Mr Yates - Head of Academic Extension & Oxbridge All students in Y7-Y9 are invited to attempt any one of the three questions below. Answers must not be more than 1,200 words (including any footnotes but excluding bibliographies). Answers should be submitted as Word attachments by email to sy@gsal.org.uk by no later than 4.00pm on … Continue reading Year 7-9 Essay Competition 2020
Benjamin Bissett - Year 9 Student & 2008 Society Member Weird Maths is a factual book written by mathematicians David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee about mathematical and scientific questions that us humans regularly ask about our world and universe. It is divided into 13 easily understood chapters which are all exciting and interesting in their … Continue reading Book Review: Weird Maths
Alexandra Hall - Year 9 Student & 2008 Society Member 'The Man Who Couldn’t Stop' by David Adam I’ve often wondered if it’s just me who has a sudden urge to jump off a twenty-foot balcony, walk in front of a bus or punch a stranger in the face. Reassuringly, according to David Adam, the … Continue reading Book Review: The Man Who Couldn’t Stop
Amber Malkin - Year 9 Student & 2008 Society Member 'How to Build a Universe' by Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince and Alexandra Feachem ‘How to Build a Universe’ is written by the presenters and producer of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’. The book tries to explain science in a thought-provoking … Continue reading Book Review: How to Build a Universe
Tessa Grainger - Year 8 Historian Tessa Grainger (Year 8) has written a short story for the Historical Association Historical Fiction Competition 2019. Historical fiction allows students to use their historical imagination to bring the past to life and to creatively fill some of the many gaps left by the written records that have survived. … Continue reading Missing: The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Izzy Smith - Year 8 Historian Izzy Smith (Year 8) has written a short story for the Historical Association Historical Fiction Competition 2019. Historical fiction allows students to use their historical imagination to bring the past to life and to creatively fill some of the many gaps left by the written records that have survived. … Continue reading The Children of the Revolution
Book reviews by members of GSAL 2008 Society ‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas Reviewed by Benjamin Bissett (Year 8) The Hate U Give is a novel written by Angie Thomas based on the Black Lives Matter campaign. It is the story of how a girl named Starr recovers and fights for justice after … Continue reading Leaders Are Readers: Book Reviews
Book reviews by members of GSAL 2008 Society ‘I Am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai Reviewed by Alfie Yates (Year 8) ‘I am Malala’ is an amazing autobiography which follows Malala Yousafzai from an average child to being one of the youngest people ever to speak at the UN council. Malala grew up in Pakistan in … Continue reading Leaders Are Readers: Book Reviews
Benjamin Bissett & Izzy Smith - Year 8 members of 2008 Society Year 8 members of 2008 Society explore the design of Leeds Town Hall Curiosity – Investigation – Reflection The first offsite meeting of the 2008 Society was held at the Leeds Town Hall on Tuesday 20th November. Having split into small groups, our … Continue reading Exploring Leeds Town Hall
Mr S Yates - Head of Academic Extension & Oxbridge Launch of new 2008 Society to support high prior attaining students Curiosity - Investigation - Reflection The 2008 Society was formed in 2018, ten years after the merger of Leeds Girls' High School and Leeds Grammar School to form GSAL in 2008. The 2008 Society … Continue reading Welcome to the 2008 Society
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