Urmston Grammar

Fantastic today to welcome so many Year 11 students from a huge range of schools to our Sixth Form Taster Day, where our Sixth Form team were delighted to introduce our extensive academic, extra and super curricular provision, and to deliver presentations on our student leadership opportunities, school community, our Electives and mentor programme and our pastoral support. The students then enjoyed the opportunity to participate in taster lessons in the subjects and A level courses that they've selected and to enjoy meet and greet sessions in our Sixth Form hub and social time with refreshments in our LRC at break. The day concluded with an address from our Head and presentations on life beyond UGS, and the chance to meet our amazing Senior Prefect team. It's been great to receive so much fantastic feedback on the day from the students, we've hugely enjoyed meeting you all, and we're very much looking forward to welcoming our new Sixth Form cohort in September!

Our Year 10s are continuing to learn, acquire essential workplace skills and enjoy their placements during work experience week: Zenayah, Ruth, Andrew, Victor and Arwen are at Ltd where they have been working with different teams on product development, software engineering and app testing, and learning a lot about this industry sector and pathways into it.
Lucas has spent a fantastic week Express Trains HQ in Manchester, where he has experienced onboard working and customer service, visited the depot, control and operations centre and the airport, attended team meetings, and shadowed colleagues in a variety of departments including engineering and auditing.
Jamie is at GBG's headquarters in Chester, learning all about their specialism in identity verification, location intelligence and fraud prevention.
Arkar is at Kratos Analytical Ltd which he is finding really varied and is gaining an invaluable insight into all areas of the company, particularly enjoying the technology and science aspects.
George is at CHEP UK Ltd where he is learning all about product and pooling solutions and he's particularly enjoyed touring the plant!
Huge thanks to all the employers and businesses providing and supporting these fantastic opportunities for our students

As Year 10 work experience week continues, Ammar has been working in the landslide operations team at Manchester airport, carrying out duties including staffing the customer service desk, car parks and drop off zones.
Jack has been working at Macclesfield FC, where he has attended the operations meeting, set up for academy training, supported the marketing team and sorted the kit room.
Daniel has been on placement at Morsons project, gaining a fantastic insight into engineering.
Molly and Emily have been at Newgate Kennels and Cattery, where they have been engaged in feeding, cleaning, grooming and walking the animals.
Faiyed is working at Belle Vue Leisure Centre, where he has spent time carrying out tasks including working on Reception.
With huge thanks to , Morsons, Belle Vue Leisure Centre and all of the employers and businesses who have provided and supported these great opportunities for our students

Another fabulous day in Paris for our Year 8 students as they enjoyed a sightseeing boat tour 🛥️along the River Seine, taking in the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and an art installation over the Pont Neuf, to name but a few, and stopping at the fantastically-named restaurant Flunch for lunch where, in ordering, they put their spoken French to great use!
This afternoon, they visited the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie where some students tried the challenge to jump and hit the top of the archway - 2.77 metres!
Yesterday evening there was time to relax and have fun playing football, frisbee, and table tennis outside the accommodation

It might be the hottest June day on record 🌞but things were deliciously chilli in Food Preparation & Nutrition as our students cooked up some fantastic dishes!

Our Year 10 students are currently enjoying work experience placements: Karunya and Joseph are at Pozzoni Architecture where they have been tasked with designing a new building for the week, working with employers to develop their design skills and learning how to use Revit CAD software to support 3D building planning, and they are very much look forward to presenting to colleagues on Friday.

Nathan and Alfie are on placement at MIG Medical where they have been learning about how a diverse range of medical equipment is developed, sold and used at hospitals across the country. The boys have also been building their own pipes to replicate those at hospitals to hold various gases which they will be testing later this week.

With huge thanks to , MIG Medical and all of the employers and businesses who are supporting and providing these wonderful opportunities for our students

Bonsoir from our Year 8 trip to Paris! The students have enjoyed touring the Stade de France this afternoon, where they took in the changing rooms and tunnel, as well as the 'prison', which accommodated all of the group!

A briiliant day for Year 7 on their Science trip to Zoo, a really enjoyable learning experience and opportunity to develop and enrich their scientific knowledge and investigative skills, finding out as many facts as possible about the animals, their natural habitats and the factors threatening their environment and survival, as well as the work carried out by zoologists on the effective management of populations and species

Year 8 in Paris! 🗼Our students have safely arrived in the French capital and have visited Montmartre, enjoyed sight-seeing, including the majestic Sacre-Coeur, and they have optimised the opportunity to practise their spoken French when ordering in lunch and buying souvenirs!

A group of our Year 8 students are spending the day at the Science and Industry Museum, and have already explored the discovery floor!