Summer 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 […]
View postFace Coverings – Handsworth Cottage Industry
Thank you to Mr McCarthy (SL DT) for producing a supply for face shields for use by staff in school as well as Mrs Russell (SL Drama), Mrs Adams and Miss Plante Bekken (Teacher of English) who have been producing face covering for those students who travel on public transport and have not been able […]
View postPE Department in the Lockdown
Sports Relief Mile Just before we entered the lock down period we should have had our Sports Relief Mile Charity Event, all sponsor money was brought in and collected but the mile was rained off. I wanted us to feel connected and do something that makes us feel good in the early weeks of lock […]
View postEnglish – Creative Writing
At the start of teaching remotely, Mrs Bates (English department) set up a Creative Writing Google classroom to replace the club which usually ran on Mondays. The online group included writing prompts and tips and students have been sharing their writing with each other. There are 139 students in the classroom and it’s been lovely to […]
View postRS Department – Online Seminar with a Holocaust Survivor
Year 10 students, as part of their general RE studies, have taken part in a webinar with Dr. Martin Stern, a survivor of Westerbork and Theresienstadt concentration camps. The Year 10 students normally take part in an RE day, in which the study the Holocaust and the philosophical problem of evil. As part of this day, Mindu […]
View postArt Department in the Lockdown
We have been delighted with many pieces of artwork created during lockdown by all year groups. For our collaborative A Level pupils have been responding to their personalised learning plans developing and creating artwork that demonstrates evidence for their assessment objectives. In GCSE pupils have created outstanding final pieces at home in place of their […]
View postLessons from Auschwitz Project – Trip to Poland
On March 11th we visited Auschwitz as part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. The aim of the project is to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, not only by visiting Auschwitz, but also by educating other people about the things we learned whilst we were on the trip. What did we do? On […]
View postI’m a Scientist Virtual Chat
The ‘I’m a Scientist’ platform connects students to professional scientists and engineers to ask questions in a virtual chat. This year we were joined by nine scientists from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, and the students challenged them to share information about what they do for their jobs, how the technologies they use work, […]
View postExtra Curricular Classroom
At the start of lockdown, the decision was made to create a Google classroom that all could enrol onto with a view that it could become a repository for ideas that members of staff or pupils had received for other pupils to browse through if they were bored or wanted inspiration for something different and […]
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