Gurdwara Trip
The Religious Studies department would like to thank the Gurdwara served by the Nishkam Sewak Jatha on the Soho Road for their kind hospitality during the visit of our Year 7 students. All of the students visited the Gurdwara over 3 days and listened carefully as a volunteer from the community spoke to them in detail about Sikh faith and the importance of Sewa. The boys had a tour of the place of worship and many were fascinated by the prayer hall in the dome at the top of the building, which gives amazing views over the city.
Young Musician 2014
Eight of our finest musicians went head-to-head on Friday 20th June in our Young Musician of the Year Competition. The judges were Mrs Miles (English teacher), Mrs Vaughan (Music teacher) and Mr Matharu (Birmingham Music Service).
The performers covered a wide range of different styles – from Miles Davies to Chopin’s well-known ‘raindrop prelude’ and Latin-American infused guitar pieces to complex Indian Classical rhythms. In total there were three pianists, two classical guitarists, one violist, one saxophonist and one tabla player. The judges were faced with eight very competent and worthy contenders, but there can only be two winners. After much deliberation the judges decided to crown Hamza Chaudhary Young Musician of the Year 2014 and Sahibpreet Bhamra Most Promising Young Musician 2014.
Congratulations to them both as well as all the other performers – it was a splendid occasion.
Year 9 Students selected for the Microsoft Kodu Kup Finals – 17 July 2014 Microsoft HQ UK
We are delighted that the following Year 9 Students; Max Henry, Ibrahim Hussain & Robert Frater (Team Seemakhawk) – have been shortlisted for this year’s National Microsoft Kodu Kup finals for their design and development of the game “Kodu Eruption”. The Dragons Den style finals will be take place on the 17th July at Microsoft HQ in Reading.
Please see the following links for more detail.
President Obama Endorsing Microsoft Kodu
Stuart Ball from Microsoft said:
“Congratulations on making it to the 12 finalists. To give you a sense of the scale of your achievement, 380,000 students have been using Kodu in the UK this year . The quality of the 160 games that were entered was outstanding and your games were voted the best by our judging panel.
But making the game was just the start. You now have the Kodu Kup UK 2014 final to compete in.”
Applications for September 2015 Entry
A reminder that the deadline for applications for the 11+ Exam for entry in September 2015 is 4 pm on 11th July 2014. The 11+ test date is 6th September 2014. Please click here for more details or visit the Grammar Schools in Birmingham website at www.birminghamgrammarschools.org
Applications can be done online or a hard copy of the application form and brochure can be collected from our Reception.
