School Celebration Newesletter Sept to July 2016 LR
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KEY DATES FOR THE AUTUMN TERM<br />
Y7—Y12 Students ONLY<br />
Induction DAY<br />
Friday 2nd <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
Term begins:<br />
<strong>School</strong> OPENS for all pupils<br />
Monday 5 th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
Y7 Parents’ Forum 3.30-4.30pm<br />
Y12 Welcome Evening<br />
Monday 5th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
**<strong>School</strong> Closed**<br />
Entrance Exam<br />
Tuesday 12 th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
Y7 Parents’ Forum 3.30-4.30pm<br />
Thursday 15th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
Y7 Parents’ Forum 4.30-5.30pm<br />
Monday 19th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
Y7 Parents’ Forum 5-6pm<br />
Wednesday 28th <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
Y7 Parents’ Forum 3.30-4.30pm<br />
Monday 3rd Oc<strong>to</strong>ber<br />
Y7 Parents’ Forum 5-6pm<br />
Sixth Form Open Evening<br />
Thursday 13th Oc<strong>to</strong>ber<br />
Y7 Parents’ Forum 4.30-5.30pm<br />
Wednesday 19th Oc<strong>to</strong>ber<br />
Half Term<br />
Monday 24 th <strong>to</strong> Friday 28 th Oc<strong>to</strong>ber<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
Term resumes<br />
Monday 31 st Oc<strong>to</strong>ber<br />
Term Ends<br />
Friday 16 th December
Welcome<br />
<strong>to</strong> a year in<br />
our school<br />
Over the course of the last few weeks Ms Sanchez Gonzalez has<br />
brought <strong>to</strong>gether some of the most memorable moments of the<br />
school year. From House Competitions <strong>to</strong> Trips and Visits our<br />
students have embraced the opportunities afforded <strong>to</strong> them and<br />
supported a wide and varied range of activities. As a result, they<br />
have demonstrated what wonderful ambassadors our students are<br />
in the wider community. This is something that is commented upon<br />
regularly in our local community and it is something which we can<br />
be proud of.<br />
I hope that you enjoy reading about the successes contained<br />
within this publication and may I wish you all a very safe and happy<br />
Summer break.<br />
Mr. M. Mullins<br />
All the background<br />
pictures used in this<br />
publication where taken<br />
during our school trip <strong>to</strong><br />
Iceland in February <strong>2016</strong>
Extra<br />
Curriculum<br />
Activities
F<br />
rom the powerful productions by the Drama department <strong>to</strong><br />
the heated discussions of the Debate Club, our ever<br />
expanding programme of enrichment activities has<br />
something on offer for those seeking <strong>to</strong> grow their skills beyond the<br />
curriculum. Art, science, chess, Minecraft, reading, writing, singing,<br />
taking part in sports or gardening: everyone is encouraged <strong>to</strong> try<br />
something new.
S<br />
GS students & staff are always looking for ways<br />
<strong>to</strong> make an impact on the community that<br />
surround us. This year the school has managed<br />
<strong>to</strong> put <strong>to</strong>gether a programme of activities and<br />
projects that included:<br />
inviting local primary schools <strong>to</strong> work on<br />
Maths and STEM projects <strong>to</strong>gether,<br />
raising money for local charities selling<br />
and collecting all sorts of items (clothes,<br />
<strong>to</strong>ys, chocolates)<br />
SGS in the<br />
community<br />
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celebrating Christmas with a beautiful carol<br />
concert singing with another primary school choir<br />
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Offering a series of free IT surgeries for anyone<br />
struggling with the new technologies
T<br />
his year all our Houses have put in a lot<br />
of effort <strong>to</strong> gain commendations and<br />
house-points individually, but also as a<br />
family representing their House in Inter-House<br />
activities and in all the wonderful fund-raising<br />
events that they have organised on behalf of<br />
their chosen charities.<br />
Our Houses’<br />
Work for<br />
Charity<br />
The amount raised since <strong>Sept</strong>ember across all<br />
the Houses comes <strong>to</strong> a <strong>to</strong>tal of £2194.96 a<br />
great achievement by everybody!<br />
Money Raised for charity<br />
Wolfendale<br />
Ashwell £204.07<br />
Dakin £526.86<br />
Pankhurst £308.50<br />
Wolfendale £315.37<br />
Pankhurst<br />
House Points<br />
1ST DAKIN 9232 pts<br />
2ND PANKHURST 8851 pts<br />
3RD WOLFENDALE 8494 pts<br />
4TH ASHWELL 8017 pts<br />
Dakin<br />
As in previous years, the winning house<br />
students get <strong>to</strong> go <strong>to</strong> Blackpool Pleasure Beach<br />
as a reward for all their great efforts.<br />
Click here for a detail description<br />
Ashwell
In support<br />
of Sport<br />
Relief<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
T<br />
his year our Houses<br />
decided <strong>to</strong> take on<br />
a big challenge on<br />
in order <strong>to</strong> raise the<br />
maximum amount of money<br />
for Sport Relief.<br />
The Trafford Rowing Club<br />
and the staff at PureGym,<br />
who very kindly donated the<br />
e q u i p m e n t f o r t h e<br />
challenge, stayed on hand<br />
all day <strong>to</strong> help out, and just<br />
after a few hours, our<br />
students not only managed<br />
<strong>to</strong> cover this target distance<br />
but <strong>to</strong> surpass it.<br />
Adding a bit of football<br />
shooting, basketball scoring<br />
and cake eating on the side<br />
for support, the <strong>to</strong>tal amount<br />
raised on the day was a<br />
whooping £550!<br />
The plan was <strong>to</strong> get all the<br />
houses <strong>to</strong>gether in order <strong>to</strong><br />
cover the 177 miles that<br />
stretch from London <strong>to</strong> Paris<br />
with six hours of rowing and<br />
cycling.
Helping<br />
Out<br />
Dunkirk<br />
Refugee<br />
<strong>School</strong>
Christmas<br />
Talent<br />
Show
O<br />
ur school offers a great deal of sports activities and clubs that everyone is invited<br />
<strong>to</strong> take part in: Rugby, basketball, netball, table tennis, cross-country, aerobics,<br />
Olympic weightlifting and football. This year we want <strong>to</strong> give a special mention<br />
<strong>to</strong> our Y9s who managed <strong>to</strong> enter the finals for the ESFA Small <strong>School</strong>s Cup which attracts<br />
more than140 teams from around the country. In the end it was all down <strong>to</strong> penalties and<br />
they couldn’t bring the cup home. but It was a exciting day for both players and specta<strong>to</strong>rs,<br />
and a very proud one in the his<strong>to</strong>ry of Stretford Grammar: First time ever!
SPORT<br />
Activities
Sports<br />
Day<br />
<strong>2016</strong>
Sandy McGuinness Y8 High Jump<br />
Dominic Reid Y7 High Jump
Sports<br />
Day<br />
<strong>2016</strong>
Here are just a few examples of the many trips that have taken place<br />
this year in our school. Find out all the details on our website:<br />
www.stretfordgrammar.com<br />
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AS Art trip <strong>to</strong> Salford Quays and Manchester Art Gallery<br />
Y9 Geography fieldwork <strong>to</strong> Castle<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Y12 Geography fieldwork <strong>to</strong> Bollin<br />
Y10 Art trip <strong>to</strong> Manchester Museum<br />
AS Art trip <strong>to</strong> Liverpool<br />
Y13 English Literature Gothic Studies day at MMU<br />
Y7 Conway trip<br />
Y12 Chemistry trip <strong>to</strong> Manchester Museum<br />
Geography trip <strong>to</strong> Iceland<br />
Y7 Planetarium Visit<br />
Y12s Battlefields trip<br />
A2 Business Studies workshop at Salford Quays<br />
GCSE Drama trip <strong>to</strong> the Royal Exchange<br />
Y12 Geography fieldwork <strong>to</strong> Cwm Idwal<br />
Y13 English it trip <strong>to</strong> see Dr Faustus (Stratford-upon-Avon)<br />
Y10 Field trip <strong>to</strong> Bowness<br />
Y12 Chemistry trip <strong>to</strong> Manchester University<br />
Winning House rewards trip <strong>to</strong> Blackpool Pleasure Beach<br />
Library rewards trip <strong>to</strong> John Ryland’s Library<br />
AS Spanish Students work experience trip <strong>to</strong> Malaga (Spain)<br />
Y9 trip <strong>to</strong> Krakow...<br />
Out &<br />
About
A Duke of Edinburgh Experience<br />
T<br />
he DofE practise and expedition was without<br />
doubt the most challenging criteria of the<br />
award. I think it would be safe <strong>to</strong> say<br />
absolutely nobody could have anticipated what we<br />
signed up for:<br />
C<br />
rumpling beneath a rucksack that was a<br />
quarter of our own weight, weight-busters<br />
became a standard; water was now<br />
sacred; unknowing encounters with electric fences<br />
followed shortly by ear-piercing<br />
The Duke of<br />
Edinburgh<br />
Award<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
shrieks; the heart-drop of realising<br />
you’d been dragging yourself 5 km off<br />
route; abstract speculations being the<br />
thin thread of distraction keeping<br />
everyone stumbling along; slugs<br />
warming up <strong>to</strong> your tent; the muddy<br />
ground somehow drawing everybody<br />
<strong>to</strong> fall for it; routine exasperated sighs,<br />
unavoidable leg-deep cow faeces,<br />
and <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>p it off, a bucket full of tears as the only<br />
coping mechanism available for many.<br />
H<br />
owever, the struggles were felt and shared<br />
by everyone, which gave the experience<br />
an inexplicable authentic sense of<br />
enjoyment and achievement you wouldn’t be able<br />
<strong>to</strong> gain from anything else.<br />
By Lina Tumi Y10
Y9<br />
Camping<br />
Week
Y9<br />
Camping<br />
Week
Y9<br />
Camping<br />
Week
T<br />
his year, our programme of enrichment activities for<br />
Sixth Formers has included a number of university<br />
master classes, a work experience trip <strong>to</strong> Spain,<br />
guided <strong>to</strong>urs around <strong>to</strong>p institutions in the country, and a<br />
newly designed plan of study (Study+) that aims at the<br />
development of skills such as time management, organisation<br />
and research skills, communication, working collaboratively,<br />
problem solving , stress management and creativity, using a<br />
combination of presentations and workshops like Circus Skills<br />
or yoga.<br />
SIXTH<br />
FORM
OUR<br />
ANNUAL<br />
ART<br />
EXHIBITION
GCSE<br />
Exam<br />
ARTWORK
Y12 Day trip <strong>to</strong> Sale Water Park<br />
RHS Flower Show at Tat<strong>to</strong>n Park<br />
Visit <strong>to</strong> John Ryland’s Library
NOWGEN Genetics Project<br />
Drama/musical show during Activities<br />
Week<br />
Politics trip <strong>to</strong> the Parliament
Rocket Science Project<br />
Dakin House Rewards trip<br />
Engineering Challenge
Science trips & workshops<br />
STEM projects with Primary <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Maths challenge<br />
during Activities Week<br />
More Science Experiments!
Book Fair<br />
The Lib<br />
New Reading<br />
Rewards Scheme<br />
Library Induction<br />
Using Comics for<br />
Literacy Workshop<br />
Paired Reading<br />
Y7s & Y9s-Y10s<br />
Stan Lee Graphic<br />
Novels Award Group<br />
National Poetry Day<br />
Hidden Poetry<br />
Workshop<br />
Book Making<br />
Workshop with Kate<br />
Duns<strong>to</strong>ne<br />
Creative Writing<br />
Workshop with Joe<br />
Kipling
ary<br />
Video entry for WBD<br />
Where does reading<br />
take you?<br />
The Library YouTube<br />
Channel<br />
The Book Covers<br />
Appreciation Society<br />
(Cover Example by<br />
Dylan Y7)<br />
Dys<strong>to</strong>pian Fantasy<br />
Creative Writing<br />
Workshop<br />
Jon Mayhew On<br />
Being a Published<br />
Author talk<br />
World Book Day<br />
Non-fiction section Upgrade
The Work of our PTA<br />
2015-<strong>2016</strong> has been another successful year for Stretford Grammar PTA. We<br />
have continued <strong>to</strong> work hard <strong>to</strong> raise money <strong>to</strong> supply the school with<br />
extra funds <strong>to</strong> enhance the children’s education but also importantly our<br />
events are aimed at bringing the school community <strong>to</strong>gether.<br />
T<br />
his year’s fundraising objective has been focused on raising money <strong>to</strong><br />
supply the specialist equipment for every child <strong>to</strong> be able <strong>to</strong> participate<br />
in the Duke of Edinburgh Award. We have a target of £10,000 which will<br />
cover the cost of all tents, rucksacks, compasses etc. needed <strong>to</strong> complete the<br />
challenges.<br />
W<br />
e began our events in <strong>Sept</strong>ember with the Twin Peaks of Cheshire<br />
sponsored walk where over 40 people <strong>to</strong>ok part in the challenge<br />
which raised in excess of £1000. Our next event was<br />
our Autumn Family Quiz Night in Oc<strong>to</strong>ber where families and<br />
friends battled against each other through a variety of rounds <strong>to</strong><br />
be crowned Quiz Champions. This was followed by a very<br />
successful Table <strong>to</strong>p Sale/Craft Fair and Family Pho<strong>to</strong> Day in<br />
November. We had in excess of 50 stalls selling a vast range of<br />
goods and raised over £700. Also in November we ran our first<br />
Bags <strong>to</strong> <strong>School</strong> day where students were invited <strong>to</strong> bring in bags<br />
of unwanted/outgrown<br />
clothes. This raised £125 <strong>to</strong>wards our<br />
target and another one is taking place on <strong>July</strong> 11th <strong>2016</strong>. In March we once<br />
again<br />
hosted our annual Ladies’ Night where lots of pampering <strong>to</strong>ok place<br />
throughout the evening. There were also many stalls selling a range of beauty<br />
products, clothes and gifts as well as food and drink.<br />
T<br />
hroughout the year the PTA have supported the school at other events<br />
such as Music concerts by assisting with the making of teas/coffees and<br />
selling second hand uniform. We are always on the lookout for new<br />
members and would welcome any help in the future however big or small.
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