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Y8 Rugby League Superstars!

On Wednesday 5 June, our Year 8 Rugby Team had their first Rugby League Tournament, hosted by Swinton Lions RLFC at Wright Robinson School.

Y12 Trip to Zanzibar

A group of our Year 12 students recently embraced adventure and impact in Zanzibar, with the Turing Scheme’s “Zanzibar Ecology and Conservation”!

Science Club Visit

The Manchester based company, Watercycle Technologies, ran a fun interactive session for our Science Club this week, to discuss their groundbreaking work on membrane based lithium extraction.

Year 7 MasterChef Competition

This week the Food & Nutrition Department held the Year 7 MasterChef Competition. We had lots of enthusiastic Year 7 pupils making some very tasty and skilful dishes. 

Henshaws Visit

On Tuesday 23 April, we welcomed friends from Henshaws who joined us for conversation and music.

Y8 Gateways

On Thursday 18 April, a group of our Year 8 students participated in the Gateways visit to the University of Manchester. They were joined by other schools, also participating in the event.

Primary Phases Values Celebration

Each half term, a celebration is held for every child who demonstrates all three of our school values; Ambition, Respect and Compassion, and receives a postcard for each, from their teacher over the half term.

Y7 Languages XP Sessions

For four weeks of this term, a group of Year 7 students participated in after-school Japanese sessions, in a programme called Languages XP, run by the University of Manchester. 

WOW Culture Day

It was great to celebrate the diversity at WHGS during our WOW Culture Day on Thursday 21 March.

Y12 Turing Trip to Zambia

In February, ten of our Year 12 students travelled to Zambia to take part in a Sports Coaching Programme, as part of the government’s Turing scheme, which promotes international relations between schools.

National Careers Week (NCW)

For National Careers Week (4-9 March), we celebrated with a range of exciting activities to showcase the exciting world of work. Subject teachers also highlighted the career opportunities within their subject areas, so that students could get an insight into the different career paths available to them.

Literacy Week / World Book Day

Last week we celebrated Literacy Week with a host of events, activities and competitions across the Primary and Secondary Phase, focusing on inspiring a love of reading.  

Year 4 Forest School

Both Year 4 classes have enjoyed their Forest School trips to Delamere Forest this half term. The children loved this experience and were excited to visit a new forest this year!


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