Who killed Mr Kafai? That was the theme of Year 8’s last Enrichment Day this academic year.  We saw the scene of the crime, where Mr Kafai had been killed, and it was our task to analyse clues found using science activities such as blood spatter, chromatography and more.  One of the activities was match the fingerprints on some of the items found at the crime scene. We learnt about 8 different types of fingerprints and also found out what categories our own fingerprints fitted-into. The suspect that had the same fingerprint found at the crime scene was Mr Mohsin. The next activity was to match the chromatograms of Mr Kafai’s pen – and Mr Jones’s matched.  We also matched the murder weapon to the blood spatter – this was Mr Maju as the blood spatter had matched blood on the knife he uses for “educational” purposes! The next task was to identify the white powder found at the crime scene, and also do food tests on the stomach contents of each suspect to find out which matched the food found at the scene, and also to find what type of poison may have been added to Mr Kafai’s drink. The final activity was to use the microscope to match the hair, fibre and cheek cells found at the crime scene.  Overall, this Enrichment day was educational, and fun too, and I learnt many things.  I think Mr Jones committed the crime!

Shahzaib Latif

The HGS woodwind ensemble performed a number of pieces from their repertoire at Symphony Hall last night. Camara Talburt, Isaac Minto, Tommy Lawther, Kier Msuya, Anu Adeleye, Rohan, Karl Frater, Diren Gaddu, Hasnain Jafer conducted by woodwind specialist Charlotte Buxton played two jazz pieces and an original fusion composition in a packed  foyer before the main concert.

The Year 7 Cricket team have won the Aston Schools League and are also in the Birmingham Final of the Super 8 competition. Congratulations and good luck!