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CHRISTMAS CHEER!
Another jam-packed Christmas concert season at Withington came to a particularly festive close with the Senior Christmas Concert. It is always a hugely special event and a culmination of months of hard work and dedication from the students and staff involved in the near 20 ensembles within the Senior School.
With over 200 students taking part, we were treated to a huge variety of Christmas classics: a comically percussive take on Sleigh Ride by the Percussion Ensemble, an exciting string arrangement of Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas by the Senior String Ensemble, and a particularly jazzy Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer by the Senior Flute Ensemble, among a whole host of other fabulous performances throughout the evening.
Dear Readers A very warm welcome to our Autumn bulletin, compiled at the end of a very successful term for our school. In the last few weeks, we have enjoyed a fantastic series of special events which have seen our school community at its very best – energetic, purposeful, caring and hugely talented. From our very own Strictly Come Dancing competition to the Withington led Manchester Sings, our Junior School and Senior School Christmas Concerts, Carol Service, Senior Citizens Party, and our alumnae reunion for Class of 2024, we have seen the Withington magic at work. It really is a most wonderful time of the year! Within our bulletin you will read of an outstanding range of activity, endeavour, and achievement throughout this term. From the very first days back in September when we welcomed our new pupils, their parents, and new staff to the school, all the way through the first half term which included fabulous trips to France and Italy, and now to our festive celebrations, our pupils and staff have worked together to sustain great progress in all aspects of the girls’ education, inspired by our school’s heritage and ethos, and also making their own Withington history through their commitment and creativity in so many spheres of school life. I could not be more proud of them and of what our school makes possible. We are delighted and honoured to have received the accolade of Sunday Times Independent School of the Year for Academic Excellence in the North West, the sixth consecutive Sunday Times award for Withington, including North West Independent Secondary School Continued...