Tour de Withington!
Year 6 are on track to be confident and safe on two wheelsStarting on Tuesday 16th May, through to Friday 19th May, Upper II (Year 6) went on a biking course with BikeRight, to improve their biking skills. UIIX …
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A First Look at Withington’s New Sports and Fitness Centre
We are delighted to report that pupils from Year 3 all the way through to Sixth Form are now enjoying our recently completed new sports and fitness facilities.
No one approaching the School from Victoria Road can fail to see …
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Stockport Air Raid Shelter Visit
As part of their history studies, Year 6 dressed up as WWII evacuees for the day and ‘time-travelled’ to Stockport Air Raid Shelters.
Arya and Annika tell us all about it:
On Monday 14th May, Year 6 visited Stockport’s Air …
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Eco Week – Working to create a more sustainable world
The week from 30th April – 4th May was the first-ever Eco Week at Withington – an entire week of activities dedicated to helping the environment. The School’s Eco-Society came up with a number of themes to demonstrate strategies for …
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Withington Economics team progresses to the National Final!
ICAEW BASE Competition 2018 – a new challengeAfter a run of even more challenging elimination rounds than in previous years, a team of five WGS Lower Sixth Formers have reached the National Finals of the ICAEW Accounting competition, …
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Year 4 Ancient Egyptian Time Trip
On Tuesday 24th April, Form I enjoyed a ‘trip’ back to Ancient Egyptian times, with a visit from Tony North from Time Trips.
Tony told us all about the theories behind how the pyramids at Giza were built and we …
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Year 6 Fire Safety Day
Upper II girls travelled to Bury to visit the new interactive Greater Manchester Fire and Safety Centre on 24th April.
It proved to be valuable and thought provoking, teaching life skills and the best ways to respond to life-threatening emergency …
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Silver DofE Practice Expedition
This weekend, 25 Year 11 girls embarked upon circuits of the Forest of Bowland for their Silver Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition. The girls started on Main Street in Grindleton on Friday 20th April and walked to Waddow Hall Girlguiding …
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Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award
Over a gruelling four days and three nights at the end of the Easter holiday, four teams of Sixth Form girls successfully completed their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Expedition. For 22 of the girls this was their Qualifier Expedition …
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At the Frontiers of Physics
Sixth Form Physicists visit to Geneva and CERNBy S Nanchahal, Lower Sixth
At the beginning of the Easter holidays 13 A-Level physicists accompanied by Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Carter, and Mr Forrest took part in the bi-annual CERN trip to …
The Good Schools Guide Review of Withington Girls’ School. Excellence on all fronts with very intelligent girls…
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