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On Monday, a group of our Year 11 History students attended a 'Cold War Study Day', hosted by the University of Manchester at Jodrell Bank Centre in Cheshire.

On Friday 19 January, our Year 10 Boys Football Team travelled to Wright Robinson to play against their very strong A Team.

On Friday 12 January, our Y12 History and Politics students attended a workshop on US Civil Rights and Political Ideas in the 1960s at the University of Manchester. This consisted of a seminar in the morning, delivered by Dr Andrew Fearnley, entitled 'A Complex King: Martin Luther King Jr, 1963-68.

Our Year 10 Boys Football Team played in the Greater Manchester Cup on Thursday 11 January.  The game was played at Manchester Metropolitan University, Platt Lane Complex, due to poor conditions at WHGS.  Standish High from Wigan were the opponents.

On Tuesday 19 December, the Music Department hosted a wonderful concert in the Great Hall to a very supportive audience of parents, students, friends and staff.

Christmas in the Primary Phase has been a very festive occasion this year. 

We’ve had many exciting events, including the pantomime, the Christmas fair, Christmas lunch and, of course, the WHGS famous chocolate dash.

On Monday 18 December, our Year 11 students attended their Vocational Taster Day.

This term, we entered two teams into the Girls' Inspire Football League. 

On Tuesday 12 December, WHGS welcomed friends from Henshaws who joined us to celebrate the festive period with a buffet, brilliant conversation and music.

On Wednesday 6 December, members of the school choir were fortunate to have the opportunity to perform at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Performing in the main atrium, our students entertained both staff and patients, receiving a very warm welcome.

On Thursday 30 November, eight boys from Year 8 and Year 9 were chosen to represent William Hulme's Grammar School as Rugby Ambassadors for the TeamMCR Inspire Primary Tag Rugby Finals at the Platt Lane Sports Complex.

On Tuesday 28 November, the Food & Nutrition Department held the Year 9 Masterchef Competition.  We had pupils representing all the Houses making some very tasty dishes. 

Last week, we had a Kindness Workshop from the charity 52 Lives (www.52-lives.org) and their School of Kindness!

Over the past week, our students have taken part in two Table Tennis Tournaments.

We are currently reading The Witches at Book Club and our Year 7 students are really enjoying it.

On Tuesday 31 October, a group of our Year 11 students attended “The Skills for Success” day on their Gateways visit to the University of Manchester.

On Tuesday this week, the Food & Nutrition Department held the Seniors Interhouse Masterchef Competition. We had a full complement of entries from Years 10, 11, 12 and 13, making for a very busy and exciting atmosphere in the food room.

Our KS4 Indoor Cricket team played The Dean Trust on Tuesday.  The game, as always, was frenetic with the ball flying around all over the place.  Everyone had their turn to bat and bowl.

Ahead of our upcoming road closure days on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 November 2023, where roads leading up to WHGS (Spring Bridge Road, Waltham Road, Highbury Road and Gildridge Road) will be closed to motor vehicles between 8.00am-9.00am and 2.30pm-3:30pm, new banners have now been displayed reminding parents, carers, staff and our local residents to switch off their engines whilst waiting outside WHGS.

The month of October was a great one for WHGS, as different activities took place across the whole school for Black History Month.