News from local schools, Manchester and Cheshire
The 9-year-old Olivia MacKenzie, young double bass player from King’s Junior joins National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain after success in regional auditions. She has also won their Training Orchestra’s ‘Most Improved Performer of the Year Award.’
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Ethan Gardiner, nine, from Wilmslow, a young chess ace from The Manchester Grammar School rubbed shoulders with some of the world’s best Grand Masters at a prestigious event in London last week.
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Last week saw Children in Need day and the Junior School rose to the challenge magnificently. AESG chose to hold a sponsored Countryfile Ramble and staff, parents, children and Sixth Form helpers spent an hour during the morning ‘rambling’ around Alderley Edge in the lovely Autumn sunshine.
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Would you Adam and Eve it with ‘Jack and the Beanstalk‘ reset in the East End of London as King’s Infant & Junior Division actors staged a rip roaring Year 4 pantomime.
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It’s ‘waste not, want not’ at the King’s School with their recycling schemes achieving 100% diversion of waste from landfill for the first time ever this month.
The drive to a 100% eco-friendly environment has been pioneered by King’s Estates Manager Peter Jackson working in tandem with King’s army of mini eco warriors.
In July, the AESG Engineering Team were named the Young Engineers North West at the regional finals of The Big Bang Competition. They successfully designed and built a playground clock and traffic light system for deaf and blind children and wheelchair users. As a result of their success they were invited to Parliament by Stephen Metcalfe MP on Tuesday 7th November to display their project and explain it to MPs and industry leaders.
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Exploding chemical reactions that go whiz, bang and pop were used to inspire young minds at Greenbank Preparatory School when King’s Sixth Form students gave a masterclass in the “cool, weird and wonderful world of science.”
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King’s Junior Department footballers earned a place in the Macclesfield & District U11 Football cup final, after their goalkeeper Jamie Williams produced a number of incredible saves.
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Cheadle Hulme School’s Junior pupils enjoyed a wild morning when they were entertained by comedian, actor and best-selling author Julian Clary.
Visiting the School to present his latest release in The Bolds series, ‘The Bolds on Holiday‘, Julian spoke to the pupils about how it’s possible to find inspiration in the unlikeliest of places.
WGS aims to further boost sports performance and participation levels through the development of a new £1.75m Sports Centre, scheduled to open next Spring. It is a significant investment for Withington and is part of an overall programme of enhancements at the School.
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The Alderley Edge School for Girls’ Junior School held a competition open to all the girls to design a mascot which would be unique to AESG. Now the school has a new, fluffy, member of the family.
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