Free School Meals
Birmingham City Council announced late on 23rd October that it would be funding support for eligible students during half term. BCC has confirmed that the support will be vouchers issued retrospectively after half term. In the meantime please use the link below to find support available from Birmingham Childrens’ Partnership should you need more immediate […]
View postAutumn Term I Newsletter 2020
Finalists in National Association of Pastoral Care in Education Awards In March 2020 the Pastoral Team, having been put forward for a number of categories in the National Association of Pastoral Care in Education were delighted to hear Click Here to read more Photograms with Year 11 Art Students This half term our fabulous Year […]
View postPhysical Education
Key Stage 3 pupils are following the AfPE advice and continuing with sports and skills. We are doing Year 7 – Tennis and Gymnastics Year 8 – Dance and Athletics Year 9 – Fitness and Badminton These are individual sports and equipment is sanitised after and before use and where possible into year group bubbles. […]
View postThe First charity day of the year
Before we talk about this year, we can announce that we raised a fantastic £10 491 in the last academic year, despite not being in school from the end of March. The new (strange) year has started off with a brilliant socially-distanced charity event where the school did not fail to disappoint with wonderful dress-ups […]
View postWhite Rose Physics Work Experience
In July, I took part in the White Rose Work Experience Week, which was hosted by the universities of York, Leeds and Sheffield and involved engaging in academic research for a week during the summer holidays. Despite being online, the programme offered meetings with academics and informative sessions on studying physics at undergraduate level, and […]
View postPupil Design Awards
Congratulations to Team “Hang On” who won the 2020 Pupil Design Awards with their idea for a multipurpose, reusable hanger designed to be used in shops and suitable for transportation. The judges were impressed by the team’s systemic approach in considering the product’s entire life cycle, and the simplicity of the focus on a single object. […]
View postPhotograms with Year 11 Art Students
This half term our fabulous Year 11 art students have been introduced to the onsite darkroom. Students have been busy developing and experimenting with photograms and the results are fantastic! Kira- ‘During our art lessons we were given the opportunity to use the dark room to create photograms to further explore our chosen theme. It was […]
View postFinalists in National Association
In March 2020 the Pastoral Team, having been put forward for a number of categories in the National Association of Pastoral Care in Education were delighted to hear that we were one of the finalists for Raising Awareness about Pastoral Care (An individual, group or organisation who through their actions have raised awareness about pastoral care […]
View postSummer Term I Newsletter 2020
EES 2019-20 Throughout the academic year, a group of year 12 students have taken part in the Engineering Education Scheme in addition to our usual academic studies and extensive extracurricular commitments. Click Here to read more Extra Curricular Classroom At the start of lockdown, the decision was made to create a Google classroom that all […]
View postEnglish Department Showcase Microsite
To showcase the creative brilliance of our students, the English Department have launched a new website, Handsworthy. It is a dedicated space for our students to share their written work with the wider world. From interesting stories and poems to speeches and articles, if it stands out, then it’s Handsworthy! We currently have the winning entries from […]
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