SEPTEMBER TIMETABLE – WILL I NEED MY PE KIT ON THE FIRST DAY BACK?

The following groups of pupils have PE scheduled for the first day back:

7Y: 7SS, 7CT, 7SR, 7RG, 7CI, 7RC, 7JH

9Y: 9PB, 9AH, 9NM, 9HE, 9KY, 9RB

Year 10 and 11 PE Option groups

Dear Parent/Carer

Welcome to our Summer Newsletter.

It has been another fantastic year at Hollingworth. We started in September

with the news that our outgoing Year 11s had achieved stunning results in their

GCSEs, and the year has been packed with amazing pupil experiences and

achievements, many of which are described in this newsletter.

We look forward to welcoming your child back to school on Wednesday 4th

September. This year when we re-open, we will have a later start of 11am for

Years 8, 9, 10 and 11, whereas Year 7 will be in from 8.30am for a normal start.

In the meantime, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your

family a restful and enjoyable summer.

Darren Randle

Headteacher

Summer 2019

Another outstanding year for the Hollingworth rowing teams. On Thursday 7th March 2019, there

were some very tough races, with all our pupils having to dig deep and put themselves through

physical stress. The support and encouragement the pupils gave each other in the races was

simply amazing. We won five team golds and two team silvers.

TEAM RELAY RACES – 8 MINUTE ROW:

YEAR 7

Gold 1881m (new PB +136m) Girls J Stefanska-Domin, E Cleasby, A Brown, A Morton

Silver 1950m (new PB +115m) Boys T Reynolds, C Cooke, L McCormick, J Young

YEAR 8

Gold 1977m (new PB +160m) Girls L Sanderson, M Kelly, E Barkley, J Alao

4th Place 1956m (new PB +81m) Boys M Boyes, H Morphet (plus T Reynolds & L McCormick, Year 7)

YEAR 9

Silver 1971m (new PB +11m) Girls L Hadfield, E Thompson, L Parkes, L Gibson

YEAR 10

Gold 2102m (new PB +88m) Girls T Lenihan, R Mills, O Cunningham, K Bella

Gold 2329m (new PB +112m) Boys S Harrage, G Tisdall, T McAree, H Buckley

YEAR 11

Gold 2107m (new PB +128m) Girls E Thompson, K Goy, E Holt, L Campbell

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS: We also won three individual gold, three individual silver and three individual bronze

medals, which is a great achievement at the County Championships, one more than last year. Of the 33

pupils, 24 achieved a new personal best in their individual event at the championships, which is an incredible

achievement.

Year Group Year 7

2 min row

Gold Girls: 505m (new PB +26m) J Stefanska-Domin

Silver Boys: 515m (new PB +11m) T Reynolds

Year 8

3 min row Bronze Girls: 730m (new PB +15m) L Sanderson

Year 9

4 min row Gold Boys: 1110m (new PB +25m) B Stepniewski

Year 10

5 min row

Gold Girls: 1263m T Lenihan

Silver Boys: 1329m S Harrage

Bronze Girls: 1195m (new PB +41m) R Mills

Boys: 1306m (new PB +37m) G Tisdall

Year 11

6 min row Silver Girls: 1507m (new PB +80m) E Thompson

Thanks to all the rowers for your hard work and commitment over months of training.

The pupils competed over a series of tournament nights with the points accumulated over each event. It was

an exceptionally successful season. The hard work in training was certainly rewarded with the pupils in all the

age categories picking up silverware. The Year 7 girls were so keen that we entered two teams into the

competition.

The girls’ teams had worked hard in lessons and during extra-curricular practices to learn individual techniques

and develop their positional play. They showed real flare and creativity when attacking and were solid in the

tackle when defending. Both teams remain undefeated.

Year 7 Rochdale Champions

Year 7 Rochdale Bronze Medallists

Year 10/11 Rochdale Champions

Year 8/9 Rochdale Runners Up

Year 10/11 Rochdale Champions

Year 7 Tag Rugby Team

K Makinson, A Brown, Z Kayani, M Nolan,

D Goslin, G Hutchinson, A Taylor, K Horsfall

Year 9 Rugby Team

P Smith, K Hayes, L Hadfield, B Hill, Z Nadeem, M Hardiker,

H Nur, L Hornby, M Hutchinson, M Riley, L Waterfield,

L McDermott, A Syed

Congratulations to all the girls that participated in the Rochdale Rounders’ tournaments. The standard of

play was exceptionally high this year, which meant a high level of batting and fielding skills were needed.

The girls’ tactical knowledge and application of the rules was evident in outwitting their opponents to secure

three victories and a runners-up position.

Our Year 11 football team made their coach, Mr

Williamson, a very proud man with a brilliant finish

to a superb season. They went unbeaten

throughout the season and in doing so, became

double winners: League Champions and Cup

Winners. The highlight was the Cup Final at

Hopwood Hall when we took on St. Cuthbert. The

game was very tight but Hollingworth took the lead

through a Solomon Robinson penalty in the first half.

St. Cuthbert piled on the pressure in their search for

an equaliser but strong defending from Captain J

Frater, J Toshkezi, J Carr, E Dunbavin kept chances

to a minimum, and keeper H Farthing pulled off two

spectacular saves, one tip over the bar from close range made everyone gasp. With the pressure on,

Robinson broke away, went around the keeper and slotted into an empty net. Hollingworth finished up 2-0

winners; a fantastic result. To celebrate, the lads went go karting with almost all the lads left in Mr Williamson’s

dust! A great way to end five years of real progress from a talented group of footballers.

YEAR 7 – CHAMPIONS D Goslin, M Nolan, M Crabtree, J Lees, L McIntosh,

E Dunkerley, A Taylor, K Horsfall, M Hawley,

A Hayden, M Saxon

YEAR 8 – RUNNERS UP E Taylor, M Flemming, M Morar, L Hurst, J Bamford, E Park,

L Greenwood

Missing from photo: S Cockcroft, E Ashworth, F Dockerty

YEAR 9 – CHAMPIONS L Parkes, F Newell, B Hill, S Woodcock, E Thompson,

M Riley, A Taylor, H Cockcroft, C Roberts

Missing from photo: E Banjo

YEAR 10 – CHAMPIONS M Hamer, K Bella, K Boardman, L Wilson, T Rollins, A Ogden,

E Senior, N Arfat, M Hardman, M Mistry, L Helliwell.

Missing from Photo: T Robinson, E Collier, E Fitzgerald

On Thursday 7th February 2019, our top Maths pupils in Year 9 and 10

took part in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. Several of our

pupils achieved bronze, silver or gold certificates of achievement,

which is a great credit to their hard work. A Wilcock-Thomas (Year 9)

performed exceptionally well and was invited to compete in the

second round of the competition, the Grey Kangaroo. He scored a

massive 94/135, which was a fantastic personal achievement and

very well deserved.

On Tuesday 5th March 2019, four gifted Hollingworth

Mathematicians took part in the Year 10 Maths Feast at the

University of Manchester. N Miah, H Hopkins, G Park and U Hussain

Shah worked hard competing in each of the four different rounds,

solving a multitude of challenging problems. Whilst they weren’t

the overall winners of the competition, they did each receive a

special certificate of participation for consistently doing well in every

round.

On Monday 11th March 2019, four of our

talented KS3 Mathematicians took part in the

UKMT team challenge at Manchester

Grammar School. O Walton Lumb, A Wilcock

Thomas, A Manzoor and J Alao put in a great

team effort combining mathematical,

communication and teamwork skills. This

competition provides pupils with the

opportunity to tackle a variety of engaging

mathematical activities while developing

teamwork. The UKMT Team Challenges

promote mathematical dexterity and give

pupils the opportunity to compete against

pupils from other schools in their region.

On Thursday 26th April 2019, our top pupils in Year 7 and 8 took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge.

Several of our pupils achieved bronze and silver certificates of achievement. Unfortunately, no one qualified

for the next round this time, but there is always next year! Check out the wall displays in the Maths corridor to

see all the certificate winners. Well done to all our enthusiastic mathematicians.

Pupils in Year 9 and 10 have successfully graduated from The Brilliant Club. Pupils in Year 10 worked with Dr

Laura Swift from The University of Manchester and studied “Psychoanalysis in Literature”. Year 9 pupils worked

with PhD candidate Anne Stokes, also from The University of Manchester, where they studied “Art, Portraiture

and Power”. They received incredible results including numerous 1:1 grades. The courses were quite difficult

but all our pupils rose to the challenge and did themselves proud.

YEAR 10 PUPILS

T Lyons

H Hopkins

S Bush

M Dewhurst

K Beswick

B Holt

A Saeed

E Overton

N Miah

S Ashraf

U Hussain Shah

T Brown

YEAR 9 PUPILS

A Wilcock-Thomas

A McLeod-Bartlett

B Hill

C Mason

E Banjo

I Fountain

L Iqbal

L Pautard

R Omojowolo

R Yacob

S Kommal

Z Naz

Umme, Sidra and Maia have won awards at the George Orwell Political

Writing Competition! Sidra received the Runner Up award and Umme

and Maia received the Highly Commended award. It’s worth noting

that Maia (Year 7) was the youngest award winner! The ceremony was

held at Pembroke College, Oxford. Rick Edwards (former presenter of

E4 Music) was on hand to present the awards and to interview the

pupils. This is an incredible feat, as there were 269 entries overall and

the three girls managed to beat some amazing rivalry from schools

across London and Sheffield. All three pupils took part in a writing

workshop with award winning journalists and authors such as Max

Daley, Sarah K Perry, Delia Jarrett MacAuley and Irenosen Okojie.

They also took part in a debate entitled “Our education equips us for

the future we want”.

Caitlin Moran was the judge for

this year’s competition. Caitlin has won the British

Press Awards’ Columnist of the Year, Interviewer of

the Year, and Critic of the Year. Her bestselling

memoire ‘How to be a Woman’ won the National

Book Awards Book of the Year, was an instant New

York Times bestseller, and is published in 25

languages. The film of her novel ‘How to Build a

Girl’, produced by Channel 4 and Monumental

Pictures, will be released later this year.

In March, Hollingworth celebrated World Book Day with a Books & Bakes Sale. Staff kindly donated many

cakes, bakes and second-hand books to sell in the LRC, and the money raised by the pupils went towards

new books for the library. Elsewhere in the school, Year 9s took part in ‘Relaunch Sessions’ to show them what

the library has to offer, and Year 7s and 8s showed off their book knowledge with quizzes and debates! Well

done to all those who took part.

June was a very busy month in the LRC. Our Book Club were lucky enough to go on a trip to Waterstones

Deansgate in Manchester, to choose new books for the library. Thanks go to the Siobhan Dowd Trust who

donated £500! Pupils received a tour of the bookshop, an insight into how bookselling works, and picked over

80 new books for the school. Of course, we found time to stop for cake too! Thanks to Clare at Waterstones

for giving us a tour of such an amazing bookshop.

Later that week, Year 7s welcomed Joseph Delaney, bestselling author of the Spook’s Apprentice series, to

the school. Joseph told us about what inspired him to be an author, introduced us to his books, and scared

us all with stories about local ghosts! We are sure the audience left with a few budding authors. Huge thanks

go to Joseph and his team for a brilliant talk.

Our annual Battlefields visit was another resounding

success. In March, 44 Year 9 pupils journeyed to Ypres

in Belgium and Arras in Northern France to see the First

World War Battlefields. We again took part in the Last

Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres and visited

sites around this beautiful city such as Tyne Cot

Cemetery and Hill 60. On the second day, we visited

the Canadian Memorial site at Vimy Ridge and its

memorial park - quite simply a beautiful, inspirational

place. We again laid our wreath at the Cabaret-

Rouge British cemetery, resting place of Milnrow soldier

Private J Crabtree. All the pupils searched for soldiers

with the same surname as theirs at the Ring of

Remembrance at Notre-Dame de Lorette. The sight of

seeing our pupils spread around this huge memorial

was one never to forget. This year we visited

Wellington Quarry for the first time. This is an

underground site, in the chalkstone around Arras,

where British soldiers sheltered before their attack in

April 1917. To walk in the footsteps of the British

‘tommies’, 50 metres under the ground, was an

incredible experience. Our pupils brought powerful

memories and tons of chocolate back home with

them. Roll on 2020!

On Wednesday 26th

June 2019, 20 of our most talented Year 10

Historians went to The University of Manchester

for a History enrichment day. The day focused

on the role of Jodrell Bank, a huge telescope in

the heart of Cheshire, and its role in the Cold War.

Jodrell Bank monitored both American and

Soviet space and missile activity and became a

crucial verifier of what both superpowers were

doing. The founder of Jodrell Bank, Sir Bernard

Lovell, who the telescope is now named after,

had to play a clever role in acquiring funding for

the project while trying to stay neutral in the Cold

War’s bitter rivalries. Our pupils took part in three

academic lectures; one from a Physicist based at

Jodrell Bank, one from a doctor of American

history and one from a doctor of Soviet history.

We then took part in a workshop where we

investigated the role of Lovell and how he

worked with both sides. The day was superb, and

increased our pupils’ awareness of university and

what studying there could be like.

In February 2019, the Year 9 got the chance to take part in the Amazing Science

Enrichment Day, which included:

1. SCI HIGH:

Solving a classroom crime scene using some traditional CSI techniques

including fingerprinting, chromatography, footprint, flame test and blood

splatter analysis.

2. MEDICAL MAVERICKS:

Getting hands on with some of the latest medical equipment used in diagnosis

and treatment.

3. CAREERS:

A Science Careers Workshop with real scientists, informing pupils of where

knowledge and skills in science are applied in the real world.

4. THE FLASH BANG SHOW:

High flying, eye popping, ear whistling, explosive, chemical reaction

interactive workshop.

On Wednesday 26th June 2019, we took four Year 7 pupils to Oulder Hill for the Rochdale MFL Network Spelling

Bee Final. Ayesha and Mevish came first and second place respectively, and Maia and Aliza came third and

fourth place. A big congratulations to all of them, they did amazingly. In addition to the Final, pupils took

part in a game of pétanque, a Spanish taster lesson and a World Cup dance class to celebrate the Women’s

World Cup being held in France.

Year 7 pupils created these lovely fish in the style of Mark Hearld

Year 9 pupils produced work to

commemorate the centennial

of the First World War.

We would like to thank all

who attended, making the

evening a great success.

We like to acknowledge the hard work of our pupils and

over the last couple of years, we have adorned the

Community Tree with their work. These displays are from

this academic year.

William (Year 10) has received the Mayor of Rochdale’s Youth

Award for his work with the soup kitchen that he helps to run. This

soup kitchen helps the homeless once a week and the young

people who run it have gained recognition for helping out and

treating others with respect and dignity. Will went out and

volunteered for this off his own back; he is a brilliant example of

one of our young people taking responsibility and showing great

respect for others.

The pupils raised a terrific £154 for new books for our library.

To raise money for Mind, the mental health charity, we held

our annual staff charity football match, wearing our rainbow

laces, after school on Friday 12th July 2019, which marked

the end of Diversity Week. In addition, we had a non-

uniform day that day, raising a staggering amount!

Week commencing 18th March was World Down's Syndrome

Awareness and we raised funds for a local charity called DS

West Pennine by inviting staff and pupils to wear mismatching,

brightly coloured socks on Friday 22nd March for a 50p donation.

The Hollingworth Runners took part in a 10k run on Sunday 19th May (a big well done

to Mr Barton (English teacher) who was brave enough to complete the half

marathon on the morning!) and again on 8th September. The Hollingworth Runners

were all amazing. We have raised £520 for our amazing charities. Thanks for your

kind donations and BIG WELL DONE to all the runners!

Parents/carers can find a full list of the extra-curricular sessions we run on our website:

http://www.hollingworthacademy.co.uk by following the links: Pupils/After School Clubs. This is updated

each term and the Autumn Term lists will be available to view in September.

The school Reception team strives to offer parents/carers, visitors and pupils an experienced and friendly

service. As part of this service, we are aware that there are times when parents/carers need to visit school

to see a member of staff. Where possible, please can parents/carers contact the school in advance to book

an appointment? We understand that this is not always possible and on these occasions, we will try to

organise a meeting with the member of staff as soon as they are available, but for unplanned visits, there

may be a wait.

There are times when parents/carers need to drop items off for their child. The Reception team will always

endeavour to notify pupils and pass these items on, but please can this be kept to a minimum. It is ultimately

the pupil’s responsibility to remember their equipment for school and at busy times, we cannot guarantee

that items dropped off will be passed to pupils in time for the required lessons.

We recommend that parents/carers get their children into the routine of checking their timetable each

evening and packing their bag in readiness for their lessons the following day. This helps pupils become

more organised and hopefully leads to a less stressful school run, or the parent/carer having to take time off

work to bring forgotten items in! Here is a list of the basic equipment that pupils must remember each day

(which is in the pupils’ planners)…

Pen/Pencil/Eraser/Ruler PE Kit Apron for CDT Calculator

Earphones for ICT Exercise Books/Planner/Homework

As parents/carers are aware, a barrier is in place to restrict access to the school car park and to reduce

speeding on the school grounds. Due to the limited spaces, the school car park is for staff and visitors only.

We would ask that parents/carers who are collecting or dropping pupils off between 9am and 1.30pm use

the parent parking at the front of school. At the beginning and end of the school day, parents/carers must

park outside the school grounds. We do understand that there may be occasions when you are collecting

a sick child and closer access to school is necessary. In these instances, parents/carers will be given access

to the car park.

We have a strong team of First Aiders based in Reception who deal with sick pupils and emergency first aid

in school. Please can parents/carers be aware that this team are not qualified to diagnose and any

information we pass on to parents/carers will be in line with the first aid training that has been received. In

addition to this, the school only has a limited amount of first aid resources and we cannot provide pupils with

daily plasters or dressings.

1. Could we politely ask you to make routine medical and dental appointments for your child during school

holidays or after school please? We understand that this is not always possible, but to minimise disruption

to lessons we need to reduce the number of medical and dental appointments currently taking place.

2. At least 24 hours’ notice should be given, in writing, to your child’s Head of Year to request time out for a

medical or dental appointment. This is to cover safeguarding requirements.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER

FROM EVERYONE AT

HOLLINGWORTH ACADEMY

PUPILS RETURN TO SCHOOL

ON WEDNESDAY 4TH

SEPTEMBER 2019