Our annual Prize giving was a special occasion and we welcomed Mr Patrick Burns, the BBC Chief Political Correspondent for the Midlands as our Principal Guest. He spoke about the opportunities a School like ours affords its students and encouraged them to get involved in all that we have on offer such as the House system, sport, drama, debating and music. He was pleased to note the progress made at Handsworth Grammar School over the past year. It was a lovely event and we enjoyed meeting so many families as we celebrated the success of our School community.

More photos from the evening can be found in our photo gallery.

Our Year 9 Football team played and beat Holyhead 2-1 in the Aston League. We are currently sitting at the top of the League – congratulations.

Two of our Year 9 boys travelled to Edgbaston recently for a Warwickshire County Cricket trial. We await the outcome of the trials with anticipation as they played at District level last season – good luck.

Our Under 16 Basketball team played and beat Aston University Engineering Academy 34-32 recently – congratulations.

DofE details for assessed expedition. 17/10/15 – 18/10/15

Saturday 17^th

Start at Malvern Link Rail Station – WR14 1SW

Camp at Marlbank Inn Campsite – WR13 6NA

Sunday 18^th

Expedition ends at Colwall Rail Station – WR13 6RN

Start times Saturday (time you should arrive at Malvern Link Rail Station)

It will be participant’s responsibility to make sure they are at the train station on time.

Train times to and from Birmingham, taken from www.thetrainline.com

Tickets:

Off-peak return £7.65

Any time return £8.05

Click here to meet the new Senior Prefect Team.

During the past year the Computing and Multimedia department have collaborated with the University of Birmingham on a number of initiatives including participating in the University of Birmingham’s Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme. This programme entailed a final year undergraduate Computer Science student visiting Handsworth Grammar for half a day per week for one term, primarily to support KS5 Computing students develop their Java Programming skills.

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Robot Wars – Taster Day

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During the summer, sixth form computing student Adreese Ashfaq, attended an introduction to computing Taster Day at the University of Birmingham.  The ‘hands on’ workshop began with the forming of small teams to create and program an armoured robot using Lego Mindstorms. Once the robot was assembled and programed to battle and defend itself, it was entered into a Robots War Tournament. Overall the day was very enjoyable and helped to increase the students’ knowledge of computer programming within a university setting.

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Computer Science Decoded – Master Class

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Two KS3 students from Handsworth Grammar were accepted to take part in the unique workshops of ‘Computer Science Decoded’ at the University of Birmingham. These Masterclasses were hands-on and interactive extracurricular sessions led by top experts from academia and industry for talented computer science students across the country. The aim was to open the eyes of young people to the excitement and value of computer science and was the first of its kind in Birmingham. Congratulations to Ismail Hussaain and Danyal Iqbal, both of whom were awarded certificates from the Royal Institution of Great Britain Computer Science Masterclasses.

If you are interested in attending a Computing Master class at the University of Birmingham or Aston University please see your ICT teacher or Mr King for further details.