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March 2019

  • 21/03/19

    Daphne's Winning Speech Thrilled Soroptimist Judges

    Congratulations  to Daphne Katz (Year 11)  who won the  Midland Arden Region's 18th Soroptimist Young Speaker Competition held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Solihull on March 16th.  The event provides students age 14-18, who attend non fee-paying schools, the oppo...
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  • 21/03/19

    SGGS Student Wins 3rd Place in Safer Internet Day

    Year 10 student Saffie Chiba won third place in the Safer Internet Day competition, with her poem, 'Danger'. The day aims to inspire young people to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. The theme encourages us to consider what we do online, such as explorin...
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  • 21/03/19

    SAVE THE DATE! Stratford Art Fair 2019

    Fed up of gales, mud and dark evenings?  Looking forward to spring? Imagine a fresh spring evening and the subtle sound of music, the pop of corks and the tinkling of glasses. Imagine sipping a glass of fizz and relaxing amidst beautiful displays of stunning artwork. Sounds good, doesn...
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  • 14/03/19

    Maths Challenge Success - Student Review

    Today, we went to the Maths Challenge Regional Finals which was run by UKMT.  We had to do a series of group/pair questions and activities.  The first one we did was the group questions round.  In that round, we had ten questions, and each was worth six points.  Some of the quest...
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  • 13/03/19

    SGGS LitFest 2019 - Creative Writing Competition, Winning Piece...

    Year 10 student Eleanor Grundy won First Prize in the Creative Writing Competition, as judged by the Sixth Form LitFest Team.  There was stiff competition from over sixty entries of poetry, short stories, descriptions and plays, all with the theme:  DIAMOND, to coincide with the 60th...
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  • 12/03/19

    When World Book Day Met Bake Off: SGGS Style

    To be frank, I don't think I've enjoyed a lunchtime as much as this one... ever. What's not to enjoy about table tops groaning with magnificent bakes; bakes inspired by books, no less. I mean, come on? It's part way nirvana for an English Teacher. World Book Day,March 7th, mo...
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  • 12/03/19

    A Ring, A Swan and a Slipper: Visiting Authors Inspire Creative Ripples

    LITFEST 2019 continued its creative ascent on Wednesday March 6th when The English Department welcomed visiting authors: Jenny Heap ( mum to Kitty in Year 11), Terri Daneshyar and Sue Newgas to the school ready to deliver creative writing workshops to Key Stage 3 students. Armed with curious...
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  • 12/03/19

    Ski Trip 2019

    In February half term 42 Year 9 students all went to Salzburger, Austria on a seven day ski trip. We left on Friday morning (in a sea of bright pink Shottery hoodies) for a 27 hour coach journey to the hostel.  We were full of excitement for the week ahead and the journey flew...
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  • 12/03/19

    Year 11 Theology Trip to Girton College, Cambridge - Student Review

    The day began with a talk by Dr Hilary Marlow, where we all discussed and broke down the question ‘What on earth is Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion?’. It was really interesting getting to know what others’ perspectives were on the topic. We then had a talk with Annie...
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  • 06/03/19

    Diamond Year 7 Readers Vote With Their Hearts

    It's official: the best book written over the past six decades is Ele Fountain's 2018 novel Boy 87!  This term,  a gaggle of forty Year 7 book aficionados have been busily reading 12 of the best books written over the past six decades. Girls were invited to read as many of t...
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March 2019

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