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.
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”.
17-year-old Alder Grange pupil Josh Simpson is extremely dedicated to sport and his local community.
His reward? To carry the Olympic flame as part of the 2012 relay, an experience most of us could only dream about.
Mr Hulland and Mr Hampson nominated Josh, who is a Mixed Martial Arts British fight champion, as well as a Level 2 FA qualified referee.
Josh often referees school matches and coaches the teams, while studying for his A levels at the same time. He is still waiting to find out where exactly he will be running in the relay, which will in Rossendale on Saturday June 23.
He said: “I am very proud to be chosen to carry the torch, it’s really great to be recognised and I am very lucky to be selected.”
Mr Hampson said: “We are really proud that one of our students has been honoured with the task of bearing the all important torch.”
On a less positive note, Mrs Macaulay had an accident recently, causing her to be unable to return to lessons for at least a month.
The biology teacher and Achievement Leader for Year 7, who has had a long history at the school, unfortunately slipped off a ledge recently, causing her to be injured. We all hope she has a swift and comfortable recovery.
As all year 10s may know by now, we all have GCSE exams coming up this November/December. Get your revising heads on, especially the higher tier maths sets - Miss Gibbons says it will be challenging!
When we went to a math’s revision class, she told us her motto was “fail to prepare, prepare to fail” - if you don’t bother revising, you have a high chance of failing.
Isaac Power stated “Revision is important... without revision you might forget things that will be on the test”. Khaled Ahmed said “I like revision, it’s really good, it helps me quite a bit”. James Wootton said “No comment”.
So, the moral is, revise plenty and good luck on your exams!
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