Category: Partnerships

28 April 23

We are excited to announce that the Habs Partnerships Programme has won the Hertsmere Civic Award, for work undertaken to benefit residents of the borough. Mr Josh Plotkin, the Director of Partnerships, received the award at a ceremony on Sunday 16 April, alongside two of the key members of staff on the Partnerships Programme, Miss…

16 November 21

On Thursday 11 November, 26 Lower 5 students from Habs Girls and Samuel Whitbread Academy attended a Careers in Computing event hosted at Habs and organised by the school with STEMPOINT East. Students took part in Crack the Code microbit coding and VEX robotics programming workshops and heard from STEM ambassadors currently working in computing…

22 October 21

During the autumn term, both the Girls’ and Boys’ schools were given an amazing opportunity to spend time volunteering in a fun-filled day of activities for around 120 primary school students. By utilising our schools’ resources, we organised a day of sports, science experiments and swimming for Year 6 pupils. This gave us the chance…

11 October 21

During the summer holidays Tilly, Talia and Jamila in Upper Sixth were invited to attend the home of the English-Speaking Union (ESU), Dartmouth House. Over the past year, the three students have been working with the ESU to create a dedicated video and learning resource pack for students and teachers new to ESU competitions. Their…

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…

8 February 21

During the latest lockdown, Habs Girls and Habs Boys have been busy delivering bundles of new laptops and dongles, with pre-loaded internet, to several schools in the community. The initiative has been created by both schools to try to support the rising numbers of families struggling to access learning at home due to poor connectivity…

14 October 20

On Ada Lovelace Day students were fortunate to hear from Helena Webb who spoke about the rising use of automated decision-making. This relates to the reliance on computer-based systems to make decisions that have traditionally been made by humans. For instance, decisions about which job applications are selected for interview, whether or not a loan application…

11 June 19

In 2016 Habs Girls and Parikrma decided to join forces in a collaborative project. The idea behind this was to recognise students from both schools as Global Citizens, to share ideas and work together on a range of projects and ideas. This is an ongoing project that we both hope will develop and grow over the years…