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March 2018: Technology wizards scoop two trophies

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. […]

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 […]