YOUNG students were given inspirational ‘food for thought’ at a school’s prizegiving ceremony.

The special guests at the Bury Grammar School for Girls awards evening were twin sisters Helen and Lisa Tse who both have MBEs for their services to the food and drink industry.

Helen and Lisa gave a speech to several hundred guests at the Bridgewater Hall on September 12, encouraging youngsters to pursue their dreams.

The sisters, who left the school in 1996, run the award-winning Sweet Mandarin Chinese restaurant in Manchester city centre.

They have won accolades for their entrepreneurial skills and have topped the Times Best Selling Cook Book List twice.

During their speech, Helen and Lisa urged pupils to act on ideas as early as possible quoting an old proverb that “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.”

Those comments were echoed by the school’s headmistress Jo Anderson, who looked back on a “hugely successful and enjoyable” 2015/16 academic year.

She reminded girls of her very first assembly, when she urged pupils to have a passion for success and be superb Bury Grammar girls.

“At the end of my first year as headmistress, I can wholeheartedly say that they have taken this advice to heart,” said Mrs Anderson.

Last month, The Bury Times reported that every student who sat GCSE exams in the summer passed, while one in every four grades is was an A*.

Mrs Anderson added: “Educational success is about finding self-fulfilment through a love of learning, discovering new passions and having the grounding to greet the next stage of your life with confidence.

“I am proud that our girls work hard at their studies and also play hard, think for themselves, hold deeply felt values about respecting others and go out into world with optimism.

“Their Bury Grammar education will live with them throughout their lives and will, I know, open doors to them for many years to come.”

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Kay Scholar 2016  Hannah Jolly

Scholarships:  Sophie Bradley (English); Alexandra Cross (English); Leila Abdalla (Music)

YEAR 7

Form Prizes

7A Olivia McCoy

7B Bhavini Patel

7C Fathiat Abdul-Quadri

The PE Prize  Rene Goosen

The Prize for Creative and Artistic Achievement  Madeleine Osborne

YEAR 8

Form Prizes

8A Mercy Akinyele

8B Isabel Sweeney

8C Clarissa Hui, Lucy Legg, Nehel Sharif, Amelia Busuttil, Isabella Taylor

The PE Prize  Lucy Legg

The Prize for Creative and Artistic Achievement   Serena Cape

The Prize for Effort and Progress   Ushba Khan

YEAR 9

Form Prizes

9A Ifeoluwa Dare who also is awarded a Bury Grammar School Girls KS3 Diploma Gold with Distinction, Molly Whitlow who also is awarded a Bury Grammar School Girls KS3 Diploma Gold with Distinction,

9B  Saba Khalil who also is awarded a Bury Grammar School Girls KS3 Diploma Gold with Distinction,

9C Bethany Bangbala who also is awarded a Bury Grammar School Girls KS3 Diploma Gold with Distinction,

Evenson Prize for Grammar  Anya Taylor who also is awarded a Bury Grammar School Girls KS3 Diploma Gold with Distinction,

The PE Prize  Eve Armstrong who also is awarded a Bury Grammar School Girls KS3 Diploma Gold with Distinction,

The Prize for Creative and Artistic Achievement   Charlotte Ferguson

The Prize for Effort and Progress   Matilda Conway

Bury Grammar School Girls KS3 Diploma

Gold with Distinction

Maria Akhtar, Zainab Arif, Iman Buksh,  Eleanor Edgar, Ellis Greenwood, Olivia Gordon, Olivia Groves, Molly Healy, Hope Hewart, Evie Higgins-Braddock, Hannah Holland, Hadiyah Imran, Scarlet Kearns, Sana Khalil, Meliyah Khan, Jasmine Lam, Emily Lancaster, Lydia Lucas, Isabel Parr, Janvi Patel, Sapnaben Patel, Olivia Mae Prince, Heledd Rimmer, Sacha Sangha, Zara Shahid, Katie Su, Samira Tasneem, Anya Taylor, Harriet Vaughan

Year 10

Year Prizes  Misba Ayaz, Maria Bracegirdle, Elizabeth Ealing, Kate Higgins, Isobel Lewis, Sophie Parker, Zahra Rezaei, Rachel Shepherd, Zoe Sklair, Mariana Stefani, Emily C Wilson

The PE Prize  Anna Baker

The Prize for Creative and Artistic Achievement   Amelia Lucas

The Prize for Effort and Progress   Charlotte Smith

Year 12

The Herbert Webb Memorial Prize  Amber Lowe, Livia Hutchings

The Biology Prize  Shivani Sinha

The Tse Prize for Business  Alexandra Meek

The Classical Civilisation Prize  Nikita Shroff

The Economics Prize  Olivia Lambert

The English Literature Prize  Harriet Farrell

The Jean Mullineaux Prize for French  Rebecca Yates who also is awarded Grade 6 Piano and Grade 6 Singing

The Elsie Taylor Prize for Geography  Zara Dunn-Cassidy

The General Studies Prize  Abigail Walker

The Government and Politics Prize  Georgia Mort

The History Prize  Morgan Woods

The Latin Prize  Nikita Shroff

The Rachel Ross Prize for Mathematics  Megan Parry

The Physics Prize  Danielle Gething

The Psychology Prize   Almaas Sharif

The Religious Studies Prize  Simran Tandon

The Theatre Studies Prize  Lily Butterworth

The Prize for Excellence in Sport  Zara Dunn-Cassidy

The Dorothy Lester Travel Scholarship  Zara Dunn-Cassidy

Swan Prize for Commitment to the School   Charlotte Greenhalgh

A levels

       Yasmin Baba The Sarah Alcock Prize for Mathematics, the J M Farrady Prize for Physics and Grade 8 Piano

Jennifer Buckley The Business Studies Prize

Emma Carter  The  Mellor Scholarship and the Henry Webb Memorial prize for Geography and the Orchestra Prize

Aqsa Choudary  The Psychology Prize

Isobel Clark The R P Calrow Prize and the Cecil Heap Memorial Prize for General Studies

Isabella Clayton The Victory Trophy and the Sports Captain’s Prize

Paige Coulthurst   The Politics Prize

Francesca Dack The Deputy Head Girl’s Prize

Georgina Dalton The Choir Prize

Victoria Fletcher The Barbara Powell prize for Music Performance , The John  Moores Prize for Good Citizenship and Grade 6 Piano

Caitlin Gillespie The ICT prize

Jennifer Holden The Eleanor Pemberton Cup for French and the German Prize

Laura Hudson The Geoffrey Gray Award for Achievement through Determination

Nina Kemp The Dorothy Lester Prize

Iqra Lord The Neild Prize for History

Elle McMahon The Deputy Sports Captain’s Prize

Charlotte Minnis The Religious Studies Prize

Katie Parton The Mellor Scholarship and the H T Farrar Prize for Biology

Alicia Pitt The Centenary Trophy for Service to the School

Sarah Ramadan The Samuel and Elizabeth Lord Prize for Chemistry

Isabel Renfrew The Canon Smith Prize for Service to the School

Hadis Reyhani The Kay Leaving Exhibition Prize, the A B C Oldroyd Prize for Chemistry and the Latin prize

Eliza Studholme  The Julie Ashworth Memorial Prize for Physical Geography and the McDonald Prize for Character

Rachel Towers The Alexandra Moore Poetry Prize and the James Ramsden prize for English Literature

Kaitlen Weaver The Computing Prize and the A B C Oldroyd Prize for Mathematics

Shikha Yadav The Economics Prize

Music Certificates

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and Trinity College London

Clarinet   Emily Haworth     Grade 7

Piano        Emily Winders     Grade 6

Clarinet    Bethany Rowe     Grade 6

TROPHIES

The Calrow Trophy awarded to the Year 11 form with the best overall GCSE results:     11C

The Charity Trophy  7C and 7A

The House Music Trophy Lester

The Hockey Trophy   Kitchener

The Netball Trophy   Kitchener

The Sports Day Cup   Lester

The Swimming Trophy   Lester

The Football Trophy   Kitchener and Perigo

The Cross Country Trophy   Perigo

The Rounders Trophy Lester

The Parents’ Association House Trophy  Lester

The Head Girl’s Prize  Katie Parton