Oulder Hill Community School and Language College

Oulder Hill Community School

Rochdale Music Festival

A huge well done to all the Oulder Hill students who have participated in the Rochdale Music Festival over the last couple of weeks. The students have been phenomenally successful, with a wide range of first and second prize winners across various categories.

Thank you to Mrs Lloyd, Mr Benet and Mr Jackson for their hard work preparing the students for the Festival.

Well done to the prize winners: Holly Norbury, Connor Marland-Lord, Charlotte Warrington, Emily Cavanah, Millie Marcroft, Amira El Moamaly, Nayol Rosada, Jaiomi Roberts, Melissa Lingard, Ben Whitehead, Chloe Davies, Rebecca Gill, Hannah Mortimer, Ukulele Choir, Oulder Hill Key Stage 3 Girls’ Choir and Cry No More (rock band).

Prize-winning students are listed below, and all the winners’ names and categories will be listed in an upcoming edition of Connect, the school newsletter. The event was an amazing experience for all the students involved, and they all did a fantastic job.

Crompton House 33-28 Oulder Hill

This term, Oulder Hill have been invited to play in the Lancashire Rose Shield, a competition between five local schools in the area for teams made up of Year 9 and 10 students. We had our first match last week against Crompton House, winners of the Shield last term.

The conditions were not the best; rain, cold wind and a waterlogged pitch. Crompton House started the game and immediately Oulder Hill were on the attack and after 15 minutes were two tries ahead, courtesy of Hakeem Gbajabiamila and Dayne Stewart, both converted by Hayden Lewis. CH then rallied and scored four tries and three conversions.

However, Oulder Hill did not drop their heads and battled on with every player giving 100% in terrible conditions. In the last 15 minutes of the second half OH started to gain the advantage and scored two tries, courtesy of Mathew Greenwood and Hayden Lewis, who converted both.

At the final whistle the score was Crompton House 33-28 Oulder Hill.

It was an excellent game of rugby by both sides, with some hard tackling and good running.

The following students were involved: Callum Ruffell, Eddy Riley, Joe Moore, Daniel Madeley, Zaki Bowden, Ethan Pope, Jack Turner, Hayden Lewis, Liam Hicks, Muzamil Bashir, Dayne Stewart, Hakeem Gbajabiamila, Mathew Greenwood and Saif Zulfiqar.

Our next match is against Woodhey on Thursday 17 March, at Rochdale RUFC, and any support would be much appreciated.

Upcoming Dates:

• Saturday 19 March - Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Accompanied Walk
• 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
• Monday 11 April, 8:25am - School Re-Opens after Easter Holidays
• Tuesday 12 April - Year 7 Interim Report to Parents
• Thursday 14 April - Year 8 Review Day
• Thursday 14 April - Year 11 Dance Moderation
• Saturday 16 April - Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Training Weekend
• Sunday 17 April - Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Training Weekend