Christmas at WGS

December is always an extremely busy month at School with a variety of House events, quizzes, competitions and productions taking place. The Junior and Senior School took part in Christmas Jumper Day and enjoyed Christmas lunch in The Derry with thanks to our awardwinning catering team, Holroyd Howe. Our Reception children walked to a local post box with Mr Griffiths, Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Lyford, Mrs Ralph, Mrs Whyton and Mrs Rangla to post christmas cards that they had written in class. The purpose of the trip was to help the children understand the purpose of writing, to begin teaching road safety and to extend their use of prepositional language.

Well done to all students in the Junior School who took part in Christmas productions before the end of term, and to our Senior School musicians who performed in front of their families in Big School.

Upper Sixth students George Atkinson and Jacinta Parmar each organised an event as part of their Cambridge Technical Diploma in Sport and Physical Activity. George ran this year's Christmas Fun Run on Wednesday 15th December which saw students from across the Junior, Senior and Sixth Form run one mile around school before being awarded with breakfast in The Derry. Jacinta organised the first Sixth Form doubles badminton tournament which took place after school on Thursday 9th December in the Sports Centre.

'Where is Santa?' made a return on social media and the Marketing team continued to encourage students from across the School to guess where Santa was hiding; well done to everyone who took part!

We supported The Well Charity which provides emergency food to those in Wolverhampton who are in the greatest of need. Items that were donated to The Well Charity included tinned fruit and vegetables, pasta sauce, special biscuits, non-alcoholic sparkling drink and gift toiletries. Thank you Mrs Powell and Mr Anderson for organising the collection, and Upper Sixth students Oliver Brookes, Arun Giri, Jivan Cheema, Sherwin Nabati, James Taylor and Mathura Prabakar who helped Mr Anderson deliver the donated items to the charity.

Season's Greetings one and all

Congratulations to Tapiwa Mpedzisi in 7LD for winning this year's Christmas card design competition. The Head, Mr Frazer selected Tapiwa's design from a vast amount of entries.

The annual competition is run by the Art department and encourages students from across the School to create a design that reflects our School community. Well done to Betsy Moran (Offley), Preeya Bisla (Jenyns), Mya Bharj (Moreton) and Ella Hay (Nechells) whose designs also shortlisted.

Join the Friends of Wolverhampton Grammar School

The Friends of Wolverhampton Grammar School is our parent teacher association. The Friends meet once or twice a term and organise a range of fundraising events to provide vital funds for projects in both the Junior and Senior schools.

There are lots of ways to get involved. No contribution is too small. For example:

• Do you have a special skill or hobby that you can offer?

• Could you help with events – meeting and greeting or refreshments?

• Would you sell event or raffle tickets?

• Do you have ideas for future fundraising projects?

It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow parents and get to know the School.

For more information about the next Friends of Wolverhampton Grammar School meeting, please email The Friends at wgsfriends50@gmail.com

Year 6 Immersion Day

Well done to all Year 6 students who enjoyed a day in the Senior School in November. As part of their day students listened to Mr Birch, Head of Year 7, as he spoke about what a typical day in the Senior School is like such as learning more about the timetable to how lunchtime operates in The Derry.

Students took part in a variety of different lessons including Art, Design & Technology, Drama and Science. In the evening, Year 6 students and their parents joined Senior School teaching staff in Big School and heard from the Head, Mr Frazer about life in the Senior School.

Ayanna Dennis and Destiny Nwachukwu in Year 10 spoke confidently about the Windrush Generation and prominent Windrush campaigner, Paulette Wilson during a virtual assembly to fellow Senior School and Sixth Form students.

Throughout the course of the autumn term, tutor time has been much spent discussing topics such as the Empire Windrush, Food Poverty, Climate Activism, Slavery, Human Rights and War.

Students and their form tutors are given resources to watch and read before carrying out an activity based on the topic at hand.

As part of Black History Month, Adeo Fraser (OW 2009) appeared in ITV News Central 'In My Shoes' feature. Adeo spoke about his experience as a barrister in the Midlands.