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Our Sixth Form students have been preparing for the Young Citizen’s Bar Mock Trial since the beginning of this academic year. 

On Tuesday 5 November, Year 4 arrived to find a mysterious note in their classroom and some very important items missing! We set off to the Great Hall to investigate with nerves of steel and unreliable torches.

On Monday 4 November, thirty of our Year 11 History students were rewarded for outstanding effort, with a trip to the University of Manchester (UoM).

We recently celebrated our first Culture Day of the year, with students from all Phases embracing their heritage by wearing clothing that represented them or their culture. 

Year 4 has been busy this half term with a range of exciting, hands-on learning experiences across several subjects!

Our Year 4 pupils enjoyed an educational visit to the Gita Bhavan Hindu Temple in Manchester, as part of their Religious Education learning about the Hindu faith. The children showed incredible respect throughout the trip, engaging enthusiastically with the temple's serene atmosphere and beautiful, ornate decorations.

As part of our Design Technology unit on Food Technology, Year 5 became bakers for the half term.

As part of the Primary Phase's Forest School programme, Year 3 travelled to Delamere Forest to implement the skills they developed with Miss Doherty during this half term.

This half term, Year 2 have been exploring Plant Growth in Science. We explored what a seed is and the different parts of a seed.

Our Primary Phase Rights Respecting Ambassadors recently organised and led a successful foodbank donation initiative to support those in need within our community. Thanks to the generosity of our school families, we were able to donate enough food to provide 350 meals!

On Tuesday 8 October, we welcomed our friends from Henshaws, who were serenaded by Year 7 Djembe Drummers, our Year 9 band performing 'Billy Jean', as well as our Year 10 band performing 'You Give Love A Bad Name'.

On Friday 4 October, we had a fantastic team performance by our Year 10/11 Boys team at the Indoor Athletics Championships at Sports City. 

On Friday 20 and 27 September, a number of Key Stage 3 students represented WHGS in the Manchester Schools Cross Country event run by TeamMcr.

Students and staff at William Hulme’s Grammar School (WHGS) are celebrating as GCSE results are released.

Students and staff are celebrating today after our Sixth Formers received an excellent set of A Level results.

After months of rehearsals, on Wednesday 17 July, Year 6 finally performed their end of year production, The Jungle Book, the story of a boy who goes on a great adventure through the jungle to defeat the tiger Shere Khan.

On Saturday 13 July, the Manchester Achievement Awards 2024 took place at Gorton Monastery.  The event celebrated the achievements of students who have excelled in different areas during the last academic year. 

On Tuesday 9 July, Year 6 pupils met some of their new English teachers, who taught a lesson based on the Daedalus and Icarus.

On Tuesday 9 July, Year 6 were lucky enough to be invited by the secondary Science Department to take part in an interactive Biology session.

Year 6 showed great respect when they visited Manchester Cathedral recently. This term in Religious Education (RE) lessons, pupils have been considering the key question of what is more important to religious people, architecture or charity.