The School Translation Bee final was held on the 24th March in which Year 9 contestants were given one minute to correctly translate as many sentences as possible, in a variety of tenses. They wereContinue reading
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Spelling Bee School final
A very exciting school spelling bee final was held on the 23rd of March in which Year 7 contestants were asked to spell as many words as the could in a minute. To add toContinue reading
Hallo Stuttgart! Club
15 Y10 German students have been meeting on a Wednesday lunchtime to connect with our partner school in Stuttgart. Our German assistant, Philipp Schmidt, has established this link for us as part of the CulturalContinue reading
MFL Spelling & Translation Bee Success
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
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
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
Mother Tongue Other Tongue competition
We are delighted and would like to share the fantastic poetic success of our MFL students … During the course of the lock down we have encouraged students from all year groups to take partContinue reading
Year 7 Spelling Bee
On Thursday 20th February, the school final for the language spelling bee took place in the main hall. All participants bravely stood in front of a crowd of audience, doing their best to spellContinue reading
Augsburg exchange 2020
We arrived back safely last night from the Augsburg work experience exchange. Students spent the weekend with host families, enjoying the sights of Munich, Augsburg and Neeuschwanstein. They then spent 4 days in a varietyContinue reading
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
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
European Day of Languages at AGGS
To celebrate European Day of Languages, among other activities, a selection of teachers came together to show the Year 7s how it’s done in the Staff Spelling Bee. Every teacher was given a period ofContinue reading
Year 8 MFL Bake Off-Around the World and World Monuments
After days of preparation, planning and baking, year eights presented their very own European monument masterpiece in the MFL bake off. From Brussel’s science inspired Atomium, to Italy’s coliseum and several representations of our veryContinue reading
MFL RAF Talk
On Friday 27 September we were delighted to welcome Flight Sergeant Gemma Slaughter in to school, to talk to our Year 9 and Year 10 pupils. Gemma has spent 15 years in the RAFContinue reading
Cantabria Trip 2019
The Cantabria 2019 trip has arrived home safely after four fun packed days. The students were great and really immersed themselves in Spanish culture and practiced their language skills to the full! A huge thankContinue reading
Eurovision 2019
Year 8 wowed the judges on Tuesday 16 July at the annual Eurovision Song Competition. The vent has been running for 15 years now, but staff agreed that this was one of the best. YearContinue reading
Language Leaders
The language leaders course has been running all year once a week for a group of about 40 Y10 students: This year we have been very busy at language leaders. It has been an engagingContinue 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
7-7 – BFET Celebration of Languages
Last week 7-7 went to Cedar Mount Academy and took part in a languages festival. Our form did a German Fashion Show describing what the models were wearing. The other schools that took part wereContinue reading
Maths / MFL Roadshow 2019
On Thursday 27th June we welcomed teachers and pupils from 7 schools across Manchester to take part in our annual Maths / MFL roadshow. Pupils were tasked with solving mathematical problems, written in French, GermanContinue 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
ERASMUS Plus Project
We are coming to the end of an exciting three-year project which has linked AGGS with schools France, Spain, Germany, Denmark and Latvia. Students in Years 11 and 12 have had the opportunity to participateContinue reading
Translation Bee Success
Congratulations to Aditi in 9-2, Alekhya and Sara in 9-3, Parnika in 9-5, Aahi in 9-6 and Esomchi in 9-7, who have all won the school round of the translation bee competition. Pupils were givenContinue 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
German exchange trip to Augsburg, Germany
We have arrived home safely after our week with Year 12 in Germany. The students very much enjoyed their stays with their host families. They successfully completed 4 days of work experience in a varietyContinue reading
Spelling Bee School Final 2019
Congratulations to the 14 pupils in Year 7 who competed to such a high standard on Wednesday 6 February. It was very close, but the three winners are Disha in 7-1 for French, Cesci in 7-2Continue reading
RAF talk 28 September
Year 9 and 10 linguists enjoyed a talk given by Flight Lieutenant Gemma Slaughter, who works as a linguist for the RAF. There are over 60 jobs in RAF, with only 5% of those employedContinue reading