Honouring the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic… on stamps Our school is delighted to be taking part in Royal Mail’s Heroes Stamp Design Competition, honouring the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Eight pupils from primaryContinue reading
Category: The Arts
The Arts
Opera North’s Youth Orchestral programme
Opera North are very excited to return to live activity within Opera North’s Youth Orchestral programme. They are hosting opportunities for young instrumentalists aged 10 -21 to work closely with the professional musicians from theContinue reading
KS3 Art challenge
KS3 Art were set a challenge to create something using loo rolls, created by Achinthya P:
GCSE Dance Film
The GCSE Dancers worked very hard over lockdown to choreograph and create our first dance film. Edited by Mrs Anstey, the film is called ‘The Light Can’t Last Forever’ and our stimulus was grief. TheyContinue reading
Dance Auditons
If you have been preparing a solo or group dance for the dance production, the auditions to show your finished piece are on: Tuesday 12th January. Remember: All dancers must be from the same yearContinue reading
Y13 song – 2020 Christmas Day
The Y13 A level group composed this uplifting song amidst the pandemic. Do watch their performance – they composed it in just a few hours together. The lyrics are here if you’d like to singContinue reading
AGGS Virtual Christmas Concert 2020
Please enjoy watching our virtual Christmas concert. We are proud of the way students and staff have risen to the challenges of rehearsing at a distance, with smaller year group musical ensembles and how they’veContinue reading
Let it Be, arranged by the inspiring young saxophonist Jess Gillam
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
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
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
