Please enjoy watching this wonderful version of Let it Be, arranged by the inspiring young saxophonist Jess Gillam. All AGGS music classes were invited to join this project by uploading a video of either playingContinue reading
Category: The Arts
The Arts
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
The Greatest Dancer – Grace S 10-3
Unfortunately, Vale’s time on the Greatest Dancer has now come to an end as they didn’t get through this week. You could watch their performance this week on BBC iplayer. They were the 2nd performanceContinue reading
The Greatest Dancer
Huge congratulations to Grace (Year 10) who, together with her dance school Vale, is down to the final 10 acts on BBC1s The Greatest Dancer. Please keep watching and supporting, Saturday nights on BBC1. GoodContinue reading
Chicago
Our whole school musical will be Chicago in July 2020. Students in Years 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 are invited to participate. You will need to be free to rehearse every Tuesday after school 3:30-4:45pmContinue reading
Grace’s team gone through to next stage in BBC’s TGD
Grace, with her dance school, is down to the final 12 dance groups in BBC1’s The Greatest Dancer! She is on Team Oti. This Saturday, all 12 groups will perform new dances in the liveContinue reading
Jazz Camp for Girls
Six fun weekend jazz camps introducing girls 9 – 15 to improvisation and the experience of being in a band Join Jazz North and our partners for a weekend of musical fun at Jazz CampContinue reading
Grace on BBC’s The Greatest Dancer
Grace S (Year 10) performed an amazing dance on The Greatest Dancer on Saturday evening with her dance school, Vale. Here is the link to their dance in case you missed it: What an outstandingContinue reading
Christmas Carol Service
It was an annual treat to have the opportunity to reflect and sing at St Mary’s church, Bowdon during our traditional Nine lessons and Carols. Junior, Senior and Chamber choirs sang beautifully and Sneha RContinue reading
Isabelle’s picture on BBC England’s big picture
Isabelle C, Year 8, took this photo on her way home and has been picked by the BBC England’s big picture of the day, now featuring on BBC’s BBC England’s big picture and the BBCContinue reading
Sponsor a key – only 18 keys left!
Almost all of the money has now been raised to buy the new Schimmel piano for Treetops practice room. Thankyou SO much to all parents, staff and students who have contributed generously in any wayContinue reading
What a fantastic weekend!!
We are currently on our way home from a brilliant weekend at the GCSE Dance Residential in Wales. Well done dancers for all of your hard work, take a well deserved rest during half term!
GCSE Dance Residential Set Phrase Workshops
The dancers were put through their paces learning 2 challenging set phrases today, fantastic work, well done!
Summer A-Level Art Exhibition
The annual Art exhibition took place in the week commencing 17th June. The main school hall was taken over with a fantastic display celebrating the hard work and talent of our A level and GCSEContinue reading
PE and Dance Awards Dinner
Last night we held our tenth annual PE and dance awards evening, it was another wonderful evening celebrating the success of the senior students. We had 120 guests and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the event.
Senior Recital 2019
This term our Senior Recital showcased all our GCSE and A level students performing their coursework – solos and compositions – to an extremely high standard. It is always great at this stage to hearContinue reading
Year 12 dancers will perform at the Lowry
On the back of our Danceworks success, we have been invited to perform a pop-up performance at the Lowry Theatre on Friday 29th March! Our Year 12 dancers will be performing a dance, about identityContinue reading
Dance Production: Lights, Camera, Action!
The Dance Production took place on 31st January at the Garrick Theatre, Altrincham. There were over 200 students performing, from years 7 up to year 13. This year, all the dances were inspired by films.Continue reading
Dance Production, Animal Kingdom
The animal Kingdom Dance production took place on Thursday 8th February, at the Garick theatre, Altrincham. Have a look at some of the fantastic photos from the show:
The Animal Kingdom – Dance Production
Thursday 8th February 2018 The Altrincham Garrick Playhouse, 7.30pm Tickets available from Reception Adults £8, Concessions £4
Grace is the TDCI English Junior Modern Champion
On Sunday 19th November Grace, Y8, competed in the TDCI English Junior Modern Championships and was awarded 1st Place out of 119 competitors becoming the English Junior Modern Champion 2017. The TDCI English Championships tookContinue reading
GCSE Dance residential – summary
Year 10 dancers have just returned from a brilliant dance trip to the Conway Centre, Angelsey. The weekend, run by Homegrown Dance Theatre, included dance workshops on all aspects of GCSE Dance. Students from schoolsContinue reading
Silver Dance Company
We have decided to name our dance performance groups to make us sound very professional when we are representing the school at external performances. As we wanted the name to link to our school name, AGGS, we have picked SilverContinue reading
Arts Evening – Monday July 4th
Our first ever combined Arts Evening, involving over 100 girls, showcased a production of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ from our talented Y10 GCSE drama students, accompanied by our AS Y12 musicians as the Wizard band, whoContinue reading
Sprung
On Thursday 5th May, our showcase of contemporary dance, Sprung, took place in the school hall. The evening mainly consisted of the Year 11 GCSE Dance practical examination work, and also featured performances from theContinue reading
Dance Production!
Dance production day is here! Break a leg (not literally please!) To all the girls performing in ‘Around The World in 25 dances’. We will see you at The Garrick Theatre at 1pm.
Rehearsals
Please note that additional rehearsals are taking place in preparation for the upcoming dance production. Please ensure you attend all the rehearsals for the clubs you are involved in. Rehearsals run from 3.45 – 5.00pmContinue reading