The word of the week commencing 13th July 2015 is: Truculent.
This means eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
“the truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports”
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We are delighted to make the following appointments for next academic year:
Head Boy: Adam Saleem
Head Girl: Priya Badhan
Deputy Head Boy: Dilraj Hothi
Deputy Head Girl: Jardel Robinson-Hylton
Chair of School Council: Amar Patel
We wish all our Prefects every best wish as they take up their appointments for next academic year.
We have recently published the following items:
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Members of the YPP of Handsworth Association of Schools were selected to visit London, as part of their ongoing learning in order to gain an understanding of how government operates in both the House of Commons and House of Lords. Their guide escorted them to St James’s Park after a visit to Buckingham Palace. They then walked down the Mall, enjoyed a view of House Guards Parade and Oliver Cromwell’s Statue and finally had a detailed guided tour of the House of Commons/ House of Lords. The information was truly enlightening and ended with a question and answer session. The boys were a real credit to HGS.
Adan George recently went on tour to Porto, Portugal with West Bromwich Albion FC Under 13 team. 24 teams were involved in the tournament as well as West Bromwich such as Liverpool, Fulham, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. Adan scored in 6 out of the 8 games which made him the second top goal scorer. It was a great tour and Adan gained much valuable experience.
As part of the Religious Studies course on Sikhism, year 7 students visited the Gurdwara served by Nishkam Sewak Jatha on the Soho Road. The boys had been studying the concept of ‘sewa’ (selfless service) in the classroom and the trip enabled them to see ‘sewa’ in action. We were told about the history of the Gurdwara and many of the activities that take place there. The students were taken to the roof of the Gurdwara and they were able to visit the ‘dome’. It was an extremely memorable trip and we thank the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha for their hospitality and Mrs Chandan for being a fabulous guide.
The word of the week commencing 6th July 2015 is: Reconciliation.
This means the restoration of friendly relations.
“his reconciliation with your uncle”
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Thursday 9th July 2015
6:00pm
An evening of music
at
Handsworth Grammar School
Tickets available from Finance Office
£3.00 adult
£1.00 child
When we arrived at Whitemoor Lakes, we got shown around the centre. It was huge so it took us up to lunch when we had amazing fish and chips that everybody loved despite having to wait ages for it. We had spent a few minutes making our beds before lunch so we wouldn’t have to do it later. Everyone went back to their dorms to get ready for the next activities. We had canoeing so we had to put on clothes we didn’t mind getting wet. We practised on the canoes and then played a game. The instructors would throw a ball and we would have to row to it and pick it up to get the points but, there was a catch… we had to do a forfeit for the points. The points went up by five each time and the forfeits were harder the higher the points. The forfeits ended up being so intense that the only option was to run into the water as a forfeit. My lodge were rewarded with cake after the long day we’d had (plus it was Veer and Dominik’s birthday).
The next day we had 5 activities instead of just 1. We started with abseiling and the zip wire which everyone said was fun. I discovered my fear of heights… Problem solving was simple enough. We had to try and get our whole group to balance on a massive see-saw for 8 seconds. The solution was to lean to the side that was going up. We also had to get everyone onto a small platform, through a spiders web (don’t ask) and to get across a wall with poles and ropes. Next we had fencing and it took us a long time to get all the kit on. We had to wear helmets, padding, special jackets and a glove on your strong hand. Every time George (our instructor) shouted ‘engarde’ we would get into the engarde position and shout it back. It was really fun. Mr. Mohsin organised a small five-a-side football tournament for us. It was really tiring… all we had left was the campfire. The campfire was one of the best parts of the trip. We sang funny songs, played silly games and drew our moon for the moon club (yet again, don’t ask).
The final day was sad. We started with raft building which ended up with our whole raft falling apart and us all falling off. We had archery which was great fun. The last activity was the hardest, most treacherous one of them all… team games. We played the craziest games and had lots of fun. Overall Whitemoor Lakes is the best trip I’ve had in yr7 so far…
Samuel Grego, 7A
On Thursday 25th June 2015, 20 avid music students, ranging from Year 8 to Year 10, accompanied Mr Ward and Ms Vaughan to Birmingham Symphony Hall to enjoy a concert conducted by the assistant conductor, Alpesh Chauhan. Alpesh was once a student at our school, so it was a privilege to meet with him before he was due to conduct at 2:15pm
We were treated to a very interesting and diverse choice of pieces on the program that afternoon, including some pieces that you would not expect. We were introduced to the concert with ‘Richard Stauss’ Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments, a very calming way to start the concert. The suite was divided into four movements. We were then treated to Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony in C, played by an ensemble of string.
After a short interval the concert continued with Steve Reich’s Music for pieces of wood, a most peculiar piece. It had a solid, complex rhythms performed by 4 players tapping wooden claves. It was greeted by an enthusiastic, albeit slightly sarcastic, ‘Bravo!’ We then heard John Cage’s First Construction in Metal. Although it was a crowd pleaser for us students, it undoubtedly shook some of the older audience members who clearly took a dislike to the unique piece we had heard.
We them concluded the concert with Mussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition, featuring the graceful, slow then brisk, reoccurring theme, ‘Promenade’. We enjoyed the 10-movement suite immensely.
I would like to thank Ms Vaughan for organising the trip, and Mr Ward, Head of Music, for accompanying us to this trip. I’m sure that if an opportunity like this came up again, we would all like to go. I would also like to thank Alpesh Chauhan for coming to meet us before the concert and treating us to this concert. We all wish him good luck continuing as assistant conductor and perhaps one day, become principle conductor!
Brandon Masih 9H
