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The Year 7 Football team are to be congratulated on winning the Aston League and we wish them luck in the West Midlands Futsal Championships to be held at the Futsal Arena later this week.

On Friday 31st March, seven students from our Biology class attended a Medical Conference on Haemochromatosis organised by the Haemochromatosis Society. We were warmly welcomed by the Society’s Chief Executive, Mr. David Head MBA, who introduced us to all the Doctors and Scientists in attendance.

Throughout the day, we listened to a variety of interesting lectures pertaining to current issues and advances in treatment and prevention of Haemochromatosis. This aided our understanding of DNA mutations, which is part of our A-level Biology course. The speakers included some world renowned names from various countries such as Professor Pierre Brissot, Dr Edward Ted Fitzsimons and Dr Naim Akhtar. One particularly relevant fact to our background was mention by Dr Patricia Bignall from John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, who pointed out that there is a gene prevalent among the Asian community that leads to a faster rate of iron overload – a condition commonly found amongst the younger Asian population. Furthermore, we found the doctors’ debate to be the most engaging part of the conference as they debated whether Transferin Saturation or Serum Levels were the best method of diagnosing Haemochromotosis. 

As we were the only students at the conference, we had the opportunity to speak with professors, such as Prof. Tim St. Pierre from France who was delighted with the interest we showed in the Biological Sciences. We were also able to ask numerous other professionals from the various fields of medicine about their experiences and career prospects. This proved to be inspirational for those of us wishing to pursue Science related careers.

Towards the end of the conference we were filmed and asked to express our opinions on the Haemochromatosis Society. During the exposition of the conference, our understanding of the pathology of Haemochromotosis improved and allowed us to better appreciate the important work  done by the Society in raising awareness and bringing together experts from different fields to further our understanding of this hereditary disorder.

Finally, we are grateful to Mr Ahmed and the Haemochromatosis Society for providing us with this unique experience.

BY: Pavan Chahal, Fahana Khanom & Ajwad Ilyas

On Thursday 16th March students and staff had the opportunity to bring their favourite characters to life by coming to school dressed as a fictional character. 

A variety of costumes were in evidence and the overall winner was Raees Tariq (9G). We raised £1,000 for the World Book Day charity – Book Aid International -through our non-uniform day and a book and cake sale hosted by 9Alfred. Every £2 we raised provides a new book for a library in Africa so that means we raised enough to buy . . . 500 books! Every year they send one million new books to libraries, schools, universities, hospitals and refugee camps. We have made a significant contribution to their annual target!

Thank you to Ms Bullock for providing the book themed cup cakes. Big thanks to 9Alfred for organising posters, book collections and donations and giving up their lunchtime to sell books for a very good cause.

Ms Brown (English Department)