TSHS Worldwide

Celebrating World Book Day at TSHS

For World Book Day this year, all teachers of all subjects were encouraged to spend ten minutes of every lesson reading and discussing books with their classes. The philosophy was simple: reading is enjoyable and not something reserved purely for the English classroom. It is something that anyone can do anywhere and any time. A maths teacher, Mr Moriarty, was proof of this as he received a round of applause after reading the ‘Legend of King Arthur’ to his year nine class. This event prompted one pupil to comment: “It is great that my maths teacher read to us as well as my other teachers. I really enjoyed the story he read!”

Throughout the day, excited and enthusiastic pupils have been relaying stories of which teachers were reading what, but one impressive thing has been the number of excited teachers coming to share tales of how much they enjoyed reading to their classes. After listening to ‘The Great Mouse Plot’, an enthralled class sat silently as year seven pupil Kieran Hinder regaled them with anecdotes from the rest of ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl. Miss Pashley’s science class were kept entertained by the animal impressions enthusiastically delivered via Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories.’

Many pupils have expressed an interest in the stories and extracts they have listened to today. Some, such Olivia Pease in year eight reflected how they had, “Enjoyed listening to other teachers reading,” and others such as David Barnett in year was one of many who wanted to get hold of more ‘Lemony Snickett’ books.

A delighted Mrs Lydia Tennant,  Literacy and library coordinator at The Swinton High School, said, “we’ve all enjoyed ourselves; a big thank you to all of the staff and our entire school community for being involved!”

TSHS Does it again!!

The Swinton High School once again surpassed all expectations with its production of The In Crowd.

Written by members of staff at the school, the show looked at Salford life in the 1960s through the eyes of a group of teenagers from different backgrounds, who all come together at legendary 60s nightclub The Twisted Wheel.

Mr Kerns, the school’s community manager and the show’s technical director said, “This was one of the most challenging shows to date. Featuring more dialogue and acting than ever before as well as songs that the pupils were unfamiliar with, the cast excelled themselves. Our stage crew also had their hands busy, as we used more lights and more effects and more props than ever before.”

Played out on stage together with a live band, over 50 pupils eventually took part as a performer as or as part of the technical crew.

Miss Neath, Director of Performing Arts said, “The commitment shown by the pupils was second to none. Rehearsals ran well into the evenings and even weekends. I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their hard work.”

The performances began on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th December with two performances playing to over 450 local primary school children, all of who thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Evening performances over 3 nights eventually saw the audience numbers swell to well over 1000 – another record for the school.

Keep a close look out for more pictures soon!

Exam Results - August 2009

93% 5A*-C Grades

This year The Swinton High School once again surpassed all expectations
and gained its best ever GCSE results.

Congratulations to all of our year 11 leavers who achieved 93% 5A*-C grades and 43% 5A*-C grades including English and maths this summer.

This was our:

• Eighth successive year of GCSE A*-C grade improvements
• Third successive year of best ever GCSE 5A*-C including English and maths
• Best ever A*-C grades in English, maths, science and ICT
• Best ever A* and A grades
• Best ever 5A*-G grades and 1A*-G grades
• Fifth successive year that we expect to be members of the elite Specialist Schools and Academies Trust most Improved Schools Club

Headteacher John Biddlestone said, "Fantastic! It’s been a joy to work with such a fine group of young people and it’s been a privilege for us to have the opportunity to give them such a  good start in life. We look forward to hearing of their future successes and wish them all the very best!”

Outstanding Individual Achievement in this year’s GCSEs

Our congratulations this year go to Sarah Jameson who achieved outstanding results of 15 A*-C grade GCSEs, with 14 of those being A* grade. Sarah said “I am extremely pleased and proud of my results. I am also very relieved now that I have got them. I would like to thank all of my teachers from the past 5 years, in particular those in my GCSE years”. Sarah now goes on to study an International Baccalaureate at Eccles College and is then hoping to study Law or Physics at either Oxford or Cambridge University.

We also congratulate Daniel Egan who achieved outstanding results of 16 A*-C grade GCSEs, with 9 of them being either an A or A* grade. Danny said “I’m happy with my results, in particular my two A’s in Performing Arts and my A’s in Drama and Textiles. I would like to thank my teachers for their support over the last 5 years, especially at the end when it was very stressful”. Danny now goes on to study Science, ICT and Maths at Pendleton College. He then hopes to go to Bangor or Plymouth university to study Marine Biology.

Another pupil who achieved outstanding results was Josh Baines with 13 A*-C grade GCSEs with grades A and A* in Maths and Science. Josh said “I’m really pleased with my results, especially in Science, Maths and ICT”. Josh now goes to Eccles College to study Physics, Maths, ICT and Psychology and then hopefully on to university to study Physics.