The GCSE Dancers took part in a dance workshop with the Centre for Advanced Training in Dance at the Lowry. They had a technique class and creative workshop led by a professional dance artist viaContinue reading
Food and Nutrition this Spring Half Term
Well done again to all my students for all their work since Easter. We have made lots of progress. Congratulations to all my Year 11 students who have worked so hard to complete their GCSE.Continue reading
History Competition Success
The History department were delighted to hear that Ursula (Y12) recently received a commendation for her entry into the Foundation for the History of Totalitarianism Essay Prize Competition 2020/21. This competition was advertised by theContinue reading
Pride at Sonia’s Success in Portico Prize
Sonia Y in Year 9 has won Key Stage 3 First Place in the Portico Sadie Massey Awards for her book review of To Kill a Mockingbird. Sonia’s entry was selected out of 205 entries,Continue reading
May Book of the Month
The Girl Who Became a Tree by Joseph Coelho There’s no getting away from the fact that the verse novel is one of my favourite formats at the moment. Here’s another one for you andContinue reading
Physics online website and YouTube channel provider Lewis Matheson visits AGGS.
Year 12 physics student, Lois Howarth entered a competition run by Lewis and won first prize – £3000 worth of prizes for the physics department. The raffle style competition was held to celebrate 100k subscribersContinue reading
Prize Win for Physics
One of our Y12 physics students Lois H entered and won a prize giveaway being offered by Lewis Matheson. Lewis presents physics videos on his YouTube channel called “A-level Physics online.” The channel has becomeContinue reading
Y8 Career event – World of Work
Last week, Y8 participated in a virtual career event, ‘World of Work’, of which the school had organised for some of our Alumnae (past students) to talk about their jobs, their careers so far. TheContinue reading
Jemima’s Beautiful Painting
A beautiful painting by year 11 student Jemima as part of her GCSE project based on ‘Performance’. It is painted on wood and her subject is one of her friends and one of our veryContinue reading
Enter the Heroes Stamp Design Competition
Honouring the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic… on stamps Our school is delighted to be taking part in Royal Mail’s Heroes Stamp Design Competition, honouring the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Eight pupils from primaryContinue reading
April Book of the Month
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes This is the gripping story of a twelve year old Black boy called Jerome. He is bullied at his school in Chicago, but befriends the new kid, CarlosContinue reading
Sound engineering and production event – music careers
If you are thinking about music as a career and want to find out about sound engineering and music production read this https://abbeyroadinstitute.co.uk/blog/portfolio-career-the-many-hats-of-a-music-producer/ and book your free tickets here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-introduction-to-music-production-and-careers-in-audio-8-may-2021-11am-tickets-151782620905
Opera North’s Youth Orchestral programme
Opera North are very excited to return to live activity within Opera North’s Youth Orchestral programme. They are hosting opportunities for young instrumentalists aged 10 -21 to work closely with the professional musicians from theContinue reading
SPECIAL MENTION – ‘A Work’ – Mariyam A, Y7
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‘Anne of Green Gables Review’ – Preet G, Y8
Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montogmery As people say, childhood is the best part of life and is certainly is so for Anne Shirley when she arrives at Avonlea. Lucy Maud Montgomery describes Anne’sContinue reading
‘Ce qui aurait pu être’ – Maia S H, Y8
3 matted ivy fences, 2 wistful turrets, 1 bitter-sweet memory flowing down, Regardless of day or night, Drenching me in the bitter-sweet rain of ce qui aurait pu être, What could’ve been, What could’ve beenContinue reading
Winners of the Charity Committee ‘Virtual’ Easter Egg Raffle
Charity Committee were amazed at the response we got as we have never tried a ‘virtual’ raffle before! Total raised was £502 and we are supporting the Mental Health charity MIND. The results of theContinue reading
Competition Winners – Lockdown Showcase
Thank you for all your wonderful entries for the Lockdown Showcase. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing what you all got up to and loved the diversity of creative outlets: it was really hard to choose aContinue reading
Competition Entries – Especially When Wet
Thank you so much for all of your entries – we loved reading them! Check out everyone’s work below. 🙂 Abigail H, Year 7 Srihita K, Year 10 Raindrops stampeded down like bullets. Ikshita S,Continue reading
RUNNER UP: Akila S, Y7
Crystal raindrop project a rainbow.
RUNNER UP: Komolini B-A, Y7
Torrents. Trunk shaking, branches breaking.
COMPETITION WINNER: Preet G, Y8
Colourful umbrellas engulfing city-centre