Spring Term Newsletter 2018
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Y12/Y13 Auschwitz Birkenau Trip My name is Imanya Hussain and I am in Year 12. A fellow History student, Aimen Mobeen, and I were given the opportunity this year to represent WHGS on a trip organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland. I was sent to this place for one day to observe what 11 million Jews and other victims experienced for a lifetime. No matter what my state or condition was, I still experienced nothing compared to the victims of the Holocaust. I was privileged enough to travel to Poland with LFA (Lessons from Auschwitz) and make my way to both Auschwitz training camps, 1 and 2. There I saw the bunkers and gas chambers used by the Nazis to try to destroy the whole Jewish community. Despite all the problems they faced, the Jewish community still stayed firm on their beliefs. Today, we live in a world where the words 'genocide' and 'Holocaust' are still being used, but now for other events. It saddens me to say that we have not fully learnt from history and the mistakes it made. However, as our generation educates itself and evolves in technology and knowledge, I have faith that we will learn from history and not repeat its mistakes. On Saturday, 27 January, thousands of people will gather together to remember those lost in the Holocaust. On this day, let us also remember those lost, not only in the Holocaust, but those lost all around the world, no matter what the cause may be. Let us, a generation, stand together and educate one another on the past and let that knowledge help better our future. Let this day be a change for our world. View this article on our Website… Primary Caught Reading Competition In order to raise the profile of reading in school, the Primary Phase launched a Caught Reading Competition and over the Christmas holidays, we asked the children to ditch the phones, ipads and TV and read a book instead. The aim of the competition was to snap a photo of a family member reading in an unusual place. We had a great response and all entries are displayed in the entrance hall of the Primary Phase. Please come and have a look at the display ... we have some very creative students! A winner was chosen from Early Years, KS1 and KS2 and the winners are Zaynah Imran (Nursery), Rayan Iqbal (Year 1C) and Arissa Warrich (Year 3O). Congratulations and well done to all those who took part. View this article on our Website… Young Carers’ Awareness Day On Thursday, 25 January 2018, Mr MacCallum took seven students to the University of Manchester to mark Young Carers Awareness Day. There were speeches from some Young Carers at other schools and workshops to build confidence and understand themselves better. The University also gave information about how Young Carers can access Further and Higher Education courses and how young people in a caring role can be supported by lots of different networks. The students had fun and got a free lunch... so were all very happy! View this article on our Website… KS3/KS4 Badminton Competition Yesterday’s Manchester Schools' Girls' Singles KS3 and KS4 Badminton Competition saw some talented and skilful play, with a good turnout for both age groups. Students were picked from Key Stage 3 (Imaan Hassan and Fatima Hassan) and Key Stage 4 ( Tala Alzoabi, Aimen Shafiq, Doreen Andrews and Sangetta Gadher). Congratulations to all KS3 girls, results as follows: 1. Serena - Trinity 2. Nadia - Abraham Moss 3. Taylor, Trinity 4. India - Abraham Moss 5. Whalley Range 6. Whalley Range 7. William Hulme's 8. Trinity 9. Imaan - William Hulme's 10. Fatima - William Hulme's Congratulations to all KS4 girls, results as follows: 1. Olivia - Parrs Wood 2. Doreen - William Hulme's 3. Cora - Whalley Range 4. Eva – Trinity Group 3rd: Alice - Parrs Wood and Hannah - Parrs Wood Group 4th: Zainab - Whalley Range and Sangetta - William Hulme's View this article on our Website… Group 5th: Daisy - Whalley Range and Tala - William Hulme's Y7/Y8 Emerging Rugby Tournament Yesterday, 16 girls from Year 7 and Year 8 travelled to Manchester Health Academy and braved the cold, rainy conditions to represent WHGS in the Manchester Emerging Girls U13s Rugby Tournament. The girls played fantastically in all games, scoring lots of tries and putting in some brilliant tackles. There were some outstanding individual and team performances throughout the afternoon, and I would like to congratulate the girls on their efforts: Year 7 Students: Clarise, Olivia, Amelia, Ntania, Dana, Sania, Delgermaa, Maia, Robyn and Katie Year 8 Students: Rhea, Paige, Nieve, Roxy, Amina and Iqra View this article on our Website… Y5 Trip to Ilam Hall Year 5 recently had their residential trip to Ilam Hall. Whilst there, they had to embrace their inner 'Deema Duck' and challenge themselves with some tricky activities. We walked from Ilam to Dovedale and crossed the river using the stepping stones. We also went on an adventurous night walk, took part in 'Ilam's Got Talent' and completed some team building activities. The children represented WHGS really well and had a fantastic time. View this article on our Website… British Bake Off Competition – Part 1 Twenty Year 7 and Year 8 students went head to head for a technical challenge. The task was to make 12 even sized cup cakes that had a unique flavour combination. Every single student came prepared with their ingredients and performed brilliantly within the time given. However, there could only one winner! After much deliberation we decided on three final winners. In 3rd place Daniel Bada, 2nd place Delgermaa Sukhbaatar and 1st place winner was Malaika Iqbal. View this article on our Website… Rotary Young Chef Competition Two of our GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition students, Elizabeth Bada and Asante Crichlow, entered a recent Young Chef Competition: a competition which sees thousands of youngsters take part every year. The regional heats took place at Bury College, which is home to a full chef’s style kitchen. The girls executed two wonderful dishes: a main and a dessert in just one and a half hours. The competition was fierce and the girls just fell short of winning a position in the final. Well done Elizabeth and Asante. View this article on our Website… Pop Art in Photography GCSE Students have been exploring Pop Art in their photography GCSE course. Here are some images generated using Photoshop layering techniques. Next week they will be layering their paintings onto the background of their images. View this article on our Website… Primary End of Term Disco The Primary Phase had an end of term disco on Friday, 9th February to raise funds for the school PTA. The children had a great time and complete wore themselves out dancing the evening away! The PTA would like to thank everyone who helped out or attended the disco on Friday - over £250 was raised which is a fantastic amount. The next PTA meeting will be held in the Primary Phase on Wednesday, 14th March 2018 at 9am. All parents/carers are welcome to attend. View this article on our Website… Hynes -v- Hynes An inter-squad football friendly match took place last night, fully arranged by Conor and Finlay Hynes. Both boys put a team each together of 12 Year 9 players, arranged tactics, team talks, showed on pitch leadership and were a credit to the year group. The atmosphere throughout was very positive and also had a healthy competitiveness, which made the game a very exciting one to referee. The following boys took part: Finlay Hynes FC Taha Syed, Idris Bonyadi Khel, Muhamid Mohammed, Mohammed Nasir, Refatul Chowdhury, Ayo Ogunyemi, Ibrahim Shahzad, Finlay Hynes, Mohamed Aamir, Marni Williams, Micahiah Kelembeck and Brian Rotimi-Ojo Scorers - Micahiah Kelembeck (x2) and Finlay Hynes Conor Hynes FC Ahad Mohammed, Thomas Cowell, Kai Hugo, Diallo Oakley, Callum Walsh, Ahmed Anwar, Adam Benaicha, Nadir Mohammed, Conor Hynes, Akash Sethi, Faraaz Anwar and Ayyub Selmane Scorer - Kai Hugo (x2) View this article on our Website… Y10 Manchester Camerata and Chethams School of Music Project Our Year 10 music students have been busy working with members of Manchester Camerata and Chethams School of Music in a specially commissioned project by Mancheser Music Hub One Education. Only two schools in Manchester gave been selected to access these workshops, which introduce students / allow access to classical music and live performance, as featured in the GCSE Music specification. This project will continue after half term and we are looking forward to working together again, as we approach a final concert in March at the Royal Northern College of Music. Well done to all involved. View this article on our Website… Y2 Trip to Manchester Museum Year 2 had a wonderful, educational visit to Manchester Museum on Monday, 12 February. We have been looking at Australian animals that link with our Science topic and we even got to see a real Green Tree Python! Both Year 2 classes had a treasure hunt to find mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish and insects. Now we are experts. View this article on our Website… Y8 Manchester Camerata ’Who Runs The World’ Project Year 8 Gifted and Talented/Deserving Music students have been busy working with members of Manchester Camerata in a specially commissioned project, which will accumulate in a final concert performance in March at the Royal Northern College of Music. Only two schools in Manchester gave been selected to access these workshops, which look at the topic of famous female role models in our society and equality of all across the world.