Category: Co-Curricular

11 May 21

Our Lower 6 Gold Arts Award group had a practical IRL (in real life!) workshop with a professional photographer, Julian Newman Turner, from luciddreampictures.com Following on from two online photography workshops last term, Julian did a great job of explaining apertures and shutter speeds, demonstrating how to manipulate light in portrait photography…on what was the…

11 March 21

Throughout lockdown, our students have been reading uplifting stories, live, every day, to groups of children living in sometimes difficult conditions in Bangalore, India. This virtual exchange allows both parties to connect together in an uplifting and meaningful way, to share a story book, ask questions and learn from each other.  The idea stems from…

5 March 21

Over two weekends in February, a group of students from the Lower Sixth participated in the regional rounds of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) competition. Students were each assigned a committee to work with, made up of students from across the South East.  The committees created and then presented resolutions on prevalent real-world issues in…

26 February 21

We are very pleased to report that the new online Habs Library is proving very popular with users.  There are hundreds of fiction and non-fiction titles available for staff and students to read on their devices at home. In the first few weeks of operation the library racked up loans of 564 ebooks and 43…

20 January 21

We have long known that the Habs Community is made up of kind and generous people; responding to requests for help when asked and proactively offering support where they see opportunities to contribute, be that in time, money or skills.  Now more than ever members of our community are doing what they can to help…

20 November 20

What a whirlwind of activity it’s been here at Habs Girls for this year’s St Catherine’s Day. We weren’t able to run all our usual activities due to Covid-related constraints but we didn’t let that stop us. We’ve enjoyed a traditional service with wonderful singing and moving readings in both the Junior and Senior Schools,…

7 October 20

Earlier this year for Pride Month, the LGBT society and the African and Caribbean Society teamed up to run a poster competition for the Middle School in order to raise awareness about black LGBT icons. Many people entered and sent in posters that they had created at home. However, the favourite was Middle 5 student…

29 September 20

September would normally have been the time we held our huge Habs Freshers’ Fair with students signing up for a wide variety of clubs and activities taking place at lunchtime and after school. Covid-19 has put paid to that but we were still able to host the fair virtually and we are pleased to be…

9 July 20

Our students are creative and inspirational at the best of times but during what some might regard as the worst of times they have been more creative than ever.  From baking and jewellery making, to upcycling and painting, they have spent their lessons and free time on a host of creative activities.    You can…

14 May 20

In addition to the regular timetable of remote lessons a number of our teachers have volunteered to run a variety of co-curricular clubs for our students. These include Dance, Board Games, Arts and Crafts, Fitness, Sewing, Song Writing, Robotics, Choir and Drawing. We asked some of the teachers and students involved to give us a…