Grand Canyon | 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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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.
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Brilliant Boccia Bunch!

3rd November 2023

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Our boccia team set out to play in a tournament earlier in the week and put on a great display of teamwork and technique! They won some games and lost one, just missing out on a semi final spot! Thank you to Miss Forrest for coaching and transporting the team and to Mrs Seel and Miss Phillips for their...
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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!
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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...
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Grand Canyon Autumn Newsletter

15th September 2023

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Transfer to High School

7th September 2023

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TRANSFER TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2024
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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...
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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.
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Fab Field Trip

25th June 2023

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On Friday, our year 5/6 children went for a short ramble down to the river banking in Summerseat. They behaved superbly and enjoyed studying the river to reinforce key terminology such as erosion, deposition, mouth, source etc. The created some lovely art pieces within their sketch books too and enjoyed some fun activities on the local park too.
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Bury School Year 5/6 Gymnastics Competition

29th March 2023

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5 children from years 5 and 6 competed in the Bury School Gymnastics Competition on Wednesday 29th March. It was a well organised event which all the team thoroughly enjoyed. The children had to perform individual sequences which included round offs and splits. Following this they had to perform several vaults. The children were amazing and...
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Nifty Netballers!

19th March 2023

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Since prior to Christmas, Mrs Rothwell and Mr Davies have been proving our new netball team with some fantastic coaching and in the last fortnight, they have taken part in two matches. In their first match it was an extremely close race and they ended up only losing by a late goal to CC Ainsworth but a week later,...
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Brilliant Basketballers!

12th March 2023

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Well done to our amazing basketball team. You showed a tremendous team spirit throughout and some wonderul skills, winning two games and coming 5th overall! It was a really enjoyable event to be a part of: lots of smiles and laughter throughout! Thank you to Mr. French and also the parents for their support!