Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

• World Book Day!

  Tue 06 Mar 2018 A McKenna

  Thank you to everyone who came dressed up to celebrate World Book Day!

   

  The winners of our World Book Day competition got to go on a trip to Madeleine Lindley’s Book Centre!

   

  Have a look at the pictures below to see how they got on.

  

• World Book Day!

  Mon 05 Mar 2018 Mrs McKenna

  World Book Day will take place on Monday 5th March 2018!

  Children can come to school dressed as their favourite book character on Monday and they can also bring in their favourite book too!

• Fairtrade Fortnight 2018

  Mon 26 Feb 2018 Mrs McKenna

  The School Council have been learning about Fairtrade and are planning to get Rushcroft involved in Fairtrade Fortnight which runs from Monday 26^th February until 9^th March 2018. 

  As well as learning about Fairtrade in class, the councillors have selected some pocket money products from Fairtrade organisations for the children to buy.  The people who make these toys have all been paid a fair wage for their work.  These products, costing between 50p and £3.50, will be available for all children to buy at playtime on the following days unless our stock runs out:

   

  Monday 26^th February

  Tuesday 27^th February

  Thursday 1stMarch

  Friday 2^nd March

   

  Monday 5^th March

  Tuesday 6^th March

  Thursday 8^th March

  Friday 9^th March

   

  Our school kitchen are also serving Fairtrade produce: jam, bananas, oranges, hot chocolate and tea at breakfast club during Fairtrade Fortnight from 8.30am.  This is another way we can support Fairtrade Producers.

   

  Thank you for your continued support.

   

  

• Another Thank You

  Mon 11 Dec 2017 Mr Coyle

  Foodbank Appeal

   

  Thank you once again to the Rushcroft community who managed to bring in so much food which we will forward on to Foodbank Oldham. As you can see from the picture, there were ten boxes full of lots of useful items: rice, rice pudding, chopped tomatoes, pasta, pasta sauce, sugar and milk. Thank you too to the school council for promoting the appeal and to Mrs Jennings who will be transporting all the boxes to the offices in Oldham town centre.

  

• Thank You

  Thu 16 Nov 2017 Mr Coyle
  A big thank you to all the children who brought back their sponsor money and forms last week. We managed to raise over £1700 which is a fantastic achievement. An extra thank you to Ewan and Frankie who each raised over £100. Well done everyone!

• Pumpkin Competition

  Fri 27 Oct 2017 Mr Coyle
  Once again, the children and parents astonished us with their creativity. On Friday afternoon, the hall was full of the most amazing pumpkin creations. Mrs Jennings and the school council had an almost impossible job choosing a winner from each class but in the end, they went for the very talented children in the picture below. Well done everyone who took part.

  

• Bouncing Ball Bonanza

  Mon 23 Oct 2017 Mr Coyle

  A big thank you to all the children who made our fundraiser a lot of fun last Friday. The children navigated lots of tricky obstacles and really enjoyed themselves.Thank you also to Mrs Jennings and the school council for organising everything. Don't forget to bring in your sponsor form and money by Wednesday 8th November.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

• Rushcroft's Got Talent

  Thu 20 Jul 2017 Mr Coyle

  It wouldn't be the end of the school year without our annual talent show, Rushcroft's Got Talent. The children have spent the past fortnight practising and auditioning until we narrowed it down to two entries from each class.

   

  The show itself was amazing. We were treated to super singing, football skills, thunderous drumming, guitar playing, Harry Potter spells, cartwheels galore and some very groovy dance moves.

   

  We're immensely proud of everybody who made it through but a particular well done to our winners:

   

  Foundation Stage/Key Stage One Winner:

  Erin, Leoni, Hannah & Lucia (dancing to Little Mix)

   

  Key Stage Two Joint Winners:

  Mac Walsh (singing "Castle on the Hill")

  Lexi, Olivia & Evie (The Unicorn Poppers)

  

• Engineering Competition

  Fri 07 Jul 2017 Mr Coyle

  At the turn of the year, the whole school entered an engineering competition where children were asked to invent something to overcome a problem. This was a competition open to all schools in the north-west so competition was fierce. We are delighted to announce that Rushcroft had an overall winner in Year 3 and an overall winner in Year 6.  We also had a runner-up in Year 4. Our two winners won two magnificent trophies and our runner-up was given a special certificate. We also had lots of children who were shortlisted and whose work has been put on display as part of a public exhibition at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Well done everyone!

   

  Update: we have been sent more pictures of the awards ceremony which can be seen at the link below:

   

  https://www.flickr.com/photos/primaryengineer/sets/72157683811265110/

   

   

   

   

  

• Breakfast Club

  Fri 17 Mar 2017 Mr Coyle

  Following our Fairtrade fortnight, our breakfast club will now be selling apple juice, orange juice, hot chocolate, bananas and jam from Fairtrade suppliers. 

   

  We would like to thank Emma for agreeing to do this and helping our children understand even more why it matters where food comes from.