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July 2017: Duathlon team share county spoils

A TEAM from Haslingden High School were joint winners of the Lancashire School Games Duathlon trophy. Students entered competitions at Stanley Park in Blackpool where they competed against schools from all over the county. Eilidh Aindow and Ella Hall competed as a team in the Year 8 duathlon competition with […]

July 2017: Students enjoy tres bon time in France

AROUND 40 students from Year 8 at Haslingden High School enjoyed a fun-filled four days in France. The school trip to the PGL Centre, near Calais, saw students visiting a theme park, an aquarium and fine tuning their French skills on a town trail. Alyssa Cole, 12, said: “We had […]

June 2017: National final beckons for swimmer Beth

OPEN water swimmer Beth Hartwell has earned herself a place in the national final in Sheffield after finishing second in Lancashire. The Haslingden High School Year 8 student competed in the North West Open Water Swimming Championships at Salford Quays. The 13-year-old from Norden said: “I swam in a wetsuit […]

June 2017: Wordsmiths win £200 for school

WORD wizards from Haslingden High School’s Year 7 are the third best in the country. They took part in a literacy competition ‘Word Mania’ where they were given a grid of 15 letters and had to create as many words of any length within three minutes. The online challenge pitted […]