Citizenship Award
Our YPP Team recently won a bronze award as part of their work with the Handsworth Association of Schools.
Sports Round Up
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.
Word of the Week – Foist
The word of the week commencing 12th October 2015 is: Foist.
This means impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on.
“she had no desire to have an elderly relative foisted on her”
The display is produced by the student librarians.
This display can be found in our Library.
DofE Expedition Details
DofE details for assessed expedition. 17/10/15 – 18/10/15
Saturday 17th
Start at Malvern Link Rail Station – WR14 1SW
Camp at Marlbank Inn Campsite – WR13 6NA
Sunday 18th
Expedition ends at Colwall Rail Station – WR13 6RN
Start times Saturday (time you should arrive at Malvern Link Rail Station)
| Group 1: Suhayb Ali Jordan Calder Max Henry Bilal Khalid Salah Mirza Marcus Grandison-Morris
8.40 am | Group 2: Tegh Gill Rehan Habib Siraj Habib Sufyaan Irfan Sulamain Mahmood Mohammed Waqar
9.00 am |
| Group 3: Ken Ho Zubair Javed Suraj Sani Imaad Ud-Deen Adaam Varsani Sahil Karra
9.20 am | Group 4: Arrandeep Bola Shoaib Farooque Kiertan Lalli Zoeb Mobeen Hassan Nawaz Muhammed Nazakat
9.40 am |
| Group 5: Sandeep Chada Amarpal Narotra Bilal Nasir Mohammed Numaan Rajen Parekh Ibraaheem Tariq
10.00 am |
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
| Saturday | ||||
| Bham New Street(Depart) | 7.01 | 7.49 | 8.49 | |
| Bham Snow Hill (Depart) | 9.13 | |||
| Malvern(Arrive) | 8.22 | 8.41 | 9.41 | 10.26 |
| Changes | 1 Smethwick Galton Bridge (7.14) | 0 | 0 | 1 Worcester Foregate Street (10.18) |
| Sunday | |||||
| Malvern (Depart) | 15.35 | 16.40 | 17.09 | 18.40 | 19.14 |
| Bham New Street (Arrive) | 17.37 | 18.37 | 19.37 | 20.37 | |
| Bham Snow Hill (Arrive) | 16.36 | ||||
| Changes | 0 | 1 Worcester Shrub Hill (17.57) | 0 | 1 Worcester Foregate Street (19.49) |
Tickets:
Off-peak return £7.65
Any time return £8.05
Routes into Languages
One of our pupils, Jasbinderbir Singh, was recently featured in the Routes into Languages newsletter. The newsletter can be viewed by clicking this link.
Aston League Football Success
HGS Year 9 Football team played and beat Broadway 8-0 yesterday in the Aston League. (I. Stanjanovic 3, K. Matinyadze 2, H. Raza 1, A. George 1 and A. Mahmood 1)
Congratulations!
UoB Master Classes & Taster Days
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.
Computing News
To support the Computing & Multimedia departments teaching of its Computer Science Curriculum for the 21st Century, we are pleased to announce our membership of The Oracle Academy.
Oracle is the second largest software company in the world with an annual turnover of 38.8 billion US dollars. The Oracle Academy has 2.5 million students globally and is the defacto standard for Database design, development & Java Programming.
As members of the Academy our students will benefit from access to leading computing educational resources that are engaging, up-to-date, industry-relevant and also gain industry-specific skills.
Our Key Stage 5 Information Technology & Computer Science students will have direct access to a wealth of independent learning resources and online access to ‘Industry Experts.’ The Key Stage 3 curriculum will also be enhanced via the introduction of ‘Green foot’ & ‘Alice’ object based interactive Java development environments.
Word of the Week – Incredulous
The word of the week commencing 5th October 2015 is: Incredulous.
This means unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true.
“Many people were incredulous that such a small fire could have caused so much damage.”
The display is produced by the student librarians.
This display can be found in our Library.
