Oulder Hill Community School and Language College

Oulder Hill Community School and Language College

Cricket Teams

Well done to the Year 7 & 8 Boys’ Cricket team who beat Matthew Moss in the semi-finals of the Rochdale Schools Cricket Competition. Oulder Hill batted first and scored 95 runs from 16 overs with star man Mohid Ul-Haq scoring the majority of the runs.

Matthew Moss were then bowled out by Oulder Hill for 46 runs, with Mohid Ul-Haq taking the majority of the wickets with some fierce bowling. Other wicket takers were Saud Zahid, Muzamil Bashir, and Harry Toogood. Joint man of the match goes to Mohid Ul-Haq and Muzamil Bashir for outstanding bowling performances.

The final will be against Hollingworth and we will bring the result of this match in a future column.

Well done to the players involved: Harry Toogood, Muzamil Bashir, Zain Iqbal, Zaki Bowden, Fawaaz Ul-Haq, Mohid Ul-Haq, Tommy Coleman, Naeem Hussain, Mohammed Anwar, Saud Zahid, Shehryar Qureshi and Aadam Latif.

The Year 9 & 10 Boys’ Cricket team have also made it to the final of the Rochdale Schools Cricket Cup Competition having beaten Falinge Park in the semi-finals.

Oulder Hill won the toss and chose to field first and limited Falinge to 46 runs, thanks to some very economical bowling from Ben Whitehead, Anees Khan, Daniel Cryer, Brandon Kwei-Sutcliffe and Thomas Booth.

The main wicket takers were Anees Khan and Ben Whitehead who bowled some extremely quick deliveries at the Falinge Park batsmen who had no answer to their pace. When it was Oulder Hill`s turn to bat the opening pair of Daniel Cryer and Brandon Kwei-Sutcliffe knocked off the runs required in under 15 minutes, scoring many impressive fours and sixes along the way.

Man of the match was Brandon Kwei-Sutcliffe for a superb all round performance with the bat and ball.

Well done to: Daniel Cryer, Brandon Kwei-Sutcliffe, Thomas Booth, Anees Khan, Lewis Midgley, Emmerson Bradshaw, Marcus Welsby, Rayhan Iqbal, Omar Javid, Ben Whitehead and Danny Devine.

The finals will be held at Rochdale Cricket Club: Years 9 & 10 on Thursday 9 July, start 2:30pm. Years 7 & 8 Wednesday 15 July, start 2:30pm. Anyone wishing to watch the finals would be most welcome and the students involved would love the support! Thank you to Mr Pickles for his involvement with the cricket teams.

Year 10 Girls’ Rounders Tournament

The Year 10 Girls’ Rounders tournament was held at Hollingworth last week. Oulder Hill played two matches against St. Cuthbert’s and Hollingworth and were unlucky to lose both matches. Our girls were a credit to the school and worked really hard.

Well done to: Samiya Karamat, Sophie Charlton, Olivia Storto, Moet Griffiths, Ella Hilton, Zara Ahmed, Stacy McKinley, Katie Fitton, Shannon Doyle and Brooke Strudwick.

Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award

From Sunday 12 to Wednesday 15 July, the Year 10 students participating in the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award will travel to the North Yorkshire Moors to undertake their Final Expedition. This will involve three days of walking, and three nights of camping and cooking for themselves.

We hope they all complete their Award successfully and that the weather is kind to them!

Sports Day

Oulder Hill Sports Day will take place on Tuesday 14 July. The day will be split in to Year 7 and 8 form activities followed by Sports Day, and Year 9 and 10 Sports Day followed by form activities.

Parent Forum Meeting

The final Parent Forum meeting of this school year will take place on Thursday 16 July from 5:45 until 7:00pm in the LRC. New and existing members are all welcome to attend. For more information about the Parent Forum, please contact Mrs Corlett at school.

Year 4 International Primary School Day

The annual Year 4 International Primary School day took place at Oulder Hill on Tuesday 23 June 2015.

On the day one hundred and thirty pupils from our partner primary schools took part in International activities and lessons, including Italian, German, Portuguese, Pétanque, Japanese Art, Technology and Bollywood Dancing.

This annual event allows Year 4 students to visit Oulder Hill and experience activities which otherwise they may not get to do. The children had a fabulous day, as did our wonderful staff who led all the activities brilliantly. Well done to everyone involved.

IAG Gold Award

Oulder Hill have recently achieved the Inspiring IAG Gold Award, which recognises the good practice in careers education, and the collaborative work between the school and outside agencies. Thank you to all those who worked hard to achieve this accolade, which was awarded on Monday 29 June.