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Winter 2018 | Issue 26 The Newsletter of Flixton Girls School Proud to lead the... HEALTHY LEARNING TRUST HEALTHY MINDS • HEALTHY LIVES • HEALTHY FUTURES Dear Readers, I hope this issue of Excel provides you with an inspirational start to 2018! As you will see at FGS we continue to provide a wealth of opportunities for our students to empower them and to help them to achieve excellence in many different aspects. On our front cover you will see images of our year 11 and 6th form students with their highly prestigious cups and trophies from our Annual Academic Awards Evening where we celebrate the highest academic and community achievements from Year 11 and 6th form and all students receive their all- important, formal examination certificates. In many ways the Academic Awards Evening is the pinnacle of the girls’ time with us and it is the culmination of everything they have done over five or seven years. In the pages of Excel you will see snapshots of the achievements of groups and individuals that contribute to the development of well- rounded and well-educated young people. Finally I would like our community to think about what we all do to make history for each and every student, ensuring that HER story is successful, memorable and great preparation for her future. ACADEMIC AWARDS Julie Hazeldine Students at FGS have again achieved excellent examination results reflecting a solid Headteacher reputation for delivering high quality education. These results are not a ‘flash in the pan’, they have been consistently high at well over 70% 5 or more A* to C grades for several years. These stunning examination results are very well deserved; both students and staff have shown great determination and commitment in achieving such a significant outcome. Special recognition goes to retiring Head Girl Mia Foley who won the Head teacher’s Award for Service to the School. Kia Tyacke, who won two prizes; Sixth Form Endeavour and Duke of Edinburgh Gold award, our first gold award in school; presented by Paul Griffiths, Greater Manchester DofE Manager; as well as Anna Myerscough who won subject award for RE and Academic Progress award. @FlixtonGS - FOLLOW US ON TWITTER FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS www.flixtongirls.com 2 | News from the Faculties Creative Writing COMMUNICATE FACULTY Clare Littlemore ex-teacher ENGLISH visited our girls to strengthen their writing techniques in preparation for their Chillerfest examinations. Clare left FGS in 2015 to pursue her A creative writing competition love of writing and has gone onto write and publish launched to support literacy across the first of her planned 6 series of books. the whole school giving students www.amazon.co.uk/Flow-Clare- the opportunity to flex their Littlemore/dp/1999838106/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 creative muscles. Three entries were chosen by Mr Owen and each won a £10 Waterstones Gift Card. MFL Very well done Thamara Ahmed Parents and daughters into 7EH - best short story, Simran languages evening delivered Kaur 9NH - best poem and Sam shared experiences and O’Connor 10MH - judges’ choice. current language lessons. COLLABORATE FACULTY GCSE History Year 11 and sixth form students attended Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre forming part of their GCSE and A-Level History studies; focusing on German History between 1918 and 1939. The girls received first-hand knowledge of a holocaust survivor who fled the Nazis and settled in the UK in 1938. They felt the trip was both moving yet uplifting and emphasised the importance of tolerance in all societies. INVESTIGATE FACULTY MATHEMATICS Senior Maths Challenge Four sixth form students participated in 1. Designing a new safety product that meets a need not yet catered for this most challenging of maths events; 2. Improving a safety device that already exists which really got the participants talking together about maths. Year 12 students 3. Explaining how a safety device that already exists actually works Katie Greer, Farah Kaye and year 13 The morning of the STEM fair students were able to complete their projects; students Ambur Parkes-Ainsworth and practice and prepare their presentations before the judging began. Fatima Mazhar did the school proud, producing some impressive maths and working well collaboratively. 1st place - ROAR consisting of Zara Aziz, Hibah Talib and Subeda Hussan. 2nd place - Safety Jewellery consisting of Arabella SCIENCE Burns and Izzy Scowcroft. Year 9 STEM fair part of our Health and Wellbeing (HWB) provision focussed on 3rd place - Safety vest consisting of Maysem Alkhfaji. ‘staying safe’ with students working in groups to complete the challenge of looking into personal safety devices linking the STEM fairs we had held previously to our This was a great activity based around Health and HWB day. It all started a month earlier when the challenge was set and students Wellbeing as well as the Science behind the products. were given the choice of three options to produce a project around. @FlixtonGS - FOLLOW US ON TWITTER FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS News from the Faculties | 3 CREATE FACULTY Design a Christmas Card Year 7 students had a great opportunity to enter local MP Kate Green’s annual Design a Christmas Card Competition, sponsored by Cargill PLC in Trafford Park. Following the selection process FGS were informed that three students were lucky enough to have their designs chosen. Congratulations Isabelle Fortune, Faith Brown and Chiraze Hadjam for your great designs. Kate said: “I received hundreds of entries from schools around the constituency. I was so impressed with the range of creative designs submitted and it was incredibly hard to pick a winner. work in making this a fabulously heart-warming PARTICIPATE event and a culmination of our Christmas festivities. FACULTY Christmas Concert This evening of fabulous performing arts was a great success. We thank GCSE PE Beyond the Classroom everyone for their hard PE teachers ensure our GCSE PE students are able work in preparing for this to demonstrate a range of skills from physical to event and all attendees for theoretical for their examination thinking beyond joining us. the classroom and using school facilities. This Damian Dallimore, school trustee commented ‘Please pass House Art Finals on my congratulations to the teachers and pupils The theme of this year’s House Arts final was ‘Being British’ with over thirty students chosen to compete in the finals from over sixty entries. Winning acts in KS3 were Isabelle Rose 8MG, singing ‘Almost There’ from Princess and the Frog, with 7FH in second for their performance of ‘When I Grow Up’ from Matilda, Saskia Street 8PN in third singing ‘Make you feel my love’ by Adele and Maddison Boswell and Mia Waring 7ZN receiving a academic year has seen the girls’ rock climbing at special mention for their gymnastics performance. The Climbing Depot, Stretford; track and field involved in the Christmas Concert. I can honestly athletics at Whilst in KS4 the winner was Ebony Riley say that it was the best event of its kind that I’ve Longford Park; 9NH dancing to ‘It Gets Better’, Skyla Stanhope ever seen or been involved with. You have some Trampolining 11SH in second with a poem entitled ‘Britain’, incredibly talented pupils and everyone involved at Urmston Mia Robertson 10JF in third singing her own should be very proud of putting on such an Leisure Centre material and Eden Woodstock-Burgher received entertaining show.’ and theory a special mention for her singing ‘Lay Me studies at Down’ by Sam Smith. Christmas Carol Service the National Congratulations to all students who participated St Clements Church was full to bursting with Football in this extravaganza of superb talents promoting students, staff, parents and visitors for our annual Museum, diversity and British values. Christmas Carol Service. Thanks for everyone’s hard Manchester. ‘LIKE’ US AT facebook.com/FlixtonGirlsSchool 4 | News RAINFOREST CRITTERS Over 170 primary school students from English Martyrs and Urmston Primary attended our Rainforest Roadshow; delivered by Sue Shaw. This was a hands-on road show and students had the opportunity to dress HOSPICE HALLOWEEN HOCUS POCUS up in tribal clothing Head Girl Team, headed up by Emily Bates; Friends of Flixton fundraising and Derian and get up close and coordinated a variety of Halloween activities House; a children’s hospice in Chorley. The personal with a beetle for year 7 students, aiming to celebrate event raised over £158 and was thoroughly grub and scorpion. Halloween whilst also raising funds for enjoyed by all students and staff. NATIONAL TH CITIZENSHIP 85 REUNION SERVICE Sixth form students received information signposting them to register for the NCS which promotes a commitment to learning employment skills, how to budget and live for yourself; whilst also getting your voice heard. Those seeking to access university placements can use this as part of their UCAS application. Calling all ex-students, staff, teachers and governors please join us on Saturday 24th March REGISTER TO VOTE 2018 2-4pm to celebrate our 85th year. Register Kate Green visited Flixton Girls School; as part of via Eventbrite from the link on the school website Parliament Week early this term to encourage our ‘Home’ page. We would love to see as many of you as possible to make this event one to remember. Stay up to date for all future events by joining our alumni register also from the website www.flixtongirls.com/ alumni/alumni-registration/ We have also launched our official FGS alumni Facebook page ‘@FGSAlumni’ – ‘Like’ our page students to register to vote and have their voices to have access to specific events and information. heard. Students aged 16 and over can register to be on the electoral role, in just a few minutes all Please contact us if you wish to offer your services they need is their National Insurance number go as a guest speaker for assemblies or smaller to: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote groups; sharing your school / careers pathways and life experiences.