You may remember that before the holidays, several of our phenomenal Y8 and Y10 linguists made it through to the National Finals of the Spelling Bee and Translation Bee competitions that should have taken placeContinue reading
Charity Day – 18th December 2020
As you are all aware, Charity Day 2020 has been a bit different than usual. Even though we’ve been confined to the walls of our form rooms, we didn’t let that get in the wayContinue reading
Food and Nutrition this term
Just a quick message from me to say thank you to all my students for all your hard work this term. Well done to all the year 9 students who have completed their work inContinue reading
Dance Auditons
If you have been preparing a solo or group dance for the dance production, the auditions to show your finished piece are on: Tuesday 12th January. Remember: All dancers must be from the same yearContinue reading
Computer Science Bebras competition Success
This year the computer science department ran its annual Bebras competition. This is a logical thinking competition which is ran by Oxford university each year and asks pupils to complete online logical thinking puzzles inContinue reading
Year 9 Library Loyalty Scheme
Congratulations to Charley W and Chi-Yan N of 9-5 who were the first pupils to get a bar of chocolate from the Year 9 Library Loyalty Scheme. Since their English class visited the library onContinue reading
MFL Language Ambassadors’ Bake Off and Christmas Card Competitions
Our Year 10 Language Ambassadors have been working hard this term and have successfully organised two competitions. Year 8 pupils were invited to design and make a Christmas card inspired by a particular country orContinue reading
Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 15th December saw AGGS students coming to school wearing Chritsmas jumpers, to raise money to charity. We can reveal that our Christmas Jumper Appeal has raised over £1000 which is amazing! Thanks everyone for enabling the Charity CommitteeContinue reading
Virtual Christmas Enterprise Markets 2020
Our Christmas markets looked a little different this year! Students had to get a little more creative and submit their business plans and photos of their prototype online. With the help of our Web DeveloperContinue reading
December Book of the Month
Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay I’m diversifying my reading habits and have just read the classic Things Fall Apart, one of the first works of fiction published in the West to present African life fromContinue reading
Y13 song – 2020 Christmas Day
The Y13 A level group composed this uplifting song amidst the pandemic. Do watch their performance – they composed it in just a few hours together. The lyrics are here if you’d like to singContinue reading
AGGS Virtual Christmas Concert 2020
Please enjoy watching our virtual Christmas concert. We are proud of the way students and staff have risen to the challenges of rehearsing at a distance, with smaller year group musical ensembles and how they’veContinue reading
Aimée’s successful fundraise
Over the past few months, whilst being in lockdown, Aimée decided she wanted to cut her long hair, donate it to create a wig for a child with cancer, and raise some money for aContinue reading
AGGS Virtual Christmas Market Shop is Open for Voting
Our online virtual Christmas Market is officially open to staff and students, and it is time for you all to get voting! You can access the market using this link, or click on the imageContinue reading
Christmas Lunch Tuesday 15th December
A traditional style Roast Christmas Lunch with Sliced Cheshire Turkey or Halal Chicken Breast or Quorn Fillet served with Roast Potatoes, Carrots, Broccoli and Gravy. Optional- Pigs in Blankets, Stuffing Balls and Cranberry Sauce £3.50Continue reading
Charlotte Awarded Arkwright Engineering Scholarship
Charlotte L, in Year 12, has been awarded the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship. This is a much sought after and prestigious scholarship and is a testament to Charlotte’s efforts, resolve and talent as she had to submitContinue reading
MFL Translation Bee Success
Huge congratulations to our phenomenal Y10 linguists, who have all won prizes in the (virtual) Translation Bee Regional Final. Pupils were given one minute to correctly translate as many sentences as possible, in a varietyContinue reading
Music for Youth presents #TFIN
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