Holy Cross CHS

Holy Cross is a vibrant school which is dedicated to the formation of successful and rounded young people. Everything we do is rooted in our Catholic ethos.

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🎶 Summer Serenade 2026 🎶
What a lovely way to end the term! This morning, our talented pupils treated us to a beautiful Summer Serenade concert, showcasing their wonderful singing and musical performances.
A huge well done to all of the pupils who performed.

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🏆 Congratulations to St Mary’s Chorley – Winners of the Thomas Martland Trophy 2026! 🏆
It was fantastic to see talented Year 5 mathematicians from our local feeder primary schools come together to take on a variety of exciting World Cup-themed mathematical challenges.

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✝️🌟 Year 7 Celebrate Faith in Action Achievement! 🌟✝️
This morning, all of our Year 7 pupils were proudly presented with their Faith in Action Pin Badges and Certificates, recognising their successful completion of the Faith in Action Pin Award.

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All Year 6 pupils joining us in September should hopefully have received their copy of Sky Hawk and a letter from Mrs Phillips explaining the project by now. Please let us know if this isn't the case. #WelcomeToHolyCross

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🧠➕🏆 Year 10 Mathematicians Rise to the Challenge! 🏆➕🧠
Yesterday, a team of our talented Year 10 mathematicians took part in the annual Maths Challenge at St John Rigby College.
Competing against other schools, our pupils demonstrated outstanding problem-solving skills.

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Have you already started Sky Hawk? What do you think so far? Tweet us your thoughts! #WelcomeToHolyCross

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Last week we saw two Holy Cross teams participate in the annual LUSoM Maths Competitions. Pupils had a fantastic time, working together as a team solving various challenging maths problems. Well done and thank you to #lancasteruniversityschoolofmathematics for a great competition

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🥌 Silver Medal Success for our Pentathletes! 🥈
A huge congratulations to our Pentathletes, who were recognised by Mr Lindley for their fantastic achievement of winning silver medals in the curling competition with #ChorleySportsPartnership!

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💼 Year 10 Work Experience Week 💼
This week, our Year 10 pupils have been out on work experience, gaining valuable insight into the world of work while developing their communication skills, building confidence, and learning about workplace expectations.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Layla L in Year 7 for achieving the Gold Award by reading over 2 million words 🌟 Well done for your outstanding achievement! 📚💗 @AccRead  @go_all_in_2026  #NationalYearOfReading2026  #lovereading

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✨A group of our pupils were honoured to attend Nugent’s Good Shepherd Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool, celebrated by Archbishop John Sherrington.
The Mass brought together pupils, staff and representatives from Catholic schools across the Archdiocese.

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✨ Faith in Action Awards Day 2026 ✨
We were delighted to celebrate the achievements of our pupils at this year’s Faith in Action Awards Day.
Pupils were presented with certificates and badges by Archbishop John Sherrington.

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💦 Cooling off in true Holy Cross style! 💦
With the warm weather in full swing, Mr Morris stepped in with the hose to help cool everyone down… and of course add a bit of Holy Cross fun! 😄
There were plenty of smiles, laughter and a few unexpected splashes along the way 🔅

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District Sports Success 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️
Last week, our athletes took to UCLan for District Sports and put on an incredible display!
Looking fantastic in their new vests, the team performed to an exceptionally high standard throughout the day—and we are proud to have finsihed 2nd 🥈

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We are incredibly proud of our 2026 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award cohort, who recently completed their qualifying expedition in the beautiful village of Barley, Lancashire, at the foot of Pendle Hill.
Thanks to #exceloutdoors for all your organisation and support👏✨

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🎓 Scholars Programme Success! 🎓
This week, our Scholars Programme pupils proudly completed their research presentations 👏
They have worked incredibly hard, exploring challenging questions within their chosen A-Level subjects — and the results were truly impressive! 🌟

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On Tuesday evening, a very special celebration took place at Euxton St Mary’s Church, as our pupils received the Sacrament of Confirmation.  We were honoured to welcome Archbishop John Sherrington, who confirmed the candidates in a beautiful and reverent service.

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🔎🩸Year 9 Pupils enriching day at the #UniversityOfGreaterManchester's School of Law:
Pupils participated in a Murder on Campus event where they traced a crime from initial investigation to prosecution looking at a range of careers within the police, probation service and law.

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⚠️ Anaphylaxis requires quick action.

Our #WakeUpWednesday guide explains how adrenaline devices work, when they may be needed and the emergency steps adults should know.

Read more: https://t.co/JfgbjseCru

#AllergyAwareness

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🌊 Creative Geography in Year 8! 🌊
Mr Holliday was delighted with the fantastic quality of river models produced by his Year 8 class 👏
Pupils showcased their creativity using a variety of materials — including cake, polystyrene and clay — to bring their river designs to life!