Josef Feivan writes: “ 12 Students from the HGS Athletics team travelled to the Alexander Stadium which was the home of the American Olympic team last year for London 2012. Our role was to help with the Handsworth Association of Schools Primary Athletics Festival as Young Leaders. We arrived early on a hot sunny day and had half an hour to set up the Javelin and Long Jump events. Over 10 Schools took part and the Students involved were from Years 4, 5 and 6. It was a good day out for our Athletics team and it was good to see how enthusiastic the younger Students were about Athletics.”

When he retired HGS Old Boy Mr Paul M Smith decided to study for an Open University degree. Paul graduated this week with a BSc (Open) at a ceremony in Milton Keynes. This achievement is very significant as Paul suffered a major heart attack in 2011, and had to be shocked back to life, half-way through his penultimate module. Many congratulations Paul!

The Year 7 Cricket team beat Lordswood School by 9 wickets in the Emerging Cup to keep their unbeaten run going – well done!

Centro, working with local bus companies and Birmingham Council has reviewed the bus network within North Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield with the aim of simplifying the routes, making services easier to use and improving links to key destinations. For the most up-to-date details of all the changes you can visit www.networkwestmidlands.com/busreview

The Year 9 Cricket team beat Holte School by 9 wickets and the Year 7 Cricket team beat Holte School by 8 wickets with the winning run coming off the last ball of the match! Well done to both teams.