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Heading to Oxford University to study Medicine -Jewel Bennett from AESG achieved 4 A star grades

August 15, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Alderley Edge School for Girls, all girls schools, Cheshire, Withington Girls’ School

The Girls of the North

It seems to be very much about STEM this year. The Reality Check team of the BBC News informs that in recent years A-level entries in science, technology, engineering and maths (known as STEM subjects) have increased by 15,500, a rise of 6%. Impressive A-level results in all subjects, achieved by students of Withington Girls’ School and Alderley Edge School for Girls, show that young women of Manchester and Cheshire also follow the trend of increased interest in science and mathematics.

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July 29, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Cheshire, Stockport, Stockport Grammar School

Stockport Grammar Pupils Excel in National Enterprise Challenge

A team of four business savvy Second Years from Stockport Grammar School have been named the fourth best team in the country at the Ryman National Enterprise Challenge. The team travelled to the iconic Wembley Stadium for the National Final. Alice Finnie, Alex Bloor, Brooke Richards and Amaya North had created ‘Skyler and Ranger’, a plastic waste fighting duo, to be the new mascot for Ryman.

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July 10, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments charity, The King’s School

Children from the King’s have brought a ray of sunshine into the lives of Care Home residents.

A party of adorable three and four-year-olds from King’s have visited the Prestbury Beaumont Care Home regularly throughout the year and brought a ray of sunshine into the lives of residents.

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July 4, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Bluedot festival, Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire, festivals, Jodrell Bank, STEM

STEM under the Sky

Cheadle Hulme School takes part in Bluedot festival. Bluedot is the annual music, science and culture festival held at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in Macclesfield. This year three students from the independent Cheadle Hulme School, are tasked with sharing their love of all things science and technology with youngsters attending the festival.

Mr Tim Wheeler The Headmaster of SGS Junior School

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June 27, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments charity, Cheshire, Stockport, Stockport Grammar School

Stockport Grammar Junior School Head Receives Queen’s Honour for Charity Work

The Headmaster of Stockport Grammar Junior School, Mr Tim Wheeler, has been awarded an MBE for services to charity and to education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
In addition to his work at SGJS, Mr Wheeler has been the Chair of the Little Princess Trust, since 2011. The charity provides real hair wigs to children and young people with hair loss, and funds vital research into childhood cancer.

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May 27, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Alderley Edge, Alderley Edge Music Festival, Cheshire, festivals, music, The King’s School, Wilmslow Preparatory School

Alderley Edge Festival – 2019

For more than a hundred years Alderley Edge Festival has been a delightful event for people in Cheshire. As Maria Rushton, one of the organises of the Festival-2019 said, “There’s an element of competition but this is much more about bringing people together to share their enjoyment of performing.” A lot of local schools embraced an opportunity to join the ‘wonderful culture of music, speech and drama’ and some of the children won top awards during the festival.

King's pupils have donated their mini Tesla Model S to the Countess of Chester Hospital

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May 20, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments charity, Macclesfield, The King’s School

King’s Kindness Helps Children at the Countess of Chester Hospital

King’s pupils, Alex and James Price, have kindly donated their mini Tesla Model S to the Countess of Chester Hospital, so that children can drive themselves for operations and investigations. The donation is part of a wider campaign that uses the generosity of Tesla Owners UK

Mary Poppins, played by Abigail Sullivan_SGS

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May 2, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Cheshire, Stockport Grammar School

Stockport Grammar Juniors Dazzle in Mary Poppins

Year 6 pupils from Stockport Grammar Junior School delighted audiences with two supercalifragilisticexpialidocious performances of Disney’s Mary Poppins.
All of the children had the chance to show off their talent in the performances with a variety of roles on offer from lead characters to chimney sweeps, kite flyers and police officers

King's school pupils give computing lessons to the older people.

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April 26, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments charity, The King’s School

King’s School Sixth Form students have joined forces with Age UK.

King’s School Sixth Form students have joined forces with Age UK’s local army of volunteers to empower older people in the community by teaching IT skills to the older generations, using skills that come as second nature to the younger mind but are more difficult to grasp as the years pass.

WGS Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham visit

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April 2, 2019 Mums&Dads 0 Comments Manchester, Withington Girls’ School

Mayor of Greater Manchester: Withington Pupils “Will Step Forward and Make Things Happen”

A visit by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Mr Andy Burnham, to Withington Girls’ School in Fallowfield on Thursday 28th March, gave over 500 pupils the opportunity to hear how they could play a role in the Mayor’s vision for Greater Manchester.

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March 28, 2019 Mums&Dads 1 Comment Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire

A Pawsome Visit from Dermot O’Leary

Junior readers at Cheadle Hulme School (CHS) enjoyed a purr-fect start to their morning when they were joined by one of the UK’s best loved broadcasters, X Factor and BBC Radio 2 presenter, Dermot O’Leary. He was visiting CHS to launch his latest book in story series Toto the Ninja Cat.