Month: November 2018

27 November 18

As a conclusion to studying Macbeth for our GCSE English literature course, U5 visited the Barbican to watch the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of Macbeth. This modern adaptation proved to be both gripping and entertaining. The production opened with a dramatic dialogue from the three witches, played by young girls who added mystery and suspense…

27 November 18

Former student Emma Curati-Alasonatti (Class of 2013), has won Young Engineer of the Year in the TechWorks Awards at London’s Grange Tower Bridge Hotel. The award is intended to publicly celebrate and promote the efforts of Young Engineers as part of their professional development. Applicants were invited to demonstrate exemplary contribution to the electronic engineering profession,…

19 November 18

On the first day of October half term, a group of 10 Habs Girls arrived at Royal Russel School in South Croydon, to start what would be a challenging but memorable Model United Nations Conference. The first day saw delegates diligently lobbying our resolutions in committees, which provided solutions to a vast array of global…

14 November 18

After rehearsing for a number of weeks a group of eight girls from Lower 6, all studying Spanish A level, made their way to North London Collegiate School on 9 October to compete with other schools in a Spanish Language Theatre Competition. They performed a ten-minute ‘Sainete primero de palacio’ from ‘Los Empeños de una casa’…

9 November 18

The STEM building is really starting to take shape with numerous contractors working away on site.  They’ve been busy completing the ‘shell’ of the building with the brickwork now finished, the roof finishes being progressed, the windows being installed and the scaffold being removed. Final works to ‘weather seal’ the building are now taking place…

9 November 18

Last year students in Lower 4 and Upper 4 built and programmed VEX robots in an after school Robot Club. They worked in teams to produce clawbots, a robot called Ike and even a V-rex robot.  They used their knowledge to help them research applications of robotics and prepared presentations. They were a delight to…

9 November 18

On Monday 8 October, the Upper 4 set off for Hampton Court Palace in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey. On arrival, we split into groups to take a tour of the palace. On the tour we saw Henry VIII’s kitchens, which had many different rooms including a whole (very big) room used for storing wine, and we visited a…

8 November 18

Excitement is certainly mounting this week as we prepare for the senior production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, The Crucible, to be performed next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The shocking events that took place in Salem during the 17th Century were used by Arthur Miller to provide a parallel to the situation in America during…