valedictory Service were held towards the end of their GCSE exams. They started their last week at school by giving the staff a lesson in how to play football with a sound thrashing on the 3G pitch. The score was thoguht to be any between 10 and 13 to
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At the end of June, while many of our school musicians were still taking their GCSE and A Level exams, nearly one hundred Crompton House pupils went to Oldham’s Queen Elizabeth Hall to take part in the Oldham Schools Music Festival. This week long event, organised by the Oldham Music Service, is a wonderful celebration
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It has been a phenomenally successful season on the football pitch for pupils at Crompton House School. The trophy cabinet there is packed after the boys and girls teams won an impressive ten cups, leagues and tournaments , as well as picking up a number of runner up spots. Successes for the boys ranged from
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Duke of Edinburgh Award Gold Presentation at Buckingham Palace The Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award Certificate Presentations take place at one of the royal palaces. On May 24th this year four Crompton House students were privileged to receive their certificates in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The weather was wonderful as Sarah Andrews, Robert Harding, Aimee
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Spring Term music at Crompton House started with the fabulous Guys and Dolls which featured many Crompton House musicians on the stage and in the pit band. A full report of this can be found on a separate page. There was then an early Saturday get-up for fifty of our younger pupils to travel to
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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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David Jinks reviews the recent AS Geography Fieldtrip: A whale of a time The AS Geographers drove down to Wales in two minibuses on the Wednesday; a reality away from the coaches normally used for long distance school journeys. After a couple of hours in cramped sitting conditions we disembarked onto Talacre beach. It would
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A Night at the Movies was a fantastic celebration of all styles of dance from 120 pupils in Year 7 to the Sixth Form. On Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th of January the school hall was full of eager friends, relations and Crompton House staff really enjoying the artistic dancing to music from a wide
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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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