Year 3 and 4 production of Seussical KIDS Every Junior School pupil in years 3 and 4 at The Manchester Grammar School performed Seussical™ KIDS across two evenings in mid-March in front of a live audience of parents and family members, staff… 0 2024 28/03/2024
Year 3 and 4 production of The Jungle Book Every Junior School pupil in years 3 and 4 at The Manchester Grammar School performed The Jungle Book across two evenings in mid-May in front of a live audience of parents and family members, staff a… 0 2023 24/05/2023
Hoots from the Archive - Transatlantic Connections: America… The first American exchange of which we are aware was a brief connection in 1963-4 forged by Arthur Kahn as a Fulbright exchange teacher at Clayton High School, St. Louis, Missouri. Louis Deall from … 0 1974 20/04/2023
Letter from George Bernard Shaw The MGS archive holds a collection of five literary letters sent by various luminaries and in the second of a three-part series, we will look at this postcard from George Bernard Shaw. It was written… 0 1914 21/02/2023
Pink Mist 2022 Congratulations to all pupils who performed in the production of Pink Mist during the first half of Michaelmas term 2022. Best friends Arthur, Hads and Taff were barely out of their teens when they … 0 2022 26/10/2022
Jesus Christ Superstar 2022 After multiple school events have been cancelled or amended due to the covid-19 pandemic, it has been fantastic to see the return of performances in the theatre by Junior and Senior pupils alike. To … 0 2022 06/07/2022
Year 10 pupil wins places for prestigious summer courses Congratulations to year 10 pupil Daniel D who has successfully won places at the short summer courses for the National Youth Jazz Collective (NYJC) and also the National Youth Theatre (NYT). Daniel… 0 2022 16/05/2022
NYMT summer programme success Congratulations to four of our pupils who have been accepted onto the National Youth Music Theatre Summer programme - Toby J, Oliver L, Joe B-S from year 12 and Jake B-S from year 10. Jake B-S commen… 0 2022 28/03/2022
Conversaziones, 1920s Conversaziones were arguably forerunners of the modern school “Open Day”. The original meaning of the word is a social gathering for conversation, particularly about the arts and literature. In the… 0 1920 25/03/2022
Daisy Pulls It Off 2022 review We were delighted to welcome an MGS Teacher of Drama, Sarah Bell, to the first performance of Daisy Pulls It Off, in which year 7-10 pupils came together to narrate the story of Daisy Meredith. Sara… 0 2022 22/03/2022
Daisy Pulls It Off! Ahead of the performances, MGS pupils have been speaking about their involvement in the play Daisy Pulls It Off. Daisy Pulls It Off is the heart-warming story of a young, honest girl with plenty of p… 0 2022 03/03/2022
Hoots from the Archive – How to Make an Owl Costume This article was prompted by the rediscovery in the archive of a practical art & craft guide aimed at children: Simple Art Crafts for Schools (Methuen, 1926), written by former long-serving Art Maste… 0 2021 11/06/2021
