Oulder Hill Community School

Oulder Hill Community School

Four students from Year 7 and Year 8 attended the University of Manchester for a Salters’ Institute Festival of Chemistry. The Salters’ Institute Festivals of Chemistry are a series of popular and inspiring one day Chemistry events held at Universities and Colleges across the UK. The festival provided the opportunity for the students to spend a day in the university department and to take part in practical chemistry activities which were fun! Students experienced exciting hands-on practical Chemistry challenges in University labs, carried out investigations “like a real Chemist”, worked well in a team to independently solve a problem and saw the Amazing FLASH BANG POP SHOW. The students who attended received a certificate for taking part. Well done to: Haniyyah Parvaiz, Deacon Hulme, Elliot Farrell and Oyin Owolabi.

Year 7 and 8 High Achievers in Maths recently participated in the Junior Maths Challenge. 28 students achieved enough marks for a certificate; with 18 gaining bronze, 8 gaining silver and 2 gaining gold; very well done. A special mention for Year 7 student Nicholas Robinson who has been selected to participate in the Maths Challenge Kangaroo which is the next stage of the competition.

The Year 10 English Individual Speaking Assessment will take place on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th July. A letter has been sent home about this, and is on the school website. Please ask your child to see their English teacher if they have any questions about this.

Upcoming Dates:
Friday 30th June to Sunday 2nd July – Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Practice Expedition
Friday 30th June – INSET Day, School Closed to Students
Friday 30th June – Year 5 Day
Monday 3rd July – Year 7 Art Visit to John Rylands
Monday 3rd July – Year 6 Induction Evening
Tuesday 4th July – Year 6 Induction Day
Thursday 6th July – Year 9 GCSE Geography Rivers Trip
Thursday 6th July – Year 7 History Visit to Royal Armouries
Friday 7th July, 11:50am-12:10pm – Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)
Saturday 8th to Tuesday 11th July – Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Final Expedition
Monday 10th July, 1:00-3:30pm - Year 10 Rochdale Sixth Form Taster Afternoon
Tuesday 11th July – Sports Day
Wednesday 12th July - Summer Music Concert
Thursday 13th July – Careers Fair
Tuesday 18th July, 3:00-6:00pm - SEND Drop In
Tuesday 18th July, 6:00-7:30pm - Parent Forum Meeting
Friday 21st July, 1:00pm - School Closes for Summer Holidays