Adil Ray who left HGS to study at University in 1992 returned to his old School to give some careers advice to its current Students. Adil gave two short presentations to a packed Big School firstly of Sixth Formers and secondly Key Stage 3 Students. He then took a wide range of questions which focussed upon which House he was in whilst at HGS to the inspiration he draws on for character development in his television series. He provided some excellent advice on making the most of the opportunities that HGS provides and following what one is passionate about whether that be academic, musical, artistic or sporting. He posed for a number of pictures and signed many autographs for the Students who thoroughly enjoyed meeting him. It was wonderful to welcome Adil back to HGS and Mr Jones was able to present him with his old Form photograph which raised smiles and laughter. We are grateful to him for taking time out of his busy schedule (he is busy writing the new series of Citizen Khan at the moment) and look forward to seeing him back at HGS in the near future.

Hasan Nawaz played for Aston Villa’s table tennis as part of the Premier League 4 Sport initiative. Along with three other members of the squad they played teams representing Derby County, Nottingham Forest, West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City. They won the competition by winning two matches and drawing two. It was a fantastic competition played to a high level and Hasan contributed fully to the success.

On the evening of 3rd April students and parents gathered for the annual Instrumental Progress Evening in the main hall. This concert is aimed at the students in years 7 through to 9 and gives the beginners their first opportunity to perform at HGS. There were almost 60 performers and over 100 people in the audience. All the students gave of their best and delivered a high quality one-hour programme which included piano solos, guitar and keyboard ensembles as well as a range of different woodwind ensembles. A big thank you to all the students who performed, their families for attending and for the music teachers who prepared the boys for the concert.

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The word of the week commencing 31st March 2014 is: Vendetta.

This means a prolonged bitter quarrel with or campaign against someone.

“he has accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him”

This display can be found in our Library.

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!