Spring Term Newsletter
The Spring term newsletter will be distributed over the next week but it can also be found in our publications area under newsletters.
Basketball Success
The recently reformed Basketball team at HGS are into the Key Stage 3 semi-finals of the North Birmingham Basketball League. The team recently beat Holyhead School 25-10. Good luck!
Warwickshire Indoor Cricket Finals
Both our Year 7 and Year 8 Indoor Cricket teams are in the Finals of the Warwickshire Indoor Cricket tournament which will be held at the Edgbaston Indoor Cricket School at Warwickshire County Cricket ground. Good luck!
Aston Schools Football League Champions
The Year 7 Football team are the newly crowned Aston Schools Football League Champions in their age group. This is a great achievement and a fitting way to end the term. Well done!
Word of the Week – Obsolete
The word of the week commencing 24th March 2014 is: Obsolete.
This means no longer produced or used; out of date.
“the disposal of old and obsolete machinery”
This display can be found in our Library.
Charity Fundraising Round Up
Staff and Students at Handsworth Grammar School successfully did their bit for Sport Relief last week. The global amount raised was over £1,650 on the day thus making the amount we have raised for various good causes this term £3,200. This means that the Staff and Students at HGS have raised over £9,200 to date for a variety of good causes such as Sport Relief, Children in Need, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Shelter this academic year alone. On Friday we saw a number of sporting challenges take place such as a Five a Side Football tournament, a Dodge Ball tournament, Netball tournament and a variation on Iron Man with a press up tournament. The “Press up Kings” were Rajan Parekh and Malik Hussein who won through the heats to the finals with an impressive 48 press ups and 64 press ups in a minute respectively. Well done to everyone involved for making it such a successful day.
HGS Online Maths
There’s always more maths to do on our site!
This year we added lots of new content to our Moodle VLE, as a parent you will be interested in the following summary:
- ACTIVE BOOK PAGE – Interactive GCSE textbook and additional homework and A/A* practice books
- GCSE REVISION AND PAST PAPER MATERIAL PAGE – GCSE past papers with solutions, mark schemes, teacher model solutions, extra practice sheets and much more
- AS/A2 LEVEL PAST PAPER PAGES – There are past paper packs which are in printer friendly reduced form, as well as links to AQA’s website for further materials
- ESSENTIAL MATHS TEXTBOOKS PAGE – All our KS3 books are now online as well as the associated additional homework books
- REVISION SHEET PAGES – we produce our own revision materials for all our tests and they can be found here with solutions.
As well as the above there are also:
- INDIVIDUAL TEACHER PAGES – sharing resources for your classes
- MATHS FUN PAGE – lots of interesting materials for our students to explore
I’m commonly asked by parents – what more can we do to support our child at home? Well, your answers are here. We have literally exponentially grown in our moodle site. From extra practice of daily work, to test preparation and finally examination materials – our site has everything you will ever need.
Here is a site map of our maths pages:
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Supporting your son in KS3/4:
I am always asked by parents ‘what more can we do at home’ or ‘where can I view my son’s homework’. Hopefully this short piece now gives you a full idea of just how much there is to do. With regard to homework your son has a login to MyMaths – form here you can see what they have been set, how they have been doing and whether homework has not been completed. Also, by going to the teacher pages you can see which other homework have been set.
G Dhillow
Head of Mathematics
Aberystwyth University Entrance Scholarship Competition Success
Our congratulations go to Moheen Amin in Year 13 who has been selected for a Merit Award in Human Geography and English Literature in the recent Entrance Scholarship competition at Aberystwyth University. The Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and are dependent on a candidate achieving a minimum mark in each paper, and the aggregate mark of both Subjects combined. Well done Moheen.
Aston Cup Finals
Both our Year 7 and Year 9 Football teams played in the Aston Cup Finals yesterday at Bodymoor Heath. Both teams played extremely well and showed much spirit and promise. Year 7 narrowly lost 4 – 3 to Perry Beeches 3 in a very close fought game. We had the upper hand for the majority of the game but were just beaten at the end. Year 9 won 3 – 0 against Broadway and put on a fantastic footballing display.
Our congratulations to both teams for doing so well and for maintaining the long tradition of Footballing excellence at Handsworth Grammar School.
Science in the community
On Tuesday 18th March HGS’s Science Department was proud to welcome pupils from our neighbouring Grove School. The visit was one part of the number of activities across the school in honour of National Science and Engineering Week. The visit was arranged by Mr Mohsin in conjunction with Ms Evington (Grove School) and the simple aim was to give the pupils of Grove School a small indication of what to expect in Secondary School Science.
The visit began with some basic health and safety instructions; how to behave in a lab, goggles, hair tied back, ties tucked in and most importantly for the pupils how to use a Bunsen Burner. The visit proceeded with Burning Magnesium, carrying out food tests and finding out exactly how loud a jelly baby can actually scream while it’s being eaten.
The underlying theme was releasing energy, energy in chemical reactions, in food, in alcohols and in the fuels we burn. The culmination of which was to set Ms Evington on fire, naturally under controlled laboratory environment and with a strict risk assessment.
The day proved to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience for staff and pupils alike and we look forward continuing the partnership between the schools next year during Science and Engineering Week.
Mr M Mohsin
