Holden Clough Community Primary School

Just two days to go...

Taylor in 6AH is doing a sponsored challenge during the half term holidays...walking a mile, swimming a mile and cycling a mile each day for seven days. Taylor is hoping to raise £1000 towards school playground equipment!

If you would like to donate towards Taylor's cause and read more about his incredible journey at Holden Clough, please visit his 'gofundme' page via the link below. Good luck Taylor from all of us at HC! Let's help him reach his target!

www.gofundme.com/f/taylors-steely-determination-777-challenge

A great performance last night from our year 5/6 football team winning 8-1. Some impressive skills, teamwork and goals on display!

Thank you to Arlies School Sport for the match and onto the next round we go!⚽️👏

Well done to our girls football team! We are so proud of you!!

It’s only March, but this week will see us host our FOURTH author visit of this academic year! Visiting the children on Thursday will be the poet ‘SPOZ’. We’re all very excited!

Check out some of the other fantastic authors we have had in school www.holdenclough.tameside.sch.uk/page/author-visits/105744

Here are our Managed Ink ‘Readers of the Week’ for last week.

Children have been rewarded for commitment, enthusiasm, & enjoyment of reading. Keep reading to be in with a shot of winning! 📚👏📚

Celebrating 25 year of World Book Day! Here is just a small selection of some of the many wonderful costumes! What is your favourite book? 📚📚📚

Last week we had a great day out of school watching ‘Billionaire Boy’ by David Walliams at Palace Theatre & Opera House Manchester Theatre. We took the whole of KS2 & they loved it!

We also celebrated International Women's Day with thanks to Manchester United Foundation. The children had an amazing Track Day! We may have the next women’s racing champion among us!

Say hello to Perry the Bull Birmingham 2022's official mascot 👋👋

The children will be learning all about the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in PE this term. Games for Everyone!!

If your children would like to get creative as well as active, there are lots of printable colouring sheets on this website birmingham2022.com/mascot! We'd love to see their creations in school!

The children are very excited this morning to welcome author Jane Preece and 'Oliver Lum' into school for a day of storytelling, writing and illustration! Thank you for joining us Jane!!

Our Year 5s showed fantastic teamwork and sportsmanship in the Intra Handball tournament!

Big thank you to Great Academy Ashton PE department for the amazing young leaders who ran the tournament!

Here are ‘Readers of the Week’ for last week.

Children were rewarded for commitment, enthusiasm, and above all enjoyment of reading.

Keep reading to be in with a chance of winning this week! 📚👏📚