Oulder Hill Community School

Oulder Hill Community School

On Monday 17 March ceramicist Adrian Holt is working with a group of Year 11 Oulder Hill students. The workshop will support the students GCSE exam work and will result in a series of Abstract and Figurative works in Clay. Adrian has worked with Oulder Hill students in the past and his workshops are always very inspiring for our students.

From Monday until Wednesday this week, Year 10 students will be taking their Science mock exams. This is good preparation for upcoming GCSE exams, please encourage your child to prepare thoroughly for these exams.

Year 8 Review Day will be taking place on Tuesday 18 March. Your child should receive the details from school shortly. For more information about Review Day, please contact the school on 01706 645522.

Thursday 20 March is Year 9 Review Day. Your child should receive the details from school shortly. For more information about Review Day, please contact the school on 01706 645522.

Year 11 photographs will be taken on Monday 24 March.

On Saturday 22 March an accompanied walk will be taking place for students enrolled on the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

The Year 7 Rugby team made it successfully through to the North West finals by default as no other teams entered the competition! In the coming weeks, they will be representing Rochdale in the RFU’s “all schools” programme. The Year 8 Rugby team are also through to the North West finals as they took part in the emerging schools competition. All of the boys enjoyed the experience and they grew game on game as they became more familiar with the game. The students who took part were: Jordan Parkhill, Luke Bennett, Emerson Bradshaw, Jack Turner, Eddie Riley, Marcus Welsby and Connor Marland-Lord. The Year 9 team are also participating in the Rugby emerging schools competition, and we will let you know how they get on.

The Year 8 Football team played a cup match against St Cuthbert’s. The game finished 7-2, which in reflection was very harsh on the boys. The star performers were Daniel Madeley and Matthew Greenwood. They then played St Cuthbert’s in a league game. Having led 2-0 in the first half, the wind was against Oulder Hill in the second half and they went 4-2 down. The boys played very well. Bailey Turner, Dayne Stewart and Matthew Greenwood showed excellent character and determination. The students involved in the matches were: Daniel Madeley, Danny Devine, Matthew Greenwood, Dayne Stewart, Jack Turner, Marcus Welsby, Hakeem Milla, Jordan Parkhill, Tom Booth, Bailey Turner, Callum Ruffell, Tom Tobias, Marcus Welsby, Abdul Akram, Roan Cardona and Emerson Bradshaw.

Last week, the Year 11 Boys Football team played the best match of their season so far, beating St Cuthbert’s, the best team at this age group, by 5 goals to 3. The team have moved up a division this year, and have been involved in some tough matches, unfortunately being on the wrong end of some very close results. Josh Nothard scored a hat-trick and Jamie Williams got the other two goals. It was impossible to pick a man of the match, as there were great performances from so many players. Well done to the squad: Haider Rashid, Travis Roberts, Oliver Greenwood, Tom Smeeton, Danny Rea, Brad Oldham, Dennon Ashcroft, Trent Simm, Jamie Williams, Callum Lynch, Josh Nothard, Raees Tariq, Ryan Whiteside, Shahek Ali and Sam Lomax.

Dance blend: The Spiral Dance & Oulder Hill Community School Dance Showcase takes place on Sunday 16th March at 6:00pm in The Gracie Fields Theatre. The community showcase will feature performances from schools, community groups and dance schools from across the borough and will finish at 7:45pm. We have our Oulder Hill Dance group ‘Quantized Dance Co’ performing and also ‘Unite Dance Co’ which are a combination of students from Redwood & Oulder Hill performing together. Tickets are available from The Gracie Fields Theatre Box Office.