Month: January 2020

31 January 20

On Saturday 18 January a team of Lower 5 students attended the MBDA Robot Rumble finals at the University of Hertfordshire. After many rounds of tough competition they were runners up in the robot driving and programming tournament. Special mention must go to Tama’s superb driving and Aaliyah’s programming expertise. Well done!

28 January 20

On Tuesday 21 January, two teams from Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls competed in the prestigious ESU Public Speaking Competition Hertfordshire Regional Round held at Aldenham School. Both of the Habs Girls teams (comprising a Questioner, Chairperson and Speaker) had to compete against several other schools for the position of best overall team. The judges…

22 January 20

This month some of our students participated in the VEX IQ Robotics Competition at Brunel University.  Aaliah in Upper 4 writes about the experience. On arriving at Brunel we found our table, got out our robot and made a few adjustments. After a brief talk from the person who was running the competition, we received…

21 January 20

Congratulations to Temi in Lower 6 for an interesting presentation at the ARTiculation regional heat last week. Temi’s presentation on Exekias, Attic black figure Amphora (ancient Greek ceramic wine vessel, to those of us not in the know!), was fantastic. She spoke with great clarity and confidence. Unfortunately Temi didn’t make it through to the…

17 January 20

We are very grateful to Dr Carmel Nanthakumar, Scientific Director and Science Fellow at GlaxoSmithKline, for coming to give a talk to Habs Girls and Boys in Years 11-13. Dr Nanthakumar spoke to us about her work leading a team of cell and molecular biologists to identify the next generation of medicines. In particular, we…

15 January 20

The Habs Poet Laureate, Anjali, has composed this poem about our recent Carol Service.  We think it’s rather lovely.   Sewing Haberdashers   Green as a seed, footsteps thread through the city like runners, Habsgirls sprigs like mint flowering in little fragrant clumps, drifting, eddying,   a ripple in backwards motion. Pull the seams tight…