newsletter _ nov 2009 _ issue 1

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Careers Fair30th November, 2009

10.30am 2.30pm

We are delighted to announcethat we have a wide variety of

participants attending this years

event, with representatives from:

ARMED FORCES

POLICEFIRE SERVICE

NHS CAREERS

BUCHANNAN VETS

TRAFFORD COLLEGE

JOHN LENNON AIRPORT

PANONNE

BEEVER & STRUTHERSIRWIN MITCHELL

ATT TAXATIONEMPLOYER SOLUTIONS

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY

SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY

M/ C MEDICAL SCHOOL

EDGE HILL

ST ANNS HOSPICE

THORP ARCHITECTS

DUPRE

NURSINGMIDWIFERY

MESSENGER NEWSPAPERSFIREFLY MEDIA

WHITWORTH GALLERY

BBC PHILHARMONIC

GLOBE CONSTRUCTION

MIKE DAVIES IT

The Caree rs Fair will take p lac e in

the Main Hall and all Yr 9 - Yr 13students will have a timetabled

slot to a ttend.

All parents should now have

received copies of the official

Ofsted Report following the

inspection on 20th &21st October,

2009. The report is a lso availab le

to dow nload from our website:

www.whgs-academy.org.uk

WHGS is a g oo d a nd

improving Aca dem y with a

strong inclusive ethos

Positive rela tionships be tween

staff and pupils contribute

substantially to suc c ess in

lessons

Provision for care, guidance

and supp ort is go od a nd

pupils fee l safe in the

Academy

Pupils are p roud to a ttend the

Academy

We are all delighted with theextreme ly positive Ofsted Rep ort. It

highlights the tremendous progress

mad e by the school since bec oming

an Acad emy . I would like to thank

all the staff, students and parents for

all their hard work and support.

Pete r Mulholland , Principa l

At a Glanc e - Events from

23rd Novemb er 4th Decemb er

Monda y 23 rd November

Y3 Visit from the Vikings

Tuesday 24th November

Puzzle Challenge

Wed nesda y 25th November

Fenc ing C lub (Prima ry Pha se)

Thursda y 26th November

Y12 Ge og rap hy Field Trip

Frida y 26th November

Primary Phase Assembly

Sunday 29th November

Duke o f Ed inburgh Training Day

Monda y 30th November

Ca reers Fa ir

Tuesday 1st December

Yr7&11 Netb a ll v Wha lley Rang e

Wed nesda y 2nd December

Ow l Visit fo r Yea r 1

Thursda y 3rd December

Yr 13 Parents Evening

Friday 4th December

Assessment Day

Sen ior Sc hool c losed

CAKE SALEPrimary Schoo l Hall

Frida y 20th Novemb er

From 3.00pm 4.00pm

All proc eed s to go to.

NewsletterIssue no. 1 Friday, 20th November 2009

Quote for the week:

Only the curious will learn andonly the resolute overcome theobstacles to learning.Eugene S. Wilson

TERM DATES2010 - 2011

Please note that a full set ofterm dates will be availableshortly. We can confirm thatAutumn Term 2010 willcommence on Monday 6th

September. (Induction Dayfor Yrs 7 & 12 will be onFriday, 3rd September)


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Christmas Concerts

The C onc ert Band , Cho ir

and Chora l Soc iety a re d oing

three exciting performances

for Christm as with a large

va riety of music a nd

op po rtunities for aud ienc e

participa tion. There will be

a c onc ert in sc hoo l on

Monday 14th Dec emb er at7.30pm and two co nce rts in

Manchester Cathedral,

organised in c onjunction w ith

Ma nc hester Even ing News,

on Tuesday 15th December a t

2.00pm and 4.00pm.

If any tea c hers, pa rents or

ca rers would like to sing in

these events p lea se c om e

along to the Cho ral Soc ietyrehe arsa ls wh ich are o n

Tuesday evenings in the Music

Depa rtme nt from 7.00pm until

9.00pm.

It is not too la te for stud ents

who wish to c om e a nd sing.

Choir rehea rsa ls a re o n

Tuesdays a t 12.50pm in M1.

Plea se c onta ct Mr Good win or

Miss Smith if you ha ve any

questions about these

concerts.

Book RecommendationBy Yin Doran

Apart from full-text books, I

also love reading the illustrated

books as the visual

presentation can help further

explain the authors ideas.

Recently a series of US based

illustrated books have becomevery popular amongst the

teenagers. It is called The

Diary of Wimpy Kid written by

Jeff Kinney and so far, the

fourth book, Dog Days, has just

been released. A movie is being

made based on the first book

and it will be on the big screen

next year!

I really enjoy reading this

series as it is hilarious. The

whole story is about Greg

Heffleys middle school life and

how he deals with his family.

Readers can relate their

teenage lives to Gregs

behaviour. I hope you will like

the books and start writing

your own super journal!All books are available in the

Learning Resource Centre

Mrs Hathaway is organising anexciting Theatre Trip to see alive performance of the hitmusical THE SOUND OFMUSIC, starring Connie Fisherat The Palace Theatre,Manchester on Thursday, 17thDecember 2009 from 7.00pm 10.00pm. There are still tickets

available at 15 per person.Please apply to the Bursary.

Kids Corner

Joke of the Week Why wasnt Cinderella very good at

football?

She had a pumpkin as a coach!

Puzzle of the WeekWordsearch No. 01 Things found atHome

Find the following words in the gridabove(words can be forwards, backwards ordiagonal):-

Bed Rug ChairPlate Wardrobe CupTable Food ToysLamp Pets Book

FREEARABIC LESSONS

EACH FRIDAY4.30PM 5.30PM

ZOCHONIS CENTRE

Available to family &friends

Please register atReception


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T A F A L

TEACH A FRIEND A LANGUAGE

12.40 1.10pmClassroom Z16

Monday: Yoruba

Tuesday: Arabic

Wednesday: Urdu

1.10pm 1.40pm Dutch

Thursday: Ma ndarin

BOOK FAIR

19TH 25TH November

PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL

3.30pm 4.15pm

All Welcome!

Yin Doran (Assistant Librarian) and her husband Mark married in Mauritius in 2008 andthen celebrated their wedding in traditional Chinese style in Hong Kong in October 2009

CONGRATULATIONS.. to the new arrivals of Mrs Sackfield andMrs Galbraith. The girls are already enjoying playdays!

Olivia Joy Galbraith Amelia Grace SackfieldBorn: 17th October, 2009 Born: 19th October, 2009Weight: 8lbs 9ozs Weight: 8lbs 5ozs

Please note ourSchool Reception is

now open from8.15am 6.00pm

Monday - Friday


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YEAR 3 - SANDWICH CAF

On Wednesday 4th November Year 3 hosted a sandwich caf in their classroom. In the run up to the cafwe designed a range of sandwiches and gave them funky names such as The Chicken Body Builder,The Super Tuna Man and The Colourful Sandwich". On the morning of the caf we prepared all thesandwiches with the help of Mrs Tonge and Mrs Nicolaou. During the afternoon we had lots of visitorsincluding parents and teachers. Even Mr Mulholland came! We took orders, served the food and gave the

visitors a bill to pay for their food. We all had different jobs such as kitchen hands, meeters and greetersand waiters. We had great fun and learned lots about running a caf!"

YEAR 7 TRIP TO HARDRAWOctober 2009

It was obviously not too cold to enjoy an ice-lolly!

All year 7 forms are visiting The Yorkshire Dales during October and November using the WHGSOutdoor Centre at Harris House, Hardraw for the residential accommodation. It is a three day staywith visits to Ingleborough Show Cave on the first day, and calling at Skipton Castle on the return

journey. The middle day, based at Harris House, includes an exploration of the meadows and oldlead workings in Swaledale and seeing the animals in the field on the route to the many waterfalls inthe dale. A visit to Hardraw Force, a superb long, single drop waterfall is always a highlight of thevisit.


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COMBINED CADET FORCE

REMEMBRANCE PARADE

50 Cadets from Years 9 13 paraded at Salford Cenotaph on Sunday 8 th November. The 35 ArmyCadets and 15 RAF Cadets were a credit to themselves and the School as they took part in the Annual

Ceremony of Remembrance. The Contingent received a large number of compliments and everyone wasvery pleased to be applauded by a crowd of 4,000 strong for the March Past.

Company Sergeant Major Warren Moore and Colour Sergeant Markell Williams, both in Year 13 weremeanwhile parading at the Menin Gate in Belgium and took part in a number of other RemembranceServices in France. The two SNCOs laid poppies and crosses on behalf of all the Old Hulmeians who hadlost their lives since the Great War. Both Cadets later spoke of this unique life experience as veryhumbling and it brought home the reality of war. The School would like to thank Greater Manchester ArmyCadet Force for inviting our CCF to participate.

Finally a big thank you to all SNCOs, Cadets and School Prefects who helped sell poppies throughoutRemembrance Week in the Senior School. We hoped to raise over 500. Well done everyone!


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Assessment Day - Friday 4th December

Dont forget that the school will be closed for students in Years 7 13 on Friday, 4th December. BUTschool will be open as normal for all our Primary School children, Nursery Year 6. There will be specialarrangements for access to the Primary side of the campus for that day only; please look out for a letterhome telling everyone where to drop off and pick up.

Applications for 2010 - Closing Dates

The final date for applying for the VI Form in 2010 is fast approaching. Both external applicants andinternal transfers should get their completed forms to Mrs Lees, the Registrar, by Friday, 18 th December atthe latest. All our Year 11 students will be having a course discussion with a senior teacher duringJanuary 2010 after the results of the GCSE trial (mock) exams are known. Provisional offers will bemade in February 2010.

Reception class applications should be given in by 22nd January 2010 thats both the CommonApplication Form to the City Council and also the pink Supplementary Form, which needs to go back toMrs Lees by 22nd January too. Nursery applications for 2010 need to be with Mrs Lees by 22nd January2010.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD SUCCESS FOR WHGS

On 1st

September 2009 William Hulmes Grammar School was awarded the prestigious International School Award inrecognition of bringing the wider world into the schoolroom. On the 16th October, Mr John Hofton attended a high-profileceremony in London to receive the Award from broadcaster and journalist George Alagiah.

On being notified that WHGS had received the award, Mr Hofton said: I am delighted to see that the very hard work of all the staffand pupils involved has been rewarded in this way. This is the second time we have received the ISA award, the last time being in2006-2009

Celebrating their 10th

anniversary this year, the DCSF International School Award seeks to celebrate, develop, recognise andaccredit outstanding practice in the international dimensions of teaching and learning. Fostering an international dimension in thecurriculum is at the heart of the British Councils work with schools, so that young people gain the cultural understanding and skills

they need to live and work as global citizens. The Award is now made available worldwide in countries such as India, Sri Lanka,Egypt, Lebanon, Cyprus and Pakistan. The Award credits our school for outstanding development of the international dimensionin the curriculum and shows that we have achieved the following:

We have embedded an international ethos throughout the school A majority of pupils within the school have been impacted by and involved in international work Our pupils were involved in collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools, especially in Germany

and with our partner school in Cochin, Kerala, S W India. (TocH Public School.)

Our curriculum-based work was across a range of subjects

These international activities took place throughout 2008-9

John Hofton receiving the ISA Award from George Alagiah


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Apple and sultana crumbleIngredients Equipment100g plain flour Weighing scales50g butter or margarine Mixing bowl, wooden spoon50g oats Wooden spoon, chopping board25g sugar Knife, oven proof dish/foil tray2 eating apples Baking tray50g sultanasMethod1. Preheat the oven to 190oC or gas mark 5.2. Rub in the butter or margarine into the flour until it resembles

breadcrumbs.3. Stir in the oats and sugar.

4. Cut the apples into quarters and remove the core. Slice thinly.5. Arrange the apple slices in the oven proof dish/foil tray on a bakingtray and then add the sultanas.

6. Sprinkle the crumble topping over the apple slices.7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the apple is soft and the crumble is golden.

Top tipsAdd a little water to the applesBe creative and experiment with otherfruits, such as blackberries,apricots, raspberries, peaches,nectarines, plums or pears.

You may wish to use canned apple oranother type of canned or dried fruit.Try using wholemeal flour for thecrumble topping or muesli instead ofoats.

YEAR 7 Students are currently making Apple and Sultana crumble in their Food Technologylessons under the watchful eye of Mrs Thomas and Mrs Cowell

FORTHCOMING LITERARYEVENTS

Literary Festival 2010 will beheld in March. Activities includea visit from an author and theManchester BookAward Ceremony

Manchester Book Award 2010shortlist will be announced inDecember

Carnegie Award 2010A reading Group will be heldin April 2010

B A K E W E L L


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YEAR 6 TRIPMANCHESTER MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY

3rd November 2009 - By Larissa Aravantinou

It was a Tuesday morning. I woke up and got ready for school and left my house. I was in a really good moodbecause it was the day I was going on a class trip to the Museum of Science and Industry. When I got to my

classroom I had to read until assembly. After assembly, Mr Brown split us up into minibus groups .We got into ourminibus and set off to the Museum. I sat next to my friends on the way. It only took us ten minutes to get there.

We arrived at the museum and Mr Brown led us into the classroom where a teacher called Mr McGrath told us abouthow we can see light with our eyes. The teacher had a model of an eye and took it apart just to show us. We got ontoour tables and started doing some work with mirrors; there were flat mirrors, concave mirrors and convex mirrors. Wehad filled in an activity sheet and looked through it together whilst Mr Thomson was taking lots of pictures. Next, weput our bags in a cloakroom to keep them safe.

Afterwards, we headed for the experiment room. It was actually like a play room - it was the best part of themuseum! Soon it was lunchtime so we walked over to the Air and Space museum to eat. I was on a table with Lily,Atia, Aamna and Rukaya. When we had finished, me and my group had a look around at the aeroplanes that wereprobably round in the World War Two. After about ten minutes, we walked to a machine that was invented by James

Whitworth.

At 1.15pm we had another lesson but this time we had to make circuits. We filled in another activity sheet and sat onthe carpet. Mr McGrath was telling us who invented the first battery. When we had finished the lesson, we tookanother good look around the museum with Mr Thomson in our group.

Finally, we went to the shop and I bought an old penny key ring. We then got in the minibus and went home. Myfavourite part of the trip was trying the different scientific things in the experiment room. I had a wonderful time!

Year 6 children enjoying their trip to the Museum of Science & Industry

YEAR 4 HAD A WORLD WAR 2 DAY

Sports Leaders coaching Nursery children

For the past 2 weeks, 27 Year 10 students have been helping to teach the nursery childrenin our Primary Phase here at William Hulmes Grammar School. The Sports leaders havebeen given the task of creating new fun and active games for the younger children to takepart in, focusing on learning and physical movement. They have led sessions anddeveloped key skills, including organisation, communication, leadership and the ability to

adapt quickly to the individual needs of the children. This course provides children with theopportunity to create and lead a session developing confidence and responsibility for smallgroups of children. Both nursery and secondary pupils are benefiting from this course andare enjoying the experience.


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YEAR 4 HAD A WORLD WAR TWO DAY!

Year 4 students had to experience what it would be like to be a child at school

in World War Two, so as you can see, they spent the first part of the day

sitting in rows! They also made gas mask boxes, their own Anderson Shelters -

under the tables - and played games as children did during World War Two.

PARENTS ASSOCIATIONOur main purpose is as a social and networking group, providing parents of pupils

a ttend ing WHGS with a c hance to me et o ther pa rents, and tea chers, in a soc ia l c ontext.

The p arent o r ca rer of a ny pupil at WHGS c an a ttend any PA m ee tings or events, whic h a re

advertised in the sc hoo l c a lend ar and o n the web site.

Our la test event w as the Quiz Night, held on Frida y 16th Oc tob er in the Sc hoo l Ha ll and w as

very ab ly c om pered by Mr Paul Hew ston. The PA would like to tha nk Crom a Resta urant in

Chorlton fo r dona ting the stand -up Ra ffle Prize. Ma ny thanks a lso g o to Mr Woo d and Mr

Grac ey, whose tea m o f 6th formers wa s sad ly too high-brow and ultima tely floo red by their

inab ility to c orrec tly identify c hild ren s c a rtoo n c ha rac ters!

Anyone interested in joining the PA should e -ma il: WHGSpassoc @whgs-ac adem y.org


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RECIPROCAL TEACHER VISITS TOCH PUBLIC SCHOOL, COCHIN, KERAL, SW

INDIA AND WHGS - AUTUMN TERM 2009

Mr John Hofton - International Director

Mrs Rohini Kanugos visit to WHGSThanks to our successful bid for a DFID Reciprocal Teacher visit grant we have been able, this term tofirmly cement the link that we established two years ago with TocH Public School, Cochin, Kerala, S WIndia. In September our contact teacher in TocH school, Mrs Rohini Kanugo, spent a week in our schooland in October, Mr J Hofton spent a week in their school. Mrs Kanugos visit was an outstanding success:due to her very personable and out-going nature she very quickly settled into our school and wasimmediately able to get down to the business of the day. Thanks also to her total professionalism and toher thorough commitment to the future success of this project, she was also able to inspire all of us tomake the most of the potential that this school link holds in all the future projects we will be involved intogether.

Mr Hoftons visit to TocH Public SchoolOn his first day at the school (having barely stepped off the plane!) Mr Hofton was invited to tour the Junior

School who were doing a special project on vegetables. As the class sizes are larger than ours (upwardsof 40 pupils in one classroom) the children are taught quite a lot by rote and much choral repetition can beheard coming from their classrooms.

Mr Hofton was very impressed by the young childrens grasp of English as they recited their rehearsedspeeches regarding the benefits of eating 5 veg a day! He was also taken to meet with the President ofTocH School, Professor Joseph, who informed him that he had been invited later that week (on Oct 24which was the Global Day for Climate Change) to give a presentation on global warming to their sisterschool, TocH Institute of Science and Technology as part of a one day programme involving students fromcolleges in and around the city. In exchange for this service he was promised a trip out to an elephantsanctuary where he would be able to go on an elephant ride.

Mr Hofton also took part in the school assemblies at TocH Public School, during which the usual formatwas as follows: First the Head Boy told the 1,800 strong gathering of pupils to stand to attention whilstthe President (Professor Joseph) and Headteacher came up onto the podium. The Head Girl then recitedthe Lords Prayer (the school is a Christian school, Kerala, being predominantly a Christian state) whichthe pupils repeated after her. Then followed a hymn sung by their hand-picked choristers (The HummingBirds) who performed in Coventry Cathedral a few years ago. The school then recited their pledge to theIndian flag and re-affirmed their devotion to their country. During the final assembly Mr Hofton played theflute: as he was doing a bilingual assembly in French and English he chose to play Le Cygne by SaintSans. He too met with various members of staff of their school to co-ordinate the proposed joint projectswhich are being planned between ourselves and TocH Public School. Mrs Rohini Kanugo and Mr Hoftonalso finalised the Partnership Agreement between our two schools.

This has been a most successful teacher exchange and the next stage is to apply for the DFID CurriculumProject Grant which will fund visits by more teachers and ultimately pupils who will take part in theexchange over the next 3 years.


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AUSCHWITZ TRIP -14thOctober, 2009Written by Abigail Bryant Head of School

Mrs Sexton, Kaya and myself had to be at Manchester Airport for 5.00am for our flight to Poland! Afterhaving attended a seminar a week before, about what we were going to face and after hearing the accountof a survivor, I didnt know what to expect or how I would feel.

When we arrived it was snowing really heavily. We drove for a few hours and then went to visit a Jewishcemetery in the town of Auschwitz. We then drove to an Auschwitz cemetery. Walking around in the thicksnow really drilled into me how hard, bleak and utterly soul destroying this place was. We looked aroundthe cells which had held prisoners of war and then went to the firing wall where hundreds had lost theirlives. We walked to the gas chamber which was about 200m from where the Commander of the campand his family had lived. Whilst walking into the gas chamber, a feeling of sickness and nausea swept

over me and it will be something I will never forget. We went through the building where there wereshoes, suitcases and pictures left behind, indicating the sheer magnitude of what happened.

We then travelled to the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau. As we pulled up to the camp there was a hugefeeling of emptiness and bleakness as it was still snowing heavily and was eerily quiet. No life existedthere, no birds nor wildlife. It was a place, which as you looked over the vast camp, gave you a sinking,almost guilty feeling. We walked around the huts where the prisoners had been kept, but there wasnothing homely about them. In my ski jacket, thermals, waterproofs, gloves, hat and wellies, I was stillcold, so I could not imagine how people could survive in pyjamas. We even walked to where the gaschambers had been and where plaques had been placed in 19 languages. To end the day, we were takenfor a service by a Jewish Rabbi, which was extremely emotional and thought provoking, making youanalyse not just what had happened but yourself.

The day trip to Auschwitz was something Ill never forget and is something which will stay with me forever.I would recommend to anyone who gets the chance to go go! It was a hard, emotional, extremelyintense and almost an unbelievable experience. I would like to thank Mrs Sexton for making it possible, asI will never forget my trip to Auschwitz.

Archive Photos from 1944


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Mr R MacCallum has entered a Year 7 Rugby Team intoan Emerging Schools Rugby Festival to be held atTrafford MV RUFC next Tuesday, 24th November 2009.

Good luck to the team!

SCHOOLS RUGBYFESTIVAL

Expectations at William Hulmes Grammar School

Always aim for high standards

Be smart and wear your uniform with pride

Be on time and attend every day

Have a positive attitude in lessons

Get involved in school life

Be enthusiastic for everything

Always do your best

Ask if you need any help

Be polite and treat everybody in school withrespect

Take pride in everything you do in school

Aim for the best in the future

P Mulholland PrincipalSeptember 2009

SCHOOL YEAR 2009 2010Autumn Term 2009Term Ends: Friday, 18

thDecember, 12.10pm (approx)

Spring Term 2010

Term Starts for students: Tuesday, 5th JanuaryHalf Term: Monday - Friday, 15

th- 19

thFebruary

Term Ends: Friday, 26th

March, 12.10pm (approx)

Summer Term 2010Term Starts for students: Tuesday, 13

thApril

Half Term: Monday Friday, 31st

May 4th

June

Terms Ends Friday, 9th

July, 12.10pm (approx)

Autumn Term 2010

Year 7 & 12 Induction Day: Friday, 3rd SeptemberTerm Starts for students: Monday, 6

thSeptember

Over 70 Cadets from the Army and

RAF Sections were activelyinvolved last weekend back atschool working hard! 25 Armyrecruits had an intensive two 6hour blocks of training on the newcadet weapon and effectivelypacked in 12 Monday nightsessions into one weekend! 20RAF Cadets spent the weekend

preparing for their Part 1 & Part 2exams and 20 Army Cadetsworked very hard on their BTEC inPublic Service. Six Year 11Cadets also spent a day on aJunior NCOs Cadre Course as partof their preparation to becomepromoted to Lance-Corporal.Thanks to all the training staff who

also gave up their weekend toenable all the Cadets to get off to apromising start.

CCFTRAININGWEEKEND

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