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The Stopfordian 2011–2012
in the Senior School. Year 6 pupils were invited to Café Sci
taken by a lecturer from Manchester University.
Dr Cosgrove was amazed at how engaged the children were
during her talk about cells and how they demonstrated the
passion for learning by some of the excellent questions they
asked.
There was a great buzz around school from Nursery right
through to Year 6. It was clear that pupils were totally
engaged and enthused by their tasks. Infant activities
included making rainmakers and a papier maché earth,
making rockets in Alien Science and constructing robots from
recycled materials.
N. Hurst
HOCKEY
The AJIS U11 Hockey tournament is the pinnacle of every
hockey season. The event plays host to twenty four
independent schools in the North West and is an exciting and
competitive occasion. This year was no exception. In the first
round the Stockport Grammar team beat the Grange School,
Alderley Edge School for Girls, Newcastle under Lyme and
King Edward/Queen Mary’s to go through as winners of their
group.
The season started with an invitation festival to give the U11
girls an opportunity to kick start the new Hockey season.
They played matches against King’s Macclesfield, Alderley
Edge School for Girls, Beech Hall and Ryleys. Whilst it was a
non competitive event the Stockport Grammar girls enjoyed
scoring a good many goals during the afternoon.
In the winners’ competition our girls drew 1 – 1 with Rossall,
lost 0 – 2 to Arnold and drew 0 – 0 with Queen’s Chester after
a disallowed goal for Stockport Grammar in the last play of the
match. The final result put Stockport Grammar in 3 rd place
overall. The squad must be congratulated on some excellent
play and great team work.
The Year 6 girls travelled to Blackburn for their end of season
Hockey tour on Friday 9th March.
For the first time the House competition was mixed, a result
of two seasons of boys’ hockey training with Mrs Carroll. The
House Captains did a great job in getting their squads
organised and the morning ran smoothly because of this.
There was some lovely hockey played and in each game all
players participated wholeheartedly. Many thanks to the
supporters who cheered the children on.
The results were;
4 th Nicholson – 3 points
3 rd Arden – 6 points
2 nd Vernon – 8 points
1 st Warren – 13 points
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