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On Monday 23 June, Year 12 students from History, Law and Politics attended the 'Trump 2.0' Conference at the University of Manchester (UoM). The event was organised by the University's American Studies Department and consisted of a range of lectures by world-leading academics on the fast-paced and controversial changes being made in the US by President Trump in his second term in the Oval Office.

On Tuesday 24 June, Year 6 were invited to the Secondary Phase by the Science Department for an immersive experience to support their "Functions of the Human Body" learning.

This half term, the Primary Phase have all been working very hard to complete Geography fieldwork.

On Friday, Year 4 visited the inspiring Pankhurst Museum to deepen our understanding of Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragette movement.

Our Nursery children had a ball in the sunshine last week, at their Sports Day.

Thank you to everyone for coming and cheering us on!

Thursday 19 June marked the return of WHGS's annual talent show - the Wow Factor. The evening was a huge success thanks to all our wonderful participants and brilliant audience.

This week, a group of children from Nursery and Reception visited the Chorlton Park Care Home.

Year 2 have been enjoying the story 'Somebody Crunched Colin', a fun tale about a piece of litter on a mission to find out who crushed him - and along the way, it teaches us about the importance of keeping our environment clean.

In Year 4 this half term, we have been learning all about electrical circuits. As part of our project, we designed and created the external part of our torches, carefully decorating them to make them look their best.

In Nursery, we have been captivated by all thing’s 'fairytales' this half term. We have loved building castles in our construction area, making thrones in our imagination area and drawing princesses and castles in our literacy sessions and making jigsaw puzzles.

Year 1 had a fantastic time at Forest School! The children got creative building cosy hedgehog houses, warmed up with delicious hot chocolate, and toasted marshmallows to make yummy s’mores around the campfire.

The Drama and Music Department hosted a wonderful evening of songs from musicals this week, to a very supportive audience of parents, students, friends and staff.

This half term, Year 5 have been getting 'hands on' with our lessons. They have been experimenting with how gears and pulleys work in Design & Technology and testing the effects of friction in Science.

We were very lucky to have the author of 'Quiet Storm', Kimberley Whittam drop by during Book Club on Thursday, as a reward for them finishing the book. The author is a local writer and she used to work at WHGS.

Our Year 10 students completed their work experience during the week of Monday 12 to Friday 16 May 2025. Students were given the opportunity to gain valuable key skills to strengthen their knowledge and confidence by being independent learners in the work place for one week.

On Tuesday 13 May, the Food & Nutrition Department held the Year 7 MasterChef Competition. It was a very busy evening with many Year 7 students cooking a variety of tasty dishes.

We held our final KS3 Careers Drop Down Day for the academic year on Tuesday 13 May 2025.  The turnout was amazing with local employers, such as GMP, CBRE, HMRC, with local colleges and HE providing CEIAG guidance and Post 16/HE options to our KS3 students.  

On 7 May, our Year 10 Food and Nutrition students had the privilege of attending a guest lecture by Sarah from Nutriwise Education, who is a registered dietitian.. The session began with an in-depth look at the role of a dietitian and the qualifications required to pursue this career. Sarah's expertise and passion for her field were evident as she shared valuable insights into the profession.

On Friday 9 May, thirty enthusiastic Year 9 students, accompanied by two Sixth Formers and staff, headed to Leeds for a day of mathematical exploration and problem-solving.

After months of hard work and practice, the L3 BTEC Music students provided a fantastic and entertaining programme of music which was filmed in readiness to be sent off to be marked by external examiners.