Month: September 2019

27 September 19

On Friday 6 September the new Lower 4 started their school life at Habs with a day designed to get to know each other whilst having fun.  They participated in a carousel of activities and started to learn their way around the school by moving between them.  Pupils worked in teams to build the tallest…

26 September 19

On Thursday 19 September, our GCSE and A Level drama students ventured into London to watch A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.  Here two of them recount their experience. ‪Sean Holmes’ production began with the Hackney Colliery Band bursting out onto the stage – getting the audience ready for what was to come,…

25 September 19

This morning at Assembly prizes were awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional levels of independent and scholarly study. After delivering the annual St Catherine’s Day Lecture in 2013, the philosopher AC Grayling inaugurated a philosophy prize in his name. All Upper 5 students are invited to submit an essay of up to 2000 words…

24 September 19

In late June a team of students from Habs Boys and Habs Girls won the Summer National Session 2019 of European Youth Parliament UK in Liverpool. They were invited to represent the United Kingdom in the 91st International Session of the European Youth Parliament. A group of seven Upper Sixth students, Alex, Eli, Igor, Jasper,…

24 September 19

Every year the Senior School – students and teachers – read the same book during the summer break. This year, the novel chosen was ‘Where the World Ends’ by Geraldine McCaughrean. The book is based on a true story set in St Kilda.  “Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote…

18 September 19

Congratulations to our sixth-former Deborah for winning one of the prestigious Newnham College essay prizes.  Deborah was awarded second prize in the Engineering category 2019. Newnham College’s annual essay prize competitions are designed to encourage ambitious female sixth-form students to explore university-level subjects and themes and to develop their independent research and writing skills.  Newnham College…

17 September 19

As part of an increasing level of collaboration between the Music departments of the Boys’ and Girls’ schools, our inaugural joint string weekend was held on 7-8 September 2019. Led by the string teachers who teach on the site at Elstree, over one hundred students joined together in a weekend of music-making. Hosted by the…

9 September 19

We would like to congratulate former Upper 6 student Isi on her recent design project.  Isi has had excellent success with her project reaching two national design competition finals. The Triumph Design award where she was highly commended in the Innovation and visionary section as well as the Impact on Society section and corporate responsibility…