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• Wednesday 6 December 2023 Yr 8 Netball Year 8 had 2 netball matches against Beckfoot yesterday, unfortunately the girls lost both matches but they were all amazing, enjoyed themselves and all gave 100% effort which is all we asked for!
• Wednesday 6 December 2023 Commiseration for the year 8 team The match truly lived up to the occasion – it was an absolute spectacle! Both teams brought their A-game, creating a real showdown with a high-level spirit on the field.We kicked off as the stronger of the two teams, dominating early proceedings, pressuring Brooksbank, and creating promising opportunities. It was clear from the first minute that the boys were up for it. Midway through the first half, our captain, Zach H, showcased his prowess by breaking through the defense and winning a penalty, which he coolly converted to secure the lead. Moments later, Zach struck a free kick that rattled the post, but despite our first-half dominance, we couldn't extend our advantage.The dynamics shifted in the second half as Brooksbank found their rhythm, gradually imposing themselves. We fought hard to prevent them from scoring, but they managed to equalise with two minutes left – a defensive lapse in concentration allowed Brooksbank's striker to go around the goalkeeper and net the
• Tuesday 5 December 2023 Christmas Cooking Competition - OPEN NOW
• Tuesday 5 December 2023 Christmas Tree Bauble Competition - NOW OPEN
• Monday 4 December 2023 Historical writing competition now open! Please view the video to find out how to enter. Application form below.
• Monday 4 December 2023 Memorial Football Match
• Wednesday 29 November 2023 Yr11 Prom 2023
• Friday 17 November 2023 Mr Parkinson is at it again!
• Wednesday 1 November 2023 Yr 11 Football Match Reports October 2023
• Tuesday 10 October 2023 County Cooking Competition
• Tuesday 10 October 2023 Zach - Leeds United Success Last Thursday night, Zach flew to Malta to represent Leeds United in the U13 KHS Cup.
• Tuesday 10 October 2023 Year 11 Football Victory 5.10.23 In two consecutive days, our Year 11 football team achieved back-to-back victories.
• Tuesday 10 October 2023 Year 11/12 Netball Victory 5.10.23 Year 11 (and 12) are clearly on a roll. Two netball teams, one just year 11 and one a mix of year 11 and 12 have had a great evening of Netball.
• Thursday 5 October 2023 MP Anna Dixon visits our Student Leadership Team
• Wednesday 4 October 2023 Ethan, BOLT Academy of Preforming Arts Award For the past two years he has been attending Bolt Academy, a performing arts academy in Keighley.
• Tuesday 3 October 2023 Senior Netball Last Thursday the Year 11 Netball team had their first game of the year against Oakbank. They played amazingly and won 16-1. I was so proud of their conduct throughout the game. These girls (and others who couldn’t play that night) have shown real commitment to their performance and have worked so hard over the years to improve and they are absolutely seeing the benefits. Well done girls, you are a delight to coach.
• Tuesday 3 October 2023 Fell Running Championship
• Tuesday 3 October 2023 Friday Form Winners 29.19.2023
• Tuesday 26 September 2023 Year 8 Football Team 23/24 On Friday the Year 8 team started their football campaign this year with an impressive 6-0 victory against Minsthorpe in the County Cup. Despite the long journey to Wakefield, you could see the students were up for the game from the start. They maintained control of the match from the very first minute to the end, presenting a tough challenge for their opponents.Zach H took charge upfront and consistently posed difficulties for Minsthorpe's back four, who struggled to keep up with him. He received solid support from the midfield, working hard to retain possession and offer assistance whenever needed.Sam K and Callum E delivered outstanding defensive performances, cutting off any opposing attacks and leaving Jacob, the goalkeeper, with minimal work.It would be unjust to single out one student as the player of the match because each and every one of them delivered a fantastic performance.If you happen to come across any of the students, please congratulate them.Goals scored by:Zach H - 2
• Tuesday 26 September 2023 Friday Form Winners Well done to our Year 7 & 8 Form Winners!
• Tuesday 19 September 2023 Mr Beezy - No Grind, No Glory. Today we had Mr Beezy, an international motivational speaker giving our Y11 students the reality check to help them be motivated to succeed in their exams and life in general!
• Wednesday 13 September 2023 Well Done Wednesday 13/09/2023 Congratulations to our Well Done Wednesday winners this week! They were presented with an early lunch pass by Mr Atkinson. Keep up the good work!
• Tuesday 12 September 2023 Year 6/7 Sunflower Challenge On Transition Evening, all our year 6 students were given a sunflower to grow over the summer holidays. We have loved seeing all your phots of how you got on and we are extremely proud to present you with LORIC certificates for your efforts! Congratulations!
• Monday 14 August 2023 Fun Chinese Ambassadors
• Monday 14 August 2023 How to train a dragon! An amazing day with fantastic students , no one believed they could do this when the day began but look at those results!The students learnt to carve cakes to create a cake pop mixture so there was zero waste which was then used to bolster the shape so even though everyone started with the same shapes no two dragons looked the same. They learnt to work with buttercream and ganache, to model, cover the cake, emboss an imprint to create scales, paint with powder colours and not forgetting the finalAirbrushing: a day that will not be forgotten quickly and one that they can take the skills home to create another cake.With grateful thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, as it would not have been possible without them.Dawn Butler At Dinky Doodle for the airbrushes.
• Monday 31 July 2023 American Independence Day 2023
• Friday 30 June 2023 Year 13 Leavers
• Wednesday 28 June 2023 Culture Day Please see Mr Atkinson's latest update and our 'Torch' Newsletter.
• Thursday 15 June 2023 Crest Science Superstar Awards
• Wednesday 14 June 2023 Fun Chinese Cuisine Ambassadors We had a great day with Fun: Healthy Chinese Cuisine Ambassadors delivering workshops to our year 10 Catering and GCSE students.
• Friday 9 June 2023 Yr 10 Geography Field work
• Thursday 8 June 2023 Spanish Poem Challenge Mrs Bowen set Year 7 a challenge to rewrite a Spanish poem that we have been studying in class. The poem is called "Un hombre sin cabeza" (A man without a head), written by the Venezuelan poet Armando José Sequera. The poem lists all the things a headless man cannot do and therefore practises different Spanish verbs. The students really had to use their imagination! Here are some of their fantastic efforts.
• Wednesday 31 May 2023 Student Minister Presentation Congratulations to our 12 Student Ministers, who received their Certificates, Ties & Badges from Mr Weston before half term.
• Friday 26 May 2023 Hispanic Art Competition Results Well done to all students who submitted entries for the HispanicArt Competition!
• Thursday 25 May 2023 Year 8 Bradford Schools Football Cup Result Score. Bingley Grammar 2 - Beckfoot 4.
• Wednesday 24 May 2023 Well Done Wednesday 24/05/2023 Congratulations to all the Year 10 students who received an early lunch pass today as part of Well Done Wednesday! Keep up the good work!
• Friday 19 May 2023 Form award 19/05/2023
• Friday 19 May 2023 Space Inspirations Competition
• Friday 19 May 2023 An Inspector Calls
• Thursday 18 May 2023 Upcoming Themed Menus Check out our upcoming themed menus!
• Wednesday 17 May 2023 Tyler's Rhino Challenge Tyler in Year 7 took part in the rugby league Rhinos Challenge at Butlins, Skegness with Keighley Albion ARLFC Under 12's.
• Wednesday 17 May 2023 Well Done Wednesday Wednesday 17th May 2023
• Wednesday 17 May 2023 Brilliant Club Well done to Year 7 Brilliant Club members who graduated from the Scholar's Programme at Leeds University last Thursday. You have all worked so hard and achieved so much. A special thanks to Danielle who stood in front of a full auditorium of students from other schools and delivered a speech about her experience. You have all done Bingley Grammar proud!
• Thursday 11 May 2023 Coronation Baking We had some delicious creations in our Coronation Baking Event, Well Done to everyone involved! #bingleygrammar #kingscoronation
• Tuesday 9 May 2023 Year 9 HOY Awards Congratulations to 9O2, who were back to back winners of Mr Bridge's HOY Award 2 weeks in a row! They achieved most positive behaviour points and least negative points, well done all!! #bingleygrammar #rewards
• Tuesday 9 May 2023 Year 7 HOY awards Congratulations to 7W3 who won Mrs Roberts HOY award last week! The whole form had the correct uniform and equipment all week, Well Done all!
• Tuesday 9 May 2023 Year 10 HOY awards Congratulations to 10W2 for winning Miss Clough's Head of Year award last week for receiving the most achievement points, Well Done all!
• Friday 5 May 2023 Historical Fiction Writing Competition by Mrs Cartledge Last term the History department launched a Historical Fiction Writing Competition for year 7 and 8. The brief was to write a short historical fiction story about any period or place in the past. There were lots of entries, and the History department had great fun reading them. It was very difficult for staff to pick a winner, but this is what we were looking for in the stories:
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 Huddersfield University
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 Fundsraising An amazing effort by Rehan and the Gang on Monday saw them raise over £1,000 for the earthquake appeal in Turkey and Syria. Well done to all for a very enjoyable, and worthy spectacle!!! (The samosas wereexcellent.)
• Tuesday 2 May 2023 Health & Social Care Promotion Day
• Tuesday 2 May 2023 Art & Design Competition Fancy winning a £10 Amazon Voucher! See the poster for details on how to enter!
• Thursday 27 April 2023 T&A Secondary School Teacher of the Year! Congratulations to Mrs Nawaz for winning the T&A Secondary School Teacher of the Year! Please click the link to read more: https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23473269.bradford-education-awards-2023-winners-revealed/
• Thursday 27 April 2023 Year 7 HOY awards Congratulations to 7S3 for winning last weeks form award for least amount of negative behaviour points!
• Thursday 27 April 2023 Year 10 HOY Awards Congratulations to 10O2 who won Miss Clough's Form Group Award last week!
• Wednesday 26 April 2023 Form Group Award Congratulations to 10O2 who won Miss Clough's Form Group Award last week!
• Wednesday 26 April 2023 Harden home is sanctuary for Ukrainian refugee family We are extremely proud that we have been able to help support Roman and his family settle into life in the UK. Please click the link to read more of Roman's story:
• Tuesday 25 April 2023 Student Ministerial Team meeting Today, our newly appointed Student Ministerial Team met for the first time to discuss issues raised by our recent 'student voice' event, led by Form and Year representatives. Each of our six teams will now look to devise and implement appropriate strategies, to act upon the issues and suggestions raised by their peers. The meeting was highly positive and productive and I have been bowled over by the professionalism and maturity demonstrated by all our student leaders. Our next step will be to allocate relevant teams of student leaders to complete key tasks. Our Student Ministers will lead on this, commencing with a Student Council planning morning on Wednesday 3rd May, which will involve close to one hundred student leaders from across all year groups. Well done and thank you to all involved!
• Monday 24 April 2023 Rehersals are Back Auditions are back up and running for our latest production, more information on performance dates and how to book tickets to follow!
• Monday 24 April 2023 Year 8 Football News Really excited for these boys. Playing South Craven last Tuesday after school in the Bradford Schools cup semi final at home they came away with a fantastic 3-0 victory. First half goals from Ben Lister, Joe Craven and Joel Hutchinson gave us a 3-0 lead at half time playing with the wind. The second half was always going to be a tough test playing against the wind, but the boys scrapped for every ball and gave everything they had against a very strong team from South Craven who had beaten us 3-2 earlier in the season. We managed to keep a clean sheet and in the end ran out very comfortable 3-0 winners at full time. The boys will be really excited to play the final later in the term. Please congratulate them if you see them around school tomorrow.
• Saturday 22 April 2023 Good Luck to Mr Parkinson Good Luck to Mr Parkinson, our Site Operations Manager, who will be running the London Marathon tomorrow for VICTA, Visually Impaired Children Taking Action. This is possibly his last marathon but this will be the 8th time he's run the London Marathon for VICTA and raised almost £12,000 over the years for this amazing charity! We are all supporting you!! #bingleygrammar #londonmarathon2023 #VICTA https://2023tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/rob-parkinson
• Friday 21 April 2023 Well done wednesday winners 21/04/2023 Congratulations to our Well Done Wednesday Winners this week!
• Thursday 20 April 2023 Charlie's Speedway Success Charlie's hobby is Speedway racing and he only started racing last year. Charlie has started the season well, winning the Winter Series held at Scunthorpe and raced at the weekend in the Summer Series. He won all his races but came second in the Final on Sunday. Charlie will also be racing at British Youth Level and is hoping for some silverware. His first race is at the National Stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester on Friday 12th May. He is then off to Glasgow to race in the 2nd round on Sunday 14th. There are 5 other rounds across the country all through the summer. He races on 150cc bikes with no brakes, that's right, no brakes, around an oval track. Each race lasts just over 1 minute to complete 4 laps.
• Wednesday 19 April 2023 I Can Save A Life Year12 are now qualified first aiders! Thank you to Wayne from @icansavealife.co.uk who came to deliver the course. They had a fabulous day of learning which also assists them in their unit 3 studies, ready for the exam this summer. Well done all!
• Wednesday 19 April 2023 Spanish Competition Results! Well done to all students who submitted entries for the Spanish writing competition last half term! The following slides show the fantastic pieces of work which were entered.
• Monday 3 April 2023 Cyber Explorers
• Friday 31 March 2023 Easter Cookery Club 2023 The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
• Thursday 30 March 2023 A Trip Down Memory Lane
• Thursday 30 March 2023 Spanish Spelling Bee
• Wednesday 29 March 2023 Year 9 Form Awards Congratulations to 9W2 for winning last week's Form Award from Mr Bridge!
• Friday 24 March 2023 Arek and Jean Hersh Visit
• Friday 24 March 2023 Future Transformation - Year 7
• Friday 24 March 2023 Anne Frank Youth Empowerment Conference
• Thursday 23 March 2023 GCSE Poetry Live
• Thursday 23 March 2023 Solutions Not Sides
• Wednesday 22 March 2023 Well done Wednesday's
• Tuesday 21 March 2023 Scavenger Hunt & Door Competition Winners Congratulations to the winners of the Scavenger Hunt and the Door Competition which took place over World Book Week. There were some fabulous decorated classroom doors for the students to guess the book from. The winners of the Scavenger Hunt were: 1st: Alexa B – Amazon voucher 2nd: Isaac B – chocolates 3rd: Annya L – chocolates
• Tuesday 21 March 2023 Head of Year Awards Student voice is key to BGS and through the surveys conducted, students told us they would like more rewards. As a result, each week the HOYs give out a trophy to the form group in each year who has, for example, the most achievement points that week or the highest attendance that week.
• Tuesday 21 March 2023 Adam Baron at BGS
• Tuesday 21 March 2023 Victory for the Year 10 Football Team Team sheet - Isaaq A (goalkeeper), Nick M, Adam B, Adam W, Dylan F, Lewis O, Eddie H, Oscar D, Theo L, Josh D, Harvey B, Jamie G and Harry K. The year 10 team comfortably beat Co-op Grange 5-0 in the quarter finals, after finishing second in the group. Right from the start the boys controlled the game, and showed they were a level above their opponents. It didn't take long to score the first goal which came after some quality one touch passing in midfield and then a fantastic long range strike from Harvey B. The second goal followed shortly after, this time the goal came from Theo L after a superb cross from Nick M. The first half ended 2-0, the half time team talk was an easy one encouraging more of the same and to try and score the next goal to finish off the game. Moments after the start of the second half, Bingley Grammar were awarded a corner which was taken by Eddie H who put in an inch perfect cross to Harvey B who scored a fantastic first time volley from outside the box. Harve
• Tuesday 21 March 2023 Send My Friend to School Club meet with MP Philip Davies Miss Shah writes
• Monday 20 March 2023 Year 9 Boys Quarter Finals
• Friday 17 March 2023 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 17.03.23
• Thursday 16 March 2023 Anne Frank Ambassadors Visit to Belle Vue Girls' Academy Miss Shah writes;
• Monday 13 March 2023 Yorkshire Swimming Association We are very proud of two of our Y10 students Robbie and Imogen who competed atthe Yorkshire Swimming Association Championships 2023 at Ponds Forge inSheffield on the 18th/19th February. They both have come second place in Yorkshire for 50m Breaststroke. This is as aresult of many hours of training and is a superb achievement for them both. Welldone to both of them!
• Monday 13 March 2023 Yr 7 Boys Cup Quarter Finals Report by Mr Wilson.Our Year 7 Boys played their Cup Quarter Final match against Immanuel College on Tuesday 7 th March. Although we dominated much of the game against Immanuel, we could not find a way past the Immanuel keeper who made a string of outstanding saves. With the game ending 0-0, the match was decided on penalties. It was a very tight penalty shootout, with the Immanuel keeper again making a number of outstanding saves, which allowed them to win the game and progress through to the cup semi-finals. It has been a great first season for our Year 7 football team, who I feel certain will go from strength to strength in future years. Congratulations to all our boys for playing some outstanding football this season and for continually showing positive attitudes throughout the year. They have been a pleasure to coach and manage. Well done!
• Thursday 9 March 2023 Othello Screening On Thursday 23rd February, Y12 and Y13 English literature students attended a screeningof Othello by the National Theatre at the Science and Media museum in Bradford. Studentshave studied the play as part of their literature course, so seeing a production helped bring itall to life. The National Theatre put on a fantastic production, which many of our studentswere discussing at length and reviewing on the train journey home. Despite it being a latefinish, students remained extremely enthused and really enjoyed the evening.
• Friday 3 March 2023 Yr 8 Boys Quarter Final Yr 8 Quarter-Final Victory. Semi-final beckons
• Friday 24 February 2023 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 24.02.23
• Friday 24 February 2023 Spanish Writing Competition!
• Thursday 23 February 2023 Making Memories! Spanish Trip 2023
• Monday 6 February 2023 Spanish Club Flamenco Dance
• Monday 30 January 2023 Excellence in Food School Awards
• Friday 27 January 2023 Holocaust Memorial Day Yesterday Miss Shah and our Anne Frank Ambassadors delivered the second of two assemblies to mark today, 27 January, Holocaust Memorial Day...
• Thursday 26 January 2023 Yr 7 Brilliant Club Launch On Monday 23rd January, our Year 7 Brilliant Club students attended their launch day at Leeds University with Mrs Kirke & Miss Parker...
• Tuesday 24 January 2023 Bradford Schools Cross Country On Thursday 19th January, Mr Swann took our cross country runners to the city championships that acts as a qualifier for the West Yorkshire Championships...
• Tuesday 24 January 2023 Yr 9 Football Team Our Year 9 football team has been busy over the last few weeks.
• Monday 23 January 2023 DofE Bronze Award Update Last week Mr Morse gathered all our Yr 9 students working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award, to update them on the expedition details...
• Thursday 19 January 2023 Yr 7 and Yr 8 STEM Assemblies On Monday 16th January, Mr Martin from the Science Faculty welcomed the BAE Systems Roadshow Team into school to present 'From the Depths of the Ocean to Outer Space' in a special assembly for years 7 & 8...
• Wednesday 18 January 2023 Send My Friend Students Meet MP Philip Davies
• Tuesday 17 January 2023 Safer Internet Day Tuesday 7th February is Safer Internet Day! This year's theme is ‘Want to talk about it Making space for conversations about life online’...
• Tuesday 17 January 2023 Welcome to our new website
• Friday 13 January 2023 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 13.01.23 Good afternoon,
• Thursday 12 January 2023 Yr 13 Leeds Combined Courts Trip
• Thursday 12 January 2023 Yr 7 Basketball v Beckfoot On Wednesday 11th Jan, our Year 7 Basketball team went away to local rivals Beckfoot...
• Tuesday 10 January 2023 Yule Log Baking Competition Before the Christmas break, Mrs Wilkinson and the Food Science department set our students a festive challenge...
• Sunday 1 January 2023 Easy Fundraising Bingley Grammar's Parent Focus Group (PFG) raises money for extra resources to be used throughout the whole school.
• Friday 18 November 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 18.11.22 Dear Parents/Carers,
• Friday 4 November 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 04.11.22 Dear Parents/Carers,
• Friday 7 October 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 07.10.22 Good afternoon,
• Friday 23 September 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 23.09.22 Dear Parents and Carers,
• Friday 9 September 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 09.09.22 Dear Parents/Carers, For those new to Bingley Grammar School my name is Mr Atkinson (Deputy Headteacher) and I will make contact with you every two weeks to keep you updated regarding school matters. In between these times, you will receive further communications from key staff such as Mrs Spicer (Assistant Headteacher) regarding curriculum and assessments or the year teams to celebrate key successes. I would like to start by recognising the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the school shares the nation's sadness at this news. We are awaiting further guidance from the DfE regarding actions for schools and will communicate any changes to you once we have been informed about them. Over the coming days we will be focusing on the life of Queen Elizabeth II. We decided that today we would answer key questions but not do something collectively until we know how and what the family of the Queen will be doing to celebrate her life.
• Friday 8 July 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 08.07.22
• Friday 24 June 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 24.06.22
• Friday 10 June 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 10.06.22
• Friday 13 May 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 13.05.22
• Friday 8 April 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 08.04.22
• Friday 25 March 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 25.03.22 Good afternoon,Firstly thank you for everyone's generosity last week, £1802.00 was raised for Comic Relief and the Disaster Emergency Committee. This reflects our excellent school community who have as usual gone above and beyond for others. This is also reflected through our other fundraisers this year: - Children in Need - £1493.73- Leeds General Hospital - £478.05- Candlelighters - £603.05Therefore I cannot wait to see how Year 7 fare in their sponsored walk in July to support the BRI, an organisation we have supported for many years here at BGS with the current total standing at £17,972.66 for the three sponsored walks our students have undertaken so far. Secondly I wish to mention James in Year 7, who met with myself and Mrs Spencer (Business Manager) to discuss Bingley Grammar School moving towards becoming a Plastic Free School. James's passionate and informed presentation led us to sign up to www.plasticfreeschools.org.uk and we are looking forward
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• Friday 11 February 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 11.02.22
• Friday 4 February 2022 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 04.02.22 Written by Yr 10 Lucy Holt
• Friday 10 December 2021 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 10.12.21
• Friday 3 December 2021 Mr Atkinson's Friday Update 03.12.21
• Friday 1 October 2021 Walking Talking Mocks Last year our students were incredibly supportive of the chance to experience the atmosphere of an exam and be taken through a paper by a subject specialist.

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