This summer, 11 Withington Sixth Formers, along with Miss Bruce and Mrs Toubanks, spent two weeks in Kenya, traversing the Masai Mara and the spectacular landscapes of the Great Rift Valley. Accompanied by Masai guides and adventure travel experts from …
The annual Year 12 Biology Field Trip took place over the penultimate weekend of the summer term, from 21st to 24th June. Forty-two A-Level Biology students travelled to the Rhyd-y-Creuau educational centre in Betws-y-Coed in North Wales to conduct ecological …
There are some moments at Withington when the school exceeds even the best of expectations and hopes and Citizenship Day on Wednesday 26th June was one such occasion. The theme for this year’s Citizenship Day was ‘Shared Purpose’, with Withington …
Over four days of the May Bank Holiday weekend, 21 Y12 girls embarked on their Qualifying Expedition walking from Sedbergh to Richmond in the Yorkshire Dales. Covering over 50 miles and completely crossing two Ordinance Survey maps, the girls faced …
Last weekend, WGS Head of Sixth Form and teacher of Classics, Mrs Elizabeth Robinson ventured back to Girton College, Cambridge, where she studied her Classics degree, to listen to not only her former Director of Studies, but also to Miss …
On Wednesday, 8th May, our Young Enterprise company, Warrior, represented Greater Manchester at the North West Regional Final held at Lancaster University Management School. They were competing with the winning and runner-up companies from Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. The teams …
Year 3 adventured off to Robinwood for 3 days from 27th-29th March on a fulfilling experience of thrilling and challenging activities. They had a wonderful time developing skills such as communication, teamwork and resilience to complete tasks, often in timed …
A visit by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Mr Andy Burnham, to Withington on Thursday 28th March, gave our Senior School and Sixth Form pupils the opportunity to hear how they could play a role in the Mayor’s vision for …
By Athena C, Lower Sixth
Every year, 40,000 teams from 98 countries participate in a challenge organised by FIRST, who run one of the largest robot competitions across the world. The Withington Girls’ School team had the privilege of competing …
Following on from their ‘Best Company’ Award at the North & South Manchester Final on 14th March, WGS Young Enterprise Company, Warrior, went on to compete at the Greater Manchester County Final held at Oldham University Campus last night.
There, …
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