12th February 2016

Dear Parents/Carers WELCOME A warm welcome to Mrs M Dyer who has joined our staff in the position of Data Officer. We also wish to welcome Councillor B Kendler to Harrow High School who joins the Governing Body as a Local Authority Governor. We look forward to working with him in the future. FAREWELL We say goodbye to Mrs K Kenny, Deputy Headteacher and wish her all the best for the future. A big thank you to Mrs Kenny for her hard work and contribution to the school. FEBRUARY HALF TERM INTERVENTIONS Please note intervention lessons will be held next week for Year 10 and Year 11. Learners will receive a personalised letter detailing the date and time for their attendance.

DATE SUBJECT TIME ROOM

SATURDAY 13TH RE 11.30AM – 3.30PM L1

SATURDAY 13TH COMPUTING 9.30AM - 1.30PM C7

MONDAY 15TH SCIENCE 9.00AM – 1.00PM S2 AND S4

MONDAY 15TH RMT/PD 11.00AM – 3.O0PM T4 AND T5

TUESDAY 16TH PE 9.30AM – 11.30AM E4 AND E8

TUESDAY 16TH RE 10AM – 12PM L1

TUESDAY 16TH RE 1PM – 3PM L1

TUESDAY 16TH SCIENCE 9AM – 1PM S2 AND S4

WEDNESDAY 17TH GEOGRAPHY 9AM – 1PM C8

WEDNESDAY 17TH HUMANITIES 9.30AM-1.30PM L1

THURSDAY 18TH GEOGRAPHY 9AM – 1PM C8

THURSDAY 18TH HUMANITIES 9.30AM – 1.30PM L1

THURSDAY 18TH CLASSICAL CIVILISATATION 9.30AM – 1.30PM L4

FRIDAY 19TH PE 9.30AM – 11.30AM E4 AND E8

SATURDAY 20TH MATHS 9.30AM – 1.30PM M3/ M4/ M5

Please ensure that your son/daughter are aware of the dates and times they are required to be in school and arrive on time. Your support is greatly appreciated.

RETURN TO SCHOOL MONDAY

22ND FEBRUARY

8.50AM REGISTRATION

FRIDAY LETTER – EDITION NO. 3

PARENT GOVERNORS We currently have vacancies for Parent Governors and would invite you to contact Mrs P Bernstein, Clerk to the Governing Body for further information: pbenstein.310@hhsweb.org PARENTAL/CARER EMAIL ADDRESSES The Friday letter is being published on the website and will also be sent via email. Kindly ensure the school has your current email address. This may be sent to pbernstein.310@hhsweb.org Please include the name of your son/daughter and their form class. It is important that you inform the school of any change of address, new contact telephone numbers etc., as soon as possible in order that we may keep our records up-to-date. Thank you.

Holocaust Memorial Day National Holocaust Memorial Day - Wednesday 27th January 2016

On Wednesday 3rd February a group of year 10 learners, accompanied by Miss Assadi, Mrs Newton and Mr Crippen visited Belmont Synagogue to learn about the Holocaust and hear from a Holocaust survivor. Rabbi Feldman welcomed everyone and advised us how the morning would be structured. This year’s Holocaust theme was “Do Not Stand By”. First a short film was shown. Starting with the final stages of World War II, progressing through Cambodia, on to the breakup of Yugoslavia and then on to the continuing conflict in Dafour, it showed the moving experiences of the population involved.

This year the Holocaust survivor guest speaker was Renee Salt, who was born in Poland in 1929. She told us her story of how at the age of 8 when Germany invaded Poland and came to her village, her whole world was turned upside down. Separated from her family. Later she learnt that they had been killed in the concentration camps. Being moved from place to place. Forced to work from morning till night, not knowing when or where the next meal was coming from, she eventually found herself alone, with just her mother in Auschwitz. Towards the end of the war, as the Allies were advancing, she, along with thousands of others, were taken out of Auschwitz and forced to walk to Bergen-Belsen. This later became known as the “Death March”. At the end of the war in 1945, Bergen-Belsen was liberated by the British. Renee Salt is now a spritely 87 year old grandmother, who regularly relates her story to schools, groups and charities. Everyone said how much they had enjoyed the morning, which they found very emotional but informative.

FORTHCOMING TRIPS 24th February Oxford University (Years 12 and 13) 25th February Kings College University (Year 12) 26th February Cambridge University (Year 9) We wish our learners an enjoyable time and would ask parents/carers to ensure that all consent forms are signed and returned to the school office by the date given.

BASKETBALL NEWS PARENT PAY – SCHOOL LUNCHES A reminder please that a cashless system now operates for school lunches. You should be in receipt of a letter detailing how to use the Parent Pay system together with a password and username. If you do not wish to pay using the on-line system, a Pay Point card may be ordered. For further information please contact Mrs L Morrison: lmorrison1.310@hhsweb.org The Parent Pay website has been updated which you should find is a lot easier to navigate. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR SON/DAUGHTER IN WITH CASH.

SCHOOL UNIFORM Thank you for your continued support in ensuring all learners arrive at school in the correct school uniform. Details of full uniform may found in the school planner. PUNCTUALITY Please ensure that your son/daughter arrives at school in time for registration (8.50am). Any absence should be reported on the absence line as soon as possible in the morning: 020 8861 7303.

Hypnotherapy Psychology Trip to London Zoo

Our year 8 won the Borough Tournament yesterday, held at Rooks Heath. After defeating Nower Hill (14-0), Canons (11-2), Rooks Heath (18-5) and Park High (5-4) and finishing top in the group, the boys were brilliant in the final and beat Canons by 15-10. WELL DONE TO EVERYONE!

HEADTEACHER’S REWARD’S BREAKFAST

r Gamble was delighted to host a breakfast for Year 9 learners and their parents to celebrate the learners achieving 100% attendance. Congratulations to them all.

6th Form News

Brunel Taster Day

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Last week 14 of our budding Year 12 Psychology students embarked on a trip to London Zoo where they got to experience a seminar with a clinical psychologist as well as experience a group hypnotherapy session. This was a fantastic experience as they have studied phobias previously and saw the treatments learnt spring to life. The Clinical hypnotherapist said, once again, how he thought that our students were an absolute delight to lecture. Overall it was a very exciting day for us all. Mrs Corner (Head of Humanities and Psychology)

On Wednesday 3rd February 2016 a taster day for Year 12 Applied Science and Business Students was arranged at Brunel University. This was an excellent opportunity for students to experience a little of university life.

6th Form Supervised Study Sessions These sessions are now up and running with Laura Phelan, Sixth Form Mentor. This is an opportunity for students to have extra supervised timetabled lessons for their subjects they study and the opportunity to work is groups or work independently. Residential Biology Field Trip Year 13 Biologists will be going to Norwich from Sunday 13th March - Wednesday 16th March 2016. Pre Public Examinations (PPE ) All A Level students will have PPE from Monday 7th March – Friday 11th March

REPORTING FROM PRIYANSHU SINGH – 8 CAMBRIDGE Each Thursday there is Science Club after school. On 11th February there was a competition. The learners had been working on making soaps and bath bombs. Yesterday Mr Gamble and four other members of staff were invited to see whose presentation was the best. They were 5 groups in total and my group came second and a girls group came first. My group were just 1 point behind in winning! The winners got bath bombs and soaps from a shop called Lush. That is what has been happening in science club. After the half term we are going to be doing experiments and fun things. If you want to come, please join us. Have a lovely Half-term. Priyanshu – HHS Reporter

HONOURS PAGE

As part of the school’s new rewards system, we award learners lapel stars to wear on their blazers when they achieve certain net point totals. Net points are the difference between the number of behaviour and achievement points that a learner has been given so a learner with 60 achievement points and 20 behaviour points will have a net point total of 40. When learners achieve a net point total of 100 they are given a bronze star, when they reach 150 they get a silver star and any learner with a total of more than 200 is given a gold star. The learners’ achievement is also celebrated in rewards assemblies at the end of each term which their parents are invited to attend. The following learners have achieved a net point total of more than 100 and will be wearing a bronze or silver star.

Name Reg Total NET Points

Lisiana Iacoban 9 Warwick 163

Kotryna Jancenkovaite 9 Warwick 162

Parham Dastjerdi 9 Warwick 149

Catalin Ciorcas 9 Warwick 146

Aleksa Kirilova 9 Warwick 136

Sayf Al-Din Ferchichi 9 Warwick 133

Oana Grigoriu 9 Warwick 132

Shooq Albadry 9 Warwick 116

Alexandru Bodnar 9 Warwick 104

Bogdan Sibisteanu 9 Warwick 104

Victor Cadenas Soto 9 UCL 165

Patrick O'Leary 9 UCL 165

Suela Merkaj 9 UCL 160

Kagik Asryan 9 UCL 151

Iqra Ibrahim 9 UCL 124

Bhagya Wanni Arachige 9 UCL 122

Rohan Patel 9 UCL 112

Qasim Khan 9 UCL 107

Noor Al-Mana 9 UCL 100

Lisara Bhujel 9 Queen Mary 202

Shermin Babayi Azar 9 Queen Mary 194

Mohammed Al-Adnani 9 Queen Mary 165

Mahnoor Imam 9 Queen Mary 153

Tamara Mcleod 9 Queen Mary 152

Denny Spahija 9 Queen Mary 151

Bismark Boateng 9 Queen Mary 134

Inayah Budhwani 9 Queen Mary 132

Jasmin Duong 9 Queen Mary 132

Nawal Elzafferi 9 Queen Mary 132

Asma Laiche 9 Queen Mary 120

Laiba Aamir 9 Queen Mary 109

Azam Mian 9 Queen Mary 107

Selvi Patel 9 LSE 161

Kachy Okwechime 9 Kings 151

Andra Ciobotaru 9 Kings 107

Ella-Rose Rothery 9 Kings 105

Ariana Nasrat 9 Imperial 161

Gabriel Busuioc 9 Imperial 141

Filip Jecu 9 Imperial 129

Isabela Andone 9 Imperial 120

Kai Fearon-Cousins 9 Imperial 120

Jade Cornish 9 Imperial 115

Mert-Marian Murat 9 Imperial 112

Alex Laurentiu Tomsa 9 Imperial 101

Name Reg Total NET Points

Sonya Qaderi 8 Warwick 189

Mahdi Ra'Ad 8 Warwick 144

Razwan Feigel 8 Warwick 143

Romeo Sealy 8 Warwick 135

Serpil Dilerer 8 Warwick 133

Daniel Tucker 8 Warwick 122

Simona Petrova 8 Warwick 105

Andreea Catalina Ghiveci 8 UCL 174

Nabiha Ali 8 UCL 160

Valerie Ahmady 8 UCL 155

Shawn Aroyeun 8 UCL 141

Assal Fattah 8 UCL 122

Iuliana Paun 8 UCL 121

Andrada Ramascanu 8 UCL 120

Daniele Angelov 8 UCL 111

Jonathan Fawdon 8 UCL 108

Danyal Alam 8 UCL 107

Fakhar Quddus 8 UCL 105

Radu Tafalan 8 UCL 102

Anupama Rao 8 Queen Mary 171

Alexandra Schipor 8 Queen Mary 136

Laurentiu Jecu 8 Queen Mary 135

Rebecca Emilia Suruba 8 Queen Mary 127

Ayat Sallal 8 Queen Mary 124

Shaqwan Codogan-Rhule 8 Queen Mary 118

Adrian Malanca 8 Queen Mary 115

Sohaib Ansari 8 Queen Mary 104

Edoardo Dorin Toader 8 Queen Mary 104

Daniela Nastuta 8 Oxford 140

Linus Adzanku 8 Oxford 126

Hazel Nelson 8 Oxford 121

Mark Brown 8 Oxford 113

Sohaib Elyamani 8 Oxford 112

Harry O'Shaughnessy 8 Oxford 101

Aqsa Mansoor 8 Oxford 100

Sonali Patel 8 LSE 192

Ionut-Lucian Ciocan 8 LSE 173

Alania Mann 8 LSE 157

Abdirahman Muhudin 8 LSE 156

Bianca Salgau 8 LSE 155

Christina Merkaj 8 LSE 148

Akos Horvath 8 LSE 144

Bradley Carroll 8 LSE 136

Serena Manimendra 8 LSE 128

Kevin Balasuriya 8 LSE 126

Botond Szilard Buzas 8 LSE 115

Antonio Banton 8 LSE 113

Ciprian Dumitrache 8 LSE 113

Marta Tobianska 8 LSE 113

Reece Evans 8 LSE 104

Sandra Ksiazek 8 Kings 193

Thanusan Selvarasa 8 Kings 149

Darren Obeng 8 Kings 138

Damien Lopez Garfias 8 Kings 125

Name Reg Total NET Points

Jaiden Stapleton 8 Kings 123

Diego Lopez Garfias 8 Kings 121

Ciara Rothery 8 Kings 114

Murtadha Mohammed Habib 8 Imperial 156

Sajithana Sujarthanan 8 Imperial 129

Abdulwahab Al Badri 8 Imperial 121

Kayleigh O'Donovan 8 Imperial 115

Diana-Maria Radu 8 Imperial 100

Andra-Emmy Baltatanu 8 Cambridge 160

Adelaide Cana 8 Cambridge 144

Karthiga Kumar 8 Cambridge 116

Ryan Malla 8 Cambridge 103

Priyanshu Singh 8 Cambridge 103

Ibrahim Khan 8 Cambridge 100

Connor Wang 7 Warwick 159

Joseph Markin 7 Warwick 134

Aya Shehabi 7 Warwick 131

Ana Pascu 7 Warwick 115

Alishma Azim 7 Warwick 108

Sanskriti Chaudhary 7 Warwick 106

Mellisa Rollinson-Jupp 7 Warwick 104

Athithan Nanthakumaran 7 Warwick 100

Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy 7 UCL 157

Andreea Epuras 7 UCL 118

Khushal Patel 7 UCL 112

Denisa Iacoban 7 UCL 110

Safiya Shahzad 7 UCL 109

Hamza Mian 7 Queen Mary 130

Mattihullah Amiri 7 Queen Mary 127

Natanael George Tinca 7 Queen Mary 125

Bianca Viziru 7 Queen Mary 122

Emanuela Reut 7 Queen Mary 118

Nahum Corlis 7 Queen Mary 114

Jake Edwards 7 Queen Mary 105

Diana-Nicoleta Palincas 7 Queen Mary 101

Pranvera Merkaj 7 Oxford 200

Haris Quddus 7 Oxford 181

Ani Shedania 7 Oxford 181

Aneesa Rattu 7 Oxford 162

Diana Busuioc 7 Oxford 153

Nasteha Muhudin 7 Oxford 136

Elisa Titiliuc 7 Oxford 131

Eryk Bober 7 Oxford 121

Kosta Kostov 7 Oxford 110

Habon Yusuf 7 Oxford 106

Haroun Dugsie 7 Oxford 103

Abdirahim Ali 7 LSE 191

Aleeza Meghji 7 LSE 120

Pari Rabadia 7 LSE 119

Syan Bulathsinhala 7 LSE 109

Tamara Beres 7 LSE 105

Patryk Kopec 7 LSE 100

Amr Affash 7 Kings 196

Gregory Toderas 7 Kings 161

Name Reg Total NET Points

Jeniece Benjamin 7 Kings 140

Joshua McKenzie 7 Kings 118

Kishanth Kirupairasa 7 Kings 112

Himashi Siriwardhana Dissanayake 7 Kings 108

Raphael Pitkin 7 Kings 100

Darie Furtuna 7 Imperial 136

Fiona Dreesbach 7 Imperial 109

Ayisha Mohammed 7 Imperial 109

Alesia Badea 7 Cambridge 128

Golder Wiafe 7 Cambridge 123

Khuriesh Farah 7 Cambridge 118

Cheyenne Mbonze 7 Cambridge 113

David Sandu 7 Cambridge 110

Ron Antoni Ramos 7 Cambridge 109

Khalil Davies 7 Cambridge 107

Teofil Jecu 7 Cambridge 103

Diana Stefanescu 7 Cambridge 102

Alexandra Mihaila 11 UCL 263

Pavel Druteiko 11 UCL 115

Swabir Khan 11 Queen Mary 105

Yalman Ahadi 11 Queen Mary 103

Archana Palla 11 Oxford 111

Alex Maftean 11 LSE 154

Patkhama Eisakhail 11 Imperial 201

Krunal Kamleshkumar 11 Imperial 174

Yasmin Elenezee 11 Imperial 171

Ana Boca 11 Imperial 165

Kalum Khan 11 Imperial 136

Petronela Baziuc 11 Imperial 134

Mihai Grozaescu 11 Imperial 125

Sebastian Ianovici 11 Imperial 109

Florin Circu 11 Imperial 103

Badshah Gul 11 Cambridge 187

Mihai Milici 11 Cambridge 116

Alex Chiriac 11 Cambridge 113

Ana Popa 10 Warwick 183

Bianca Epuras 10 Warwick 182

Krinal Soni 10 Warwick 168

Prabalini Sivagnanamoorthy 10 Warwick 117

Jagoda Kowalska 10 Warwick 103

Ermestas Avizienis 10 Warwick 102

Haroon Khan 10 UCL 117

Brilant Kingji 10 UCL 114

Ana Fernandes 10 UCL 101

Nadia Al Badri 10 Queen Mary 201

Alexandra Horvath 10 Queen Mary 144

Ilaria Santu 10 Queen Mary 126

Eduard Zelinschi 10 Queen Mary 119

Abdallah Al Badri 10 LSE 136

Stefan Gradinaru 10 LSE 105

Alina Sacalus 10 Kings 104

Fatima Dilerer 10 Imperial 158

Name Reg Total NET Points

Rusul Mohsen 10 Imperial 131

Adi-Gabriel Manolea 10 Imperial 122

Raha Mumin 10 Imperial 115

Daniel Schiopulet 10 Imperial 110

Salem Alanazi 10 Imperial 107

Rebeca Ignatus 10 Imperial 104

Maria Jipa 10 Imperial 103

Wishing you an enjoyable half term break.

Yours sincerely

Paul Gamble

Headteacher