During January the Year 8 pupils have been finding out about the subjects they can choose for their GCSE options which they will start in September 2017. As well as Parents Evenings and Guidance Interviews there was a Careers Fair & Options Evening. This involved over thirty businesses and colleges having stands in the school […]
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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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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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This term, Year 7 Geographers have been getting creative in their lessons by understanding the structure of the Earth and the structure of a volcano. Pupils have used Terry’s chocolate oranges to understand Longitude and Latitude and the location of volcanoes, made fantastic volcano models – either volcano cakes or erupting volcanoes. They’ve used Oreo’s to
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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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After 18 months of fundraising, towards the end of July a dedicated group of 11 intrepid Crompton House Sixth Form students and 2 staff began an epic 18 day expedition to Nepal. The main aims were to carry out work on a community project – helping to lay the foundations for a new
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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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