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5th July 2013/in General School News /by

Y12 at English Schools Athletics Championships

Nine of our year 12 students were invited to work in the computer results team at the English Schools Athletics Championships, held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. The Championships are the fourth largest in the world, with over 2000 athletes competing over the two day event. The Championships were covered live by SKY TV on Saturday 6th July, and the boys worked closely with the SKY team to make sure that the correct results went from the athletics track to the SKY commentary box, and the large stadia screens. They were excellent ambassadors for our School.

The boys involved were: Haroon Gulfraz, Arjan Lal, Waseem Hussain, Tanassar Nasir,
Ravail Khan, Richard Thomas, Jamel Allen, Amandeep Dhaliwal and Manpreet Shergill.

5th July 2013/in General School News /by

Y12 Students at Aston University

Year 12 students recently visited Aston University for the Higher Education Convention 2013.
Every university in the country is represented at this convention and our students were able to speak to representatives from the universities, to help them decide upon their future careers. Students were also able to meet representatives from major companies such as Rolls Royce, Deloitte, and British Petroleum.
This visit is an important part of our School’s University application process, as virtually every one of our 6th Form students chooses to go on to University after Handsworth Grammar school.

5th July 2013/in General School News /by

Asthma Update

If a pupil has a blue inhaler then it will be their responsibility to look after this inhaler during the school day. We will be happy to keep a spare blue inhaler centrally in the medical room. At the beginning of every PE/Games lessons a labelled inhaler should be handed to a member of staff from the PE department and collected again at the end of the lesson. Please see the full Asthma Procedures and Practice document on the school website for more information.

4th July 2013/in General School News /by

Senior Prefect Appointments

Following a rigorous application and interview process we are very pleased to announce the following appointments for 2013 – 2014:

Head Boy – Haroon Gulfraz

Head Girl – Catherine Munyarari

Deputy Head Boy – Ethan Griffiths

Deputy Head Girl – Sharaye Campbell

27th June 2013/in General School News /by

Sports Success Update

The Year 7 Cricket team beat St John Wall by 10 wickets. The Year 9 Cricket team beat Hamstead Hall by 70 runs. The Year 7 Cricket team are also into the third round of the Stacey Jackson Cup – a Birmingham Cricket Cup Competition. Congratulations!

21st June 2013/in General School News /by

Handsworth Association of Schools Primary Athletics Festival

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.”

18th June 2013/in General School News /by

National Support Staff Team of the Year visit Downing Street

Having won the Team of the Year Award at the National Awards for School Support Staff (NASBM) last October two of the Catering team are visiting David Cameron (by invitation!) at Downing Street this week. Watch this space for an update on how they got on at Number 10.

11th June 2013/in General School News /by

HGS Old Boy shows real determination in the face of adversity

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!

7th June 2013/in General School News /by

Summer Soirée

Wednesday 17th July
6:30pm
H.G.S.

There’s no better way to celebrate the end of the academic year than by attending our Summer Soiree. The evening will include a range of different styles of music performed by students from years 7 through to 13.

Tickets are available from the school finance office and are priced at £3.00 for adults and £1.00 for children (16 and under). Show your ticket to receive a drink and some light refreshments. Get your ticket early to avoid disappointment!