Alder Grange Newsletter

Alder Grange has gone sports mad recently - when AG CATS haven’t been busy being one of the best cheerleading teams in the country, we’ve been raising money for sports relief and running the distance from Beijing to London. 

This makes it no surprise that the annual sports day was a success, with loads of people getting involved. Django Back, year 10, competed in the relay race and came third. He said that “sports day is always enjoyable”. 

Emma Pickup, after doing triple jump, said that “sports day is always a fun thing to do”. 

Apart from a slight injury by Mr Butterworth after putting slightly too much effort into the triple jump, it’s fair to say that this year’s sports day was a great one - even though it was our last one ever! 

Well done to everyone who took part.

Sports day was filmed in its entirety by year 10 media students. Keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page or ask Andrew Gentry for more info.

You may remember our past story about 18-year-old Alder Grange pupil Josh Simpson carrying the Olympic flame. 

Some of us thought it may be extinguished with the heavy rain, but he’s done it! 

He ran through Lancaster on 22nd June, and even donated his torch to the school afterwards. Mr Hulland and Mr Hampson nominated Josh after noticing how dedicated he was to sport and his local community.

Alder Grange’s state-of-the-art £8 million sixth form - ag6 - was officially declared open by hit-maker Pete Waterman OBE last month. 

In a star-studded ceremony, the ribbon was cut to declare the building officially open, while guests and visitors enjoyed canapés, music from students and opera singer Sean Ruane, fireworks, and tours of ag6. 

Mr Hulland said “What a fantastic evening! I can’t thank everyone enough for making this evening go with a bang.”

A large amount of year 10s were rewarded on March 21st for their good attainment, effort, and improvement. 

So what was waiting for them when they arrived at AG+? Lots of free cakes, tea, coffee, and drinks! It was all part of an incentive introduced to reward students’ progress in school, avoiding their successes going unnoticed. After everything had been consumed, pupils were allowed to go into town early. 

It’s fair to say everyone enjoyed their reward, as proven by the pictures! Mrs Casement-Anderson said she was “extremely proud” of everyone, and Mrs Walmsley stated how “it was the first time Alder Grange has done something like this, and it will definitely be done again in the future”.