Poole Grammar School

The Poole Grammar School robotics team was thrilled to receive an invitation from Parvalux Electric Motors their sponsor, to showcase robotics at the Bournemouth Air Festival.

For three days, a group of educators and students inspired the upcoming generation of STEM enthusiasts. Both the competition game field and the robot, build by the students to compete in the First Tech Challenge UK, were on display. PGS Robotics would like to express their gratitude to Parvalux for providing them with the opportunity to participate as well as all the help and support they provide.

Over the weekend we exhibited the Bournemouth Air Festival in the STEM Village. On our stand, we had activities for visitors to get involved with, and this helped to engage a lot of young minds, spark their curiosity, get them thinking about STEM, and inspire the future generation of engineers.

Around 27,000 people visited the STEM Village, and a lot of them were already interested in STEM, so we could further their interest with our STEM motor kits and interactive robotics demonstrations from Poole Grammar School.

It was an absolute pleasure to present Parvalux to the public and talk about what we do.

We have been advised that there have been some changes to the 450 bus timetable (Wallisdown & Alder Rd to Poole Grammar School). See below for the updated timetable for September 2024.

A big well done to our Year 11 students on a really impressive set of GCSE results. We hope you have all gained what you need for your next stage in life - hopefully our 6th Form

Another year of fantastic A Level results for our students. A huge congratulations to our 'class of 2024' - they have done themselves so proud and we are excited for their next steps and cannot wait to see what they go on to achieve. 🎉🎉

The PSA are holding a pre-loved uniform sale in the Main Hall on Saturday 17 August, between 10am and 12 noon.

They advise that lots of items have been donated, so please do come along to buy your supplies!

Many thanks to everybody who donated, helped out, banged a drum, delivered pastries and offered support to our drummers last weekend. Following a gruelling 24 hours of drumming our students raised in excess of £4242 for Save the Children UK Amazing effort all. 👏👏

Our 24hr Drumathon concluded in fine style yesterday, well done to all involved 🥁👏👏👏, a very impressive £3419 raised so far. There is still time to donate, proceeds to Save the Children via Parentpay or https://www.justgiving.com/page/pgsdrumathon4?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fpgsdrumathon4&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_campaign=pfp-whatsapp

The Diana Award is hosting a FREE 'Anti-Bullying 101' online workshop on 18 July at 6.30pm. This is for parents and carers who want to learn more about the ways in which you can support your child and spot the signs of bullying behaviour.

Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FZiZoZbCS8CCAF_SX3sv4g?mc_cid=dd0e8ab80b&mc_eid=6727bfc0db #/registration

For any parent that signs up, this contributes to the school's Anti-Bullying Ambassador's community badge, so thank you!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Anti-Bullying 101 workshop for parents and carers . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join our Anti-Bullying 101 online FREE 1-hour workshop from The Diana Award. This is for parents and carers who want to learn more about the ways in which you can support your child and spot the signs of bullying behaviour.

The countdown is on until our Yr7-Yr13 students take part in Saturday's Drumathon to raise money for Save the Children.

The students will drum for an incredible 𝟮𝟰 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 so if you are able to make a donation to boost their last few days of preparation, they would be very grateful. Every donation counts, however big or small.

Donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/pgsdrumathon4

Huge congratulations to Year 7 students, Sam and Alex, who were winners in our recent Science Fair, with their pinhole camera design.
Students had six weeks to come up with, and test, a hypothesis ready to present their ideas to the rest of the school.

Sam, Alex - and runners-up, Fraser and Sawyer - will all receive a Dominos pizza lunch delivered to school on Wednesday.

Ms Butler, who organised the fair, said: “The students involved should all be very proud of themselves – the way that all of them were able to talk about their research was very impressive, and made judging a difficult task.”

Our Year 6 transfer day was a huge success with students enjoying everything from sports activities to science experiments. As the day concluded, students and parents had the opportunity to buy products made by the Year 10 DT Entrepreneurs. Bradley was their best customer - buying one of everything!

Only 3 days to go! Come and join us between 5 and 7pm and see the fantastic opportunities we have to offer your child.

PLEASE SHARE - Not long to go until our Open Evening and we're excited to welcome Year 5 students to our school. There's no need to book, just come along next Tuesday - we look forward to seeing you.

To find out more about the Admissions process, visit: https://poolegrammar.com/the-school/admissions-and-appeals/year-7-application-process/

A reminder that school finishes at 12.30pm on Tuesday 2 July due to our Open Evening. A communication has been sent to all parents and carers that includes all the details regarding Tuesday, and other key dates.

PLEASE SHARE - Not long to go until our Open Evening and we're excited to welcome Year 5 students to our school. There's no need to book, just come along next Tuesday - we look forward to seeing you.

To find out more about the Admissions process, visit: https://poolegrammar.com/the-school/admissions-and-appeals/year-7-application-process/

We're excited to have our musicians perform for you in just over two weeks. The programme will include performances from our Big Band, Jazz Band and cast members of 'Into the Woods'. It will also be the Big Band's last performance before they play at the Swanage Jazz Festival.

Purchase your tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/poole-grammar-school

Our DT Entrepreneur Scheme 2024 had a very success start on Friday with sales over £500 taken at the tills. Last year we were very proud to donate £500 from this scheme to Macmillan Cancer Support. Our thanks go to Parvalux for supporting this scheme.

Votes are open until Friday! We'd love your nomination. Search by typing in Poole Grammar Trust or number 306310. Thank you in advance for your support :)

We need your votes! Movement for Good’s third special draw of the year will award £5,000 to 10 charities working with young people.

Please mark your calendars as the nomination window opens on Monday 17 June and runs for five days only, finishing on Friday 21 June. Please can you vote via Movement for Good 👇(and search for Poole Grammar School Trust) – the more nominations gives us more of a chance of winning.

https://youth.movementforgood.com/

Some of our Year 8/9 language students had a fascinating online session from GCHQ with 3 speakers talking about how they learned their languages, whether at school or from scratch at university, and how they use them in their current jobs. A big thank you to GCHQ

We need your votes! Movement for Good’s third special draw of the year will award £5,000 to 10 charities working with young people.

Please mark your calendars as the nomination window opens on Monday 17 June and runs for five days only, finishing on Friday 21 June. Please can you vote via Movement for Good 👇(and search for Poole Grammar School Trust) – the more nominations gives us more of a chance of winning.

https://youth.movementforgood.com/

A huge well done to Charlie Gosling who was the solo bugle player at the 2 main events along Poole Quay to commemorate the 80th year of the D-day landings. A fine achievement and very proud moment.

We are very proud of our recent Ofsted inspection report. Read the full report here - https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136850

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24316847.poole-grammar-school-rated-good-ofsted/

Poole school maintains 'good' Ofsted report Poole Grammar School has maintained its 'good' rating in the latest Ofsted report.

Congratulations to our Year 7 school winners of the Freestyle Poetry By Heart 2024 competition. These students went on to represent the school in the national-level competition with their impressive performances of their chosen poems. Well done to all who entered 👏

Our Year 9 MTB club enjoyed a superb time trial session in the sunshine at Moors Valley yesterday