Year 7 Rewards Experience – Virtual Reality session

I was recently given the opportunity to take part in an interactive virtual reality session, where I, and some of my other classmates were able to use a Virtual Reality headset and controllers to participate in a competitive reaction game. We were also able to play Fifa 18 and Rocket League on Xbox one consoles.

The team of IT Specialists from OMG Gaming separated us into two groups, purple and yellow, for a bit of a friendly competition. The instructors kept a tally of the points we scored whilst playing a game of Fifa or Rocket League. Points were also earned from the VR game we played. At the end of the session, the instructors counted up the points for both teams and came to the conclusion that the Purple team had won.

When we were playing the games the atmosphere in the room was tense, however we thoroughly enjoyed the fully immersive, mind-blowing multiplayer VR experience. It was as if we were in a world of our own. It was lots of fun as many of us had never played on this system before and enjoyed the experience with friends in teams. We learnt that the gaming world has its own ‘language’ that they use and we used the cutting edge HTC-VIVE VR Systems. For most of us the VR experience was something new and exciting. The team also introduced the latest console games for us to play on Xbox One. It was both a competitive and co-operative experience. We had a great time and I would love to have more opportunities like this again.

Being a part of this session has motivated me to carry on working to my best ability at all times in the next academic year and achieving the most achievement points so that I can enjoy more exciting and fun activities like this VR experience.

Husnain Mahmood 7Nelson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sports Day 2018

Please see below for the results from Sports Day 2018:

 

 

 

 

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The Bridge – Issue 22

The latest edition of The Bridge is now available. Click here to view it.

 

YPP Success

The Dennis Edwards’ Citizenship Awards 2018 and the Archbishop of York Youth Trust Young Leaders Award

We visited Birmingham City University on Tuesday 17th July where the following students Rohan Bagga, Avinash Chohan, Krishan Patel and Saladin Ahmed collected their certificates and won the Silver award for their presentation on Life Skills. This work organised through the Young People’s Parliament (YPP) forms part of the Dennis Edwards’ Citizenship Awards which is an annual event bringing together young people from across Birmingham and the surrounding area. Our team did very well to be awarded the Silver certificate. We also have been awarded the Young Leaders Award through the auspices of the Archbishop of York Youth Trust. Congratulations.

Mr S Singh

 

 

 

Termly Newsletter – July 2018

Our Termly Newsletter is now available. Click here to see it.

OCR Bursary Scheme 2018/19

Our congratulations go to Amritpal Kullar who has been awarded an OCR Bursary for next academic year. Amrit has secured a place at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge and this substantial sum of money will help him purchase resources for his History degree.

Enrichment Day

On Thursday 28th June the students in year 7 enjoyed a range of activities based on South America. This is the second year we held such and day and the boys clearly enjoyed the diverse range of opportunities to learn more about this fascinating part of the world. The activities included composing Latin-American music, creating salsa and a South-American style burger, mask making and performing Samba.

 

 

 

 

Summer Concert 2018

On Thursday 5th July the musicians of KEVIHGS participated in the final concert of the year. There were a number of solos tonight from students across all years; Balkaran Kahlon (year 7), Mohammed Saifullah Khan (year 7), Cody Casals (year 8), Arjun Sabherwal (year 8), Hanzblyth Camanzo (year 10), Anu Adeleye (year 10), Gabriel Dino (year 10), Akhil Gandham and Balkaar Bhopal (year 12). The quality of the solos was fantastic with a particularly outstanding performance on solo clarinet by Anu.

 

The main groups were out in force tonight – we heard pieces from the school orchestra, junior guitar ensemble, senior guitar ensemble, woodwind ensemble, brass ensemble and senior keyboard ensemble. All in all, it was a wonderful evening.

 

 

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Winning Streak

The Year 7 Cricket Team have gone from strength to strength continuing their winning streak of games. In their most recent fixture they beat a strong Fairfax team by 4 wickets with 19 balls balls to spare in the Quarter Final of the U12 WSCA Cup. They now face our local rivals KE Aston in the Semi Final on Thursday 12th July. We wish them the best of the luck on their pursuit to become champions.

 

Mr Gallagher’s player of the match – Sulayman Khan (7G) for his exceptional captaincy and claiming two wickets.

 

Reading Celebration

On Monday the 2nd of June 2018, eight year 7 students went to Hamstead Junior School to deliver two assemblies to celebrate their reading. On the day that we were informed that we were performing, I, along with the rest of yea7, was ecstatic! We couldn’t wait to talk about the books we’ve been reading and to perform our drama piece in the assembly.

 We took the school mini-bus to Hamstead Junior School – a 20-minute drive in an air conditioned van – a luxury considering the present heatwave! We said farewell to Mr Kafai (the Deptuy Head who is also an undercover minibus driver!)  and then we entered the school gates.

The children lined up, in their cool summer clothes, with military precision before we delivered our first presentation, ‘The Jungle Book’. We acted out the first play for year 3 and 4’s, and the second for year 5 and 6’s; the second one was ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. The children took an active part in the assembly and applauded for us at the end,

Finally, we taught a lesson to year 6 looking at subverting traditional plotlines whereby the antagonist triumphs over the protagonist. The students were articulate, enthusiastic and erudite.

We would like to thank Hamstead Junior School for allowing is the opportunity to perform. We look forward to visiting them again in the future for more English and drama related projects.

By Ivan Cheung Zheng 7A (KEVI HGS for Boys)