Month: March 2019

27 March 19

Alice from Upper 6 and Tamilore from Habs Boys both attended the final of the French debate last week.  It was an impressive competition and they competed extremely well before being knocked out by Eton and St Paul’s Girls. The two students demonstrated an extraordinary level of French and were complimented by the judges for…

18 March 19

Congratulations to Emike in Lower 6 who has just won the runners up prize in the Royal College of Science Union’s Science Challenge. This is a prestigious national essay competition.  Emike chose to answer the question set by Lord Robert Winston ‘Human consciousness is the great unsolved puzzle in biology. How can we make artificial…

13 March 19

On 5 March the Music Department entertained us with an intimate evening of music-making. Chamber Concerts allow students of all standards and musical experience to perform in a formal but supportive atmosphere. At this term’s Chamber Concert we were treated to a wide variety of music from a number of soloists, chamber ensembles and musical…

11 March 19

On Friday 1 March a group of politics students gathered in the Prevett Hall, to participate in the regional competition for the European Youth Parliament (EYP). After weeks of preparation, all sixteen Habs students felt ready to tackle the five resolutions – our main focus for the day. With eight students in the AFCO (Constitutional…

8 March 19

We are all excited about National Science Week which starts here at Habs Girls on Monday 11 March. A variety of activities are taking place based on the theme of journeys. The activities cover everything from CSI and dissections to building rockets.  Senior school students will have the opportunity to take part in workshops and competitions…

7 March 19

Yesterday three brave and talented Middle 5 students made their debut in the French Drama Festival held at King Alfred’s School, performing the opening scene of Cyrano de Bergerac. They acted with great ‘panache’ and held their own in the festival in which nine other schools participated.  Video footage of the performance can be viewed…

5 March 19

Lily (M5), Anji, Phoebe, Tanya (L5) and Aya (L6) write about Architecture Club and what goes on there. Every Tuesday after school, we budding architects and Señora Fanning meet up to let our imaginations run wild and create models of future architectural masterpieces.  All of this is created out of a professional Lego set with…