Hi everyone! This week is anti-bullying week and this year’s theme is ‘Change Starts With Us’. As part of this, we have launched our anti-bullying drop-in sessions, where students can come and discuss their issuesContinue reading
ISOC Charity Week
One of the 5 pillars of Islam is charity, and that’s why this year we were most grateful when ISOC were given the opportunity to organise charity week. AGGS were part of over 200 institutionsContinue reading
Year 7 Residential Glaramara Trip
Follow the Glaramara trip twitter account to see what our Year sevens are doing: Tweets by aggs_glaramara
A talk about the importance of language learning
On Friday 8 November, we were delighted to welcome Sonja from the University of Manchester who spoke to our Year 9 and 12 pupils about the importance of language learning. Pupils were surprised to learnContinue reading
Thought for the week
Co-operation ‘You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.’ (A. A. Milne)
AGGS Class of ’69 to ‘71 Reunion
Kit Clay is organising another reunion for ladies who were in the 5th forms in 1969. That makes us all around 66 now! The next reunion will be on the evening of Saturday 22nd FebruaryContinue reading
November Book of the Month by Annabelle F. Year 11
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black This month is a very exciting month for Cruel Prince fans- Queen of Nothing, the highly anticipated final book of the trilogy is due to be released. So, toContinue reading
Around the World in 80 Days
AGGS Drama production: 3rd & 4th December 2019, 7pm in the main hall Adult £6, Child/Concession £3 Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children) £15 Tickets available from reception
Christmas Concert
Monday 25th & Wednesday 27th November, 7pm, Main Hall Adults £8 & Concessions £6 Tickets available from receptions
Thought for the week
Co-operation ‘No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.’ (John Donne)
What a fantastic weekend!!
We are currently on our way home from a brilliant weekend at the GCSE Dance Residential in Wales. Well done dancers for all of your hard work, take a well deserved rest during half term!
GCSE Dance Residential Performance Workshop
Well done dancers for creating and performing your brilliant pieces!
GCSE Dance Residential Artificial Things Workshop
The dancers worked with Stop Gap Dance Company this weekend. They were taught repertoire and choreographed some fantastic pieces looking at the professional work ‘Artificial Things’. Amazing work dancers!
GCSE Dance Residential Set Phrase Workshops
The dancers were put through their paces learning 2 challenging set phrases today, fantastic work, well done!
GCSE Dance Weekend Theory Session
Our Year 10 dancers learning all about ‘Component 2’ aka the theory exam!
GCSE Dance Residential Choreography Workshop
We are in Wales for our GCSE Dance residential weekend! Our Year 10 dancers worked very hard to create some fantastic pieces in today’s choreography workshop. Well done!
Junior Silver Dance Company
Well done to everyone who auditioned for our Junior Silver Dance Company this year! You all performed beautifully and made the final decision very difficult! Here are our dancers for the 2019-2020 Junior Silver DanceContinue reading
Berlin Trip
Welcome to German Berlin Trip, October 2019 We’ve had a great first day in Berlin. After a very early start, we enjoyed hearing the stories of those who had tried to escape over the BerlinContinue reading
Barclay technology day
34 Students from Year 10 had the amazing opportunity to visit Barclays in Knutsford last week where students were put through their paces learning and answering questions about CyberSecurity within the financial sector. Great opportunitiesContinue reading
Science Society Demonstration-Biology Week
To kick off AGGS Biology Week 2019, the sixth form Science Society set up a range of biology related demonstrations for the younger years. A murder mystery puzzle, where the students had to use foodContinue reading
Drugsense Talk
On Tuesday 15th October students from Years 9-13 listened to a series of drugs talks given by Dave Parvin from Drug Sense UK. Dave was very professional in his delivery and has had first-hand experienceContinue reading
Dissection Masterclass-Biology Week
As an after school treat to lucky pupils, Ms Hulme delivered an expert tutorial on how to carry out a rat dissection this Biology Week. The students were shown the various scientific names and theContinue reading
Digital Futures careers event at Trafford College
On Wednesday a group of students from the Year 10 computing class went to the Digital Futures careers event hosted by Trafford College. They heard from a range of speakers from the digital tech world:Continue reading
Biology Week Summary
We celebrated Biology Week this year from 4th-11th October with a range of extracurricular activities. First and foremost, we have some students to congratulate. Our #BioBakes contestants cooked some tasty treats and our winner LilyContinue reading
Genetics Fly Lab Workshop-Biology Week
The Sixth form students were privileged to be able to attend a workshop on Genetic Mutations carried out by Mr Feltham from the University of Manchester. Students learned the close genetic relations between humans andContinue reading
Auction of promises success
The AGGS PTA Auction of Promises was once again a roaring success – This was the third year we have held this event with over 5000 visits were made to our auction pages – AndContinue reading
Harvest Festival 2019
To celebrate Harvest Festival this year, the students and staff at AGGS have been collecting items to donate to South Trafford Food bank. Every form in each year group did a great job and anContinue reading