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Thursday, Jul 18

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Y8 Geography Fieldwork to New Brighton

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All of our Year 8 students undertook their fieldwork at the coast at New Brighton on the Wirral. The main purpose of the trip was to see coastal defences in...

Tuesday, Jul 16

14

Atherton High School Goes to the Polls

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On the 4th of July, General Election Day across the UK, AHS was no different as students voted in our mock election. Y10 GCSE Citizenship students researched the policies of...

Monday, Jul 15

Laser Quest

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11 of our AHS students have successfully completed their Mathematics Entry Level Certificate (ELC). We wanted to reward their hard work, commitment, and ambition – so we went to the...

Tuesday, Jul 2

18

Sportshall Athletics

On Thursday 7th March a group of Y7 pupils represented AHS in a Sportshall Athletics event at Lowton High School, hosted by School Games. We competed against other high schools...

The Big Bang Fair 2024

Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th June. Year 7 pupils had the exciting opportunity to attend the Big Bang Fair 2024 at Birmingham’s NEC. The pupils talked to STEM employers about...

D Day Commemoration Celebrations

On Saturday 29th June 2024 Atherton High School was invited to take part in the commemoration activities taking place in Leigh Town Centre for D Day. The school was represented...

Friday, Jun 28

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Year 9 took a trip to the Imperial War Museum North

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In the summer term, Year 9 took a trip to the Imperial War Museum North as part of their study of World War One, Interwar Years and World War Two....

Inspired by 9’s Rugby Festival

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Pupils at AHS were given the opportunity, with the support of Leigh Leopards community trust, to take part in the RFL’s Inspired by 9’s Rugby competition. The aim of the...

Friday, Jun 21

“A day in the life of a busy art classroom…”

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We have a lively, buzzy atmosphere in the art room on this rainy Thursday in June! First thing, year 8 continued to create their Gaudi-inspired towers using papier-mâché! Muy bien! ...

Friday, Jun 14

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Prefects

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We are pleased to announce our brand new Y11 Prefect Team, ready for the 2024/25 Academic Year. After a 6-week application process, we can proudly announce our Prefect Team: ...

Friday, Jun 7

Interform Round 5

Football was the focus for round 5 as we entered the business end of the fiercely contested interform season. In year 7, Green form lived up to their favourites tag,...

Y10 Sampling Trip to Wigan and Leigh College

Our Y10 pupils had a brilliant day sampling their Post 16 courses at Wigan and Leigh College. Pupils visiting Leigh had chance to try out vocational and A Level Courses,...

Microbit Programming

Year 8 have been programming using Microsoft Microbit. This week they have been making the classic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Learning Beyond the Classroom in Mathematics

On Thursday 25th April, 56 pupils from Years 7 and 8 took part in the UK Maths Trust Junior Maths Challenge, where hundreds of thousands of children across the UK take...

Thursday, May 16

12

Chess Champions 2024

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We were proud to announce our winner of the 2024 Atherton Chess League this week. Well done to Josey who took first place in this fiercely fought out competition, snatching...

Tuesday, May 14

13

Greek Theatre

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Year seven drama students are focusing this half term on Greek Theatre. They are exploring the differences with modern theatre, the features of an Amphitheatre and the rules of mask...

Friday, Apr 26

18

E-safety

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Year 7 have been looking at e-safety. They have been looking at how to identify cyberbullying and who to get help from. They then used Photopea and their professional photograph...

Web Design

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Year 8 have been looking at e-safety and web design. They have been looking at how to inform people of the dangers of the online world and where to get...

Turnpike Theatre presents Blood Brothers

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On Thursday the 18th April future year 10 and 11 students were invited to watch Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers at the Turnpike Theatre in Leigh. It was a fantastic local...

Monday, Apr 22

17

JD UP Careers Event

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Our Y10 students have enjoyed a fabulous day today with JD Sports at Manchester Central. We have learned about various career pathways including retail, supply chain, graphics, sports careers and...

Friday, Mar 22

18

Year 7 Football

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The year 7 football have completed the next round of their league fixtures. After the first round the team sat 4th in the league. They faced a tough opening game...

Breadmaking in Food Technology

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This is our year 8 students having a fantastic time making a pizza as part of their topic on bread. Also included is making and shaping bread dough as well...

Tuesday, Mar 19

13

Sportshall Athletics

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On Thursday 7th March a group of Y7 pupils represented AHS in a Sportshall Athletics event at Lowton High School, hosted by School Games. We competed against other high schools...

Monday, Mar 11

18

Dell workshop Careers

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Year 10 met people from the technology company Dell to discuss careers within the company. This ranged from apprenticeships all the way up to senior positions like innovators.

Wednesday, Mar 6

13

George Orwell’s classic: Animal Farm

On Tuesday 13th February, year 9 had the amazing opportunity to go and see a powerful re-telling of George Orwell’s classic: Animal Farm. The story is based around the downtrodden...

Thursday, Feb 29

18

School production of ‘Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr’

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Rehearsals are progressing well in the final run up to the school production of ‘Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr’. Staff and students have been working extremely hard to create a...

Friday, Jan 12

17

Year 7 Fruit Salads

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This term year 7 have been learning about types of fruits, seasonal fruits and healthy eating. The students applied their knowledge to create and prepare the most amazing fruit salads...

Y11 Mock Interviews

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Our Y11 completed their mock interviews yesterday with a range of volunteers from the local area. Feedback from staff and students was very positive. Pupils really impressed with their range...

International Slavery Museum Trip

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Year 8 pupils visited the International Slavery Museum on Albert Docks, Liverpool to further develop their knowledge and understanding of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Liverpool’s role in the Slave...

Friday, Jan 5

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Christmas Food Hampers

On Thursday the 21st December pupils from the student council organised donations made by our staff into wonderful hampers for families of our students. The amount kindly donated was amazing...