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Kingsway Park High School would like to invite Years 6s and 7s to a Summer School. To join us for a week of fun, book your place here

Congratulations to Aaminah (Year 9) and Aliyah (Year 10), who are the competition winners of ‘Lockdown Loves & Loathes’. Both taking a different approach, portraying their thoughts about lockdown and winning a voucher for their great submissions! ‘Well Done’ to you both. Aliyah -Year 10 Aaminah – Year 0

A group of our Year 7 students had the opportunity to work on an exciting and relevant arts project, ‘Nature in Danger’, a Rochdale Bubble Up event. Funded by Curious Minds Bubble Up project and supported by Rochdale Council, it was a collaboration between Cartwheel Arts, Sky Light Circus and Jamboree Arts. Each partner delivered […]

  Year 7 students at Kingsway Park High School – Spread Some Christmas Joy! During Year 7 VISION sessions, students at KPHS have taken on their role as local citizens by creating over 50 shoeboxes for vulnerable members of the Greater Manchester community. They worked incredibly hard to source appropriate materials from friends and family […]

Covid-19 – Workplace Risk Assessment – Full Opening of Kingsway Park High School in Autumn Term We take this very seriously at Kingsway, we want to make sure that everyone feels protected and cared for all the time. Our risk assessments are updated regularly please click here for the full PDF version    

Social Media Scams You’re probably familiar with some of the ways in which fraudsters approach victims – emails, texts, phone calls, letters and sometimes doorstep scams. But did you know that social media is also a favourite place for scammers? This month Get Safe Online’s campaign is all about Social Media scams – and the […]

  Kingsway Chronicle Issue 2

The University of Bradford are offering an Interactive Virtual Visit for Year 9 and 10 Students on Thursday 2nd July 2020. Use this guide to show you how to book a place and enter the pre-event quiz. Book a place and enter the quiz

Whitworth Art Gallery Visit   As part of the GCSE Art Textiles course, students from Years 9 and 10 travelled to the Whitworth Art Gallery and participated in a practical textiles workshop led by artist Harriet Lawton. Students created a fabric rosette based on the artwork that is featured in the current Whitworth exhibition. Students […]

Poland Trip   Kingsway Park High School students recently visited Krakow, Poland. The students participated in a range of activities and visited a number of sites which informed them   about the Holocaust in great depth.Students visited Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, met a Holocaust survivor and visited Schindler’s museum.Mrs Chambers,group leader, commented ‘It was a very intense […]

Spring Performance Showcase Talented students from Kingsway Park High School showcased their abilities in Art, Drama, Dance and Music to an audience of family and friends recently, with their ‘Spring Performance Showcase’. The Drama Studio was filled to capacity with a fantastically supportive audience.  A collection of Art work was on display and performances ranged […]

Ian Murphy – North West Artist Visit Year 11 Fine Art students had the opportunity to take part in an all-day artist led workshop by Landscape artist Ian Murphy. Ian showed students his original artwork and talked to them about his inspiration, processes and which locations he chooses to go to, to create this artwork. […]

Magistrates Mock Trial Competition   A group of Citizenship students from Kingsway Park High School took part in the annual Mock Trial competition at Burnley Magistrates’ Court recently.  The Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition organised by the charity ‘Young Citizens’ helps to improve young people’s life skills and their understanding of the legal system. Mr […]

London Visit   Year 10 History students from Kingsway Park High School recently visited London. Students travelled to London by train and visited many sites including, Buckingham Palace, Parliament Square and the Winter Wonderland Christmas Markets. The day started off with a tour of the Globe Theatre, where the students stepped back in time to […]

Eid-Ul-Fitr Event Kingsway Park High School staff, students and the local community celebrated by hosting their first ever  Eid-ul-Fitr event.Many local businesses supported the event including; Bhangracise, Cake Box, Emaan’s Fashion, ZK carpets, Heavenly Henna, Zak’s Ice Cream van and more. Performers from Bhangracise, based in the North-West, kept the attendees dancing throughout the evening […]

Jodrell Bank Visit Year 8 students travelled from Kingsway Park High School to visit the iconic, and newly awarded World Heritage site, Jodrell Bank.  Situated in stunning grounds, Jodrell Bank is home to the world famous Lovell Radio Telescope.  It is the third largest radio telescope in the world and can be seen from all […]

Great Science Share   The Kingsway Park High School Science Club were recently invited to participate in the ‘Great Science Share’, a nationwide event located at Rochdale Borough Council. The students of the Science Club were tasked with proposing a scientific question that could be tested with an investigation. The amazing question they came up […]

Downing Street Visit   A group of Year 10 students recently represented Kingsway Park High School at No.10 Downing Street. They met with senior members of the Prime Minister’s team discussing a range of issues on knife crime, mental health and climate change.  They also had the opportunity to learn from the Prime Minister’s speechwriter […]

National Theatre Performance Kingsway Park High School were proud to host the prestigious National Theatre last week, who gave two performances of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ as part of the National Theatre schools’ tour. The performances were amazing: quality drama which was both entertaining and thought-provoking with both the students […]

Birds of Prey Demonstration Kingsway Park High School recently invited Ms R Wilkinson to their Science Department, with her Aviary Collection.  The birds of prey were demonstrated to Year 7 students throughout the morning. On display were American kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Little Owl, Tourney Owl and an American Eagle Owl, which captured and amazed the […]