Hollins High School Newsflash 20 Friday 5th February 2021

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Home Learning in English

In our English lessons last week, we sent our Year 7 students off to explore the Arctic. We hope that you enjoy reading some excerpts from their blogs…

Willow Ladyko Tomlinson Harry Wadsworth

Hello, I’m Willow and I am an Artic ambassador. The team I A frosty sensation struck me when I arrived, as the team work for is called ADET (which stands for artic leaders lead us to the tents we would stay in for the night. discovery experts team), we study animals and the landscape Barry dibed the best tent, which resulted him being kicked in the artic, we make sure that everything is how it should be. out of the ‘1st class’ tent he picked and put into economy. Today is my first day back after summer break and I’m here to We immediately came across a polar bear- many other share it with you. team members asked whether they could feed it their 5 To start our day, we went for an adventure up the blustery, chocolate bars- but we all know the answer to that snowy mountains to also get some nice shots for our question. I shot out a quick fact to let the team members documentary. My new recruit, Dr Katastropha, and I have a know that I knew my stuff, but by the time I turned around massive passion for photography and studying landscapes: they were all gone( for anyone whose interested, the fact therefore, we decided to stay behind when the rest of the was they have a thick layer of blubber insulating the cold team headed back to base. climate). We chose to take photos of the ocean from the top of a nearby hill, I got the picture from lots of different angles to During the tour of the animals we came across a penguin get a better idea of the breath-taking ocean around us. habitat, which was strange because I thought that they Everything was going fine so far. Out of the blue, the ice only lived in Antarctica, but there was a preserve made just cracked and Katastropha fell and trapped his leg in the ice! for them. Barry asked whether he could stroke it again, but Doctor also banged his head on the ice and needed medical again, we all know the answer to that question. I told my help fast. I began to panic as I lost the satellite phone, which fellow companions that the Arctic fox has the warmest fur was our only way of communication. Storm clouds were of all animals, and for once the group leaders actually swiftly moving in making visibility very poor. I had no other seemed impressed with me. choice but to abandon my equipment and take Katastropha back on my sled. My whole body was shaking from the bitter cold, but I knew I had to get him back.

Riley Whipday Year 7 students have also been sharing I was travelling around the wastes of the their recommended reads… Arctic, taking in the beautiful, pearl-white scenery that I could see. I saw a mound of snow, but it was different… it moved. I was too close before I realised what the mound actually was… it was a polar bear.

It bared its teeth, starting to circle me. I ran and I ran, it was on my tail, figuring out my every move as I did it. I ran up a small mountain of snow, and I was cornered. A small platform of ice was far away. Who would take me first? The polar bear… or the freezing ocean?

Year 9 students have been exploring poetry on various My NATURE by Nathan Crossland important theme including considering poetry as a form

of protest and a way to express their identity. A’ like nature,

Can’t b’ mean in speech, Can’t b’ mean in fist. Chloe Ormrod Global warming, an issue we all are responsible for, Dicky birds sing int’ trees, If we do not get this under control, it will be a war, Ants march through grass, For it may not be us who have to deal with the long lasting An’ people nowhere t’ b’ seen. effects, But our children and grandchildren, so now we need to There I am, sittin ont felled beach, reflect Listening t’ Peckers hittin soft pines,

Watching tuffdies (Red squirrels) chewin though Turn your lights off, eat less meat is a start, armoured cones. I think we know there are things we are doing wrong, we

I daren’t go near people, can feel it in our heart Int fear of what they’d say: My Voice by Milly Marshall ‘Why ya speakin like that?’ And ‘ Don’t ya know ‘ow t’ speak proper?’ My voice, I choose how I speak, ‘Am a lad from ’ I reply ‘ an’ you ain’t changin you might not like it- ‘ow a speak’ my accent nor my language

how I talk or even text. So a go t’ wood, My voice, Where stags rut and martins roam, people want me to change:

Where Cross Bills peel back the armour ont’ cones my looks, my voice, my fashion

Where brooks babble and trees groan. but I am proud. My voice, The wind blows through wood, to me you speak differently The dicky birds fly through trees, but I do not ask for you to change, The rodents scurry ont ground. so, An’ a sit there motionless please, Knowing that nature ain’t gonna raise its ‘and. hear me out- you cannot change who I am,

I am who I am, and I am proud of that, this is my voice!

Year 10 in their Literature lessons have been studying an anthology of poetry from a collection entitled Power and Conflict. Here are some of their responses to the poem Ozymandias.

David Beeley Shelley presents the character of Ozymandias in the poem as a cruel, egotistical leader with no empathy for their subjects. Their large statue of themselves – which Lauren Pratt can effectively show their opinion of themself (having such a large and noticeable Shelley presents Ozymandias as vain but also naïve. monument of them) and their lack of care to their underlings (having them create On the pedestal it states “My name is Ozymandias, such a large structure for what is assumed to be comparatively very little pay) – also king of kings.” This reflects how self centred he was has the words “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings”. The title ‘king’ by itself as he wanted everyone to know who he was and his already shows high status and respect, but Ozymandias’ claim that they rule over all status when he was alive. The size of the statue also of them shows how important they see themselves as. Furthermore, the title ‘king of shows this. However, he could also be portrayed as kings’ is a title often given to Jesus in the Bible. While this statue would have been naïve as he doesn’t understand that a statue will made before Christianity’s large popularity, and how said religion is uncommon in not make people remember him the way he wanted Egypt even to this day, Shelley likely used this comparison to further show them to as it was built by hundreds of slaves. Also, a Ozymandias’ large ego and high status. statue won’t last forever due to natural decay over Shelley’s interpretation of Ozymandias’ power in the poem is best shown in the other time. He doesn’t understand that being remembered line carved into their statue’s pedestal: “Look on my works, ye might, and despair!”. through a statue isn’t as powerful as being The abstract noun “might” gives a sense that Ozymandias had a powerful remembered through a poem or something that is and intimidating presence, that could be felt simply by being near to them. Also, the used and remembered for generations. use of the command word ‘despair’ not only shows the large difference in the reader and Ozymandias’ comparative power, but the fact that they are demanding that the onlooker to despair makes it seem like he could even control other’s emotions and fears to an extent.

Year 10: Celebrating Student Success

Mathew Taylor (10E) has been working really hard in school each day. Mathew is always engaged in every lesson, and takes pride in all of his work. Not only this Mathew is always on hand to help other students, he is an exceptionally hard working student – keep up the good work! Below are two examples of his work from History and Science.

Congratulations to Alex Tandy 10M Alex has raced to three titles: winning the ACU 250 Superlite Class; the ACU Novice British Championship and he is also the British Novice Champion. This sets Alex up for 2021 when he will move up to the Clubman class, which his manager has said is an “outstanding achievement for someone his age.”

In 2019, Alex was crowed academy winner in the Norasport British Supermoto and he Superlite Championship in his first year of racing. This is a remarkable achievement Alex, and we wish you all the best for your future racing. We are really proud of you.

Attendance at Assemblies

We continue to be very pleased with the attendance at lessons in all year groups. Each week students are also expected to attend their life skills lesson, assemblies and form time. There are two assemblies each week, one with a member of the senior leadership team and one with the head of year. This is an opportunity for us to share vital information and reminders to students. There are also two form times to allow students to ask questions and share ideas. It is essential that students attend all lessons, assemblies and form times. Heads of year, senior leaders and/or attendance staff will follow up non-attendance.

School Uniform Recycling

There is now a link on our website under Parents / School Uniform Recycling, which links to a website where parents can list second hand MHHS uniform for sale and where others can then buy it.

PPE Timetable

This week in year eleven assembly, Mr Wells explained the plan for the final round of Pre-Public Examinations for year eleven.  There will be a significantly fewer Pre-Public Examinations than originally planned.  The examinations will begin on Wednesday, 10th March and finish on Friday, 19th March.  A new timetable and PPE booklet has been sent out today; printed copies can be collected from school if required.  If school re-opens, the examinations will take place in the building; if school remains closed, we shall conduct the PPEs online.

Date Session Examination Duration 14:00 Statistics, Paper One 1 hour 30 mins Wednesday, 10th March 14:00 Music Theory 1 hour 30 mins 09:00 Biology, Paper Two 1 hour 10 mins Thursday, 11th March 11:15 Spanish Listening- Higher 45 minutes 11:15 Further Maths, Paper One 1 hour 45 mins Friday, 12th March 14:00 History - Cold War 1 hour

English Literature Paper Two 08:45 1 hour 45 mins (Shakespeare and Unseen Poetry) Monday, 15th March 13:20 Geography Paper One 1 hour 08:45 Mathematics Paper One 1 hour 30 mins Tuesday, 16th March 14:00 GCSE PE 1 hour 45 mins 08:45 Computer Science, Paper One 1 hour 30 mins 08:45 Drama (Frankenstein) 35 mins Wednesday, 17th March 11:15 Business Studies, Paper One 1 hour 45 mins Thursday, 18th March 14:00 Spanish Listening - Foundation 35 minutes Friday, 19th March 08:45 Mathematics Paper Two 1 hour 30 mins

Character Development at Mossley Hollins

NEW ONLINE FORM AND CRITERIA NOW ON THE WEBSITE We want you to continue with your Character work whilst you are at home. There are still many ways that you can demonstrate good character, even whilst we remain in a time of 'lockdown' and social distancing. In fact, these strange times, stressful as they are, will help us all build character.

We have added new criteria that will count towards your evidence (which would normally be collated in your portfolios) and, once we all return to school, this will be added and will count towards your Character development and awards/badges.

Obviously, given that we are doing this remotely, there has to be some trust here. Once you have completed your challenge(s) we will just ask for a parent or carer's email address as validation. In some instances, you may have photographic proof, which can be uploaded.

Have a look through the form on the website and see what is involved. Detailed information about the Character Programme can be found here

Look under each Character Pillar heading. There are some suggested challenge criteria for each. There is also an 'other' option if you think that what you have done fits the criteria for a Character Pillar but is not included. If you use the 'other' option, please make it clear what it is that you have done.

Oldham Sixth Form College Event

Richard Lee, Assistant Principal at Oldham Sixth Form College, will be running a virtual session for our Year 11 students on Tuesday, 9th February at 3.05pm. The session is for any Year 11 student who would like more information about what Oldham Sixth Form has to offer, regardless of whether they have applied yet or not. Richard will also run a Q&A segment as part of this session where students can ask questions about Oldham Sixth Form College and their post-18 options such as university pathways, careers and Oxbridge.

If your child would like to attend this virtual session, please email Mrs Harrison [email protected] as soon as possible so that they can be added into meeting via Microsoft Teams.

Life Skills and Form Time

The purpose of form-time next week is to reflect on the successes of this half term and to reward students who have consistently shown excellence in their behaviour and attitude to learning. Each form group will also have the opportunity to ‘check in’ with their form to share their positive experiences of home learning and to ask for any further support, clarification or guidance they might need.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Year 7 Ms. Allwood Form Life Skills Miss Upton Form assembly Time/Check in assembly Time/Check in Year 8 Miss Upton Life Skills Form Time/Check in Mr. Taylor Form assembly assembly Time/Check in Year 9 Miss. Form Duke of Edinburgh Life Skills Miss Upton McLaughlin Time/Check in Award assembly with assembly assembly Miss Hodgkins Year 10 Form Miss Upton Form Time/Check in Mrs. Burns Life Skills Time/Check in assembly assembly Year 11 Mr. Beaumont Form Miss Upton assembly Form Form assembly Time/Check in Time/Check in Time/Check in

Please see below the timetable for Life Skills during form time next week: Year group Theme Topic during w/c Monday 8th February Year 7 Healthy Bodies Work/life balance Year 8 Careers A career in the digital and creative industries Year 9 Being independent Understanding loans Year 10 Extremism, radicalization and cults Cults

If you have any queries regarding our Life Skills curriculum or our Pastoral Programme please contact Mrs. R. Harrison at [email protected]

Student Webinar - Stress to success (Avoiding burnout, staying focussed and sticking to a plan)

When: Feb 23, 2021 Time: 06:00 PM Length: 1 hour Join renowned, world-class, youth coach and speaker, Cameron Parker!

Cameron’s mission is to lead the younger generation to success and he has spoken on stages both big and small across the UK and Europe educating and inspiring thousands of young people to level up their lives and upgrade their mindsets. You will have a chance to ask questions during the webinar.

In line with Zoom terms and conditions, if you are under the age of 16 please attend the webinar with a parent or guardian who is over 16 years old and can supervise your use of the Zoom platform.

Home Learning in Technology

Ryan Lever Year draw from a still life in the art room via Teams and photographs. Adding coffee stain to create depth and interest to their work.

Sofia Whitehead Libby Harris Jasmine Williams Neve Finney

Year 8 – Working in the style of artist Giorgio Morandi.

Year 10 – Experimenting with natural form textures and patterns inspired by Tom Quigley

Charlotte Williams – Apple Pie

Ellis Detheridge- Bread

Daniel Byers- Chilli and Rice

Amelia Byers – Potato Cakes

Year 11 Calzone Pizza Max Noble & Lewis Keppie

Key worker students: Year 8- Topic Main meals. Chicken Biryani

Keep Calm and Put a Lab Coat on! Science at home.

Institute of Physics – Moon Adventure What's it like to be an astronaut? Where did the Moon come from? What's the future of humans in space? Click here find out more!

Computer Science – App Creator

Ever wanted to create your own App? Then this is the activity for you! App Inventor has been created to help people of all ages develop the skills in order to create their own Apps. Click here for all the information needed to get started. I look forward to seeing your creations!

Mr Chalmers Duke of Edinburgh's Award

DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S BRONZE AWARD - CONGRATULATIONS As you can imagine, the past 12 months have been difficult for students to sign-off all sections of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. However, we have students in Year 11 who (having completed their expedition prior to Covid-19 restrictions); have successfully completed their Bronze award. We are incredibly proud of the following students, who can look forward to receiving their awards soon!

Dessica Convey Ethan Lord Abbie Schofield Amber Price-Butterworth Marina Dote Jessica Darraugh Leah Macdonald Louise Hughes Mia Roberts Danielle Gregory Naomi Seel

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT - CONGRATULATIONS Additionally, we have two-year ten students, who despite a later enrolment than anticipated in 2020 have successfully achieved their Certificate of Achievement for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

Huge congratulations to Jamie Ball and Lewis Byers. Both students have shown high levels of resilience and engagement in completing the Physical, Skills and Volunteering aspects of the award. New skills have been obtained in Photography and Music.

Jamie has really shown community spirit in his dedication to volunteering, ‘Helping people in need’, by supporting a local gentleman with his shopping - an excellent achievement and contribution to volunteering. Meanwhile, Lewis, despite being a relatively new member to his current Golf Club, has worked to reduce his handicap, and earn the position of ‘Junior Vice Captain’ for 2021 - we wish you all the best in this position Lewis!

We would like to thank all students and families for being so understanding with the multiple changes and amendments to the programme, and although not currently running with the expedition element, students are showing progress to the award. Any students who signed up to complete their award in 2020, who believe they are one step closer to their certificate, but may need some additional support please don’t hesitate to contact Mr Miller or Miss Hodgkins for support!

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD 2021 – APPLICATIONS OPEN 2021 Finally, we will be writing home this week to advertise the opportunity for students in Year 9 to begin their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award journey. This will provide them with the chance to complete three separate sections for the award: Volunteering, Skills and Physical elements in order to receive the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Certificate of Achievement.

The Duke of Edinburgh Award is an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding personal development programme for young people. It is an opportunity for students to build character, immerse themselves in the local community, and when completing an expedition, to learn more about orienteering, and hiking skills!

Keep an eye out for our introductory letter, and application of interest form!

Miss Hodgkins and Mr Miller

Home Learning in Science

This week Year 7 have been studying renewable energies. Including how they work and the advantages of using them. Here are some fantastic examples of the independent study that has taken place.

Lucy Kelly Tylor Bailey

Hollie Broad

Here are some examples of students carrying out experiments at home. Well done to Finley Hibbert and Dylan Pallister.

Reading for Pleasure

This weeks’ recommended read which is available from the Oak academy library is a fun adventure novel from Sally Gardner Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon.

When Betsy K Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice-cream maker, meets the mysterious Mr Tiger they have a giant challenge: a moon to turn blue, berries to collect and wishable-delicious ice cream to create. The sort that makes wishes come true. With Mr Tiger and his troupe of Gongalong circus acrobats, a toad under a spell, a lonely giant, and Mum and Dad, Betsy sets off on her quest. You can read the book online, listen to an audio version and read an interview with the author here.

For those of you who are enjoying audio books, we’d like to recommend a visit to Wonderland with Lewis Carroll’s classic fantastical adventure Alice in Wonderland, available here. On a sunny afternoon, Alice discovers a bottle that says DRINK ME. Unable to resist, she follows the label’s instructions...and immediately shrinks to tumble down a rabbit hole into an adventure where nothing is as it seems. From The Mad Hatter to the White Rabbit, the grinning Cat and the Queen of Hearts, Alice meets a cast of characters who are both eccentric and memorable. But will Alice survive her nonsensical adventure...and can she get back home? She must face the challenges of eccentric puzzles, verses and riddles, with the help of intriguing new friends, in order to find the way back home.

Year 11 readers it is not too late to join our book club. Miss Nazareth-Kay is running a virtual Year 11 Book Club via teams on Thursdays at 3pm. The first book is Bronte’s literary classic Jane Eyre. In you are interested in joining the book club, please contact Miss Nazareth-Kay on [email protected] You can find a copy of Bronte’s Jane Eyre read by the highly acclaimed actress also on audible, here. Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety. Performing the early Victorian novel with great care and respect, actress Thandie Newton (Crash, The Pursuit of Happyness) draws out Jane Eyre's intimacy and depth while conveying how truly progressive Brontë was in an era of extreme restraint. What’s your favourite book?

Have you recently finished a fantastic novel which you can’t wait to recommend to everyone you see? Then let us help! If you’d like to be part of our book review team please get in touch with Miss Osborne [email protected]. Send in your reviews and recommendations of your recent discoveries or much loved treasured classics.

World Book Day – Thursday, 4th March 2021 ‘World Book Day aims to ‘change lives through a love of books and shared reading.’ Reading is very, very good for you, research shows that regular reading, improves brain connectivity, increases your vocabulary and comprehension, empowers you to empathise with other people, aids sleep readiness, reduces stress and contributes to a longer life.

Do you want to get involved in World Book Day? If so, it’s simple to do: just dress up as your favourite book character and share your pictures with school. A fantastic display can then be put together to show off all the brilliant costumes.

We can’t wait to see pupils and staff taking part in this fabulous event!

Scholars’ Club Success

Our Year 8 and 10 Scholars have now had their final assignments graded and returned to them. Students taking part in the scholars club work with a PhD researcher at a level above their current key stage to really stretch their thinking and develop their study skills.

What a fantastic set of results our students achieved, so many of them achieved a 1st class grading which is the highest possible! Well done to them we are very proud of their achievements! Information about the graduation presentation will be forwarded when available.

The pupils awarded a 1st Class: Year 10: Ella Murray, Patrick O’Connell and Jacob Ashton. Year 8: Dean Bottomley, Alfie Jones, Taylor Williams, and Mae Traynor

By now, the year 9 cohort will have completed their second online tutorial looking at how geography can affect wellbeing. We wish them well.

We have received lots of applications for the summer cohort involving year 7. Students and parents will be informed of the 12 selected when a selection decision has been made.

The Show Must Go On!

Next week sees an exciting event with the start of the Mossley Hollins whole school drama club meeting for the first time on Teams! The plan is to rehearse many different types of scripts with a view to working towards performing a whole school production, sometime in the future! The club is open to everyone and will take place on a Thursday from 3.30pm to 5pm. If you are interested in joining us, please email Mrs Ryan to reserve a place. [email protected]. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain” and therefore the first script we will look at will be Singing in the Rain! Come and join us!

Home Learning in Drama

Year 10 students have been studying Blood Brothers and were this week asked to cmplete the following- Explain using two examples how the social and historical context can be seen in the performance text you have studied. We received some fantastic work form the students, here are some examples.

Kiah Lees Blood Brothers takes place from the late 1950’s and finishes in Tamsin Daly the 1980’s. It is set in the city of Liverpool. In the play, the narrative of two twins separated at birth is employed to Blood brothers takes place in the mid to late 20th century in the demonstrate Russell’s belief that social class directly effects how city of Liverpool, England. Russell uses stereotypical female successful you can be in life because of the unequal opportunities characters to show the damaging effects of a patriarchal society. that different classes receive. This can be seen in the policeman An example of this is when Mrs Lyons (a stay-at-home wife) feels scene when Mickey and Edward are 7 years old. In this scene the like she has failed as a woman just because she can’t provide a two boys are caught throwing rocks through a window, and Eddie child for her husband. During the time when the play was set, is then very disrespectful to the policeman. However, when Britain was a very religious place, and the bible stated that Mickey is escorted home, he gets told off harshly by the "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For policeman who also warns his mother about her children’s the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the behaviour even though he was less in the wrong. On the other church, his body, of which he is the Saviour.’’ This made infertile hand, when Edward is taken home the policeman tells his parents women feel like they haven’t fulfilled their purpose in the eyes of the blame is on the other children for being a bad influence on the lord and that they are worthless. him and Eddie gets off very lightly with no punishment. This scene clearly shows the inequality between classes because the Russell also wanted to show that the patriarchy also affects men upper classes are favoured, and blame is placed on the working as well as women. At the time the play was set, women didn’t class for problems. The actor playing the policeman would use have as many rights as men, such as not being able to draw out tone and proxemics to show this, by adopting a harsh and low cash and being able to get taken seriously in good jobs. This left tone with the Johnstone’s and staying far away from them, then men as the bread winners and being the ones to put food on the using a friendly tone with close proxemics to the Lyons’ to table and a roof over their families’ heads. Men who couldn’t do suggest he is almost friendly with them. this, such as Mickey, were left feeling week and helpless. Also, Blood Brothers takes place over 3 decades ago and so historical Liverpool was going through a recession at the time the play was context is also very important. Gender roles were very different set, which left many people out of jobs. We believe Russell back then because the divide between women and men was included this in the play to show how men also face problems and much larger. One scene which particularly addresses this is how forms of oppression for their gender. depressed Mickey gets when he realises that he cannot provide for his family. Traditionally, that would be a man’s honour and In conclusion, I believe that Russell presented the damaging role within a family, and the wife would not have to worry about effects of stereotypical gender roles in his play well. He also their financial situation. However, in Blood Brothers this is would have helped people see how unfair they were through the challenged when Linda is proud to announce she has secured characters of Mickey, Linda, Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons. Mickey a job and a house. As a director, I would show her capability and independence by her confident and upright posture and loud volume. We can also see Mickey’s disappointment in himself when he says, ‘I didn’t sort anything Grace English out’.

Blood Brothers takes place from the early 1950s to the late 1980s and is set in the city of Liverpool. The story follows twins separated at birth, and how nature and nurture influences their lives. Russel uses this idea to explore the divide in class at this time, and to send powerful messages to the audience about his beliefs on the construct of social class. An example of when he does this is in the scene when Mickey, Eddie and Linda have been throwing stones, and when they get caught the policeman treats the families completely differently. When the policeman takes Mickey back to his house, we see the actor using a firm tone of voice, an upright posture, and

strong gestures to portray his intimidation and authority. He even hits Mickey, which conveys the lack of respect he has for them. However, the actor completely contrasts this when he goes to take Eddie home. His facial expressions are much happier and relaxed, and he even has some alcohol. The only difference between the two families is class, showing that people were treated very unfairly at this time just because of where they came from. Another time when Russel highlights the social issues and the prevailing constructs during this time is during the scene when Mickey cannot deal with losing his job. He gets extremely stressed out and has to take anti-depressants to remain stable after losing his low- paying job. The audience can see how worthless he feels because he is expected to be the provider for the family, and this how is his only purpose. When Russel shows this, it links to the social construct because all men were expected to do this for their families, and you would have been ostracised if you were to not be providing. Around this time in the play (1980s) the prime minister at the time would have been Margaret Thatcher. She weakened the unions so it was harder to strike legally, and therefore caused working conditions and pay to be very bad. This would link to Mickey because we see him feeling these changes, and when it was a protagonist, this makes the audience resent Margaret Thatcher. This would mean that Russel is portraying his beliefs, as he doesn’t agree with her policies

Arts and Sports News & Home Learning

Music Department The numbers of students receiving virtual instrumental music lessons continues to increase which is so important for our young people who are able to play and sing at home at a time when so many activities have been curtailed. If any students have not enrolled but want to then please email Mr. Beardmore who will make the necessary arrangements immediately.

Alex Kirk Noah Hartley

Mossley Hollins PE Department – Cancer Research 2 miles a day in February. This week Mr Miller, Mrs Dodd and Mr Doodson started the Cancer Research UK 56 mile in February challenge. They will be running 2 miles every day in February to run a total of 56 miles altogether. The PE department are raising money for this and hope to raise over £500 by the end of the month. We would like to wish Mr Miller, Mrs Dodd and Mr Doodson the best of luck with their challenge. If you or your families are interested in taking part in the 2 mile a day challenge, please visit the website www.cancerresearchuk.org for more information

Family Challenge – 2-mile challenge The family ‘Stay at home Stay Active’ challenge in February will be to complete your own 2 mile challenge. We would like pupils, parents, carers and family members to take part in a 2 mile challenge each week. This could be a walk in your local area, a run around a park or even a bike ride. The PE department would love to find out what different families are doing so please email pictures or information to Mr Doodson or Mrs Dodd on [email protected] or [email protected].

2-mile routes

Route 1. Mossley Train Station along Route 2. Mossley Train Station along Manchester Road towards Greenfield, to the Manchester Road towards Heyrod, to the Tollemache Arms Pub and back. bridge under the train line and back. Route 3. Mossley Hollins down Huddersfield Route 4. Mossley Hollins up Huddersfield Road Road to the Well – I – Hole farm and back. to Stamford Golf Club and back. Route 5. The Co-op in Top Mossley along Route 6. The Royal George pub along Stockport/Mossley Road to Apollonia House Manchester Road to the Clarence pub and Dentist and back back.

Year 7 Outstanding performance – Megan English Megan English in Year 7 is a very keen and enthusiastic sport performer who takes part in horse riding in her own time. She loans a pony at a local farm and she is very dedicated to the pony and goes up to the stables 3-4 times a week to take care of and look after the pony. She takes part in a range of activities including schooling and jumping in the ménage. Megan said ‘I have been so lucky to be able to keep going to look after him and I really enjoy it. The enthusiasm and dedication of Megan is something she should be very proud of, well done.

Football training for the Wassall brothers. Bayley (Year 10) and Keano Wassall (Year 9) have been exercising together this week to complete their own fitness and football training session. They went to Churchill playing fields in Uppermill and focused on improving their fitness related to football. They completed a long distance run, press- ups and 2 hours of football specific training to work on their skills and techniques. Outstanding work from both boys. Well done.

Coming up next week - Virtual Sports Clubs for MHHS pupils at home Next week the PE department will be starting virtual sports clubs for pupils that are interested in taking part in football, netball or basketball. We know that at the moment no sports are taking place outside of school so you will not be playing games for your local clubs. The virtual sports club will be set up for your year group and take place on a specific day after school from 3:00 – 3:30. The club will involve you taking part in individual challenges, which you can complete at home in your back garden. To take part in the sessions all you will need will be either a football, basketball or netball. We hope the virtual sports clubs will give you an opportunity to practice your sports skills and share your successes and achievements with the PE department and other pupils in your year group. If you are interested, look out for the information in next week’s PE live lessons.

Sport Performer of the Week Year 7 – Megan English in Year 7 for her enthusiasm and dedication outside of school with her horse riding. Year 8 – Dimitris Polyzois in Year 8 for improving the quality of his table tennis serve in his PE lesson. He practiced and improved both the top spin and back spin serve. Year 9 and 10 – Keano and Bayley Wassall for completing their own football session at Uppermill sports fields to improve their skills, techniques and fitness for football.

Request from the PE department The PE department would love to find out what fitness challenges or sports challenges the pupils of Mossley Hollins are taking part in outside of school during lockdown. We would like all pupils to send/email photos of them taking part in their exercises with information about their achievements to Mr Doodson or Mrs Dodd on [email protected] or [email protected]. Thank you to those pupils who have contacted the PE department already with information this is much appreciated.

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