The Fischer Family Trust (FFT) have recently published the performance data for Secondary schools across the UK. This data demonstrates the amount of Progress achieved across all subject and groups within a school. Please click on the two links below to view the Progress data for HGS as well as an explanation as to how the process of Progress 8 works in practice.
On Tuesday 6th October twenty five AS Geographers and teaching staff jumped in the minibuses to make their way up the A5 to Snowdonia which is one of the annual trips for students of AS Geography.
We were braced for some awful weather: the forecast even included hail which would have been terrible during our walk around Cwm Idwal, where we studied the glacial landforms and processes in this beautiful and unique part of the Snowdonia National Park. Pupils were well equipped for bad weather but we dodged the worst of it and even had a spot of sunshine mixed in with occasional mist which gave the landscape an eerie but beautiful feel.
A few arêtes, diffluent cols and roche moutonees later and we were back in the minibus just in time for a wintery down-pour. This was very satisfying as we made our way to the comfort of our lodgings at the Plas Curig Bunkhouse, a very cosy and welcoming place to stay.
We then headed to Betws-y-Coed where, unbeknownst to us, all the chip shops close on a Tuesday! Thankfully, the local pub was able to cater for us at short notice and some pupils, who shall not be named, enjoyed two main meals! Clear signs that they had worked very hard that day!
The weather was less kind to us on Wednesday when our hopes for a break in the cloud on the summit of Snowdon were dashed! But pupils got a good sense of this wet and cold environment and were able to glimpse at some glacial troughs, ribbon lakes and corries on our way down via the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
Many thanks to Ms Wharton, Mr Keane and Mr Griffiths for their help making the trip a great success.
Mr D Bird
Our Year 11 Basketball team played and beat Aston University Engineering Academy 35 – 17 last night. Amar Rupra (who is in Year 8!) made a huge contribution to the scoreboard as he played with great skill and fluidity. A great team effort overall – well done!
This term has seen considerable success with a number of fundraising initiatives and HGS has raised over £5,250 for good causes. These include Children in Need and Riding for the Disabled as well as a number of House Charities like the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research.
Well done!
Over 150 students took part in the recent House Photography competition.
The theme this year was “My Community” and the winners in each category were selected by the senior leadership team of the school. A number of other entries were judged as “highly commended”.
All entrants were awarded achievement points and the winners received additional points.
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The winners in each category
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Year 7 winner: Mohammed Rayyan (7A)
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KS3 winner: Abhisheik Kailey (8N)
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KS4 winner: Nikhil Gandham (10G)
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Sixth Form winner: Emdadul Ali
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Staff winner: Ms E Brown
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Also highly commended:
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Zavar Ul Haq (13 MHA)
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Yashryan Mahi (8W)
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Cameron Amin (8W)
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Marwa Sheriff (12 AFI)
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Mohammed Zayn (10 N)
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Arjun Borhara (12 DNI)
The results are in from the 2015 Senior Mathematics Challenge where we had a good number of entrants – especially from our Year 11 Mathematicians. HGS attained six Silver Certificates and thirty Bronze Certificates which is a tremendous effort. Our six Silver winners were:
Hamid Ali, Nathan Bell, Isaac Rafiq, Zeshan Kian, Safran Hossain and Harry Virk.
Congratulations to all who took part.
