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| Club | Who is it for? | Where? | When? | How to get involved | Additional info |
| Albert Johnston Travel Award £1000 | Sixth Form | Preparation in September and October. Travel in summer holidays | Submit a project and attend an interview with the Albert Johnston panel | Organised by Mrs Muscutt | |
| Animation Competition | First Years to Upper Sixth | July (closing date for entry is beginning of April) | Attend the Animation Club. See Mr Clarke or Mrs Hodkinson. | Open to members of the Animation Club. Make a one minute animation and enter either as an individual or group | |
| Arkwright Scholarship | Fifth Years | December to January | See Mr N Young. Complete application form, take an exam, then interview | Designed to encourage pupils into engineering and design related careers. If successful then receive bursary of £600 over 2 years of A Level study | |
| Art Carol Service Programme Cover Competition plus various other art competitions | First Years to Upper Sixth | Throughout the year | See Mr Davies | Internal competitions usually open to Lower School | |
| Art – Living Edge Competition | 3 categories – under-13s, under-16s and 16 plus | April | See Mr Davies | External art competition linked to the Cheshire based magazine Living Edge. Forms part of an exhibition at the Lowry. | |
| Biology Challenge | Fourth Years | January | See teachers in the Biology department | GCSE Biology pupils | |
| Biology Olympiad | Sixth Form | February | See teachers in the Biology department | A Level Biology pupils | |
| Book Week | Various, depending on the competition | Library | During week of World Book Day held in March | See Ms Pazos | Range of competitions held to celebrate World Book Day |
| Chemquiz | Second to Fifth Years | Manchester Metropolitan University | Date in term 3 – tba by university | By invitation – Dr Krywonos | 1 person per year group |
| Code Breaking Competition | First and Second Years | Hallam ICT room | January to mid April 2012, Mondays, 4pm to 5pm | Attend first session on 9th January or see Dr Hamilton, Miss Darch or Mrs Harris | Competition organised by Manchester University to celebrate the centenary of Alan Turing’s birth. First prize = £150 Amazon vouchers |
| Crest Award Club (Chemistry) | Third Years | C1 | September until project is finished | See Dr Pitts or just go along | Crest = Creativity in Science and Technology |
| Debating – ESU Schools Mace Debating Competition | Fifth Years to Upper Sixth | Throughout the school year with the final taking place in April | See Mrs Braude | Oldest national debating competition in the UK. Team of 2 per school | |
| Geography Weather Photography Competition | Second Years | Autumn term | See Mrs Hicks | Internal competition in the autumn term. Winners’ entries displayed on the Geography corridor | |
| House Sports Fixtures | All members of the House are encouraged to get involved – not just the team players |
Winter: hockey, football, netball, rugby, basketball, swimming gala, cross country Summer: cricket, girls’ rounders, girls’ tennis, boys’ tennis, athletics, sports days |
Sign up in House assemblies. See House staff and House captains | See list of dates of fixtures and year groups involved | |
| House Sports Day | Fifth Years to Upper Sixth | 2nd May 2012 | See House staff and House captains | ||
| First to Fourth Years | June 2012 | ||||
| House Chess | First Years to Upper Sixth | Annual event – date varies | See House staff and House captains | 6 pupils per house (2 x Lower School, 2 x Middle School, 2 x Upper School). Competition adjudicated by Mr Cheslett | |
| Library Competitions |
Library VIP | 3 top readers (number of book loans) from each year group invited to VIP mini celebration. Top reader in each year wins a book token | |||
| Library heroes | Incentivising borrowing of resources and familiarising use of library catalogue | ||||
| Fiction and non-fiction review | Best monthly review uploaded to library catalogue wins a book | ||||
| Book week | Range of competitions held during book week to celebrate world book day in March | ||||
| Weekly quiz | Open to all years | ||||
| Masterchef Knockout Competition | First to Third Years | T4 | April and May | Collect application before Easter from Mrs Groves | |
| Modern Foreign Languages Speaking Competition – Lower School | First to Third Years | Languages department | January | All invited | See Miss Gibson |
| UK Maths Trust Challenges | First Years to Upper Sixth | Throughout the year | Recommendation / selection / volunteers depending on year group. Coordinated by Mr Cheslett | Competitions involve both individual and team events. Regional and national competitions | |
| Mock Trial | Lower Sixth | EX1 | Mondays, 4pm. Preparation from September with competition in November | Sign up with Mr Moore | Competition takes place at Minshull Street Crown Court. Also roles for those interested in journalism |
| Model United Nations | Fourth Years to Upper Sixth | Weekly meetings in run up to a conference for those involved. External competitions held at various schools in the UK throughout the year | Varies each year. SGS to hold competition on 24th and 25th March | See Mr Browne or Miss Spence | Regional / national competition – full day or over a weekend. Attendance at other schools on first come, first served basis. Novice debaters conference open to Third Years |
| Modern Foreign Languages Debating Competition (regional) | Upper Sixth linguists by invitation | Cheadle Hulme School | First Saturday in November | See Frau Christmann, Mr Wilson or Miss Psaila | |
| Music Festival | First Years to Upper Sixth | Various | Concert takes place on 4th July 2012 | Letters sent to form tutors in May – pupils complete the form to arrange an audition | 10 categories. Concert with a difference where musicians are judged. |
| National Share Competition | Upper Sixth | EC2 | November to February | See Mr R Young | |
| Physics AS Challenge exam | Lower Sixth | March | See Dr Ellis | All can apply | |
| Physics Olympiad (international competition) | Upper Sixth | November | See Dr Ellis | All can apply to do the exam then selection for the team | |
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Physics Olympics |
Sixth Form | University of Liverpool | Third Saturday in October | By invitation | Normally open to Oxbridge engineers and physicists |
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Reading Olympiad |
First Years to Upper Sixth | Library and various locations | February to June | Via Form Tutor or pop into the Library | Read and review 6 books from different categories. If you complete you will receive an Olympic Reading Companion Pack (mug and choc) and you will be entered into a prize draw. |
| Salters Chemistry Festival | Second Years | University of Manchester | Annual event at the end of summer term (dates vary) | Candidates nominated by staff and selected. Dr Airey | Approximately £30 and return rail fare to Manchester |
| Synthesis and Spectroscopy Day | Upper Sixth | C5 | All day November | All Upper Sixth chemists automatically involved | |
| Team Olympic Quiz | First Years to Upper Sixth | Library | 1st February | See Ms Pazos | Hosted by Jack Riley |
| Weekly Quiz – Library | First Years to Upper Sixth | Library | Weekly, throughout the year | See Ms Pazos | |
| World Maths Day (international competition) | First Years | March – 48 hours | Pupils given login and password to take part | Organised by Mrs Marshall | |
| World Wise Quiz | Fifth Years | Stockport Grammar School | November | See Mr Howarth. By selection | SGS team and other schools in the area |
| Young Analyst | Lower Sixth | Manchester University | April – date tbc | By invitation. See Dr Glarvey or Dr Pitts | £50 travel costs |
| Young Enterprise | Lower Sixth | EC1 | October to May, Tuesdays, 4pm | Letter of application to Mr Parker, then selection | Day may change in future |
| Young Designer | Upper Sixth | Brunel University | May / June | See Mr N Young | £500 prize |
