Church of England School
Church of England School
Year 6 Leavers’ Celebration Service A wet morning in Manchester, but a wonderful bright and positive start to the morning with a Service for Year 6 Leavers’ from Rochdale Borough, within the Diocese of Manchester. The service is held annually and is a celebration of their time in Primary School and their transition to Secondary […]
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PTFA Christmas Fair Christmas celebrations started early in December with the annual PTFA Christmas Fair. Many parents and staff helped on the day, and hundreds of pupils and their families came into to hear the choirs and swing band, visit Father Christmas, enjoy the festive food and drink, and stock up on gifts and
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Visitors to the school will have noticed our Peace Pole situated opposite the main doors to reception. This was provided by the Crompton House PTFA, and is to show the school’s commitment to the Oldham Pledge for Peace. This initiative was introduced to the school by Richard Outram, the secretary of the Oldham Pledge to
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Prayer Spaces was an opportunity for pupils and staff to spend time thinking about local and world issues and concerns. Miss Skelton, Head of Religious Studies, and Mr Davies of Oldham’s Salt Cellar Youth Project devised a series of activities to stimulate the pupils and the results were amazing as these photos show. Nearly every
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Samaritans Purse at Crompton House At Crompton House we are supporting Samaritans Purse, a charity which sends Christmas boxes to children all over the world, who otherwise would not get a present at Christmas. Last year we sent nearly 90 boxes, so this year it would be great to send at least 100. But we
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On the final day of term the school celebrated Christmas Holy Communion presided by Rev Mark Coleman of St Chad’s, Rochdale with over 40 musicians in the choir and orchestra to accompany the singing. Many commented on the excellent quality of the playing and singing, not only by the choir but also by the pupils
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Our Year 7 pupils celebrated their first communion at Crompton House on Wednesday 21st October. The service, lead by Rev Tony & curate Rev Tim, introduced the pupils to formal worship at Crompton House. As is traditional, the prayers were read by the pupils and the music was performed by our Sixth Form musicians. Teachers
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In assemblies Mrs S Ward announced the school’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal. We will be supporting Samaritan’s Purse “Operation Christmas Child” with the aim of filling shoe boxes with presents which will be sent abroad to children who otherwise would not receive a Christmas present. Find out more by watching this short YouTube film. This is
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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 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.
Reflections from Taizé by our Yr 11 pupils Read More »
