Mr C Dodd - Staff Editor Welcome to the 2020 edition of Salutaris, the GSAL Sixth Form academic journal. It is an annual publication that provides Sixth Form students in their final year of study the opportunity to showcase their academic writing. It also provides a number of students with editorial experience. The name ‘Salutaris’ … Continue reading Salutaris 2020
Thabiso - Year 8 Student Editor's Note: We’re delighted to see that Thabiso Y8 is a contributor to the latest issue of The Duchy Vixen. Harrogate's quarterly magazine has gone digital in lockdown, as has much of our school life. Scroll to page 11 of the June 2020 issue to read Thabiso's report on online … Continue reading Online Learning
Sophie - Year 9 Student Editor's Note: In February 2020, prior to lockdown, Sophie and three other GSAL students attended the Leeds Youth Voice Summit on Climate Change. Students were given the opportunity to learn more about the effects of and science behind climate change, take part in a Q&A panel with the Leader of Leeds City … Continue reading Leeds Youth Voice Summit on Climate Change
GSAL Virtual Voices Editor's Note: During the period of lockdown, pupils, parents, staff and alumni came together to create this wonderful virtual performance of American soul and R&B singer Ben E. King's timeless song Stand by Me. The song was originally inspired by an early 20th century gospel hymn; there have since been over 400 … Continue reading Stand by Me
GSAL Junior School Editor's Note: Students at GSAL Junior School were given the unique opportunity to communicate with NASA astronaut Dr Jessica Meir during her time on the International Space Station (ISS). On October 18, 2019, Jessica made history when she undertook the first all-female spacewalk with fellow astronaut Christina Koch. The school link and … Continue reading In Conversation With… Dr Jessica Meir, Astronaut on the ISS
Lucy Church - Year 12 Student Editor's Note: The talented Lucy Church has crafted this excellent, skillfully written review of the recent GSAL production of Alice. It has also been published on the GSAL Blog. Lucy's review has recently been spotted by a journalist and she may now be invited to write a review on … Continue reading Curiouser and curiouser!
Mr C Dodd - TGJ Staff Editor If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you. Zig Ziglar Welcome Welcome back to the The GSAL Journal in 2020. The previous newsletter feels like a decade ago now, but in that time … Continue reading TGJ Newsletter: January 2020
Benjamin Bissett - Year 9 Student On 16th October 2019, Lord John Dyson made an appearance at GSAL as part of the Ilkley Literature Festival 2019. He was interviewed by a fellow lawyer, Cathy Baxandall, who used his recent autobiography to ask him questions about his early life and his career as a judge. This … Continue reading Lord Dyson: A Judge’s Journey
Mei Whattam - Year 12 MUN Member & Editor-in-Chief, Humanities Journal GSAL delegates excel at the Model United Nations of Hamburg The 12 new delegates from GSAL flourished under the intensity of four days of debate, displaying zeal, avidity and ardour for their allocated topics across nine committees, assemblies and councils hosted at the Gymnasium … Continue reading News From… MUN of Hamburg 2019
Mr C Dodd - TGJ Staff Editor A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal strokeScott Stoll Welcome Welcome to the first newsletter from The GSAL Journal for the 2019-20 academic year. This is the week in which ‘Yorkshire welcomes the world' for the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, with cyclists from … Continue reading TGJ Newsletter: September 2019
