Oulder Hill Community School and Language College

Oulder Hill Community School and Language College

Before Christmas, students in Years 8 and 9 arranged to collect donations for Rochdale Foodbank. Thanks to kind donations from staff, students and parents/carers, we were able to donate 124kg of food. Unfortunately, the Foodbank’s premises were flooded during the holidays, losing a large amount of stock. The students reorganised the collection in January and were able to donate more food as well as raising £50 for the charity. Many thanks to all students, parents/carers and staff who donated items.

A massive well done to our Year 10 and 11 Enterprise teams who attended the Young Enterprise Trade Fair at The Trafford Centre on the 12 February. They produced some wonderful products and demonstrated excellent customer service skills when dealing with members of the public. In addition, their trade stands were attractive and really showed off their products well. They were a credit to the school and made a positive impression with the organisers of the event who commented on their helpful and pleasant attitudes.

Congratulations to the Years 7 and 8 swim team who won the swimming gala! They are now through to compete in the Greater Manchester School Games on Tuesday 15 March. Out of 14 races, Oulder Hill won 12! The team were: Emma Hughes, Holly Griffin, Isobel Pauline, Lucy Ratu, Sophie Mills, Maxx Wright, Ethan Steel, Bailey Boyd-Aust, Josh Power and Liam Fernandes. Thanks to Mrs Tosh for all her hard work and training with the team!

The Year 9 Boys’ Rugby team participated in their Greater Manchester ‘all schools’ competition, finishing 5th out of 7 schools.

The Oulder Hill team showed great heart and battled to the very end.

Their highlight of the day was winning the ‘derby’ against Siddal Moor in a tight 4-3 thriller.

The results on the day were: OH 1-5 East Manchester, OH 1-4 Woodhey, OH 5-1 Manchester Academy, OH 1-3 St Pauls, OH 2-3 Abraham Moss, and OH 4-3 Siddal Moor.

Well done to all the students who took part and represented the school (number of tries scored in brackets): Ben Whittaker, Mohammad Faisal (2), Harry Toogood, Eren Dincer, Saif Zulfiqar (5), Nick Sunderland, Ethan Pope (1), Muzamil Bashir (5), Zaki Bowden, Joe Moore, Hesaan Yousaf and Mohammed Hussain (1).

Reminder that Year 11 Pre Public Exams will be taking place during the two weeks commencing Monday 29 February.

Year 11 IGCSE English Speaking Assessments take place Monday 14 to Friday 18 March, worth 20% of the final IGCSE grade. Students need to rehearse their 3 - 4 minutes long presentation in advance of their assessment. Please take some time to listen to their presentation.

Upcoming Dates:

• Saturday 5 March – Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Accompanied Walk
• Monday 7 March - Year 11 Pre Public Exams (All Week)
• Monday 7 March - Year 11 Drama Controlled Assessment
• Wednesday 9 March - Year 11 Dance Unit 4b Exam
• Thursday 10 March, 4:00-7:00pm - Year 7 Parents’ Evening
• Thursday 10 March - Year 8 Zoolab Visit
• Saturday 12 March - Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Accompanied Walk
• Monday 14 March - Year 11 IGCSE English Language Speaking and Listening Assessments (All Week)
• Thursday 17 March - Year 11 Artist Workshop
• Thursday 17 March, 3:00-6:00pm - SEND Drop In
• Thursday 17 March, 6:00-7:30pm - Parent Forum Meeting
• Friday 18 March - Year 11 Artist Workshop
• Friday 18 March - Year 8 Options Form Deadline
• Friday 18 Sunday 20th March - Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Training Weekend
• Monday 21 March - Year 11 Dance Unit 2 Exam
• Wednesday 23 March - Year 10 Mock Interviews
• Wednesday 23 March - Year 11 Dance Practical Exam
• Wednesday 23 March, 4:00-7:00pm - Year 11 Parents’ Evening
• Thursday 24 March - Year 11 Drama Practical Exam
• Thursday 24 March, 3:00pm - School Closes for Easter Holidays