60th Anniversary Time Capsule

On Friday 22nd of May, the Mayor of Oldham and school governor, Councillor Ateeque Ur-Rehman came to Hathershaw to commemorate our 60th anniversary by the unveiling of a time capsule. The event marked the end of our 60th anniversary week. The time capsule will be opened in 60 years time and will have photographs and work of the week’s celebration encased inside.

The celebrations of the week were;

Assemblies led by former students
Great Manchester 10k staff run - (see our news story and pictures)
Year 7 and 8 Students to design T-shirts to be worn by staff in the 10k run in D&T lessons
School tapestry also created in Art and Textile lessons
60 minute "Danceathon" - with the help of Turbulence
60 questions quiz for KS3 pupils in French lessons
The number 60 will feature heavily in the Maths department
Local history lessons within the Humanities faculty
Competitions within PE faculty, culminating in a Guinness World Record attempt for sit-ups - (see our news story and pictures)