Warwickshire League Success
The Year 9 Cricket team beat KE Aston in the Warwickshire League by 4 wickets and inside 15 overs in their recent 20 over match. Farhaan Choudhury hit an impressive 46. Well done!
Sixth Form Volunteers
A large number of our Sixth Formers volunteered to help plant the flower beds and baskets along Soho Road as part of the Soho Road in Bloom project run by the Soho Road BID team. They thoroughly enjoyed working with and for their local community – despite the rain!
Basketball Representation
Amar Rupra has represented the West Midlands Under 15 Basketball team this past season. Amar (number 13) and his teammates have enjoyed considerable success.
Focus on Education
The Russell Group of UK universities have sought to provide advice to those choosing A Levels through their Informed Choices programme for a number of years. The most controversial part of this has been the list of so-called “facilitating subjects”. While intended to help ensure that students took A Levels that gave them the greatest options for post-eighteen study, this short list of academic A Levels has been criticised for causing the marginalisation of creative subjects in schools. In the second half of May, a new Informed Choices website (www.informedchoices.ac.uk) was launched that takes a different approach to guiding student A Level choices, and it is hoped this will address the concerns with the old system. The new website has been well received and is well worth the attention of students in their GCSE years who are considering what to study next. Please click here to read more about this from the BBC.
Visit of Professor Alec Cameron Vice Chancellor of Aston University
On May 17th we played host to Professor Alec Cameron, Vice chancellor and Chief Executive of Aston University along with his colleague Mr David Farrow, Executive Director for their first ever visit to the school.
Professor Cameron and Mr Farrow met with Headteacher Dr Bird, and Deputy Headteacher Mr Conway, before being given a tour of the school by our new Head Boy, Hasnain Sumar and Head Girl Deborah Sepo.
Aston University is a popular destination for many of our students, with over thirty students each year choosing to study there. It has a fine reputation nationally and internationally and has recently opened a new medical school, to help to develop the next generation of doctors.
Professor Cameron and Mr Farrow were both extremely complimentary about the school, and the students whom they met. They were both keen to stress the importance of building a strong, long-term relationship with our school, and we look forward to welcoming them back to HGS in the future.
Mr Conway
Camp Hill Athletics Results
Divine Wood won Gold in the 300m, Nigel Agboola won Silver in the 200m and Discuss and Kai Dawkins won Bronze in the 800m and Long Jump. Congratulations!
Super 6 Athletics
The first athletics event on the season started with huge success with both the Year 7 and Year 8 Team taking home the overall team bronze medals in the Birmingham School Games Super 6 Competition. The afternoon produced some excellent athletics with outstanding performances in the Year 7 800m (Kai Gordon – 1st Place) and in the Year 8 200m (Nigel Agboola – 1st Place). Both teams’ look to improve on their personal best’s in their next athletics fixture at Norman Green on Tuesday 21st May. We wish them the best of luck.
Year 7 Team – Daniel Chikwizo (7N), Kai Gordon (7G), Haisem Zeino (7A), Rafae Ajaz (7A), Jamal Taijiri (7G) and Reuben Esmerguzeli (7A)
Year 8 Team – Nigel Agboola (8H), Corey Wainwright (8G), Jiaxi Lu (8W), Zane Baker (8G), Abdulrehman Shaker (8G) and Sukhraj Singh (8N)
Whitemoor Lakes Trip
The annual Year 7 trip to Whitemoor Lakes Activity Centre near Alrewas took place from 13th-16th May 2019. 85 students accompanied by 9 staff enjoyed fantastic weather over the three days and were well looked after by the Centre staff. Some student reminiscences are as follows:
“I really enjoyed the raft-building because we worked as a team. It felt satisfying when the raft started floating. The instructors were good; they pushed you to try to do everything but they didn’t force you to do anything you didn’t want to.” (Emils)
“I loved the activities…my favourite was the fencing because it was a new experiences. The staff made the stay enjoyable because they helped you conquer fears.” (Hayden)
“I didn’t think I could do the leap of faith in high ropes, or the abseiling, but I completed both…the food and how we were treated were both very good.” (Abdullah)
“My experiences at Whitemoor Lakes were amazing…my favourite activity was the zip-wire because I conquered my fear of heights.” (Kirat)
“The most challenging activity was the climbing; although it was safe I felt scared but I tried my best and overcame my fear.” (Ibrahim)
“…the food there was great…the beds were comfy and the lobby area was very good with table tennis tables, pool and a chilling-out area.” (Danyaal)
“I pushed myself and completed all of the challenges”. (Ash)
“Whitemoor Lakes was a great experience for me because there was a range of activities for me to try. My favourite two activities were zip-wiring and canoeing. In my free time I played table-tennis”. (Manveer)
“The staff there tried their best to make our stay fun”. (Temi)
“I tried some new activities such as fencing, abseiling, zip-wiring, canoeing and raft-building. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget”. (Basel)
“I learned that waiting longer for an activity (like abseiling) make it even more scary!” (Nathaniel)
“I was surprised that I managed to complete the climbing activity”. (James)
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House Sports Results – 14th May 2019
| Yr 8 House Table Tennis | Yr 8 House Basketball | Yr 8 House Table Tennis | |||
| 1st | William | 1st | Henry | 1st | William |
| 2nd | Galahad | 2nd | Galahad | 2nd | Galahad |
| 3rd | Alfred | 3rd | Nelson | 3rd | Alfred |
| 4th | Henry | 4th | William | 4th | Henry |
| 5th | Nelson | 5th | Alfred | 5th | Nelson |
| Yr 8 Individual Winner – Table Tennis | |||||
| Ethan Lal 8A |
| Yr 8 House Football | |
| 1st | William |
| 2nd | Galahad |
| 3rd | Alfred |
| 4th | Henry & Nelson |
Focus on Education
In examination season the desire for pupils to improve their memories becomes a top priority. Fortunately, the ability to retain lots of information turns out to be a learnable skill rather than an innate talent. In this article from the New York Times, memory champion Joshua Foer gives three key tips for improving memory – please click here to read more.
