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Centenary Book BRAVELY, FAITHFULLY, CHEERFULLY
The Centenary Book has now been published and copies, priced £15 each, can be obtained from the main Reception at school between 9.00am and 4.00 pm on weekdays only.
If you are unable to visit school, copies can be ordered for delivery by post. Please download an ... READ MORE
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AGGS Centenary Garden The Garden Open Day held on Saturday 15th May was a attended by more than 250 visitors who were able to wander around the garden; find their Named Brick or sponsored item; meet up with other former pupils and exchange memories or simply sit and relax on one of the ... READ MORE
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Celebrating 100 Years, 1910 - 2010
Celebrating 100 Years, 1910 - 2010
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls’ Centenary Year!
2010 was a very special year for Altrincham Grammar School for Girls - we celebrated a century of providing a first-class education for girls.
There has been a host of events to commemorate the anniversary.
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Centenary Ball Elegant black and gold mask decorations adorned the walls and tables and beautiful twinkling lights lit up the Cinnamon Rooms making an atmospheric and stunning backdrop as guests arrived at the PTA Masked Centenary Ball on July 3rd, 2010.
A wide variety of styles and colours of masks were worn ... READ MORE
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Royal Visit Press Coverage
On Monday, 11th October we were honoured and thrilled to receive a visit from HRH The Princess Royal. She visited three of our new Science laboratories to observe lessons in Biology, Chemistry and Physics after which she met distinguished guests. Then came the highlight of her visit: the official ... READ MORE
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MFL Review International Activities and Trips
Modern Foreign Languages
A large number of trips have taken place during the last year. There was a France/Spain trip for year 9 pupils, a study visit to Château Beaumont in Normandy, two German trips to the Rhine Valley, and several of our sixth form students ... READ MORE
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The Unexamined Life Is not Worth Living This has been another fabulous year for the Religious Studies department, fully embracing the spirit of Socrates above! 100% of girls achieved A*/A grades at GCSE and 100% achieved A* - B at A level- a reflection of the determination and hard work of staff and pupils alike!
In lessons ... READ MORE
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Geography Centenary What a fabulous year for the Geography department! We had our best ever results with 39% A* and 96% A*/A at A2 and 72% A* and 97* A*/A at GCSE. An exciting brand new curriculum for Yr8, Yr10 and Yr13 kept staff and students busy and there were a whole ... READ MORE
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History Dept Work on the School Archives The Historical Research Group started work on the school archive at the beginning of the year. It was hard to know where to begin, as the ‘archive’ consisted at that time of several black bin bags and boxes in a great jumble. The girls enjoyed looking at the huge ... READ MORE
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History Department Trip to Russia 2010 On Thursday 11th February, we arrived at school just before midnight wearing lots of warm clothes and boarded our coach to Heathrow Airport.
After 3 hours and 45 minutes on the coach, we arrived at Heathrow very early in the morning. A few hours and a lot coffee later we ... READ MORE
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Peter Pan Review As we returned from the Easter holidays, it was that time again to start rehearsing for the annual open-air production in Denzell Gardens. For the centenary year we had decided to perform Peter Pan, appropriately chosen as the script itself celebrated its 100th birthday. The time seemed to fly and ... READ MORE
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Facilitation We were very proud to be designated as a teaching school this year, which has allowed us to extend our work outwards across the Greater Manchester area, offering support to other schools.
This academic year has seen the very successful implementation of a comprehensive programme of training programmes which provide ... READ MORE
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Charity Committee 2010 This year the Year 11 Charity Committee helped raise money for several different charities chosen by pupils. They were chosen by the committee for the fantastic work they do. This year the charities included:
NSPCC (£350 raised)
Médecins Sans Frontières (£350 raised plus £1,050 for their work in Haiti after ... READ MORE
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Centenary Concert at the Bridgewater Hall An expectant hush fell as I stepped onto the stage of the Bridgewater Hall along with the other members of the First Orchestra. Altrincham Grammar School for Girls’ Centenary Concert had begun. Since January, we had worked to make the evening of 27th April 2010 an occasion to remember. And ... READ MORE
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A Musical Centenary Year In addition to our normal action-packed calendar of concerts throughout the year, the Music Dept hosted several special events to mark this special Centenary year.
The year began with a Choral Workshop for Key Stage 3 singers, led by Greg Batsleer, Halle Youth Choir conductor. AGGS girls sang alongside pupils ... READ MORE
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Germany Choir Tour Half an hour before midnight on the 10th July a hoard of girls, parents, cars and luggage descended on Altrincham Grammar School for Girls as the night of the choir trip had finally arrived. For some of us it was the first holiday after the end of AS levels, and ... READ MORE
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Hymn Competition I was first inspired to write the lyrics to the school hymn because it gave me an opportunity to leave my mark on the school by doing something that I love: writing poetry. When the competition was launched I had been entering poetry competitions from a fairly young age and ... READ MORE
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Centenary Dance AGGS Dance Performance Group
In October 2009 the AGGS Dance Performance Group was set up by Miss Duerden. By holding auditions, the group was formed giving an opportunity for the most talented dancers from Year 9 – 13 to dance together and represent the schools dance department. Since it began, ... READ MORE
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Year 12 Art Trip Just before Christmas 2009 a group of us AS artists made our way to Manchester Piccadilly, ready and waiting to catch the seven thirty train to Euston Station, London. The journey down went quite quickly as we were all looking forward to the day of art exploration ahead.
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Year 12 Chester Trip The morning of the trip to Chester began with cries of ‘Can I sit next to you on the coach?’ coming from all corners of the Common Room. Really, nothing has changed since Year 7. Once in Chester we began by taking a roam and a stroll around the Ancient ... READ MORE
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Edwardian Day June saw numerous bus drivers being given the shock of their lives as they found Edwardian girls amongst their rush hour passengers on their way to celebrate AGGS’s Centenary year. Pupils and teachers alike, dressed as Edwardian peasants, ladies and gentlemen, quickly filled the church for a school blessing on ... READ MORE
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Japanese Day During Sixth Form Activity Week a group of Y12 had the chance of experiencing some of the cultural practices seen within Japan. Spread over two days, we were overloaded with information on Japan’s culture and particular practices such as the Sacred Tea Ceremony in which we saw Mrs Winter perform ... READ MORE
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Musings of Year 12 The trees of the school grounds began to assume copper cloaks, their leaves languishing like the remnants of the summer holiday. This was the dawning of a new epoch in my ongoing studies at Altrincham Girls’ Grammar School.
I felt almost like one of the little Year Sevens revelling ... READ MORE
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Science Highlights of the Year Physics A Level: International Visit to CERN
In October 2010 there will be a visit to CERN, Geneva for Y12 Physics students. CERN is the site of the “World’s Biggest Experiment” and of the invention of the world wide web. This will be our sixth such trip; we have been ... READ MORE
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Gifted and Talented Matters Following our successful as a hosting venue in 2009, we have continued to work with the North West Gifted and Talented in our centenary year to run a series of gifted and talented workshops in school. The first event, the Talent Factor, took place in February and the second event, ... READ MORE
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Centenary History Lecture To celebrate the school's anniversary, Professor Peter Gatrell gave a special centenary history lecture to the sixth form entiteled "Russia in 1910".
Professor Gatrell gained his undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge. He has spent most of his academic career at the University of Manchester. Between 1997 ... READ MORE
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