Year: 2019

5 November 19

Last night the Sime Hall played host to the second Christmas Carol Competition Final. Once again, we were delighted by the number and quality of entries and five carols were shortlisted for the final: There is no rose – Orlando Oliver (Eton College) Remember! – Catriona Stewart (St Alban’s High School for Girls) Wake me…

5 November 19

During the summer Anjali in Upper 6 entered the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, an international competition and the biggest poetry competition in the world for under 18s. This year there were over 11,000 entries and, after an awards ceremony at the South Bank, we were delighted to hear that Anjali was placed…

4 November 19

The Senior Play at Habs Girls is always an exciting event with friends and family alike turning up to support the cast but this year will be even more special as the Drama Department are introducing a new pre-theatre fine dining option.  For the first time guests will be able to book a 3-course dinner…

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…