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
Category: Competitions
Competitions
Eve got first prize in Living Edge Art Competition
The annual Living Edge School’s Art Competition took place at The Lowry on Saturday morning and as usual the work exhibited by all of the students was very impressive. Eve (Year 12) won first prizeContinue reading
AGGS is Now an Official Guinness World Record Holder
Today Anum and Elysia have received confirmation that AGGS is now the official Guinness world record holder for the largest game of musical bumps! This is fantastic news and a huge thank you to allContinue reading
Nishi will appear on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve
Nishi U in 10-7 (Child genius winner 2019) will be appearing on the Christmas special on Channel 4 over the holidays. She is captaining the Child genius team, who are competing against a team ofContinue reading
Mock Trial Champions
A huge congratulations to the Year 12 Mock Trial Team! On Saturday 30th November the Year 12 Mock Trial team took part in and won the Sir Rhys Davies School Mock Trial Competition in theContinue 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
‘A Pirate, A Merchant’ – Asma K, Y7
‘Sail ho! Another booty tonight with the yellow iron Attack the ship and take with the bounty, ye rapscallion!’ A vulgar pirate glared at me, gold teeth glinting in the light A grotesque scar uponContinue reading
‘Mutiny’ – Kitty D, Y10
Miserably, the day plodded on as the grey clouds shrouded the heavens. The dim light of the dying sun buried itself below the horizon. The rain bled into the murky ocean solemnly, softly. At attentionContinue reading
Translation Bee national final
Our fabulous year 9 linguists; Sara, Esomchi, Aahi, Parnika, Aditi and Alekhya travelled to Cambridge last Wednesday to take part in the national final of the Translation Bee competition and they all performed to aContinue reading
Safa A won a prize in the New College of the Humanities essay competition
On Tuesday 25th June 2019, New College of the Humanities (NCH) announced the winners of the 2019 NCH London Essay Competition at a special award ceremony in London. We are delighted to announce that SafaContinue reading
String Orchestra Music for Youth Birmingham July 2019
We had a wonderful day on 4th July in Birmingham with String Orchestra, who performed as part of the National string/chamber music final. All 26 students from Y8 – 13 performed brilliantly. Despite there beingContinue reading
Cyber Security successes at AGGS
This year over 60 students from across the school participated in 2 different Cyber Security competitions run by GCHQ aimed at developing their programming, analytical and cryptography skills while enhancing their awareness of the securityContinue reading
Brass success
Well done to Róisín V (8-1) her sister Orla (who joins AGGS in Sept), Grace & Esther. They competed in the Kirkby Lonsdale band contest in the training section & came 1st. They are membersContinue reading
Royal Academy Young Artists Summer Show 2019 AGGS successful entries!
We are delighted to let you know that two of our outstanding young Year 11 GCSE artists have successfully had their artwork accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Show. It is an online exhibition whichContinue reading
Grand Designs to Celebrate Altrincham Competition
Three of our Year 7 students have been shortlisted for their entries to the Altrincham Messenger competition, building a model to show what they love about the town. Their entries will be on display inContinue reading
Translation Bee success
Six of our Year 9 pupils travelled to Sheffield on Monday 20 May to take part in the regional final of the Translation Bee competition. All six pupils competed to a very high standard againstContinue reading
Writing Competition – Pirates
We now have a new competition running and this time the theme is… Pirates! We’d love to see your perspective of pirates and what you can create with this theme! You’re free to expressContinue reading
UKMT further success
Nishi, Nell, Anni and Thenuki who won second place in the UKMT regional finals last month were also qualified for the National Finals as their score was a high achieving second place team. This willContinue reading
AGGS String Orchestra success
AGGS String Orchestra have won a place at the finals of the prestigious National competition of Music for Youth. This comes as no surprise, given the standard of the playing of this orchestra, and theContinue reading
Year 13 Easter Egg Decorating competition
The egg decorating competition took place today, and the winning entries and winners were: Special mention goes to 13-7 for the use of real eggs and students actually learning the new skillContinue reading
Geography Club Wins Second Prize!
Our team of Year 7 Geography Club members (Su M, Anna RT, Lucy L, Sophia K and Avni D) have won second prize in the United Utilities Vlogstars competition! They have been awarded with £50Continue reading
Spelling Bee Success
Disha in 7-1, Cesci in 7-2 and Sanjhbati in 7-6 attended the Spelling Bee Regional Final on Thursday 28 March. The pupils were great company and all competed to a very high standard. Cesci obtained 4thContinue reading
AGGS’ SALSA team shortlisted in a vlogging competition
A group of Year 7 Geography Club members called SALSA team (Su M, Anna R T, Lucy L, Sophia K and Avni D) have been shortlisted in a vlogging competition set up by United Utilities.Continue reading
Poetry Slam Success
The poetry slam which took place in the library today was a real success. It was a very uplifting experience and it went to prove again how exceedingly talented our pupils are. Lucy W walkedContinue reading
Some External Writing Competitions
Here are some links to creative writing competitions currently running. Good luck! Student: https://fossewaywriters.wordpress.com/competitions/ https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ncla/competitions/young-peoples-prize/ https://www.hart-uk.org/get-involved/humanrightsprize https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/shakeup-shakespeare.php Adult: https://www.dempseyandwindle.com/competition.html https://fossewaywriters.wordpress.com/competitions/ https://alpinefellowship.submittable.com/submit/133506/af-2019-writing-prize