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Newman University Visit

Eight year 12 students attended a psychology taster morning at Newman University on Monday 4th July.  The trip provided the students with an insight into studying Psychology at University.  The students attended two lectures; one on health psychology and the other on developmental psychology where they learnt about disease prevention interventions and the development of attachments in children.  Students learnt about the UCAS process and were given a tour of the campus.  The students also learnt about the career propsects of students who study Psychology at University.  The trip proved to be both insightful and informative.

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Year 9 Football Success

The HGS Year 9 Football team celebrated winning the Aston League for the third year on the bounce this week whilst at the same time being crowned Birmingham Futsal Champions for their age group. Congratulations to the team and their coach Mr Nichols.

Y9 Football Team 2016

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Senior Prefect Team 2016/17

The following are to be congratulated on their appointments for 2016/17:

Head Girl: Felicia Akanbi

Head Boy: Josef Feiven

Deputy Head Girl: Anisa Farooq

Deputy Head Boy: Tukeer Hussain

Chair of School Council: Zara Imran

We wish them all the best in their new roles.

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The Bridge – Issue 20

The latest edition of The Bridge Magazine is now available. Please click here to view it.

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Young Writers of the Year

The English Department wishes to congratulate the 32 students who have been successful in having work published by ‘Young Writers’. The competition receives thousands of entries across the UK. It is, therefore, an excellent achievement that 32 students have had their writing published.

We will be looking to enter students in future competitions! We will keep you posted.

Students with published writing:

Mohammed AhmadMohammed AkramMuhammad Ali
Arjen AhmedNayan DeyJanak Gill
Jason GuJawad HabibHasnain Jafer
Adnan KalimIsmaeel MahmoodKamran Miah
Ismail MohammedSahil MuftiSharyar Muhammed
Wasif MumtazAahil NaveedAbdullah Naveed
Vyom PatelShay ParekhNabidur Rahman
Fahad RehmanTanzeel SaeedAadam Saleem
Aaryan Sandhulkhlas SayedZaryam Shaker
Balpreet SinghWilliam SmithDevjot Surmay
Danveer VagreeIsmaeel Yusuf

Young Writers of the Year (1)

Some of the students in 7W who are now published writers.

Young Writers of the Year (2)

The lucky students in year 9 who have had their work published.

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PTA – Shop2Drop

Please see below for details of the PTA Shop2Drop event:

PTA-Shop2Drop

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Birmingham Cup Semi-Final Success

The Year 9 Cricket team beat King Edward VI Aston by 8 wickets in the semi-final of the Birmingham Cup. HGS bowled KE Aston out for 83 including 5 run outs. Captain Ibrahim Qayyum led the chase scoring 24 runs. Next stop: Finals Day! Congratulations.

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Birmingham Schools’ Ensembles

Congratulations to Camara Talburt (Yr 9) and Joe Feiven (Yr 12) who have been accepted into two of the top Birmingham Schools’ Ensembles. Camara auditioned for the Birmingham Schools Training Jazz Ensemble but was actually given a place in the main Jazz Ensemble. Likewise, Joe auditioned for the Birmingham Schools’ Concert Orchestra but was offered a place in the Symphony orchestra.

The Birmingham Schools’ Jazz Ensemble comprises 18 performers and is directed by Dr. John Ruddick who is the founder and director of the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra – one of the UK’s top Big Bands. Sir Simon Rattle is the Patron of the Birmingham Schools’ Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra’s conductor is Michael Seal who is also associate conductor of the CBSO. The orchestra has performed in the Royal Festival and the Royal Albert Halls in London, as well as the Adrian Boult and Symphony Halls in Birmingham. Recent concert tours have included Barcelona (2010), Estonia (2012) and Germany in 2014.

With wish them every success in their new ensemble.

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Year 12 Physicist of the Year

Congratulations to Mohsin Gandhi who has received recognition as Handsworth Grammar School’s ‘Physicist of the Year’, awarded for outstanding attainment in his studies.  Prizes were provided by the Ogden Trust and were awarded by Professor Martin Freer, Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy, at an evening ceremony at Birmingham University.  Recipients, together with their guests, enjoyed a tour, refreshments and a talk on Astrophysics during the event.

Mr Jones

Year 12 Physicist of the Year

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Chemistry Lecture at Aston University

On Wednesday 29th June, 29 other students and I from Year 9 went to Aston University to hear a Chemistry Lecture. During the lecture, we saw many different experiments which mainly showed the changes of states of matter and how we use energy to make electricity. I learnt many different things, such as why carbon dioxide cannot be a liquid unless it is under a lot of pressure. The most exciting experiment was the dry ice experiment. The lecturer put dry ice into a tub of water and we saw how the solid carbon dioxide sublimed and became carbon dioxide in its gaseous form which then escaped from the water. I found this fascinating to watch. The most enjoyable moment of the day was when the Lecturer was showing and explaining to us how lowering the temperature decreases the resistance of a wire. He showed us with an experiment. He put a coil of copper wire attached to a light and a power source into a bowl of liquid nitrogen. The longer it was in there, the brighter the light became. We found out that it got brighter because the resistance of the wire was lowered.  It was a great day and a very interesting lecture.

Ryanvir Raulia 9H

Aston Uni Chemistry Lecture