Mrs A Jackson - Teacher of Mathematics The annual Junior Mathematics Challenge individual competition took place on Tuesday 30th April 2019. The 2019 test paper can be viewed here. GSAL students in Year 7 and Year 8 took part in the challenge. Around 300,000 students took part across the UK and worldwide this year. As … Continue reading Junior Mathematics Challenge 2019
Benjamin Bissett (Year 8) & Tom White (Year 13) On the 28th February 2019, GSAL and councillor Dan Cohen (Conservative councillor for Alwoodley) hosted and sponsored a talk by Tim Marshall, former diplomatic editor and foreign affairs editor for Sky News. Marshall, who was educated at Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley, spoke about how … Continue reading Review: Talk by Tim Marshall
Mr C Dodd - Staff Editor Harriet Blackman (Year 13) was runner-up in an A-Level French translation competition organised by the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Kent. Harriet translated a short passage on the theme of immigration written by contemporary author Patrick Chamoiseau from Martinique. Shared below are the French passage, described … Continue reading C’est Fantastique! French Translation Success
Mr C Dodd - Staff Editor The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses… out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.Muhammad Ali Welcome Welcome to The GSAL Journal. This new online publication is designed to be a space for students of all ages and abilities to share their … Continue reading TGJ Newsletter: May 2019
Mr C Dodd - Staff Editor Only three print issues of the VI Academic Extension Newsletter were published before it evolved into The GSAL Journal (TGJ). All content from the newsletter has been transferred online into TGJ and can be accessed via the drop-down menus above. VI Issue 1 (Binary 1) If a man neglects … Continue reading VI Academic Extension Newsletter
Mariam Shan - Year 12 LEAP Business Member Year 12 students bravely taking the LEAP into running their own business The Leeds Enterprise Advisory Programme (LEAP) is an opportunity to showcase your business acumen through running your own company during Year 12. You work in teams of up to 10 students selling almost anything you … Continue reading News From… LEAP Business Enterprise
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
Catherine Nicholas - Year 13 Gold D of E Participant GSAL students tested by challenging weather during Gold D of E practice At the start of half term the Year 12 Gold D of E participants embarked on our practice expedition in the Yorkshire Dales. On Day 1 we started with a refresher on map … Continue reading News From… Gold D of E Practice Expedition
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
Lauren McGaun - Year 13 MUN Member GSAL delegates dominate at the Model United Nations of Hamburg From Wednesday the 19th of September to Sunday the 23rd of September, a group of 11 students and 2 teachers attended the Model United Nations conference in Hamburg, Germany (MUNOH). With hundreds of delegates attending from countries all … Continue reading News From… MUN of Hamburg
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