Are you interested in learning more about pop, jazz and singer songwriting? Are you free Sat 4/Sun 5 December? – Free Virtual Music workshops for any student to enrol in. See the links provided: https://tfin.mfy.org.uk/Continue reading
AGGS Virtual Christmas Enterprise Markets 2020
Open to Years 7, 8 and 9. We are looking for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their prototype of a Christmas product on our AGGS Christmas website. There will be no goods or money exchanged, thisContinue reading
November Non-fiction Book of the Month
Black and British: a short, essential history In 2016 the historian David Olusoga wrote a book and presented a BBC TV Series called Black and British: a forgotten history. This year, in response to manyContinue reading
November Junior Fiction Book of the Month
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll I was delighted that hear that one of the books I have recently read, A Kind of Spark, has made it onto the longlist for the CILIP CarnegieContinue reading
November Senior Fiction Book of the Month
The Places I’ve Cried in Public – Holly Bourne The nominations for the CILIP Carnegie Medal Book Award 2021 were announced on 2nd November. It’s a strong Iist of excellent books. One of the booksContinue reading
Children in Need
This November, AGGS will be celebrating BBC Children in Need 2020. The very first Children in Need Fundraiser was broadcast in 1980 and since then, it has raised over £1 billion for disadvantaged children andContinue reading
Trafford Music opportunities for Year 8-13
Online music workshops for 13-19’s with Brighter Sound Aimed at young musicians interested in developing their skills, exploring new ways to make music, and/or looking at music as part of their future career. Sessions willContinue reading
AGGS Harvest 2020 Final Update
Following the close of our Harvest 2020 collection we are very happy to announce that we raised a grand total of £997.41! This was shared between the Mustard Tree and the Wythenshawe foodbank, each receiving £485.50. Our amazingContinue reading
Harvest Collection – Thank You
We would like to say Thank you for the amazing donations that were literally poured into the main hall since Tuesday. Our students have really outdone themselves bringing in items from home. In addition, we haveContinue reading
The New School ‘Normal’
We returned to school on September 3rd and despite all the new rules and regulations, we have still been enjoying it. Now, it seems that this is the new school ‘normal’! Of course, nothing hasContinue reading
Foyle Young Poets Award: Anisha M & Lucy W
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is an annual competition for young poets from around the world which ran for the 22nd time this year, receiving nearly 16,000 entries, of which 15 winnersContinue reading
Food and Nutrition this Half-Term
Thank you to all those studying food and nutrition this term. You have all cooked and baked some wonderful dishes. I hope you have enjoyed them at home. A particular thank you to my yearContinue reading
COVID Bake-Off
Tuesday 20th October saw the PE, Dance and Drama departments’ COVID Bake-off. It was agreed that the quality of the baking across the PE/Dance and Drama department is outstanding! See their creations below:
Mental Health Day at AGGS
In celebration of world mental health day, the students at AGGS sported yellow items and accessories. The school was filled with a happy ambience, and in every corner, you found different shades of yellow. WalkingContinue reading
Summer Reading Challenge Winners
Congratulations to the following students who won the Summer Reading Challenge – 20 for 2020. Ikshita S (Year 7) Ranea B (Year 8) Priya V (Year 9) Anisha M (VI Form) A special mention toContinue reading
Year 13 Finance Morning
Y13 had a series of financial workshops delivered virtually about ‘moving on from school’ and ‘staying safe from scams’. Students learnt how to recognise different financial scams and how to prevent being a victim ofContinue reading
Successful Half Term for Music Department
The Music Dpartment has had a really successful half term with 9 extra curricular music ensembles now running, with almost every year group with the opportunity to join a music bubble at lunchtime. We alsoContinue reading
OpenUK MiniMu glove competition
More lockdown success came from a winning regional entry to the OpenUK MiniMu glove competition. Erin, Srihita Grace and Sueda all learnt to code their own micro:bit gloves to play the different musical sections ofContinue reading
Shell Bright Ideas Engineering Challenge
Over lockdown Preesha, now in year 10, entered the Shell Bright Ideas Engineering challenge. Her design for smart acoustic lights designed to limit pollution allowed her to be successful in winning the North West region.Continue reading
Crest Gold Award Success
Jahnavi, Lois, Samyu and Lavanya in year 12 are the proud recipients of the Gold Crest award after the successful application of their project on in-vitro meat production. The external assessor stated “This was aContinue reading
Macmillan Cancer Support – Thank You
Thank you everyone for your donations for the Macmillan coffee morning. Together we have managed to raise a huge amount of £884.90! We are very grateful for your help in raising money for Macmillan andContinue reading
September Book of the Month
Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens Death Sets Sail is the 9th and final book in the hugely successful Murder Most Unladylike series. It is the most popular series of books for Years 7 andContinue reading
October Book of the Month
Wrecked by Louisa Reid In Wrecked, the author Louisa Reid, again revisits the verse novel form she executed so beautifully in last year’s Gloves Off. This time we follow the story of Joe, who weContinue reading
Year 11 Virtual Careers Morning
Year 11 have had their careers morning delivered virtually this year and will have heard from a range of speakers during their Form times over the last week. Presentations have been shown regarding apprenticeships, universityContinue reading
Wellbeing Newsletter, issue 1, october 2020
Created by the AGGS Wellbeing Ambassadors Read our first wellbeing newsletter for this academic year here:
Harvest Festival 2020
This year , the AGGS Harvest Collection has started taking place in our classrooms. Each form room has either a box or large Bag to put all the donated food items. Please watch our videoContinue reading
Alumni Advice from Anum and Isha
Here are the sage words of wisdom from two Altygirls who are now studying medicine (Anum Chaudhry and Isha Agarwal) decided to help us out by giving us insightful advice! Advice about BMAT – PractiseContinue reading
Grace’s and Freya’s winning stories
Grace G and Freya S, Year 10, have been selected as winners in the ‘Writing the Pandemic’ Competition run by the University of Manchester School of Creative Writing. This is a fantastic achievement, particularly given theContinue reading
Macmillan Virtual Coffee Morning
The Macmillan Coffee Morning is going virtual this year. Please watch our video to see how you can get involved in supporting Macmillan Cancer Support. This year one of our cleaning staff members, Mrs. Simpson,Continue reading