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BHGS crowned Welwyn Hatfield Community Youth Champions!

February 10, 2022/in General News/by BHGS

Year 12 students win first prize in the Welwyn Hatfield Community Youth Champion Competition

The Community Youth Champion Project is run by the Welwyn and Hatfield Council in partnership with local secondary schools competing to raise awareness within their school in one of four key areas of youth welfare: increase awareness around mental health and wellbeing; raise awareness amongst young people around drugs, substance misuse and its impact on individuals; healthy relationships or on-line safety e.g. bullying/grooming/identity fraud/coercive behaviour.

A team of eight of our Year 12 Life Skills students chose the theme of ‘Healthy Relationships’ and worked diligently as a project group over 8 weeks from October to December 2021 to raise awareness of the topic across the school. Our Community Youth Champions planned and delivered various activities including presenting Life Skills lessons for Year 7 & 8s and prepared posters, a film and slides. The team also created a ‘suggestion box’ for the school Library for students to post anonymous questions which would be answered in a newsletter to Forms termly. Toilet door posters signposted girls to support organisations, and for the older groups, the slides and film were posted on the Sixth Form Hub, the information platform for Years 12 and 13. The judging panel, which included members of the Welwyn Hatfield Community Safety Partnership, stated: “The Bishop’s Hatfield team tailored their approach very effectively to the different ages of their audience. The team is now looking to take the project further in school over the coming year, following their success!”

Congratulations to: Darcie Lawrence, Samara Miller, Isabelle Weinstein, Muna Knight, Nebbe Hashem, Ellie Kovachky, Charlotte Bean and Holly Rowe. Each team member received a certificate for taking part in the project and a £20 gift voucher for 1st place.

Find out more in the March issue of the One Magazine, a Welwyn Hatfield Council publication which is sent to all residents of the borough.

 

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A Pudding Fit for the Queen

February 10, 2022/in General News, House Franklin/by BHGS

Bishop’s pupils put their baking skills to the test for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Twelve creative Bishop’s cooks took part in a House competition linked to ‘The Platinum Pudding Competition’ run by Fortnum & Mason to create a pudding fit for the Queen. The entries were spectacular and Mrs Veale and Mrs Wright were impressed by the effort that had gone into their original dessert/cake ideas.

The judging criteria were: • It Tastes Just Right • Perfect for Home Bakers • A Memorable Story • Fit for The Queen

Everyone who took part in the house competition was encouraged to also enter the national competition which closed on 4th February. For the national competition, the winner’s name will be seen on the pudding which will either be sold in Fortnum’s or online with all profits going to charity. The winner will get a trophy, afternoon tea, a £500 gift voucher and hamper. There will be two runners up prizes of hampers. The winning recipe will also be gifted to The Queen and the public as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Fortnum & Mason are working in partnership with The Big Jubilee Lunch who will encourage people to make the recipe at home to enjoy with family, friends, and their local community.

Even more importantly, there were over 200 BHGS House points on offer. It was very hard to decide but Mr Wood, Mrs Veale and Mrs Wright eventually identified the winners as:

In first place: Willow Wright (Franklin) 2nd place: Connie Dykes (Parr) 3rd place: Keira Marshment (Seacole) 4th place: Ruby Law & Zahra Landau (Seacole) 5th place: Amelia Beachey (Hadid) Everyone who took part received 3 house points for their time, effort and commitment.

There are 3 rounds of judging in the national competition, culminating in a final on the week commencing 14th March when the five finalists will be invited to Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly, London to bake their recipe for the judging panel. We will be waiting with bated breath to discover whether one of our pupils makes it that far!

Good luck in the national competition, everyone!

Mrs Veale

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Tudor Tours of Westminster Abbey & the Golden Hinde

February 9, 2022/in General News/by BHGS

Year 13 investigate Elizabeth I’s Golden Age

On Monday 7th Feburary, Year 13 visited Westminster Abbey and the Golden Hinde to support their Tudor England studies.

Students visited Westminster Abbey to learn about Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement. This consolidated student’s learning and helped them conclude their enquiry into the Mid-Tudor Crisis that they had been investigating since their visit to Hampton Court last summer.

Students then had a tour of the Golden Hinde ship and learnt about Drake’s circumnavigation of the world; gaining an understanding of Tudor Piracy and exploring whether Tudor exploration is really worthy of being considered a ‘Golden Age’.

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Year 7 come 1st in the District Sports Hall Athletics

February 3, 2022/in General News/by BHGS

Bishop’s Year 7 Athletics team crowned joint-first in the District round of the Herts School Games Year 7 Sports Hall Athletics Competition

BHGS put in a brilliant display to finish joint-first in the District round of the Herts School Games Year 7 Sports Hall Athletics Competition at Ridgeway Academy on Thursday 3rd February.

One of the highlights was the team effort required to win the obstacle relay – a four-runner event involving hi-stepper, hurdles, speed bounce and a sprint. Miruna B, Georgia W and Lottie T combined to put BHGS in a good position and Zahra L completed the victory in style.

Lottie also recorded an amazing time in the four-lap race, while we’re pretty sure Connie D won both the long jump and triple jump.

Up against the best girls from four other schools, Berita D did well to finish third in the 12-lap race and Ruby L helped the team in two field events – the shot put and speed bounce.

Natu K put all her effort into her two-lap race and with fantastic support from Gwennie L and Ashley W, BHGS went into the final relay needing to beat Queenswood to secure outright victory. Unfortunately we narrowly failed, so ended up level on points to share first place.

Captain Connie said: “Well done everyone on a great result. And a big thank you to Miss Esterhuizen and Mrs Waters for coaching the team.”

By Connie D (Year 7)

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Year 9 Bletchley Park Visit

February 2, 2022/in General News/by BHGS

Year 9 visited the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.

Pupils from Year 9 visited Bletchley Park which provided a unique opportunity to enrich their learning of both History and Computing. Year 9 enjoyed a full-day of interactive activities with a focus on mathematical coding, ciphers, encryption and the history of World War Two.

Pupils got the opportunity to tour Britain’s codebreaking centre and learn about the people who helped to change the course of history. As part of an interactive workshop, pupils from Year 9 become codebreakers and used mathematical encryption and encoding techniques in a code-breaking challenge. Pupils also got to see a genuine, working Enigma machine and learn about its role in World War Two.

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Ready for International Fairtrade Fortnight

February 2, 2022/in General News/by BHGS

In preparation for IFF, 7 Austen were selected to listen to a talk from Fairtrade Foundation.

On 2nd February, 7Au joined an online Fairtrade talk. The students gained insight on how coffee beans are produced and how Fairtrade helps farmers, such as those in Kenya, to get paid a fair wage. They learned about the different ways they can help; from buying Fairtrade products, to advocacy and writing to local MPs. The students had an opportunity to be one of the first to hear about the Fairtrade Youth Exhibition which will take place during Fairtrade Fortnight. The students found the talk very inspiring and as a school we are looking forward to more events to mark International Fairtrade Fortnight from Monday 21st February 2022 .

What is Fairtrade?

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