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The HE+ Programme provides students with exposure to university-level content and teaching methods. Participants engage in various subject-specific sessions that challenge them beyond their regular school curriculum.

During May and June, Factory International held four creative career workshop sessions with a group of our Year 9 students, with the aim of de-mystifying the world of Arts and Culture.

On Thursday 27 June, history student and political activist, Destine Reynolds, from the University of Manchester came in to speak to Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10 students about the importance of studying history in modern Britain.

On Thursday 27 and Friday 28 June, Year 6 were lucky enough to take part in another transition event, as the Design Technology (DT) Department welcomed us.

Year 6 loved being creative during their first transition event of the year with the Art Department. Mrs McGlasson and Ms Shaw prepared lots of resources for us to create masks inspired by our end-of-year production, "The Jungle Book".

We are thrilled to announce that "Team Hunger No More" has been chosen as the runner-up for the prestigious Collective Kindness Award by the charity 52 Lives! This incredible achievement highlights the dedication and compassion of our students in their mission to end hunger in our local community of Manchester.

Wednesday 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.

Year 1 and Year 2 were very excited to engage in a Social Action Project to support refugee children in our local community. All pupils generously donated gifts for refugee children living in local accommodation in Manchester, who were celebrating Eid ul Adha.

Twelve students in Year 12 had the incredible opportunity to visit Ecuador in April, through the Turing Scheme and their partners; Kaya Travel and EcoExplora. This once in a lifetime experience saw students care for endangered species, hike through the Amazon rainforest, visit local indigenous people and delve into the culture that makes Ecuador such a beautiful, diverse and welcoming place. The students were joined by Mrs Likissa a Biology Teacher, Mr Gideonse a Maths Teacher and a local guide.

On Thursday 6 June, our Y12 students attended a lecture by renowned historian, Professor David Olusoga, entitled 'Making History in the Age of Black Lives Matter.' This lecture was hosted by the University of Manchester as part of their Bicentenary Celebrations in 2024.

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

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

Just as the general election has been announced, Labour MP for Manchester Rusholme started his election campaign by visiting WHGS Sixth Form.

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.

One of our Year 8 students, Adam, showed great creativity, enthusiasm and work ethic to create an 'eggsellent' Novelty Egg Cup design on TinkerCad.

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. 

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

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.

The Primary Phase had a fantastic end to the Spring Term with a multi faith party day.

In February and late March, Year 5 went on two Forest School trips to 'The Hive' in Bolton.