Despite the lockdown this year, we had 41 enthusiastic Year 12 and Y13 students taking part in the competition, which involved them completing a two-hour written exam paper. The questions posed often stimulate much debate and enthusiasmContinue reading
Category: Outside of the Classroom
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
AGGS Debating Team through to Regional Finals!
This half term, a team of three Year 11 debating students took place in the first heat of the English Speaking Union’s ‘School’s Mace’ debating competition. The ‘mace’ is one of the country’s most prestigiousContinue reading
Opera North Online Instrumental Academy – Free instrumental workshops over half term
Opera North is hosting a series of free, online instrumental workshops for young instrumentalists (aged 10-18 and studying Grade 4+ or equivalent) led by members of the Orchestra of Opera North. The workshops will be held between the 15Continue 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
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
Y9 TNEC Virtual Finals 2020
Six students from 9-6 have been working on a virtual enterprise final for The National Enterprise Challenge which takes place next Weds 15th July. The students would have been attending the final competition in BirminghamContinue reading
CyberFirst Girls Semi Finals
Following on from their tremendous success in the qualifying round, AGGS had very safely qualified to bring a team (Rachael E, Eloise F, Roselynn G, Sophie H) to the Semi Finals of the National CyberSecurityContinue reading
Business Studies Trip to Jaguar Land Rover Production Plant in Liverpool
30 Business Studies and Economics students from Years 11 and 13 enjoyed a trip to see the Land Rover production plant in action at the company’s 300 acre site in Halewood, Merseyside. Following a detailedContinue reading
BAE Systems, the RAF and Royal Navy Schools Roadshow
On Monday 3rd Feb all of Year 7 took part in a STEM/Careers roadshow delivered by BAE Systems, RAF and Royal Navy. The focus of the workshop was different sorts of energy; Kinetic, thermal, radiant,Continue 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
Y12 Psychology Careers Talks
Y12 Psychology students heard from a range of different psychologists during careers fortnight. The careers talks were a fascinating insight into how psychology is used in the real world and gave the students a goodContinue reading
Barclay technology day
34 Students from Year 10 had the amazing opportunity to visit Barclays in Knutsford last week where students were put through their paces learning and answering questions about CyberSecurity within the financial sector. Great opportunitiesContinue reading
Drugsense Talk
On Tuesday 15th October students from Years 9-13 listened to a series of drugs talks given by Dave Parvin from Drug Sense UK. Dave was very professional in his delivery and has had first-hand experienceContinue reading
Digital Futures careers event at Trafford College
On Wednesday a group of students from the Year 10 computing class went to the Digital Futures careers event hosted by Trafford College. They heard from a range of speakers from the digital tech world:Continue reading
Year 11 Careers Morning
The purpose of the morning is to get Y11 to think about their Post 16 options and to encourage them to think more widely about all of the options and opportunities available to them andContinue reading
Year 11 Top Trader Enterprise Day
On 26th September Year 11 took part in a Top Trader day trading in stocks and shares on the AGGS Stock Market. The day was delivered and run by employees of BNY (Bank of NewContinue reading
Y12 Charities talks
On 12 September we welcomed a number of volunteer charities into school to talk to our Year 12s about the benefits of volunteering and the opportunities on offer. Thank you to the Wellspring – aContinue reading
Illuminate Online are the winners of the Entrepreneurs of the Year Award
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
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