HGS Under 12 Football team beat King Edward VI Aston 3 – 2 in the semi-finals of the Aston Cup recently. This success puts our Under 12 team into the Final against Perry Beeches 3. Finals day will be held at Bodymoor Heath next week. Good luck!
Girls from year 12 were taken to the “Women in Engineering and Computing” conference at Coventry University on Wednesday 5th March.
Handsworth Grammar School was the only School in the West Midlands to be invited to this prestigious event, which is aimed primarily at under graduate students.
The girls heard presentations from successful women who work for IBM, TATA, EON, and Rolls Royce.
They were also able to sit in a full size Harrier Jump Jet, which is located in the workshop of Coventry University.
The picture shows Maria Mahmood sitting in the cockpit of the Harrier Jet.
In celebration of World Book Day, the Librarians have created a display.
What is World Book Day?
World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.
We are now entering the public phase of our Fundraising Campaign and would like to give you some advanced notice of Receptions that will be taking place in May and June. Also we would welcome contact from any Parents who would like to be involved in the campaign as a volunteer. Please contact Santush Chaunkria our Campaign Manager on 0121 507 8272 or click here to send an email. Please remember that the aim of the campaign is to raise £500,000 towards our new Sixth Form Centre and future projects which will benefit all our Students as well as the wider community. Please click here to see the Fundraising area of the website for further details.
The word of the week commencing 3rd March 2014 is: Belligerent.
This means hostile and aggressive.
“the mood at the meeting was belligerent”
This display can be found in our Library.
It’s Pancake Day on Tuesday 4th March.
The canteen will be serving pancakes during both lunches.
2 pancakes with sauce: 67p
2 pancakes with ice cream: 87p
Following a recent (unannounced) Environmental Health check Handsworth Grammar School Catering department were awarded the top Food Hygiene rating of 5*. Congratulations!
The word of the week commencing 24th February 2014 is: Inferiority.
This means the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
“He always felt inferior around his brother.”
This display can be found in our Library.
As a result of our recent Non-Uniform day our Students and Staff raised over £1, 400 for local and national good causes. The funds will be divided between the following organisations:
The Kemp Hospice
Birmingham Soup Kitchen
Brain Tumour Society
Good Shout
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who took part in being a force for good.
HGS played host to a number of external organisations on Wednesday 12th February, who all came to speak to the 6th form students and engage them in different activities.
Year 12 students began work on their UCAS application for 2015 and then had a series of presentations from, Carl Smith of the West Midlands Fire Service, who spoke about the dangers and temptations facing young drivers.
Former student Keshav Bhat spoke about his work and about sexism among young people; Mrs Chandon our Psychology teacher spoke about domestic violence, and we also had two visitors from the accountancy firm Deloitte, who spoke about their company’s “Bright start” programme.
Year 13s were treated to presentations from James Seymour, director of Student recruitment at Aston University; Mr Duck our UCAS co-ordinator on applying for student finance, and then were allowed to choose a practical activity to take part in.
Students took part in pottery with our head of Art, Mr Lynch; took a yoga class with Mari from Handsworth Leisure Centre; did jewellery making with Estelle Bennet; took part in a “Cooking on a budget” lesson led by Shaleen Meelu, or did rock climbing at the West Bromwich Climbing centre, led by Mr Woodcock.
A great and memorable day was had by all.
