Month: October 2019

17 October 19

Congratulations to all involved in what was a stunning Autumn Concert last night. In just five weeks a wonderfully varied programme was performed by over 250 students to a packed Prevett Hall. Two students in the Upper 6, Risha Alimchandani and Simran Vyas performed solos in a first half that also featured Repertoire Strings performing…

16 October 19

Zoe in Upper 5 writes about a taste of life in the Sixth Form at Habs Girls. The Sixth Form Experience Day day started off with us getting our timetables for the day, hoping that we would be in the same classes as our friends, and before we knew it the bell rang for first…

15 October 19

How many physicists does it take to change a lightbulb? On a beautiful day in late September a group of excited Middle 5 students set off to Cambridge to find out. And to learn more about Physics at Work. With an option of eighteen workshops, not even Schrödinger’s cat could have visited them all.  Therefore…

14 October 19

Go4SET was such an innovative and inspiring project, a once in a lifetime experience. It was a chance for six of us in the boy’s and girl’s schools to learn more about STEAM. On the launch day, we experienced our first taste of STEAM. We used our engineering and maths skills to create a mini…

11 October 19

“It was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had.” – Igor Recently, seven Sixth Formers visited Hamburg after winning the opportunity to represent the UK at the European Youth Parliament. Split into teams of 13 students from across Europe, they spent the subsequent days discussing the problems posed to their committees. This problem-solving involved:…

8 October 19

The Middle 5 took part in a team building day recently, Hannah writes about the experience here. In the morning, we arrived in the Prevett Hall excited to see what the team building day would hold. We were introduced to the brilliant staff from Wise-Up who gave us lots of information about our day ahead….

7 October 19

The theme of our inaugural Pastoral Conference was Empowering Pastoral Excellence and it certainly delivered on the promise to inspire and energise all who attended. Over 200 delegates heard first from Professor Tanya Byron with her thought-provoking talk on how we are “raising children in captivity” and no longer see “free range children”.  She encouraged…

4 October 19

Last week, Lower 6 students at the Girls’ and Boys’ Schools benefited hugely from a talk by Pravahi Osman, Schools Liaison Officer at Balliol College, Oxford entitled ‘An Introduction to Oxbridge Applications’.  This talk, advertised and available to all schools in the local area, was highly informative and inspiring.  Students gained an understanding in the…

2 October 19

Habs Girls and Boys share many things: our founder, Robert Aske; a one-hundred acre site on the outskirts of North London; a reputation for excellence, both inside and beyond the classroom; and now a shared vision, mission and strategy for the future. After an extensive and far-reaching review, the Governing body of our two Schools has…

1 October 19

On Friday 27 September, our Lower 6 took part in a study skills workshop. Pari (Lower 6) writes about the day here, We started with an interactive memory game, which was a fun and engaging start to the workshop. We were then introduced to a revision technique called Cornell note taking, which involved abbreviating information…