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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.  

On Friday 20 October, GCSE Music students, alongside deserving Year 9 musicians, went to listen to the Hallé Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall. Entitled, the 'Orchestra through the Ages', students learnt about the  Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century orchestra and heard pieces from all these eras.

On Tuesday 10 October, we welcomed friends from Henshaws who were serenaded by Yousef, a Year 11 GCSE Music student on the piano, as well as Year 12 L3 BTEC Performance students.

On Monday 9 October, our Resourced Provision Centre students hosted a Coffee Afternoon for their parents and carers. 

On Tuesday 17 October, we took three teams to compete in the Manchester Schools PE Association Boccia Competition.

The annual Paper Aeroplane House Competition was held on Thursday 19 October. Over fifty staff and students turned out for their Houses to see who could fly their paper aeroplanes the furthest.

On Thursday 19 October, the Year 12 boys played the Year 13 boys at football.

The afternoon air was fresh, as summer descended into autumn, the sun setting over the Donner building, bringing a chill to the immense crowd that had gathered at the WHGS arena, in anticipation of the gladiatorial game that was about to begin.

On Friday 13 October, Sixth Form students from across our History and Politics courses attended a Conference hosted by the British Association of American Studies (BAAS) and the University of Manchester.

It was fantastic to see so many children having fun and taking part in 'Break the Rules Day' in the Primary Phase on Friday.

Over three days (Monday 9 October to Wednesday 11 October), our Year 11 Geography students took their GCSE field trip to Blackpool to study the impacts of tourism and coastal engineering in the area.

In the Summer of 2023, we reached the Final of the Manchester Schools Year 10 Cricket Tournament.  To get to the finals, the team played some great cricket and we beat the likes of Cedar Mount, St Bedes, Abraham Moss and Parrswood. 

Year 10 and 11 students attended the Manchester Inspire Indoor Athletics on Friday 6 October at SportsCity.

On Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 September, children in the Primary Phase participated in a Golf Taster session. This was arranged to coincide with the Solheim and Ryder Cup, which is when international golf players from Europe take on their American counterparts to win a trophy for a two year period.

Despite it being a particularly chilly evening, it was fantastic to see so many parents and enthusiastic students join us for our annual Open Evening last week; it is always a pleasure to welcome members of the local community to William Hulme’s Grammar School and our visitors were able to see what makes WHGS such a superb place to study.

On Monday 25 September, a squad of Year 6 children attended the TeamMcr Inspire Tag Rugby event held at school and supported by our Year 8 Leaders.

Four schools attended the event and, after playing, rated each other based on the School Games Values, which are Passion, Determination, Self Belief, Honesty, Teamwork and Respect.

A group of Year 6 children recently attended the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and Australia at the AO Arena. They were able to see leading British players, Jack Draper, Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans, who were all part of the squad for the event.

This year, girls from the Primary Phase have started football training and have entered the Inspire Football Events run by TeamMCr at Whalley Range High School. 

Fifteen students from Years 8 to 12 have earned themselves the opportunity to attend Saturday School at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) for the duration of this academic year.

Mental Health concerns for young people have multiplied in recent times.  Youth Mental Health Day, an awareness day run by teenage mental health charity stem4, is here to provide hope and positivity.