Golden Gate | Holcombe Brook Primary School

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Close call in the football!

18th March 2024

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The girls football team played in a tournament and started off with three strong victories. They then faced Bury Grammar and narrowly lost 3-2. This meant they needed to win in their final match against St. Mary’s Radcliffe to stand a chance of progressing to the next stage. The girls hit the post, crossbar and their goalkeeper was outstanding...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, News, Sports

Football Cup Success

8th March 2024

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Following on from a friendly defetat last Friday to a very talented St Andrew’s Radcliffe team, the boys set out to Chantlers Primary on Wednesday to play a cup game. Despite having one player missing, the team worked really hard in difficult conditions and still managed to play some of the best football Mr. Crawshaw and I have seen...
Enrichment, Golden Gate, History, News

World War 2 trip!

1st March 2024

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Golden Gate class went to the Fusliers Museum in Bury on Wednesday, following their recent topic on World War 2. They had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed their two workshops:’Handling Artefacts’ and ‘Dad’s Army!’ I do hope the children enjoyed their day and learnt even more! May I take this opportunity to say how well behaved and respectful...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, News, PE, Sports

Tricky Quarter Final

11th February 2024

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Our boys football team made it into the quarter final stage for the first time in a few years, however, they were unfortunate to come against a very strong side in Greenhill. Sadly we were 3-0 down at half time but we battled on and were the better team in the second half. The woodwork was struck on four...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, PE, Sports

Basketball Brilliance!

11th February 2024

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It was a pleasure to watch our basketball team put in some fantastic performances recently at Phillips High. They won 3 out of 4 games and just missed out on bronze medals following a last minute basket by Higher Lane. A tremendous effort alk round!
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Golden Gate Spring Newsletter

18th January 2024

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Golden Gate Spring Newsletter 2024
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, PE, Sports

Dodgeball Dynamos

19th December 2023

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Yesterday our amazing dodgeball team set out to Woodhey. They played against 3 different schools, performed really well as a team but sadly didn't top their group and therefore just missed out on a semi final spot.
Effective Learner, Enrichment, Golden Gate, History, PSHCE

Whitehead Gardens

4th December 2023

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The children in year 5/6 have been truly moved by the events of WWII. Gooden Gate class took a trip down ‘the lines’ to see the impact of a doodlebug missile on Christmas Eve,1944, which landed on Chapel Street (numbers 21 and 23) tragically killing 6 residents. Whitehead Gardens was created through a generous £5000 donation from the Whitehead...
Primary Podcasts!

5th November 2023

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In Golden Gate class the children loved working with their friends to create podcasts recently. They had to write scripts, decide on a group name and themes they would like to discuss! Some groups even wanted to create their very own jingles, background music and logo too! Well done to all the children for showing tremendous collaboration, confidence and...
Export, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, PE, Sports

Girls’ Football Friendly!

1st October 2023

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We welcomed two teams from Greenmount to our pitches for a friendly game. There were lots of goals, smiles and great football played! Thank you to Mr Crawshaw for helping and to the parents for their support too!
Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Export, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Healthy and Safe, News, Niagara Falls, PE, Sphinx, Taj Mahal

Key Stage 2 Games

1st October 2023

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If your child is in year 3 to year 6, they will have started their Friday afternoon games sessions. There are five sports available and each half term, they will move onto a new sport to learn skills and compete in matches. The sports include:dodgeball, basketball, netball, hockey, rugby (jag tag) and football! The rota will be shared each...
Export, Golden Gate, Science

Balloon blowing!

19th September 2023

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Today we have been investigating whether micro organisms are living things! The children worked in teams of 4, had different jobs and observed the changes of a balloon covering a bottle of warm water, yeast and sugar. They also used an ipad to record a ‘time lapse!’ (See below) IMG_5630 FullSizeRender IMG_5633 IMG_5634 IMG_5635 IMG_5636
Export, Golden Gate, RE

Now Press Play

19th September 2023

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The children in Golden Gate class used Now Press Play to enhance their learning in RE. We were learning all about the Five Pillars Of Islam and thorougly enjoyed their experience.
Export, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Letters

Transfer to High School

7th September 2023

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TRANSFER TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2024
Enrichment, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, PTA

Year 6 celebrations

24th July 2023

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Many congratulations to all of our award winners below during what was - I hope - a memorable last few weeks for our year sixes. They have been an absolute pleasure to work with throuhout their time here and on behalf of all the staff, thank you for your efforts and enhusiasm. Last Tuesday, they all attended the awards...
Community, English, Enjoy and Achieve, Golden Gate, Good Communicator, Grand Canyon, Include, Music, Responsibility and Contribution

The Greatest Show!

15th July 2023

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The year 6 did a trememndous job of putting on a super show this week and demonstrated our motto ‘Include, Enjoy, Achieve,’ superbly! It has been an absolute pleasure to watch them grow in confidence.