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 Crompton House School’s
      Stay in Touch
                                                                             Newsletter
  September 2021 Issue 18

We hope you enjoy this month's issue of the Stay in Touch newsletter which
features a range of articles including book recommendations and student
achievements.
We would love to hear what your children are doing to keep their minds and
bodies active and healthy; it could involve sports, pets, hobbies or anything
else they may be interested in.
Please contact us at stayintouch@cromptonhouse.org if you have anything you
would like included. Feel free to include photos.
Best Wishes
Karl Newell

   Two gold medals in Tokyo Olympics for ex-Crompton House students
              Congratulations to ex-students Matt Walls and Stuart Bithell who have both won gold medals in
              the Tokyo Olympic games. Bithell struck gold in the men’s 49er sailing followed by Walls winning
              the omnium track cycling event. Crompton House is proud to have two alumni students achieving
              excellence and hope our current students are inspired by them to achieve their own sporting
              goals.

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       Joining forces
       It was a wonderful surprise to welcome back ex-student Tyla Hoyle when the 5th Regiment
       Royal Ar�llery (The Yorkshire Gunners) supported school in early July with our ongoing
       COVID tes�ng regime.
       Gunner Hoyle said, ‘It was a great opportunity to come back to my old school. It was
       exciting to see familiar faces and be able to help Crompton House’s pupil testing
       programme. As soldiers we look forward to deploying on operations and the chance to
       serve this close to home makes it even more special.’
       Deputy Headteacher, Mr Danyel Dunkley (pictured below) commented, ‘It was great to see
       the Army assisting us in the testing today, it was made even better, to see one of our old
       students among them. We wish Tyla and her fellow Gunners well, and thanks for your
       service.’

Lucy goes for gold
Congratulations to Lucy Hill in Year 9 who represented
Oldham Schools at the Greater Manchester Schools Athletics
Association competition at Trafford on Saturday 12th June.
Lucy took the gold medal in the ‘Hammer’ event and is now
eligible for potential selection for the English Schools
Championships. Lucy is a member of Bury Athletics Club.

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Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Emotions Competition
In the Summer term the PSHE team ran a school-wide competition themed around 'Expressing Emotions' and
they had some incredible entries. Well done to all students involved! A special well done to Bella Cullen,
Olivia Major, Grace Sharp and Lucy Lenhan who won prize vouchers for their work.

  Climbing for success
  A group of year 9 students were amongst the first
  to try out the brand new climbing centre at MAHDLO.
  They were coached by Olympic athlete Shauna Coxsey
  on the day.

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                                     Learning Zone

                  Comic Books and Graphic Novels on Sora!

Does reading comic books and graphic novels count as ‘real’ reading? Absolutely! They use images in comic
book style as well as less words helping to entice reluctant readers and assisting struggling readers to devel-
op the reading skills required to comprehend texts with higher levels of difficulty. Sora has a great selection
including Manga (Japanese comic books) for our students to enjoy. Here are a few recommendations.

Sora and ‘Together We Read’ - September 27th - 13th October 2021

Together We Read is a digital book club for participating
libraries and connecting readers in the UK. Readers can
join in by checking out Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
a beautiful novel and always available on Sora during this period.

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Summer School Treats
Summer school was a great success in the Food department. Students worked inde-
pendently to make a fabulous Finnish fruit plait, and the results were fantastic. To make
this sweet bread, students mixed strong bread flour, yeast, sugar, and dried fruit in a
mixing bowl. Next, students added warm milk to activate the yeast and act as a raising
agent which made the bread rise. Oil and beaten egg were added and the mixture was
thoroughly combined with a wooden spoon until bread dough was formed. Students
kneaded the dough and shaped it into a plait before glazing and baking in the oven. The
results were fantastic, and every student produced an excellent product that was attrac-
tively shaped and well risen. I am very proud of all students who took part. Students
conducted themselves brilliantly, and worked in a very organised, sensible, and engaged
manner. I have also created an Instagram page for the food department where you can
find the recipe and instructions to make Finnish fruit plait yourself. Please follow our
Instagram account to keep up to date with the latest news and activity within our depart-
ment. I will be sharing lots of photos of our students’ successes and achievements. Please
follow us at @cromptonhousefood
Well done to all our summer school students!
Miss Kennedy
Subject Leader of Food & Nutrition

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Artwork of the Week
        Artwork created by Mia Richardson Y13.