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
Category: Outside of the Classroom
Manchester Digital Her Roadshow
On Tuesday 14 May x10 Year 8 students attended the Manchester Digital Her Roadshow at the Mercure, Bowdon Hotel. The day was put together with volunteers from GCHQ, Autotrader, Manchester Science Partnerships and Bjss. TheContinue reading
UKFast visit to meet HRH Princess Anne
Mrs Walker and Mrs Gillibrand along with two of our Y12 Digital Leaders Rebecca and Ojas were privileged to have been invited last Wednesday 1 May to UKFast to share their celebrations in being awardedContinue reading
Year 8 WoW Day
On Thursday, 2nd May we held our World of Work (WoW) Day for our Year 8 students. We invited in 8 of our alumnae to deliver a series of talks on what they have doneContinue 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
New student leadership team
Congratulations to the new student leaders. Ms. Gill and Mrs. Galvin had interviewed a short list based on votes from staff and students and selected the following as our new student leader team: School council:Continue reading
Careers Convention 2019
We had our biennial Careers Convention evening on Weds 20th March for our Y10-13 students and their parents. The evening had a real buzz to it with 60 representatives hosting stands from companies such asContinue reading
Nishi U, Year 9 has won the Child Genius competition on Channel 4
The competition tests the competitors’ knowledge and understanding of a range of subjects including maths, geography and the old English language. It began with 20 children between the ages of 8 to 12, with competitorsContinue reading
Mock Trial Hugh Success
A huge congratulations to the Year 12 Mock Trial Team. On Saturday 24th November the Year 12 Mock Trial team took part in the Sir Rhys Davies School Mock Trial Competition in the Manchester CrownContinue reading
AGGS Christmas Markets
Please come and support the AGGS Christmas Enterprise markets run by Y7, Y8 & Y9 lunchtime in the hall Monday 3rd & Monday 10th December
AGGS Christmas Concert
26th and 28th November 2018, 7pm, Main Hall Adults £8, child/concession £5 Tickets available from reception
UKMT Senior Maths Regional Challenge
Hannah M, Flora W, Kelly C and Sneha R competed in the Senior Team Maths Challenge Regional Finals at Manchester University on Thursday 21st November. They performed really well, needing clear thinking, accuracy and speedContinue reading
RS Quiz No 2
Hindu society Question 1 Which Hindu festival is known as the ‘festival of light’? Question 2 Who is celebrated in the festival of Navaratri? Question 3 Which Hindu God is believed to have the headContinue reading
Let’s Talk Youth Conference 2018 Report
Earlier this week on Thursday, 7 AGGS students from years 7-10 were invited to attend the annual Let’s Talk Youth Conference held by Trafford’s Youth Cabinet. The gathering was jammed packed full of talks fromContinue reading
Year 9 and Year 12 Careers with MFL talks
On Thursday 15 November, Sonja and Leo from Manchester University visited school to give a series of talks on the importance of language learning. Pupils were surprised to learn that only 6% of the world’sContinue reading
RS Quiz No 2 – Answers
Hindu society quiz – Answers Answer 1 Diawli Answer 2 The Feminine aspect of the Divine Answer 3 Ganesha Answer 4 ISKCON – International Society of Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishnas) Answer 5 March «Continue reading
Frankenstein lecture trip
On the very apt date of 31st October, Mrs Cleary and Miss Choudhary took 25 year 10 pupils to the University of Manchester for an afternoon of lectures on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The students areContinue reading
Summer reading challenge success
A huge congratulations to all the participants who took part in AGGS first ever Summer Reading Challenge, reading over 150 between them all! Summer was obviously more than a little light reading in a deckContinue reading
November Book of the Month
SIX OF CROWS by Leigh Bardugo Leigh Bardugo is a storyteller, I think that is the best way to put it. It isn’t necessarily the words she uses which capture you- although they do- IContinue reading
Computing trip to San Francisco
The San Francisco computing trip took place during October Half term. The week’s highlights included Alcatraz, bike-ride over Golden Gate Bridge, Cisco and ServiceNow visits, Lombard Street, cable car, Pier 39, shopping and tons ofContinue reading
Vienna Study Visit
We have arrived safely home from the Vienna study visit. We enjoyed seeing the sights, including riding on the Riesenrad, visiting Belvedere and Schoenbrunn palaces, the Hundertwasser museum and the museum of military history. TheContinue reading
Biology Week Picture Quiz Winners
The winners of the Biology picture quiz are: Lois H and Molly K in 10-5 Faye d K in 9-7 Sophie G in 8-4 See the quiz below: [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Biology-week-picture-quiz.pdf” title=”Biology-week-picture quiz”]
RS Quiz No 1
Question 1 How many Muslims fought with the Allies in the First World War? Question 2 What language does the term ‘alkali’ come from? Question 3 Who said, ‘What actions are most excellent? To gladdenContinue reading
Food and Nutrition this Half Term
We have had a great half term in food. Year 10 have made a good start to their GCSE and produced some delicious lasagnes and pavlovas amongst other things. Year 11 have worked really hardContinue reading
Trafford Apprenticeship Fair
Trafford CollegeManchester Road, West Timperley, Altrincham, WA14 5PQTuesday 23rd October, 2pm-5pm [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ApprenticeshipFair_Poster_Aug18.pdf” title=”Trafford Apprenticeship Fair”]
MUN Success, October 2018
On the weekend of the 6th and 7th October, AGGS brought our MUN team to the Model United Nations conference at Cheadle Hulme, representing DR Congo and Kazakhstan: MUNCH. Schools from all over the countryContinue reading
A Visit to Trafford Council
I went to watch a meeting of Trafford Council on 26th September. I was invited by Councillor Geraldine Coggins and Councillor Dan Jerome. They are the two Green Party councillors for Altrincham Ward who wereContinue reading
AGGS Biology Week
6-14th October 2018 [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.aggs.trafford.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Biology-Week_2018-timetable.pdf”]
UK- German centenary project success
Honor, Imogen and Kate in 9-5 have been awarded first prize for their entry in the 11-14 song section of the Together: A UK-German centenary project. The project invited pupils aged 9-16 to produce poetry,Continue reading