The Year 10 Geographers, as well as 2 German Exchange students, travelled to Blackpool today (15.9.15) to apply the Butler Model learnt in class, to an actual seaside resort. After being dropped off at the South Shore, all students walked along the Promenade noting down notable physical and human attractions along the way. Each student worked […]
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Year 9 Watersports Holiday 2015 Thursday 20th to Friday 28th July Days 1 & 2 To The Ardeche From when we departed from the humble school of Crompton House; we knew as a collective that our next 8 days were going to be filled with a whirlpool (pun intended) of extra-curricular pursuits, and so far
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I was very excited to go on the Exchange but when I got there I was very nervous. I met my partner and we had small conversations at first, but it didn’t really seem to be flowing. The next day conversation was getting better and we went into a few lessons, it was
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Hannah Sinclair describes how she is improving her chances of a successful Oxbridge application: I applied for the Oxford Science Summer School after receiving an email from Mr Douglas and knew it would be a fantastic opportunity to learn, see the university and gain valuable experience for applying to university. The application process involved completing
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Kyle Wilcock gives a personal review of the recent 3 day residential to Manchester Metropolitan University. Five Year 10 students were successful in their applications: DAY 1 – Tuesday 14th July 2015: On the first day of the trip we arrived at school at the usual time and then found out we didn’t need to
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At first, I was worried that I wouldn’t make any friends in Taize since I knew no-one to begin with; however, everyone in Taize is incredibly friendly and I made a group of great friends quite quickly. Even if you are bad at making friends, I guarantee you will make friends because of the groups
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The Parents’ Information Evening was held on the 1st July and all students are now counting down to the annual watersports holiday. This takes place during the last week of the summer holidays (20 -28 August). Students received their ethically produced Hoodies with a new logo, designed by Mr Leach and produced by Mrs Halliwell, to be
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Matthew Raines writes about the recent Year 10 Geography fieldtrip to Swanage. So I’m back from Swanage and let me just tell you, I had a really good time, which exceeded my expectations so much! I loved nearly every second, and I know that sounds so cliche, but it’s true. Day 1 – Monday 6th
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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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Day 3 – 8/7/15 Not as good weather today but still good for fieldwork – sunny intervals and cloudy. The two coaches swapped over routines today, Mr Douglas and Mr Smith’s groups completing their controlled assessment in the Lulworth Cove area and Mr Hardman’s group walking back to the centre from Shell Bay, completing the
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