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Exams Star Performance SEPTEMBER 2013 Head’s Lines Dear Readers “ Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are Exams Star Performance loafing; prepare while Withington’s outstanding academic results this year have confirmed its position At GCSE and IGCSE level, more than 96% of all entries from a cohort of 81 girls others are playing; as one of the leading schools in the country - and top in the North. scored A* and A grades, with 74% of all papers securing A* grades and more and dream while The Daily Telegraph’s GCSE League tables ranked Withington as the best than one third of its Upper Fifth students achieving a clean sweep of A*s across others are wishing.” performing school outside London and fourth overall nationally, whilst for A all subjects taken. As an aspiring athlete in the late 1970s, before a Levels, results at the elite A* grade showed an increase on last year with the Core curriculum subjects such as Maths and the Sciences, English, the Social School maintaining its place as number one in the North of England. Sciences and Modern Languages all returned exceptional results – and serious knee injury abruptly ended my sporting career, I used to train in all weathers - rain, Withington’s exceptional achievements in examinations bucked the national candidates in creative subjects also performed strongly. At A Level, 100% of Art hail, snow, the lot! What motivated me ‘back downwards trend in elite grades secured in 2013 and followed a recent accolade students notched up A*s - and at GCSE Level, Music and Drama examinations by the Sunday Times in which it was named as the top secondary school in the also scored top grades with 100% in both subjects achieving A* and A grades. in the day’, to get into my tracksuit and trainers North West. Withington’s A Level results have ensured students are able to take up places on dark, soggy mornings to pound around the pavements, was the thought that my From this year’s cohort of 75 sixth formers 94% achieved A*, A and B grades at top universities, with twelve this year going on to Oxford or Cambridge and with 80.4% achieving A* or As and 38% securing the coveted A*. The overall others heading to other leading universities. ‘competition’ for that defender’s place in the pass rate was 100%. Continued on page 2... hockey team, or for that coveted six seat in the Oxford Blue boat, might well have been tucked up in bed at the time; and the more I trained when perhaps they did not, the better my chances of success would be. It was a strategy which paid off! I was reminded of William A. Ward’s inspirational maxim, quoted above, when reading through the first draft edition of this latest Bulletin. It never fails to amaze me that Withington girls can manage to pack in so many – and such high-quality activities during their school days. The powerful work ethic at our school means that Withington girls are self-motivated, well- organised and determined to use their time purposefully, achieving the highest standards possible in everything they attempt. Continued on page 2... ...Continued from page 1... ...Continued from page 1... “ Our Upper Fifth – Year 11 - girls sit 9 GCSEs or IGCSEs as a minimum, often The girls’ results at GCSE and A Level this Said Mrs Marks: more, across a broad and balanced curriculum which includes Mathematics, year were simply marvellous, and were English Literature, English Language and the Sciences and at least one ” We are immensely proud of our girls’ performances this year and delighted for earned through dedicated hours of study, Modern Language. We are particularly pleased that our move to the rigorous all our girls who have worked very hard indeed with their talented, passionate as well as through the girls’ natural ability and challenging IGCSE courses - which in our opinion further stretches our and highly committed teachers to achieve these exceptional results. I am really girls - has proved to be a great success. We are also delighted with the level and the excellent teaching they receive at pleased that our girls continue to do so well in the rigorous academic subjects of attainment in Music and Drama this year which complements the core Withington. The success of our Sixth Form we offer.“ curriculum subjects we offer allowing talented girls to follow their passions.” leavers in gaining places on the courses “ Success like this at Advanced Level helps Withington students to win places at “ This approach provides our pupils with the necessary foundation for A Level of their choice at the most selective the most selective universities in the country, as was borne out by last year’s study and beyond with their future university applications.” universities in the country is attributable in Sutton Trust report.” no small part to the excellent preparation for adult life they receive from our varied [ AS results in ( ) ] and challenging extra-curricular programme. A-level Results In these pages you will read more about A* A B C D E many of the activities our girls have been Mathematics 21 11 (5) 5 (2) 2 (4) 1 engaged in over the summer and during the Further Mathematics 5 3 2 first few weeks of term. I hope that you Physics 5 1 (2) 2 (2) 2 (1) 1 will enjoy sharing in their experiences, and getting to know a little more about the new Chemistry 9 12 (2) 5 1 (1) (1) 1 members of staff who have recently joined Biology 10 12 (3) 2 (2) 2 1 (1) us. Together, we look forward to working English Literature 4 6 (1) 2 (1) (3) with your daughters this year, to turn their wishes into dreams and, we hope, many of English Language 4 (1) 1 their dreams into reality! History 10 5 (6) 1 (1) Kind regards Geography 9 7 (2) 2 1 (1) Economics 6 5 (1) (1) (3) 1 (1) French 2 5 (2) (1) Mrs Sue Marks German 2 2 (1) (1) Spanish 1 7 (1) Latin 4 1 Greek 2 Religious Studies 3 1 Music 1 (1) Art 4 (1) Government & Politics 5 5 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) Psychology 4 6 (2) 2 1 Drama & Theatre Studies 2 2 1 TOTAL (Excluding General Studies) 93 104 (26) 32 (16) 11 (15) 3 (4) 2 General Studies 3 17 (11) 12 (8) 3 (3) 1 Updated September 2013 GCSE Results A* A B C D Mathematics (IGCSE) 68 12 1 Further Mathematics 37 1 Physics (IGCSE) 32 5 Chemistry (IGCSE) 32 5 Biology (IGCSE) 32 2 3 Double Award Science (IGCSE) 56 24 6 2 English (IGCSE) 58 22 1 English Literature (IGCSE) 42 33 6 History 49 5 1 Geography 30 12 2 French 23 3 German 7 7 3 Spanish 34 9 3 Latin 9 Greek 2 Religious Studies 20 7 Art 13 6 3 1 1 Music 8 1 Food & Nutrition 5 1 Drama 10 10 (Chinese*) 4 (Russian*) 1 TOTAL 572 165 29 3 1 (* off timetable). Updated September 2013 Why I like A chocolatey Day out! Disney Trip 2013 Science?... On the 11th September, 16 FTT pupils ventured out in search of a chocolatier The Disney Trip was once again a great success and 47 Lower Fourth girls ...Was the the title of the essay that and patisserie named Slattery’s in Manchester’s very own Whitefield, to and 6 members of staff enjoyed sunshine and blue skies. The highlights were Upper Fourth students had to write in the experience a Chocolate Enterprise Day full of excitement. The day began with most definitely the firework and laser display at Disney and the spectacular Daresbury Annual School Science Prize a masterclass from a professional chocolatier where we learned how to create evening show at Futuroscope. The girls made the most of their days exploring 2013. Congratulations go to Fay Pu and our own handmade fully decorated chocolates. We produced beautiful crafted Disneyland Paris, Parc Astérix and Futursoscope theme parks. In addition, Mahaam Saleem who both got through to chocolates and lollipops that were loaded with sprinkles, sweets and colourful we visited the sharks in the aquarium at La Rochelle and had some free time the final where they had to deliver a short chocolate buttons. to discover the centre of this picturesque port. presentation about their essay and answer In the process we ate quite a lot of chocolate while we stood in awe of the Mrs Y Menzies Head of French questions from the judges. Both were luxurious chocolate pouring silkily down from the machine. However, the day runners-up and received honorary prizes. wasn’t all about eating - although it mostly was! We were also presented Fay commented: with the challenge of producing a chocolate-based product complete with “ It was a lovely experience and I hope to packaging and then presenting our ideas, costings and how we would market attend more events like this.” our product. Much like The Apprentice really. Mrs L Bradshaw Head of Physics To kick start our ideas we looked around the shop to gain some inspiration; the products ranged from chocolate shoes to iPhones. We then began to design and create our product as well as our presentation - by the end of it we were all covered in chocolate! Our class had many great ideas ranging from Halloween-themed chocolate lollipops to an edible picnic scene. Our judges were all impressed with the quality of our product and the overall standard of our presentation.
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