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First Steps to a new Partnership withSt Cecilia’s School, Ho, Ghana…Mr Williamson spent his Easter holidays visiting St Cecilia’s, a school he had worked with twice before. A charity called Kickstart Ghana are facilitating and developing the projects out in Ghana. We donated 200 Stockport School pens which were received by the students with delight as they normally only have pencils. (See bottom picture)

15 students were nominated by their English teachers to write letters to the students out in Ghana. The letters were distributed to students at St Cecilia’s School which prompted 30 return letters. We are now able to invite more students to take part in this project.

The next step is to send more letters out to Ghana and hopefully next year, a group of teachers may be able to go, and further down the line, some students.

We would like to say a very big thankyou to Stockport School parents Phil and Wendy Keen who very kindly donated footballs and Melanie Sadler for the donation of a football kit. For more information regarding the Ghana partnership or how you could support KickStart Ghana, feel free to contact Mr. Williamson, Director of Intervention

The Leading Parent Partnership Award (LPPA) is a national award

that provides a coherent framework through which schools and other

educational organisations can deliver effective parental engagement.

We believe that parental engagement is a powerful lever for raising

achievement in schools and there is much research to show the value

of schools and parents working together to support pupils’ learning. We

began this journey with a vision to work more effectively with our parents

to support children’s learning and development thus overall improving

pupil progress and achievement.

Well done to everybody who has supported us on

this journey – governors, school staff, pupils,

community partners, parents and carers.

Mr P Rough, Assistant Headteacher

Mr M Williamson, Director of Intervention

We are delighted to announce that on Thursday 31st March,

the staff and students of Stockport School were very proud

to be awarded the LPPA award. Over the last 15 months, we

have worked hard to engage with our parents in order to

better support our students progress and achievement.

Head Boy: Harry McDermottHead Girl: Yasmin Spray Deputy Head Boy: Sam BennettDeputy Head Girl: Ellie Ripley I would like to congratulate our new Head Boy & Head Girl Team upon their successful appointments and wish them well for the coming year.

Mr I. R. IrwinHeadteacher

Head BoyHi, my name is Harry and I have recently been given the role of Head Boy at Stockport School which I’m over the moon about! The role of Head Boy is a massive part of our school, so I am very grateful to Mr Irwin and all the other members of staff who have made this possible for me. I hope my time as Head Boy will be looked back at as a success, by both staff and students.

In my free time I play football for the school football team and my local football team Great Moor County. I am also a football official, which is a great job to have, but not when you are getting screamed at by an unhappy player that’s just dived!! My other interests are Manchester United Football Club and photography. I chose Photography as one of my options last year as well as PE for my GCSE’s. I am also currently involved in the Duke of Edinburgh programme with my school, which I am finding to be very enjoyable and both mentally & physically challenging.

I am really looking forward to taking on the role of Head Boy and I look forward to making Stockport School a great place to learn.

Deputy Head GirlHello, my name is Ellie and I’m very happy to be the new Deputy Head Girl. I believe I’m dedicated, and good at working in a team, which will be useful when working with the Head Girl.

My favourite lessons at school are History, English and French. I’m currently working towards my Duke of Edinburgh Award, and I took part in Model United Nations last year. In addition, I play the flute, and have completed several Music grades through school.

Head GirlMy name is Yasmin and I’m a passionate, hard-working student at Stockport School. I will try my best to make the school a better place for the students to learn, and be happy whilst doing so. I hope to improve the communication between the students and the staff, to create a better relationship and help the students academically, socially and emotionally.

I have a passion for Photography and Music, and I have taken them both as my GCSE options. I also have a love for performing, and played roles in the school productions of Les Misérables and Bugsy Malone. As well as this, I am taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh programme, and participated in the Model United Nations event last year. I look forward to being a role model and helping my fellow students achieve their best.

Deputy Head BoyMy name is Sam Bennett and I am Deputy Head Boy at Stockport School. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Stockport School and this is why I ran for the position. At Stockport School I study nine subjects, the few that everyone takes like Maths and English but then out of my options at the school I chose to study Computer Science, PE, German, Geography and Triple Science. I am very happy with the subjects I study because I enjoy them all.

Outside of school, my interests are highly sports based as I spend much of my time coaching and training at my kickboxing club in Stockport. I spend most days of the week there and also coach younger children at the weekends. Another sport that I am passionate about is snowboarding, which is a sport that I don’t do as regularly but still love.

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Head Boy and Head Girl for 2016-17I would like to thank all of the Year 10 students who applied for the post of Stockport School Head Boy or Head Girl for 2016-17, for their amazing applications. As a result we have found the selection process very difficult. However, following a rigorous application and interview process, taking into account contribution to the life of Stockport School over the past 4 years, I am delighted to inform you of our new Head Boy, Head Girl and Deputy Head Boy & Girl for 2016-17.

“We’ve had a pretty eclectic mix of vehicles turning up to Remote Control / Robotics club: from monster trucks to hovercraft and helicopters!”

Many thanks to those who have brought working vehicles and allowed others to have a go. If students out there have any remote control devices that they can demonstrate or let others try we would love to see them, but please first contact Mr. Hardman. Alternatively, if anyone can donate any remote control toys that are broken or no longer used, we would be interested to have them; we have had some success in mixing parts from damaged cars to make working vehicles.

For those who would like to try remote control driving, please watch this space for a competition that anyone can enter.”

Mr HardmanTeacher of Maths Remote Control/Robotics Club

Enrichment and Educational Visits Opportunities

Stockport School prides itself on the wealth and variety of enrichment opportunities it provides for our students. There are two areas where you could help us develop this even further.

Firstly – we like to widen our students’ horizons which involves lots of trips and visits. We are always looking for assistance with the supervision of excursions which can range from field trips, university visits, sporting activities eg matches etc which take part during the school day or after school. If you would like to join our staff and students on educational trips please contact [email protected]

Secondly – if you have any interesting skills which you are happy to share by working with our students please [email protected]

Year 7- 8 students.Interested in making and

breaking codes?Come to Room 162

Mondays 3:20pm - 4pm

WE NEED YOU!

CODEBREAKERS REquiREDWe Sparkle and We Cheer!

We Never Show Fear!On Sunday, 19th June the Stockport Sparks Cheerleading team went to the Velodrome for the UK Cheerleading Association’s National Schools competition.

It was a huge achievement for our students to perform in front of hundreds of people for their first competitive performance. Most team members have just started cheerleading this year and showed huge progress throughout their preparation. They executed the routine exceptionally well and made the school proud. We are all eager to see how they continue to improve and grow as a team over the coming years. Well done, cheeries!

Mrs HitchmoughTeacher of Maths

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who was thrilled to be selected to compete in the USASF World Cheerleading Championships in Florida USA.

This was a fantastic opportunity for James to compete in the USA with his team and also experience training sessions in Florida with some of the top American teams in their gyms. It is also a very unique situation as it is the first time in UK Cheerleading history that a brother and sister, Daniella ex student, will compete together on the same team at world level.

“Competing at the Cheerleading World Championships has always been a dream of mine since I was little. You have to be 14 to compete, and I turned 14 two weeks before, so I was extremely shocked and thrilled to be picked for the team at such a young age with my sister Daniella, who competed for her 3rd year and possibly her last, so it was amazing that we were both chosen to represent our club and our country together, but overall it was such an amazing experience that I will never forget, and I can’t wait to go again in a year or so!”

James Hall, Year 9

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On 15th March 2016 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Presentation Evening was held at Stockport Town Hall. Mrs Geddes, Mr Warren and parents/carers were very proud to witness 42 students achieve their Bronze Award. The Year 11 students committed to 12 months of varied activities, volunteering, navigation training and challenging expeditions. Congratulations to all - a very well deserved achievement.

Mrs F GeddesAttendance Officer

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

The workshop was led by Justin-Lee Jones, a graduate of ArtsEducational (London) and Bird College (London) who has toured with the Disney stage production of Tarzan, the UK stage tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and is currently performing alongside Sam Bailey in the UK Tour of Chicago at The Opera House in Manchester. He taught 45 Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students one of his dances for Chicago, which he then performed on stage at The Opera House just 3 hours later! He then undertook a Q&A session on going to performing arts school and working in the industry. This was invaluable insider knowledge for our students, many of whom are considering careers in the Performing Arts. He left us with his top tips: work hard, be confident and do not get embarrassed!

Mrs J StoneTeacher of Drama

Arts Educational Workshop Drama and DanceIt has been a very busy year in the Drama department so far. Since September we have had six theatre trips: The Crucible, Lord of the Flies, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time, The BFG, Matilda and I Am Thomas which have been thoroughly enjoyed by students of all years. We have had two workshops (Matilda and I Am Thomas) and have been lucky to receive our third workshop of the year, with ArtsEducational, a prestigious theatre and performing arts school from London visiting us.

I was incredibly impressed by the workshop presented by Told By An Idiot, and hope that Drama work will follow in the same creative vein as they have presented.

The true explosion of creative freedom that we received from them was wonderful, and the amount that we were allowed to choose, as well as express ideas and opinions through, was tremendous.

I have been a big fan of their work for many years, having been to see Too Clever By Half, and in recent years, The Ghost Train. Their rich black comedy really appeals to me, and was shown at their most expressive during this workshop, with total creative freedom. All performances created by the groups were entertaining and poignant, showing just what creativity can do, and how just an abstract idea can inspire so many interpretations. The techniques were all well-presented and explained in an adult and mature way, not talking down to anybody. My only problem was that it should have been longer, as I enjoyed it so much! This was an absolutely tremendous experience, and with the brilliant and thought-provoking play that followed it. I should like events like these to happen again, as they are just so fun and inspirational.

Robert Adams, Year 10

Told By An Idiot Workshop A Few Words

Watching Matilda was also great fun even though the souvenirs and food were expensive (more than I expected). While there, we even got to see Mr Warren saving us from a huge mouse that was lurking under our seats before the show. The show even included a scene where a character (Amanda Thripp) was thrown to the top of the theatre and dropped 20 metres to the floor (this was pretty amazing to see). The day after watching Matilda, we even got to meet one of the actors who talked to us about “behind the scenes” and did some trust exercises with us (This was very awkward though as I had to do these with Mr Warren!). The same day we were also taken on a tour behind the scenes of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, which included seeing the Great Glass Elevator in action! While also seeing our tour guides getting into the role and telling us about the ghost of Nell Gwynn (I was definitely spooked!) On the bus home we had our own choice of food (I was one of the few that didn’t choose McDonald’s) and it was a fantastic trip!

The trip to London was great and the food was better than expected! We even got to go to Pizza Hut for tea and had a prepared dinner that the youth hostel provided as well as giving us some really good rooms for the one night we were there (I wish that it was two).

•1 in 14 people over 65 have dementia

•850,000 people in the UK are living with dementia

•40% of people with dementia felt lonely recently

• 44% don’t feel part of their community

Following informative assemblies about the impact of Dementia and how it affects those around them, Stockport School has become a partner in a group called Dementia Friends.Those students interested in becoming Dementia Friends have completed application forms to enroll for the training. Over a hundred applied and the sessions have taken place in groups of 20 at a time for an hour and a half. The detail and depth of comments included on the forms have been humbling.

An extract from oneThe skills I have that will help me become a good Dementia Friend and volunteer are:“I have experienced dementia first hand with both my Grandad and the patients at the care home. I am a very understanding, caring and helpful person even when times are tough. I know that this illness is a very stressful and scary thing to go through but I am always ready to lend a helping hand I would love to be trained as a dementia friend and help out with others.”

“Dementia Friends is about giving more people an understanding of dementia and the small things that could make a difference to people living in their community.”

The Offerton Dementia Drop in started in April and is based at the Community Centre. The school will bring a group of students to support the group each week. This will be beneficial for them, the people with dementia and their carers by working alongside each other.

Mr WilliamsonDirector of Intervention

DEMENTiA FriENDS

Dear Mr WhiteheadI felt I had to write to you to say how touched I was by the visit form your students to the Drop-In on Friday.

It was heartwarming to observe how attentive they were to the talk and how so willingly got to work to help us set up and then charm our Dementia Friends with the beautiful musical welcome.

I quietly observed your students and saw nothing but warmth and kindness from them.

They showed such a degree of maturity in their interaction with our Friends (some pretty cool dancing too, to music which I am sure was alien!)

Thankyou to everyone involved. Our group was full of praise for you and we loved having you with us.

Many thanks to you all, from Mary Shiels (volunteer)

DEMENTiA DrOP-iN

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Using a range of scenes and speeches across one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays - Romeo and Juliet - the lesson introduced fun, engaging activities that both students in the audience and those watching remotely could get involved with.

The lesson was led by Justin Audibert, a director at the RSC who made complex ideas very accessible.

The students really enjoyed watching RSC actors bring Romeo and Juliet to life. A number commented on how different ways of performing a scene helped them understand the language choices and several were really impressed by the emotional intensity brought by the actress playing Juliet.

The group were fantastic ambassadors for the school even helping the actors by answering questions in the rehearsal where we were lucky enough to witness how a live stream is put together.

Mrs CobbAssistant Director of English

Year 8 students go BBC LIVE!To celebrate 400 years of Shakespeare’s genius the BBC and the RSC have combined to produce a series of live lessons streamed on the internet for classes around the country to watch. One group of lucky Year 8 students got to experience this live on a trip to the Library of Birmingham. Twenty seven Shakespeare scholars accompanied by Mrs Cobb, Ms Cawthorne and Mr Barrett were in the audience for the lesson “Romeo and Juliet: Text detectives.”

A group of students took part in an eight week Food Challenge Course.

The photographs show Tyler Duckworth making pancakes, Cameron Jenner and Mace Maynard making fresh pizza dough, Megan Chilton and Esther Hulley making flapjacks and Evie Morford making fresh pasta. Well done to all involved!

Miss CorriganDirector of Food Technology

Food challenge course

The Year 10 Geography group were blessed with good weather on their trip to Castleton collecting data for their controlled assessment and looking at tourism in the Peak District National Park. Students climbed to the summit of Mam Tor and along the hills into Castleton Village where they collected data on services, traffic and people. Quotes from students “Fun and sunny day out on the hill’’ Harry Bramwell.“I really enjoyed the walk up the hill but going down the hill was a little difficult’’ Saul Hourigan St Clare. Staff quote “A fantastic day out seeing Geography in the field, thoroughly enjoyable. Our students did us proud as always and have collected lots of data to use back in school. Well done!”

Miss ZiemanDirector of Geography

Breathtaking views in the Lake District on the GCSE Geography residential Students took part in a weekend away with lots of outdoor adventure such as an evening hill walk, raft building, ghyll scrambling, outdoor Olympics, rock climbing and abseiling. Well done to all that took part and gained such a memorable weekend.

Miss ZiemanDirector of Geography

On Tuesday 1st March, a group of Geography students had the opportunity to experience life at Manchester University.

As well as a Q&A session with current students, they also had a taster lecture from a member of the Geography team; a special mention must go to Yasmine Caveney for her enthusiasm and involvement!

Students also received a tour of the principal buildings, including the laboratories and the impressive research and study spaces. After lunch, students took part in a fieldwork study around the campus, linked to sustainability. This theme was then explored further in a workshop where each school presented their findings and ideas. It was a fantastic day and our students were amazing! Students involved were Shona Maleque, Imogen Porteous-Williams, Eva Roberts, Reece Sadler, Yasmine Caveney, Rebecca Smith, Elijah Duffy, Lewis Njie, Tanzim Hossain, Kieren Smith

Miss LoftusTeacher of Geography

The sun shone for the Year

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Charlie Smith was a North West Finalist for the annual ‘Why I want to be a Scientist’ competition. Stockport School have a very good history in this competition, producing finalists every year we have entered so far. Charlie was the only male student from the North West to be shortlisted for the final; and had to make a presentation at Manchester Museum in December. Unfortunately he did not win against some very strong competitors, but he did himself and the school proud.

Mrs D FernandezTeacher of Science

On Friday 11th March, students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were visited by a local Christian band, Twelve24, as part of their Higher tour. Pupils watched performances by the band during a lesson and then had the opportunity to attend a lunch time ‘gig’ in the main hall which ended up getting very full with ravers! Twelve24 loved visiting the school and commented on how enthusiastic pupils (and even some staff) were! Hope you all had fun!

Mrs G Moore Teacher of RE

The Business Studies Enterprise Challenge, organised by Enactus at The Manchester Business School, was won by the team “Elite Properties.”

Jacob Sharp, Charlie Whittaker and Cameron Powell all played an important part in designing and planning the sales of the ultimate dream home. SWOT analysis, market research, costing, pricing and marketing skills learnt in their lessons were vital for creating a convincing business plan. Judges from Royal Bank of Scotland and CHEP UK Ltd assessed creativity, teamwork, presentation skills and how realistic the ideas were. Choosing the winners was a difficult task and after questioning the four teams and lengthy discussions the judges were unanimous awarding the prize to Elite Properties.

On Tuesday 12th January, visitors from the University of Liverpool came into school to work with a group of Year 7 and 8 students.

They had the opportunity to be involved in the Fun Maths Roadshow which is a collection of 350 mathematical activities suitable for use with school pupils, college students and university undergraduates, overall between the ages of 5 and 20. The first 100 were developed to celebrate the centenary of the Liverpool Mathematical Society in 1999, and the further 250 have been developed subsequently.

Led by members of the Liverpool Mathematical Society, the development of the Roadshow is an ongoing attempt, in part, to provide a brief experience of some elements of what practicing mathematicians do in real-life. These include:

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Our students engaged in the activities, with many rich mathematical discussions happening around the room, and of course an element of competition as they tried to see who could complete the most puzzles.

Congratulations to all students who took part in the event.

From 5th -12th February, students at Stockport School participated in NSPCC Number Day activities. The NSPCC works to prevent child abuse and to support children and families who have been affected by abuse. Over £1264 was raised through sponsorship, lunchtime activities and a Wear a Number non-uniform day.

THANKYOU!

A very big thankyou to DB GARDEN NURSERIES for kindly donating salad crops and vegetables to grow in Gardening Club with a view to be used by the catering staff in our school Dining Room.

DB GARDEN NURSERIES can be found on Nursery Road, off Dukinfield Road, Hyde. SK14 4PD

Tel. 01561 368 3008www.dbgardennurseries.co.uk

Why I want to be a Scientist

Twelve24 perform for students in Years 7, 8 and 9

Business Studies Challenge

The photograph shows Gemma Gordon, Human Resources Manager from CHEP UK Ltd, Curtis Arden, Ryan Martin, Jacob Sharp and Jake Taylor who each won the prize for leadership within their team and Marsella Kayveas, the Enactus lead who has worked with us for three years now.

Mrs C Dicken Director of Business Studies and Careers

Fun Maths Roadshow

Maths Number Day

The week kicked off with activities where Year 7 and 8 students competed in ‘Who Wants to be a Mathionnaire’. These classes were then challenged to discover facts about staff in a Number Day Bingo. The 7 Goldsworthy group truly shone through their excellent investigative skills, tying with Dominic Stott (8E) for first place.

Our generous supporters gathered sponsorship independently, with top fundraiser in the school being Chloe Carter-Connelly (7K). During lunchtimes, the number-crunchers practiced their skills on bingo, board games, the Pirate Game, darts and cards. Special mention goes to winners Jos Warrington (7L) for winning on multiple days!

Thank you to all those who took part throughout the week. Together, we can make a difference.

Miss Barry and Mr Hinton Teachers of Maths

NEW DATA SUGGESTS THOUSANDS OF YOUNG CArErS STiLL rEMAiN

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Mr Irwin, Headteacher at Stockport High School, said: “The Young Carers in Schools Programme has enabled us at Stockport School to ensure that the right support is in place for young carers. We are now more aware and more able to address their needs.

“Since beginning the programme we have seen many of our young carers adopt an improved attitude to learning and attendance. We are immensely proud to be able to say that caring for carers is becoming an embedded practice in our school.”

Exert from an article in SecEd, a national education newspaper

Staff cycle 170 miles for charity

In order to raise money for Macmillan Nurses and the Alzheimers Society and in an attempt to even better their last 52 mile challenge, Mr Hunter, Mr Rough, Mr Warren, Mr Whitehead, Mr Williamson, have now entered the Coast to Coast, Way of the Roses Cycle Ride due to take place on the 21st and 22nd July.

The route is from Morecambe to Bridlington, a much bigger challenge more than 3 times longer than their previous ride around the streets of Manchester and will test all their resilience and resourcefulness.

If you would like to support them by making a contribution to either of these charities, please contact: [email protected]

Mr WhiteheadDeputy Headteacher

Way of the Roses Coast to Coast Cycle Ride

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We have been extremely busy and well represented by both girls and boys teams within the borough in many competitions including Y7 and Y8 Sports hall Athletics, Netball, Football & Rugby fixtures and U13 & U15 Indoor Cricket. The girls Football U13 team were Borough semi finalists and took part in a tournament at Manchester City.

A group of students took part in a Cross Country event with Tom Cooke, Fares Ibrahim, Esther Hulley and Leah Wilkinson being selected for the Greater Manchester Schools competition.

The Y11 GCSE Dance group presented their pieces at a very enjoyable Preview Evening.Indoor Rowing Level 3 games finals, Y9 girls won bronze medals in the Relay. Congratulations to Imogen Porteous Williams, Kate Martin, Molly Burns & Jada Zhu.

Leadership – Y10 GCSE students hosted Y5 & 6 Dodgeball, an Infant Festival, Y7 leaders ran a Y6 transition event and Y9 leaders have lead at a Y3/4 Dodgeball event at Aquinas College. It is always lovely to hear from other schools about the quality of our sports leaders and how many are becoming superb role models for other students to look up to.

Owen Osborne, Sam Bennett, Scarlett Henshall and Jack Gill have been in Ireland competing at the World Kick Boxing Championships where Owen won a bronze medal and Sam came 4th. Well done to all involved.

Courtney Turner Y11, has been to Dallas with Blackburn Rovers Academy where her team came 3rd out of 93 teams a fantastic achievement. We look forward to seeing Courtney in the FA WSL in the future.

PE lessonsAll students should have their PE kits for every lesson, even if they wish to be excused with a note from home. Students can be involved by undertaking various roles other than performing and are still an integral part of the lesson. All students should have a pair of PE trainers.

Extra curricular clubsPlease look out for the new Extra Curricular Timetable on the website and encourage your child to get involved.

Some of the highlights include Karate run by ex student and international competitor Nathaniel Whiles, Girls Football every Friday by MCFC and Girls Cricket by Cheshire Cricket.

If you wish to contact me regarding any issues in PE you can contact me at [email protected]

For updated and information about sporting practices, fixtures and GCSE PE please follow us on twitter@Stockport_SchPE

The Year 7 Football team continued their good early season form as they reached the semi-final of the Cup and the final of the League.

Although they performed tremendously in both, they came up just short, getting beaten by Priestnall in both competitions. They were particularly unlucky in the final where had some missed opportunities been taken, they could have been walking away with the trophy. The pupils have been amazing this year and I know they will be keen to build on their success next year! Well done to all the boys involved: Jacob Mills, Jak Stewart, Myles Hillier, Darren Skellern, Tom Cooke, Dominic Venables, Jacob Travers, Jack Gill, Liam Cutts-Cleaver, Gene Rigby, Jake Whittaker, Flynn Owens- Kinsella, James Bramwell, Lucas Williamson, Harvey Jackson, Oliver Wilson, Joe Wood, Ben Sadler, Max Everett. Elsewhere the Year 8 team reached the semi-final of the cup narrowly losing 2-0 after dominating most of the game. Whilst the Year 9’s also lost out in both the league and cup semi-finals again losing 2-0 in one game and 4-3 after extra-time in another game. With the arrival of the stunning new kit, another incentive for pupils to represent the school, it has been a very positive start for all teams who I know will be even hungrier and more determined next year. We are looking forward to bringing back some trophies! A massive well done and congratulations to all involved!

Mr J Marchant, Director of Boys PE

PE Department News

Our next visit was at the Imperial War Museum. Here we had a session learning about the Lodz ghetto. This provided the opportunity to work with some incredibly rare artefacts, such as a pair of boots made in the ghetto. Perhaps most poignantly we then had the opportunity to interview survivor’s families and hear their stories about how the Holocaust has affected their lives.

To conclude the project an artist, Caroline Slifkin, came into school to run an art project. Pupils analysed art and poetry produced during the Holocaust. This, alongside their knowledge from the previous sessions, was used to produce a design for a bag.The Imperial War Museum and Hannah Goldstone did an amazing job of organising and resourcing the project. It was incredibly humbling to be involved, and everyone learnt a huge amount.

Miss P Birch, Assistant Director of History Mrs. J Grzywna, Director of Art

Holocaust Education ProjectEvery year the Imperial War Museum offers one school in the North West the chance to take part in its Holocaust Education History and Art project. We applied and won the chance to be involved in this fantastic programme. The project was made up of three parts. Our first session was to learn about Jewish culture and history at the Manchester Jewish Museum. We also learnt about survivors stories of local people.

In the words of the tour guide” they were polite enough to laugh at his bad jokes but mature enough to deal with the sensitive subject content”. We visited the London Dungeons, went on a Jack the Ripper tour and had some time to explore the Tower of London.

The History Department

In March we went down to London for our Crime and Policing controlled assessment. 50 Year 10 pupils attended, and had a thoroughly wonderful educational time.

GrEASE THE MUSiCAL!

We have had over 70 students audition and get parts for our production of Grease, to be performed in school the week before October half term. The casting was extremely difficult due to the high standard but the production team agree that every single person will bring an amazing presence and energy to the show. We are so excited! We have now assembled our student technical and production team - lighting, stage/costume design and makeup training began after Easter alongside rehearsals for the performers. We are also looking for helpers if any capacity - any parents out there wishing to take part in making costumes, props, set beforehand or helping out on the show nights?

Please get in touch with [email protected] or ring the school office and leave a message! All help very welcome and gratefully received.

Mrs J StoneTeacher of Drama

Jack the Ripper History Trip

Dance Club students

Abi Whitaker, Morgan

Williams, Cain Dean,

Tyler Duckworth and Isaac

Fuller limbering up for the

Summer Dance Show!

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This means we have completed 25% of our GCSE course already in Year 10. On the course, you can achieve four different grades, going from Not Yet Achieved to Pass to Merit and then the highest grade, Distinction. At Christmas, the Music Tech class recorded, edited and finalised the recording of the Christmas Single. We sold over 100 copies of this and it was great fun doing all the recordings. The final mixdown, the one heard by you, was done by Jack Nowell. We have thoroughly enjoyed the course and hope others will take it, when they get the chance.

By Josh Hopkinson and Jack NowellYear 10

In our recent first unit, we achieved 1 Distinction, 1 Merit and 5 Passes. Considering that this is the first year that Music Technology has been run as a GCSE course, we are very pleased with our results.

The Magnificent Seven

Stockport School Choir Strike a Chord at Heaton Moor CompetitionOn Friday 11th March 2016, Stockport School’s Choir took part in the ‘Heaton Mersey Choir Competition’. The competition took place in St Paul’s Church in Heaton Moor.

Last year the competition had eighteen schools taking part and a trophy is awarded to the group which comes first place. Stockport School Choir competed against two other groups, all performing completely different genres of music.

The songs that Stockport School Choir sang consisted of “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten and “When I grow up” by Tim Minchin from the musical, “Matilda.” This year the choir came second in their group!! They are happy about this as they had been practicing with their new teacher Miss Richards since Christmas.

The choir are continuing to practice new songs every Monday after school from 3:30pm until 4:30pm.

By Frank Baker (7 Riley)

There was a particularly large number of Year 8 students that performed, including Finlay Johnson who sang ‘Make it Rain’ by Bruno Mars and he accompanied himself on piano!

Additionally, Ella Smith (Year 8) magnificently sang ‘Like I’m Gonna Lose You’ by Meghan Trainor and John Legend while Rafael Buncaras accompanied her on guitar and sang harmonies. Rafael Buncaras also performed a solo of “Blackbird” by the Beatles on the guitar while singing (what a brave performer!).

Max Crowther also in Year 8 played ‘Easy Does It’ on the drums note-perfectly. All of us Year 8’s were inspired by the older kids. “I was certainly inspired by Patch Thomas (Year 10) who did an outstanding performance of ‘Nocturne in C Sharp Major’ on the piano.” said Max Crowther.

We all took it as a confidence booster and it inspired us to continue practicing our instruments. It is such a credit to have so many talented students in our school. I strongly believe that the amazing teachers were a huge part and help by teaching us and encouraging us to pick up an instrument and play (or just play if it’s the drums…) A wonderful experience to witness and be part of, and an event we will never forget.

By Max Crowther and Rafael Buncaras,Year 8

The Soloists Concert took place on Wednesday 2nd March at Stockport School in the Main Hall. There were 27 pupils that performed on the night from Year 7 through to Year 11. There was also a wide range of instruments played including flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, drums, piano and lots of singers and guitarists!

Students At Stockport School Hit Top Notes

Eight talented musicians took their instrumental music exams in March this year and achieved fantastic results.

Nathan Kenworthy aged 12 years old took his Grade 8 Clarinet exam and achieved a Distinction scoring 141 marks out of 150! Esther Hulley, Year 7, took her Grade 2 Oboe exam just six months after starting Oboe lessons and achieved a Distinction!

Other results include Declan England Grade 6 Trombone with Merit, Alex Buncaras Grade 3 Violin with Merit, Shona Maleque Grade 2 Violin with Merit, Jessica Wilkins-Davies passed Grade 1 Piano, Ellie Ripley passed Grade 4 Flute and Emily Adams passed Grade 5 Flute. Terrific results from all of our musicians, well done!

Outstanding exam results from

musicians at Stockport School

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S T O C K P O R T S C H O O L

LETTINGS SCALE OF CHARGES 2015/16

•Allnewlettingsshallincura£10 non refundable booking fee to cover the cost of 1/2 hour meeting with Mrs Parker - Site Manager prior to booking commencing.

•Ifthetieredseatinginthehallshall require removal before and/or after alettingthenaoneoff£30charge shall be made for this.

•SportsHallplanningpermission currently prohibits hire of facility at weekends and before 9 am and after 6pm Monday - Friday.

For further information contact [email protected]

Facility Weekday before 6pm Weekday after 6pm Weekend

SportsHall £35 - -

AssemblyHall £30 £35 £40

DramaStudio £30 £35 £40

DiningRoom £25 £30 £40

Gym £25 £30 £40

DanceStudio £30 £35 £40

Classroomin £30 £35 £40 Sports Block

Octagon £25 £30 £35

Mobiles £25 £30 £35

Stockport School’s New International Links

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During the Spring term, Mr Kelly’s Year 7 classes have been involved in European projects aimed at building new international links for Stockport School

His Year 7 Spanish class have been taking advantage of a new partnership with Escola Arrrels-Esperança near Barcelona by exchanging letters to practice their Spanish. His Year 7 French class have been involved in a project with schools from over 20 countries across Europe, from France to Finland and from Sweden to Slovakia. They will be exchanging postcards to broaden their knowledge of European geography and culture. These projects have been and will be invaluable in improving pupils’ language skills and developing their understanding of their place in Europe.

Mr Kelly Teacher of MFL

A few words cannot cover what a fantastic year I have had at Stockport School. If I could pick you all up and move you to London I would! I have taught some fantastic, inspirational students and made lots of memories that I will carry forward for so many years to come. Good luck to every single one of you I have come across in this short time, and I am sure I will get to hear lots of success stories about you in the future!Miss Schofield, Teacher of Science

After arriving at Stockport School as an NQT 5 years ago I always said I would never leave to teach in another mainstream school, and I have stuck to that. I feel very lucky to have got my dream job as Lead Teacher at Manchester Children’s Hospital but will miss everyone here. I will especially miss the rest of the History Department and my form, 10 Klee. I wish everyone at Stockport School all the best for the future, and hope to keep in touch. Miss Birch, Assistant Director of History

I have worked at Stockport School for two years. During this time I have met some amazing students and some exceptionally talented musicians. I am very sad to be leaving but also very excited to be going to live in Dubai to set up a music department at a brand new school out there. Miss Stubbs, Teacher of Music

I’d just like to say a huge thank you to everyone here at Stockport School for being so welcoming in my first year of teaching. It’s been wonderful to work alongside so many lovely and dedicated people. I wanted to say a special thanks to all of the English

department for all the support and mentoring they have given me along the way and a special goodbye to all the lovely students I have taught this year (and who have taught me a lot in return). I’ve got lots of happy memories and new friendships from my time here and it’s going to be really hard saying good bye in a few weeks time, so thanks again to all of you for everything.Miss Hunter, Teacher of English

I’m sad to be leaving a fantastic school with superb students and dedicated staff. My time at Stockport School has been enjoyable and valuable. Thank you for making the experience a very memorable one. Mrs Jobanputra, Teacher of Geography

This is a wonderful and amazing school and I have loved every minute of working here. I will be coming to see all your future shows and look forward to hearing from Mrs Stone about all your amazing achievements. I will miss you all, especially my brilliant GCSE group.Miss Connolly, Director of Drama

We would also like to offer our very best wishes to Mrs Garner, Mrs Lytham, Mrs Cox, Mrs Fernandez and Mrs Moore who will be on maternity leave at the start of the new academic year.

Forthcoming Dates for your calendar AUTUMN HOLIDAY DATES 2016Begins Tuesday, 6th September at 11:00am rED WEEK (Years 7/11 only)

Wednesday, 7th September 2016 at 8:45am (all Year groups)

*School closes at 2:50pm on Thursday 6th October

*School will be closed to students on Friday 7th October for staff training INSET

Half term Closes: Friday 21st October 2016 at 3:00pm

Opens: Monday 31st October 2016 at 8:45am BLUE WEEK

*School will be closed to students on Friday 2nd December for staff training INSET

Ends Friday 23rd December 2016 at 1:00 pm

SPRING TERM 2017

Begins Monday 9th January 2017 at 8:45 am BLUE WEEK

Half term Closes: Friday 17th February 2017 at 3:00pm

Opens: Monday 27th February 2017 at 8:45am BLUE WEEK

Ends Friday 31st March 2017

SUMMER TERM 2017

Begins Tuesday 18th April 2017 at 8:45 am rED WEEK

*School will be closed Monday 1st May 2017

Half Term Closes: Friday 26th May 2017 at 3:00pm

Opens: Monday 5th June 2017 at 8:45am rED WEEK

Ends Friday 21st July 2017 at 12:15pm

Staff Training (INSET) days (School closed to students)

Monday 5th September

Friday 7th October 2016

Friday 2nd December 2016

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Stockport Inclusion Quality Mark

Item Old Price New PriceBacon Butties 75p 90pChips £1.00 £1.10Teacakes (half/full) 25p/50p 30p/60pBagel (full) 65p 70pEasiyo 45p 60pYazoo 50p 75pOrange Juice 40p 50pHot Chocolate 50p 60pChickeninaBun £1.65 £1.70ChickenandCheesePaninis £1.40 £1.70ButchersHotDogSausage £1.65 £1.90JacketPotatoeswithMeatOption £1.45 £1.75MeatPies £1.20 £1.30RoastChickenMeal £1.10 £1.35RoastGammonMeal £1.10 £1.35

Canteen Price Changes

Stockport School Race for Life 2016

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me put on this year’s event - from running or walking the course, bringing in chocolate, donating clothes, donating money, and to all those who gave up their Saturday morning to help us put on a really lovely event. It couldn’t have happened without everyone’s help & support!

Ibelievewehaveraisednearly£1,000andIamoverjoyed.Over80runners completed the 3km and 5km in the sunshine & showers. If you would like to make a donation, please see our Justgiving page.Same time next year guys!!Mrs J Howarth Director of PE

One year onIt is now one full year since the catering at Stockport school become in-house. During this time we have seen the dining room refurbished, the creation of a deli bar, all food being prepared on the premises without the use of frozen products, fresh produce being supplied locally, changes to the menus to create healthier, balanced options, cashless payment and lots of other developments.

The menus are still under review and an analysis of sales has highlighted some interesting results.

Here are some of the top sellersBacon butties - over 21,000 Hot paninis - 9,000Pasta and rice pots - over 10,500 Sugar free flavoured water - 36,000Biscuits - 32,000 Sandwiches - 16,000Traybakes - over 15,000

Many thanks to our catering staff for their hard work, enthusiasm and continued drive to improve our service even further.Mrs N Trbojevi, Assistant Headteacher

STOCKPORT SCHOOL THE STOCK PRESS · Cecilia’s, a school he had worked with twice before. A charity called Kickstart Ghana are facilitating and developing the projects out in Ghana.

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