Falinge Park High School

Falinge Park High School

Congratulations to our Textiles Learning Champions. Fantastic learning, design work and making skills. Well done for all your hard work and keep it up.

Year 7: Amna Zulfiqar, Raadiyah begum, Tehsin Khan and Maryam Saleem.

Year 8: Suhel Ahmed, Chloe Beech, Portia Sastawnyuk, Sehrish kazmi, Aaliyah Khan and Anika Akhtar

Year 11: Sadiya Syeda, Anisah Rahman, Mosuma begum, Halima Ali, Tanjima Kohinur and Asma Khatoon for having such a great work ethic and producing (or nearly) great product design GCSE products.

Special praise should be given to Suhel who managed to exceed his target grade by 1 full level in just 6 weeks. Congratulations Suhel for your amazing practical work.

Well done to Sophie Graham and Laiba Ali in Year 8 who were the winners of the CEPA ‘Bigger Challenge’ Competition recently. Each learner received a certificate and gift bag of stationery and arts materials.

The deadline for the Year 11 product Design textiles Controlled Assessment is 28 March at 3.00pm. No work will be accepted after this date. Use the resources in Student Share and the Powerpoint/Checklist in lessons to check that you have all sections completed. Its MAKE MAKE MAKE, then EVALUATE now. Good luck!
If you need the extra support, please see Mrs Rogers at lunchtime if FDa, or after school on a Thursday and Friday for the ‘Catch Up classes’.

Tickets for our forthcoming music show, entitled ‘Neon’, will continue to be on sale and available from the CEPA office at breaks and lunchtimes.

The concert will be held in the heart space Tuesday 25 March from 6.00pm onwards. This will be a wide ranging showcase of the school’s musical activities including instrumental learners, extra-curricular clubs, bands and ensembles, BTEC and KS3 students, songwriters, collaborators and extra-curricular musicians.

The performers will range from recent competitors at the Rochdale music festival amongst student who have never before performed in front of an audience.

This will be the perfect opportunity to celebrate the range and quality of talent and hard work taking place both in CEPA, instrumental lessons and cross/extra-curricular platforms. Tickets cost £3.00 from the CEPA office, Refreshments are also provided.

Our Great Roman Wordsearch Competition draws to a close soon. Entry forms are available from the CEPA Office at breaktimes or after school. The competition is open to all years and there are some great Roman and Greek prizes to be won for three completed entries drawn from a box. The closing date is Friday 21 March at the end of the school day.

The latest edition of the ‘Create’ magazine is available to download from our school website or can be obtained directly from school or via Community Tutors.

Congratulations to our Year 10 Company Class BTEC Dancers who attended both the ‘Signatures’ Dance Showcase at The Lowry, Salford Quays and the ‘Can’t Dance Can’ Showcase, ‘Dance Blend’ at Gracie Fields Theatre over the past two weekends. The dancers gave superb performances at both events and have been widely praised. Well done to the whole dance group for their commitment and energy. Thanks also to Ms Wystawnoha.

Well done to our Year 10 BTEC Drama students who performed the dystopian drama, G.O.O.S.E. on Monday 17 March at Oldham Coliseum. The students performed alongside several other schools to create the piece and clearly enjoyed the experience. They have worked with staff from the theatre over the past few weeks. Congratulations to everyone involved.