INDUSTRIOUS students with a talent for design have scooped two trophies at the Rotary Club Technology Tournament. The BAE Systems sponsored challenge at Hollins Technology College in Accrington saw students from high schools all over Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale creating a launch pad with trigger mechanism to propel a plastic ball into the air. […]
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March 2018: Prince Edward rewards tennis students
STUDENTS who have been learning real tennis at Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club also got to meet Prince Edward. Since last term, six of our students have been attending training sessions at the centre in Salford where the head professional is Steve Brockenshaw, whose son Harvey is in Year 11. […]
March 2018: Team success in Rossendale Trampoline Competition
TRAMPOLINISTS from Haslingden High School won every team category at the Rossendale Trampoline Competition. Snow forced what should have been a two-day competition at Fearns Community Sports College, Stacksteads, to be held over just one day and the busy event saw Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum competitors all taking to […]
March 2018: Skiers success at first ever competition
Our talented skiing team were named North West lower senior champions on their first time of entering a competition at Pendle Ski Slope. PE teacher Mrs Wilson said: “I was approached by student Matthew Marriott, who has previously entered the competition as an individual, to see if we could enter […]
March 2018: Lasting legacy ensures Matthew’s memory lives on
Our former student, Matthew Densfield, a talented jazz drummer who tragically died aged 20, has left a lasting legacy to inspire future musicians. Matthew had DiGeorge Syndrome and March 21 2017 he had a fifth heart operation, just three days after he had celebrated his birthday at the Manchester Royal […]