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.
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
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!
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.”
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.
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!
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!
The Year 7 Cricket team beat Lordswood School by 9 wickets in the Emerging Cup to keep their unbeaten run going – well done!
Our Young Sports Leaders are helping to run the Handsworth Association of Schools Primary Athletics Festival to be held at the Alexander Stadium. This is another example of HGS working with and supporting its Primary partners in the local community.
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
