Congratulations to Illuminate Online – winners of the Entrepreneurs of the Year Award! The Illuminate team Rose, Orla, Ibby & Amy were nominated for the UKFast Young Entrepreneur’s of the Year award for inventing an anti Cyber BullyingContinue reading
Category: Outside of the Classroom
Y10 Enterprise Day
On Wednesday, the Year 10 cohort took part in an Airline Masterclass enterprise day presented and delivered by Young Enterprise. The programme aims to develop employability skills and business awareness. Students set up and ranContinue reading
Y10 Careers Day
During the last week of term we invited volunteers into school to conduct practice interviews with our Year 10 students as part of their Careers Day. The day started off with an inspirational talk fromContinue reading
M for M trip
The year 12 English literature students had a highly successful trip to Stratford Upon Avon on Saturday 6th July, to see their set text Measure for Measure performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. We travelledContinue reading
The Ryman National Enterprise Challenge
Imogen, Alishba, Lauren & Rachel travelled down to Wembley Stadium with Miss Kirby on 10 July to pitch their idea of getting more girls into football by 2020. Although they didn’t get through to theContinue 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
Y12 Work Experience
Year 12 have just completed their week’s work experience in industry. Work experience placements serve multiple purposes, including experience of the world of work, employability skill development and experience to help guide future career decision-making.Continue 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
Year 8 Learn to Earn
On 10th June all of Year 8 were off timetable for an careers/enterprise event, Learn to Earn, delivered by volunteers from Young Enterprise. The programme inspires students and provides information on career options to helpContinue 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
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