Mossley Hollins High School

Newsflash 5

Friday 8th October 2021

In this weeks’ Issue

Manchester Pretty Muddy 5K – Saturday 16 October 2021

‘Team Mossley Hollins’ is taking part in the Manchester Pretty Muddy 5K on

Saturday 16th October at Heaton Park, Prestwich, Manchester. We are taking part

in this in memory of Diane Kershaw and George Butterworth. The ‘Race for Life

Pretty Muddy’ is a brilliant 5K muddy obstacle course. You scramble over A-frames,

crawl through mud pits, tackle large inflatables and have real good fun. Most

importantly it raises valuable funds for Cancer Research UK.

We currently have 17 staff members signed up to take part in the event who have so far raised an amazing

£1,635.00. Well done to the following members of staff:

Mrs Din, Mrs Harker, Mrs Beardmore, Ms Upton, Mrs Duggan, Mrs Walch, Mrs Milburn, Mrs Duncan, Miss Fogg

Miss Hadfield, Miss Marin, Mrs Baulk, Mrs Burns, Miss Hodgkins, Miss Walton, Mrs Dodd, Mrs Bradwell.

If you would like to contribute to such a good cause (any contributions will be greatly appreciated, even the smallest

donation can make a big difference), you can donate to our Team Giving Page here.

• Manchester Pretty Muddy

• Student Enrichment

• Whole School Information

• Faculty Focus- Science

• Faculty and Year Group

Information

• Any Other Information

• School Expectations

• Online Safety

Key Information

• Lateral Flow Testing- We are strongly

encouraging staff and students to continue

with the twice weekly lateral flow tests on a

Sunday and Wednesday evening.

• Dinner Cards, any replacements for lost dinner

cards will be charged at £2.50.

• A Teams user guide for students can be found

here. Further information about Teams can be

found under the Students Tab on the school

website www.mossleyhollins.com

• Please could any student who is handing in

their mobile phone to the school office,

ensure it is placed in a plastic wallet with their

name and form clearly written on it. Many

thanks in advance for your support.

• A full list of the Co-Curricular Clubs we have

available can be found below

Charity News: So far this year, our staff and students have

raised an amazing £8,564.85. Well done to the below who

have helped us reach this amazing total:

Mr Smith (£3,090), Class of 2025 Sponsored walk (£1516),

Jonathon Vincent (£300), Iona Ellis (£300), MacMillan Cake

Sale (£679), Brooke Wright (£1044.85), MHHS Pretty Muddy

Team (£1,635 ongoing)

Student Enrichment

Character Development

Service Character Pillar: Volunteer Opportunities

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”

Do you need to achieve your Apprentice Service badge? One of the criteria for Apprentice

Service is:

Volunteer ten hours of your time to support others (a charity, a parent, another student etc).

Why not collect a volunteer card From Mrs Ryan or Ms Baulk?

You could add volunteer activities that you do at home such as helping your parents with younger siblings or any

volunteer work you do in the community.

Congratulations to students who have already taken up volunteer activities. Mrs Beardmore worked with two

volunteers this week:

“It was such a pleasure having help from

two Year 7 pupils (Cathrine Donnely &

Cody Tevlin, Form 7L) who assisted in the

planting of the school autumn tubs. The

girls were both eager and had a really

positive approach to selecting plants and

creating their own beautiful

arrangements with the autumnal plants

that will take us through to next spring.

In addition to this both girls have offered

more of their own time to keep a keen

eye on the tubs, watering and tending

the plants throughout the autumn and

spring terms. Such a credit to Year 7 -

thank you girls for all your help.”

To see the criteria for the Character Pillar Challenges click here.

See Mrs Ryan for more details.

Whole School Information

Remembrance Service – November Students who belong to any cadet, scouts or guides groups play an important part in our

Remembrance Service. If your child belongs to such a group your child’s form mentor will

have hopefully passed their names on to Mr. Beardmore. Please do ask your child to check

with their form mentor that their names have been passed on. Any concerns that your

child’s name has been missed off, please pass onto Mr Beardmore.

Once all names are taken preparations can begin for the ceremony in November.

Governing Body News

Following the recent parent governor election, the following were elected parent governors for a two year term of

office: Steven Goodwin, Kieley Schofield and Russell Bowers. James Dawson was also elected as a co-opted governor

for a two year term of office.

John Denton, Chair of Governors

Co-Curricular Events at Mossley Hollins At Mossley Hollins we value the development of positive character traits as much as we value academic

development. Our co-curricular activities, which take place outside of the classroom complement classroom

learning, including a range of sporting, performing arts and enrichment activities. We do not see these activities as

‘extra’ and students who involve themselves in the full range of activities and opportunities do tend to perform

better academically.

Now that Covid restrictions have eased, we are in a position to offer a much wider range of opportunities for our

students, please see below for the current list of co-curricular activities we have on offer. We strongly value our co-

curricular offer and know this can make a significant impact on the development of the whole child. Please do

encorrage your child to get involved in these activities.

The increased number and wider diversity of our enrichment activities gives all students the opportunity to

participate in the programme and experience something(s) that they may continue to take part in well beyond

Secondary School.

Every faculty offers enrichment experiences for our students to experience. Many of these are new to our

programme. We are proud that all new staff that joined us in September 2021 are part of our programme.

Students have missed out so much on activities recently and as a school we want all our students to make up for this

by accessing this new exciting programme.

Co-Curricular Clubs Day When Where Frequency Year Groups

Art Challenge Club Thursday Lunchtime 4.01 Weekly 11

Art Club Monday Lunchtime 4.01 Weekly 7

Chamber Choir Thursday Form Time G.02 Weekly All

Coding Club Thursday Lunchtime 3.04 Weekly 7, 8 and 9

Cookery Club Tuesday 3.10pm - 4.30pm 4.05 / 4.06 Weekly 7

Dance Leaders Monday Lunchtime Dance Studio Weekly All

Design & Make Club Tuesday After School 4.03 Weekly 9

Digital Design Tuesday Lunchtime 4.07 Fortnightly 10 and 11

Film Club Tuesday 3pm - 4pm English classroom Weekly 8 and 9

Guitar Club Thursday 3pm - 4pm Practice Room Weekly All

History Film Club Thursday 3pm - 3.45pm 2.01 Weekly 7, 8 and 9

Korean Club Tuesday Lunchtime L.01 Weekly All

KS3 Drama Club Tuesday Lunchtime Drama Studio Weekly 7 and 8

KS3 Drumming Group Tuesday 3pm - 3.30pm G.02 Weekly All

KS3 Young Reporters Wednesday Lunchtime Library Weekly 7, 8 and 9

KS4 Drumming Group Tuesday Lunchtime G.02 Weekly 10 and 11

Legally Blond Monday 3pm - 5pm Drama Studio Weekly Cast

Legally Blond Principal

Characters Thursday After School Drama Studio Weekly Cast

Legally Blond Principal

Characters Friday Lunchtime Drama Studio Weekly Cast

Oldham Coliseum

Partnership Friday After School Drama Studio Weekly TBC

Philosophy & Debate Club Tuesday Lunchtime 2.06 Weekly 7, 8 and 9

Pop Choir Friday 1.25pm - 1.55pm G.02 Weekly All

Retro Gaming / Idea Club Wednesday Lunchtime 4.02 Weekly All

Rock Band Thursday 3pm - 4pm Music Room Weekly All

Running Tuesday 3pm - 4.15pm Football Pitch Weekly All

School Band Thursday 3pm - 4.30pm G.02 Bi-Weekly All

Spanish Film Club Thursday Lunchtime L.02 Weekly All

STEM Crest Award Thursday 3pm - 4pm 3.09 Weekly 7 and 8

Trampolining, Badminton,

Volleyball & Table Tennis Thursday Lunchtime Sports Hall Weekly 11

Whizz Bang Science Club Tuesday 1.25pm - 1.50pm 3.09 Weekly Any

Word Puzzle & Chess Club Thursday Lunchtime Bronte HB Weekly 8

Year 10 Badminton &

Volleyball Thursday After School Sports Hall Weekly 10

Year 10 DofE Bronze Thursday Lunchtime G.01 4 weekly 10

Year 7 & 8 Book Club Friday Lunchtime Library Weekly 7 and 8

Year 7 & 8 Dance Club Thursday 3pm - 4pm Dance Studio Weekly 7 and 8

Year 7 & 8 Football Team Monday After School Astro Weekly 7 and 8

Year 7 & 8 Girls Football Monday After School Astro Weekly 7 and 8

Year 7 Band Wednesday 3pm - 4pm G.02 Weekly 7

Year 7 Basketball Tuesday Lunchtime Sports Hall Weekly 7

Year 7 Football Friday Lunchtime Astro Weekly 7

Year 7, 8 & 9 Netball Monday After School Sports Hall Weekly 7, 8 and 9

Year 8 & 9 Basketball Friday Lunchtime Sports Hall Weekly 8 and 9

Year 8 Football Tuesday Lunchtime Astro Weekly 8

Year 8 Jass Silver & Gold Thursday Lunchtime G.01 4 weekly 8

Award

Year 9 & 10 Badminton Wednesday Lunchtime Sports Hall Weekly 9 and 10

Year 9 & 10 Book Club Monday Lunchtime Library Weekly 9 and 10

Year 9 Football Monday Lunchtime Astro Weekly 9

Year 9 Netball Monday Lunchtime Sports Hall Weekly 9

Year 9, 10 & 11 Dance Club Tuesday Lunchtime Dance Studio Weekly 9, 10 and 11

Arts & Sports Maths

DofE & Jass Music

English Science

Humanities Technology

Languages

National Online Safety At Mossley Hollins High School we are fully committed to the safeguarding of the young people in our care and

believe it is important everyone takes an active role in ensuring students are safe online.

We would like to welcome parents to join National Online Safety by following the link here.

Once you have registered you will have access to a multitude of resources to help keep your child safe online

We would especially like to recommend the Online Safety Course for Parents and Carers, which can be accessed by

following the links below:

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/view/course/os-for-parents-11-14

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/view/course/os-for-parents-14-18

Thank you,

Mr Chalmers

Life Skills Please see below the timetable for Life Skills during form time:

Year group Theme Topic w/c Monday 11th October

Year 7+ Starting at Mossley Hollins High School Friendships: Making friends

Year 8 Peer Influence Assertiveness

Year 9 Coping Strategies Running away from home

Year 10 Extremism, radicalisation and cults Radicalisation – Support/guidance

Year 11* Planning for Life after Mossley Hollins Behaviours in the workplace

+ Year 7 will also be participating in a ‘First Aid’ session within their Humanities lessons this week. This will focus on

emergency first aid, allergies, and prescribed medication.

* As part of our Health & Wellbeing curriculum, Year 11 will also be covering the importance of taking increased

responsibility for their own physical health including self-examination in their science lessons this term.

If you have any queries regarding our Life Skills curriculum or our Pastoral Programme please contact Miss R

Hodgkins at r.hodgkins@mossleyhollins.com

Faculty Focus: Science

Science News Year 10 have been looking at different types of bonding in science.

Here our models of covalent bonds using pipe cleaners and beads!.

The pipe cleaners show the shells and the beads represent the

electrons. The atoms must share the electrons

to gain full outer shells and become stable, this

can be seen by the beads on the overlapping

sections.

Year 8 have been looking at different drugs and the effects on the body. As part of the Learning Character Pillar,

students had to design a poster, leaflet or video to be used in school. Students were very creative

and completed some amazing work. Students working fantastically in their groups and they should

be very proud of the work that was produced.

Amazing Science Opportunity We would like to promote an opportunity for scientists, which runs outside of regular school hours.

DoctorsLive, is a team of doctors passionate about inspiring the next generation of students to pursue a career in

Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, and Allied Health Professions. They run a weekly interactive anatomy club covering live

virtual dissections of the human body, discussing how the systems of the body work and what could go wrong.

Their next anatomy club begins in November 2021. The sessions are described as ‘fun, interactive, and accessed

online from the comfort of the students' home’. Each session will cover an organ system and delve into:

1. How the organ system works

2. What could go wrong

3. Live virtual operations

4. Live practical examinations

5. Reviewing anonymised real-life cases and scans

The sessions are perfect for any student aged 14+ interested in a career in healthcare. Certificates will be provided

for participation and can be used as evidence of virtual work experience.

Our sessions run live every Thursday from 6pm until 8pm, covering a new system each week. The complete

programme runs for 12 weeks from November 2021 to January 2022. Recordings of the session will also be available

on demand to re-watch later. Please note, places are limited to a first come first serve basis. To learn more and sign

up, please visit: www.doctorslive.co.uk

Faraday College (Science and Technology Faculty & Year 11)

Year 11 GCSE Exams 2022

As you may have seen in the news last week, Ofqual have released information about some changes to the GCSE

exams for 2022. We plan to provide you with further, more detailed, information about these changes in next week’s

Newsflash and our Year 11 students will also have an assembly before half term. Please keep an eye out for further

information.

Year 11 Information College Open Days and Evenings

There have been some changes to opening evenings/days and some transition to alternative virtual events. Please see below and note for most events, booking is essential.

Ashton Sixth Form College

Open Day: Saturday 16th October 2021, from 10am-1pm

Should you wish to learn more about Ashton Sixth Form

College, please visit their website:

https://www.asfc.ac.uk/

The deadline for applications is Wednesday

15th December 2021 (by 11:59pm)

Oldham Sixth Form College Oldham Sixth Form College will be holding open days at the following times:

• Saturday 9 October, 10am-2pm • Monday 18 October, 5-8pm

Should you wish to learn more about Oldham Sixth Form College, please visit their website: https://www.osfc.ac.uk/

Tameside College

• Saturday 16th October, 10am – 2pm

Tameside College currently have a range of virtual events

for students to access. These are available through the

following link:

https://open.tameside.ac.uk/

Clarendon Sixth Form College

• Saturday 16th October, 10am – 2pm

Clarendon Sixth Form College currently have a range of

virtual events for students to access. These are available

through the following link:

https://open.clarendon.ac.uk/

Careers This week, we are focusing on Careers in Nursing.

Click here and you will be provided with a range of information about nursing,

including opportunities for training and progression.

Experiences in Law, Business & Politics This term The Ultimate Career Experience are offering students between the age of 12-18 immersive weekend

experiences in nine careers relating to Law, Business and Politics. Learn from top criminal barristers, investment

bankers, MPs, management consultants, corporate lawyers, United Nations staff and more.

Accountancy: Discover offshore tax and forensic accounting

Entrepreneurship: Design a business strategy to rapidly grow a company

Environmentalism: Create a futuristic, eco-friendly transport system

International Development: Experience a climate change summit

Investment Banking: Trade the stock market alongside City bankers

Law: Experience a live murder trial with top barristers

Management Consultancy: Help a company go zero-carbon

Marketing: Rescue your client from a rapidly-escalating PR disaster

Politics: Debate with former MPs in a simulated House of Commons

Students can attend in-person at UCL or live online, with some options around the UK too. We expect to be fully-

booked for the November Young Lawyer and Young Investment Banker programmes by next Friday 15th October.

You can find out more, and sign up by clicking here.

Technology News

Interested in Gaming?

Join the Retro Gaming Club – Wednesday lunch in 4.02

For more information see Mr Chalmers

Year 7 Cookery Club

On Tuesday, 28th September the Year 7 Cookery Club got off to a good start. 17 Year 7 students attended to

make chicken schnitzel. They learnt many new skills including the creaming method, sieving, accurate weighing

and measuring, safe use of knives and ovens, portion control, correct washing up, and safe use of pan stand. Our star

baker for this first session was Natasha, who won a peanut butter pud in a mug cup from Mr Beaumont and Mrs

Duncan. Next week’s dish will be a jam thumb print cookie. We look forward to seeing students again!

Year 7 art club folded into action on Monday lunchtime, creating origami journals to

document their hopes and dreams for their time at Mossley Hollins and beyond!

Miss Walker and Mrs Adams are so happy with the turn out and so proud of our volunteer

ambassadors from year 9, 10 and 11. We can’t wait to see what our artists create!

If you’re in year 7 and interested in

joining, we have a few places left.

Please pick up a letter from Mrs

Adams room (4.01) and return your

permission slip before Monday 11th

October.

Turing College (Maths Faculty & Year 10)

Maths News Cryptography Club - Year 7, 8 and 9.

This week we took a look at one of the most famous ciphers from History - the

Caesar Cipher. Made famous by the Emperor Julius Caesar.

The students also created their own cipher wheels to take home and use to create secret

messages.

In the Curriculum

Year 7 - Tasks for home.

As the world embraces more and more technology, the idea of being able

to tell the time yourself has become increasingly less important - we can all just ask our smart

devices what time it is.

We must always think - what if the technology wasn't there? What if I needed to catch a bus and all

I have is a watch and a timetable? These are fundamental skills that EVERYONE should be equipped

with.

We will be starting to cover the topic of time in lessons and providing as many real-life situations as we can to

support their learning. But this is where actually experiencing something in the real world will massively support

their understanding.

So at home;

• get involved in the cooking of a meal: how long should it take? When should it be ready?

• Plan backwards: If the bus is at 8:15am and it takes you 25 minutes to get ready, 10 minutes to eat breakfast

and 10 minutes to get to the bus stop, what is the latest time you will need

to wake up?

• Look at the running time of TV shows or films and plan your evening

around when you want to eat, watch the film and go to bed.

• If Strictly is on at 8pm and you're eating your tea at 5:30pm and it takes

you 20 minutes, how long will you need to wait before the show starts.

Could you fit in some other tasks that are 20 minutes each? How many?

Nightingale College (Humanities & MFL Faculty & Year 9)

International Partnership

Mr Stevens has been working with a

group of Y9 students to create a

partnership with a school in Nigeria called

Usra Academy through the British Council.

To initiate our partnership, students have

created videos to share information about

life at Mossley Hollins. We are looking forward to continuing with

our international school partnership with a focus on SDGs

(Sustainable Development Goals). Thank you to Louise Bailey,

Holly Dewsnap, Lucy Nolan, Eva Albiston, Dean Bottomley, Alex

Kirk, Josh Dawson and Ava O’Connell for their excellent participation.

Spanish Film Club The MHHS Spanish Film Club has started this half term and we have lots of Y7 and Y8 members already.

Currently we are watching ‘El Libro de la Vida’ which some of the students had already seen! Over the

next few weeks we are going to watch the end of the film. Look out for our reviews in future editions of

the Newsflash.

If you would like to participate in Spanish Film Club we will be recruiting new members for our next film at the end of

this half term. Please speak to Mr Stevens or Mr Taylor.

Bronte College (English Faculty & Year 8)

Calling all Young Writers

Student Choice Book Club Year 9 and Year 10: join us in the library on Mondays at lunch time as we delve into The

Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien.

This term’s choice of book takes us on an adventure to Middle Earth as we encounter

wizards, hobbits, elves and dragons to name a few of the interesting creatures in this

novel. One usually ‘stay-at-home’ Hobbit is forced into an adventure that will change

his life but how will he manage?

Year 8 Puzzle Club

Calling all intrepid Code Crackers and Puzzle P.I.s…

If you think you’ve got what it takes to decipher, unravel and solve

the knottiest of conundrums - we need you!

Join us in Bronte, every Wednesday lunch time for a selection of brain-teasers, cryptograms and puzzles…

In celebration of National Poetry Day this year, we will be entering the Empowered Poetry Competition for 11-18 year olds.

For this competition students have to write a poem demonstrating their sense of empowerment. Students will have the opportunity to plan their poems and ideas in class this week in their English lesson. You could choose from the following to aid your writing:

✓ Current affairs

✓ The environment

✓ Identity

✓ Education

✓ Image

✓ Equal rights

✓ Idols, hopes, dreams and ambitions

The competition closes Friday 22nd October so aim to get your first drafts in by 11th October.

Redgrave College (PE & Performing Arts Faculty & Year 7)

Year 7 Baseline tests All year 7 students will be sitting 3 baseline assessments during the weeks beginning 11th and 18th October. There

will be one for English and two for Maths. These will be completed online. They will sit the first Maths assessment

during their Computer Science lesson next week and then the English and second Maths tests will take place during

their normal lessons the following week. These are not tests that the students need to prepare or revise for. The

tests are designed to give us the vital information about your child that we did not receive when their SATS were

cancelled in year 6. They will provide teachers with information to better support pupils and plan an effective

curriculum by giving us a detailed breakdown to ensure ‘strengths and weaknesses’ are clear and can be addressed.

We thank you in advance for your support with this.

Drama News GCSE Drama Performances

Congratulations to Drama students in Yr. 11 who have now completed their collaborative group devised drama

pieces despites the challenges of Covid in the last few months.

The performances were based on stimuli from the exam booklet and resulted in pieces of drama ranging from an

atmospheric, post apocolyptic duologue set in an underground bunker to a spoof murder mystery comedy!

The students were incredible in their maturity, collaboration and focus and the performances were a pleasure to

watch, it’s just such a shame that we couldn’t invite parents and friends. We are now moving on to our scripted

performances pieces and, this time, we hope to be able to perform to a public audience. Congratulations to all those

who performed- I am very

proud of you!

Mrs Ryan

Legally Blonde Rehearsals

Year 7 pupils are welcome to come and join us. Please see Mrs Ryan for further details. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR

BACKSTAGE CREW – come along and develop your production skills in lighting, sound and stage management.

Rehearsals for Legally Blonde:

Monday 3- 5pm - Whole Cast

Thursday 3- 5pm - Principal Characters

Friday lunchtimes - Principal Characters

Music News Pop Choir

Our Pop Choir has once again risen from the flames after all singing had to be stopped due to the pandemic. The

group meets every Friday lunchtime in the music room with our specialist vocal tutor Mr Michael Jones working his

magic with our students. After only three or four rehearsals we have today been recorded and our performance is on

the school twitter account – Check it out, it’s super. The recording is a skilful “mash-up” of Royals by Lorde and the

Harry Style’s song – Falling.

We are still welcoming more students to the choir from all year groups, please encourage your child to come and get

involved.

Mr Beardmore

PE News Outstanding achievement – Year 9 - Maddie Crosby

Maddie Crosby in Year 9 plays football at a very high level outside of school for Ashton

Pumas. She has performed exceptionally well this season and been nominated the ‘Girl of

the Game’ in both games. In the first game of the season she played as Goalkeeper in an 8-1

victory and in her second game she played in midfield in a 4.3 victory.

This is an outstanding achievement and we would like to wish Maddie and her team mates

good luck for the rest of the season.

Outstanding achievement – Year 10 – Harriet Newton

Harriet Newton in Year 10 has continued with her swimming success this year. Last weekend

she performed in a competition for Greater Manchester Regional Swim Squad. She competed

against the best swimmers from all over the county and managed to come away with 2

bronze medals.

An outstanding achievement, well done Harriet!

Outstanding achievement – Year 11 – Noah Lucas

Noah Lucas in Year 11 has recently had a trial with FC Halifax. He has played in a number of

games and in his most recent game he assisted two goals and scored one, to contribute to

the teams 8.1 victory. Last week Noah was rewarded for his outstanding performances with

a contract offer.

We would like to wish Noah the best of luck in the future with his football career.

Year 7 Netball

On Tuesday the Year 7 Netball team played in their first ever tournament for

Mossley Hollins. The girls were excellent on the night and demonstrated a high

level of netball ability throughout. They managed to win 2 games on the night

with a 6-2 victory against Laurus Rycroft and a 5-1 victory against Fairfield.

Well done and congratulations to; Poppy Evans, Sophie Hunt, Keira Gardener, Isabelle Walsh, Emily Robinson, Freya

Goodwin, Madison Marler and Thea Smith – Heeley

Year 7 Football

On Monday the Year 7 football team played in their third game of the season. They

put in a fantastic display to maintain their winning run with a 3.1 victory. The boys

performed outstanding in defence with Oliver, Jacob, Tom, Richie, Zach and George

all working hard at the back. They managed to score 3 outstanding goals with Cody

Farrington, Tom Delaney and Noah Brookes all scoring in the second half to get the

victory.

Congratulations and well done to;

Oliver Barrett, Tom Delaney, Jacob Winterbottom, Joseph Tohill, Zach Austin,

Daniel Glover, Richie Dodd, Cody Farrington, George Bull, Bradley Metcalfe, Noah Brookes and Oliver Glover.

Year 8 Football

On Wednesday the Year 8 Football team played in the Tameside cup against Hyde. The boys worked hard across all

areas of the pitch and played some very good football at times. Unfortunately, they lost the game 2-0. They

continued to work hard right up to the final whistle and demonstrated a positive attitude throughout. We hope they

get back to winning ways in their next game.

Well done to;

Michael Alcock, Josh Burke, Declan Mainwaring, Lucas Mason, Thomas Pritchard, Sam Jones, Henry Wood, Oliver

Loughman, Noah Hartley, Harry Wadsworth, Harrison Mayall, Ace Norton and Jonathon Vincent.

Year 9 Football

The Year 9 football team continued their winning run on Wednesday against Longendale. The boys battled well in

the first half with the score 1-1 at half time. In the second half they played some excellent football and put in a

dominant performance to win the game 6-2. Elliot Lawrence scored and impressive 5 goals to get his first hat trick of

the season and Finn Jones scored the last goal with an excellent finish into the top corner.

Congratulations and well done to;

Jaidon Roper, Leo Moreland, Luke Bent, Max Beasley, Lewis Hewitt, George Cassidy, Harry Grange, Harvey Platt,

Charlie Mayall, Alex Favario, Layton Charlton, Finn Jones, Elliot Lawrence and Claudiu Oprea.

Year 10 Football

On Monday the Year 10 football team played in their second game of the season against Longendale. They put in an

outstanding performance in both defence and attack and managed to keep a clean sheet and score 5 goals to win

the game 5-0. The goals were scored by Charlie Bingley and Daniel Curran with Charlie scoring 2 and Daniel getting a

hat trick.

Congratulations and well done to;

Kane Mavrantziotis Bove, Sean Smith, Isaac Herod, Keano Wassall, Jake Wolfenden, Matthew Jones, Luke Varey,

Jacob Tohill, Joel Andrews, James Duggan, Daniel Curran, Owen Lomax and Charlie Bingley.

Year 10 and 11 – Outstanding Performance - Futsal

A group of Year 10 and 11 pupils have been competing in the North West Futsal

league this year. Last weekend they continued their running run against East

Riding. The put in an outstanding performance to win the game 10-5 and remain top of the league. We wish all the

boys the best of luck for the rest of the season.

Congratulations and well done to Noah Lucas, Charlie Jones, Bayley Wassall, Keano Wassall, Jacob Tohill and Charlie

Bingley.

If anyone is wanting to get involved in Sala Soccer please contact Neil Lucas @ Sala Soccer on 07790 779007

Futsal – Challenge.

Inspired by the success of Noah, Charlie, Bayley, Keano, Jacob and Charlie please follow the link

below to try out the 6 different Pokemon Futsal Challenges 2021. On the website link you will find

cards and videos which provide information on how to perform the challenge. There are 6 challenges

which focus on different skills including shooting, passing, defending, agility, fitness and control.

Good luck everyone !

https://www.mastertheball.com/schools-hub/

Sport Performer of the Week

Year 7 – Tom Delaney produced an outstanding defensive performance for

the Year 7 football team against Longendale and he also scored a great

goal. They went on to win 3-1.

Year 8 – Gabriella Varey and Sophia Langdon for outstanding progress in

their badminton lessons over the last few weeks.

Year 9 – Maddie Crosby for being named ‘Girl of the Game’ in her first two

matches of the season for Ashton Pumas. Outstanding player!

Year 10 – Charlie Bingley and Daniel Curran scored 5 goals between them

against Longendale with Charlie scoring 2 and Daniel getting a hat trick. They went on to win the game 5.0

Year 11 – Noah Lucas for signing a contract with FC Halifax after a successful trial this month. We wish Noah the best

of luck for the rest of the season and his future career in football.

Thank you from the PE department.

The PE department would like to say thank you to all parents, carers and family members who came to watch the

games this week. Your support is much appreciated by both the pupils and the PE faculty. Thank you!!!

Request from the PE department

The PE department would love to find out what fitness activities or sports activities the pupils of Mossley Hollins are

taking part in outside of school at the moment. We would like all pupils to send/email photos of them taking part in

exercise or playing sport for their clubs with information about their achievements to Mr Doodson or Mrs Dodd on

a.doodson@mossleyhollins.com or v.dodd@mossleyhollins.com.

Thank you to those pupils/parents/carers who have contacted the PE department since the start of the year with

information, this is much appreciated.

Dance News Year 10 – Outstanding Leadership

Chloe Hibbert (Year 10) has received her Dance Leader Award this week after leading and choreographing dances for

the school musical ‘Legally Blonde’. Well done Chloe!

Millie Wright (Year 10) will be working towards her Dance Leader Award starting Monday 11th October. She will be

leading a Monday lunch Dance Club for any students who want to come along for some extra Dance fun to learn

some of Millie’s choreography and practice their dance technique.

If any Year 9, 10 or 11 students are interested in gaining their Dance Leader Award please speak to Miss Walsh – This

helps towards your Character Pillars and you will receive a certificate and ‘Dance Leader’ T-Shirt!

Any Other Information (Job Vacancies/Community Events etc)

Job Vacancies at Mossley Hollins Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Level 4) Literacy+

30 hours per week (term time only)

Salary – Grade F (Point 17 – 22)

Actual Salary at Point 17 - £17,088

Required – As soon as possible

Closing date for completed applications – Monday 18th October 2021 – 12 noon

Application forms and further details from the school website

www.mossleyhollins.com/vacancies

Teaching Assistant Level 3 (Literacy+)

Permanent

30 hrs per week (term time only)

Salary – Grade E (Point 11 – 16)

Actual Salary at Point 11 - £15,174.21

Required – As soon as possible

Closing date for completed applications – Monday, 18th October 2021 – 12 noon

Application forms and further details from the school website

www.mossleyhollins.com/vacancies

Job Vacancies at Droylsden Academy School Leisure Facility Assistant

Pay Scale: Grade A, Point 2 - £9.68 per hour

Contract: Full Year

Hours: A minimum of 10 hours per week, evenings and weekends

Closing Date: 26th October 2021

Librarian and Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Coordinator

Pay Scale: Grade E, Point 11

Contract: Term Time Only

Hours: 30 hours (6 hours per day)

Closing Date: 17th October 2021

Start Date: ASAP

Cleaning Manager

Pay Scale: Grade D, Point 7 – 10 (actual starting salary £15,348)

Contract: Full Year

Hours: 25 per week

Closing Date: 20th October 2021

Start Date: ASAP

Teaching Assistant – Level 2

Pay Scale: Grade D, Point 7 – 10 (actual starting salary - £15,264)

Contract: Fixed Term, Term Time Only (ends 31/08/2022 – subject to funding)

Hours: 32.5 per week (8.30am until 3.30pm daily)

Closing Date: 10th October 2021

Interview Date: TBC

Start Date: ASAP

Curriculum Tutor/Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Maths & Numeracy)

Pay Scale: Grade F, Point 17 - 22 (£20,610 p.a.)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 36 per week, Term Time Only

Closing Date: 13th October 2021

Start Date: ASAP

School Expectations

Equipment

Students who wish to succeed at our school always bring the right equipment for the right lessons each day.

Students do not need to bring all of their books but should select the right ones the previous evening. Students must

bring to school: pencil case; the 2ps and 2Rs (pen, pencil, ruler & rubber); their planner; DEAR-reader; Correct

coloured lanyard; the books and folders for that day; their PE kit when they have PE and a scientific calculator.

Punctuality

We would like to remind everyone of the importance of arriving to school promptly each morning. Should you child

arrive later, they must enter through pupil reception by crossing the bridge. This applies to students in all year

groups.

Uniform

School Shoes We would like to remind parents and students of the footwear, which will be deemed acceptable and

unacceptable. Footwear must not resemble trainers and shoes manufactured by sportswear companies will not be

allowed. Canvas or leather converse/vans style pumps will not be allowed, nor will any footwear that covers the

ankle. Please be aware that some companies market shoes as school shoes but in fact, they are not acceptable as

they have logos and/or trainer like soles. Other shops, such as Clarks have also begun to design their school shoes to

look like trainers. Shoes must be all black including the stitching, sole and trim. Logos of any kind are not acceptable,

including Kickers. If students arrive in school with inappropriate shoes, they will not be permitted into lessons.

Please help to avoid any issues by ensuring that the uniform policy is adhered to.

Unsuitable School Shoes

Suitable School Shoes

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