The word of the week commencing 2nd November 2015 is: Procrastinate

This means delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

“the temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out”

The display is produced by the student librarians.

This display can be found in our Library.

Football

The Year 11 Football team recently beat Aston University Engineering Academy 10 – 2 in an Aston League match. Congratulations.

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British Gymnastics

Kai Ho in 9 William is a National Level Gymnast for the British Squad. He trains 5 days a week at Earls Gymnastics Club as well as attending regular training camps at Lilleshall Training Centre in Telford where he is coached by the British Coaching team. At the recent British National Level Competition he attended he was first overall in the Parallel Bars (making him British Champion in his age group) and was third in the overall competition. Kai is aiming to get into Team GB for International competitions. Congratulations and good luck.

We have launched the SHARP (School Help Advice Reporting Page) System. This is to enable any student to help a friend or someone they know who might be experiencing problems in or out of School. Please click on the link below to find out more information. There is also a link from the homepage of the website.

http://handsworthgs.thesharpsystem.com/

Tuesday 13^th October saw the whole school off timetable as a range of activities took place on the first Enrichment Day of the new term.

The Sixth Form students were particularly busy with a number of guest speakers visiting the school to speak to our students and they also took part in a variety of activities throughout the day.

Year 12 students heard presentations from Keshav Bhatt a former HGS student who now has a social enterprise organisation called Revolution Hive. Our school business manager, Mr Gareth Morgan, himself a former naval officer spoke to the students about the wonderful opportunities available in the armed services. Zoe Boon and Catriona Severns from accountants EY, spoke about school leaver and graduate opportunities within their company. Fire fighter Ian Sturmey from Sheldon Red Watch gave a graphic and occasionally harrowing description of the effects of reckless and dangerous driving among young people. Two of our 6^th Form tutors, Mrs Chandan and Mr Dhillow led some work on domestic abuse, and made our students think carefully about preconceptions they may have held.

Year 13 students heard presentations by Dr Liese Perrin, from Warwick University who spoke about her academic career and the opportunities which she has had following her Humanities degree. David Maxwell from the University of Aberystwyth, an old friend of this school, gave advice on personal statements and the UCAS process and Beth Crossfield and former HGS student Manraj Dhanda spoke about their work with City Year UK, in Handsworth.

In the afternoon, Year 13 students took part in a range of activities from ”cooking on a budget”, yoga, rock climbing and jewellery making.  Great fun was had by all and the Food Technology department became a very popular part of the school, as students tried out the various foods prepared by our students under the direction of Head of D&T, Miss Bullock. Year 12 took part in a treasure hunt around Birmingham which tested their skills of collaboration and resilience!

Mr Conway

More photos from the day can be found in the photo gallery.

Our YPP Team recently won a bronze award as part of their work with the Handsworth Association of Schools.