The Harveian
Transcript of The Harveian
The Harveian
Term 6. 2020 – 2021.
Mr S Norman Headteacher
Dear parents,
I hope you will once again enjoy reading this edition of The Harveian. Tom
and Jack from our Y12 who did such a fine job in editing last time, have
returned for another attempt and my thanks to them both for doing such
a tremendous job of the editing again. I hope that everyone enjoys a
restful and enjoyable summer break and we look forward to seeing all
again at the start of term in September.
A message from the guest editors – Tom and Jack:
Hello everyone,
Thank you for reading the term 6 edition of The Harveian. We are
very grateful to be able to do another term. A special thanks to Joe
Smith who kindly participated in an interview for the newspaper.
We hope you all enjoy!
Thanks,
Tom and Jack
Staff changes
This term we have welcomed Joe Calway as Science technician
Louise Just as teaching assistant and
Lucy Muckett as Early Intervention Officer.
Hilda Sutton, Head of Maths, will be leaving us to enjoy a much
deserved retirement. She will be missed!
At the time of writing there are: 85 official ‘canon’ novels, 286 ‘legends’ novels, 71 children’s books,
74 canon short stories, well over 1000 comics and graphic novels and 132 reference books – not to
mention 100+ computer games.
Joe S, ex-Harvey student and budding theologian at Cambridge University,
kindly joined me for an interview about his student experience at one of
England’s most prestigious universities. For some reason I was expecting to
be bludgeoned to death with big, unfamiliar theological words while I gawp
in tongue-lolling idiocy. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find this was
not the case. He reassured me that Cambridge is not teeming with Etonians
who only use quills made of the finest gold and own dark satanic
workhouses. In fact, he tells me that King’s College, which used to be
reserved for only the highest echelons of society, is now a Communist
hotspot.
Joe has not always been set on Cambridge. He regales me with an
anecdote about how he “wanted to be an actor” in a flourish of incense
smoke. He adds that his mum “really didn’t like that idea” and a Cambridge
degree eventually seemed the more appealing option. It should be noted
that Joe was a talented thespian during his time at the Harvey, frequently
performing in, and even writing, the pantomime performances. However,
despite his talent, he tells me that theology was a more viable and
interesting subject. His passion for theology becomes immediately evident
as he whips out a satanic bible which, I must admit, sounds like the
construction of a deeply disturbed psychopath’s fractured psyche.
He does not hesitate to praise the school for the help they provided on his
road to Cambridge – he specifically gives a shoutout to Mr Platt and Mrs
Bailey who assisted him in the construction of his personal statement. He
states that the school “really wants people to go to good universities” and I
would suggest that, after Joe’s advice, anyone contemplating making an
Oxbridge application should go for it as the school provides the necessary
facilities.
He also provides some useful advice for the interview process. He
candidly states “I talked a lot of rubbish in my interview and started
fumbling around, disagreeing with myself”. This seems to be an effective
approach as, he tells me, interviewers want to hear you verbalise your
thought processes. While he does say that they will “push you a tad
further” out of your comfort zone, he also states that the interviews are
typically very conversational and aim to make you at ease. He does tell me,
however, about one exception in which a “mean” PHD-wielding professor
ripped him to shreds over the “secularisation thesis”. He also told me
about one of his friends who, through some English undergraduate
alchemy, spent their entire interview focusing on the word “granulated”
and how it conjures up images of gravy. However, it soon transpired that
the word was not “granulated” but “gravel”. This gravy obsession leads us
to the natural conclusion that his friend was from the North of England.
Anyone reading this who is hesitant about applying to Oxbridge due
to fear of being inadequate and / or ridiculed will take solace in the fact
that Joe states “the show-offs get weeded out” in the interview process and
the “majority of people are good fun”. This means that those who make it a
point of honour to suck every ounce of joy, every ounce of bliss, out of
learning are immediately disqualified. And I think this is a good place to
end the editorial, I think it neatly sums up that Oxbridge isn’t always as
daunting as it may seem.
Thank you Joe!
Tom K
Victory Application Prize - Year 8
Alan G
Victory Attainment Prize - Year 11
GCSE Prize
Arthur Y
Victory Attainment Prize - Year 8
Daniel M
Endeavour Attainment Prize - Year 7
Edgar F
Victory Application Prize - Year 7
Ethan B
Victory Application Prize - Year 10
Henry W
Victory Application Prize - Year 9
Hugh E
Victory Application Prize - Year 11
Josh D
Victory Attainment Prize - Year 9
Keane V
Victory Attainment Prize - Year 10
Seth K
Victory Attainment Prize - Year 7
Xavier C
The Harvey Grammar School Credit Prize (85 Credits Awarded)
Resolution Application Prize - Year 8
Adam H
Headmaster's Reading Prize
Alastair M
The Harvey Computing Prize
Alex H
Loftus Banks Writing Prize - Year 9
Alex S
Renaissance Reading Prize - Year 7
Alfie A
A Level Prize
Andrei V
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
Andrew S
GCSE Prize
Ansil S
The Downing Memorial Prize for Physics
The Salters' Company Prize for Chemistry
Anujan J
GCSE Prize
Ben C
Endeavour Application Prize - Year 9
Ben S
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
Benjamin T
Loftus Banks Writing Prize - Year 7
Bradley C
GCSE Prize
Byron D
Endeavour Attainment Prize - Year 9
Callum H
The Michael Howard Prize for Government & Political Studies
Callum M
Endeavour Attainment Prize - Year 8
Callum R
Discovery Application Prize - Year 8
Carwyn W
A Level Prize The Givaudan Prize for Chemistry
Charley F
The Sports Ambassador Award
Chris D
The Richard Stead Prize for History
Ciaran H
Resolution Attainment Prize - Year 9
Clark L
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Community Award
Cohen D
The Sports Studies Prize
Joseph W
The PJ Harding Geography Prize
Dawid M
Discovery Attainment Prize - Year 10
Dominic L
The Andrew Brownsword Prize for Sporting Excellence
Eban G
Discovery Application Prize - Year 11
Elliott M
Resolution Application Prize - Year 10
Evan R
A Level Prize
Filip O
Resolution Attainment Prize - Year 8
Finley G
Discovery Attainment Prize - Year 8
Finn M
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
The Redhouse Cup for Sporting Achievement (Senior)
Finn S
Resolution Attainment Prize - Year 10
George P
The Givaudan Prize for Biology
Haris R
Discovery Application Prize - Year 9
Harrison C
Discovery Attainment Prize - Year 9
Renaissance Reading Prize - Year 9
Harrison L
Halford Memorial Prize
Harry O
GCSE Prize Discovery Attainment Prize - Year 11
Harry T
Resolution Application Prize - Year 8
Hayden B
GCSE Prize Resolution Attainment Prize - Year 11
Jack J
GCSE Prize
Jack M
The Moorhouse Prize for Design & Technology
Jack O
Resolution Attainment Prize - Year 7
Jacob B
The Harvey Philosophy Prize
Jake G
Discovery Attainment Prize - Year 7
James W
JW Stainer Prize for English Literature
Harvey Grammar School Scholarship
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
William Bateman Award
A Level Prize
Jamie O
The Dr Bishop Cup for Contribution to School Drama & Debates
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
OHA Music & Drama Award (Drama)
A Level Prize
Joe S
A Level Prize
Joseph P
The Froggat Memorial Prize for Science
Kian T
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
The John Smith Linguistics Award
William Harvey Memorial Prize
A Level Prize
Laurence S
Renaissance Reading Prize - Year 10
The Wilkinson Cup for Sporting Achievement (Junior)
Leo C
Loftus Banks Writing Prize - Year 8
Lewis P
Endeavour Application Prize - Year 8
Liam C
GCSE Prize
Louis B
The Harvey Mathematics Prize
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
A Level Prize
Louis M
OHA Music & Drama Award (Music)
Stock Exhibition Scholarship Award
Marcus N
Endeavour Application Prize - Year 11
GCSE Prize
Matt H
Renaissance Reading Prize - Year 8
Max B
The Joan Bodger Design Prize
Max W
Discovery Application Prize - Year 7
Mikey D
The Old Harveians’ Prize For Mathematics
The Givaudan Prize for Physics
Stock Exhibition
A Level Prize
Nathan R
Outstanding Attendance Award
Nicholas G
Resolution Application Prize - Year 7
Oliver P
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
Oliver T
The Gerald Sinstadt Prize for Art
Osman C
Stock Exhibition Scholarship Award
A Level Prize
Owen W
Resolution Application Prize - Year 9
Paul B
GCSE Prize Endeavour Attainment Prize - Year 11
Reuben P
Loftus Banks Writing Prize - Year 10
Endeavour Attainment Prize - Year 10
Robbie Y
The Megger Engineering Prize
Sam C
Endeavour Application Prize - Year 7
Sammy W
Chair of Governors Community Service Award
Samuel C
Resolution Application Prize - Year 11
GCSE Prize
Samuel H
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
Samuel J
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
A Level Prize
Sean H
The Givaudan Prize for Mathematics
Stock Exhibition Scholarship Award
The Megger Engineering Prize
A Level Prize
Thomas D
GCSE Prize
Thomas K
Alice Mary Hunt Scholarship Award
Tyler W
Endeavour Application Prize - Year 10
Will C
The Heather Turnbull Prize
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Community Award
William C
The Old Harveians’ Masonic Prize for Languages
Zachary G
Discovery Application Prize - Year 10
Zeyt U
Gale force winds, temperatures of -30 °C and weeks of darkness. Winter
in Antarctica may not seem like everybody’s cup of tea but for
meteorologists, and many scientists alike, Antarctica has always been an
exciting and interesting place to study.
As the coldest, driest and windiest place on Earth, Antarctica is a
continent of extremes. The lowest ever ground-level temperature of -
89.2 °C (-128.6 °F) was recorded at Vostok, the Russian research station
right in the depths of the continent. In his book The home of the
Blizzard, Australian explorer Douglas Mawson describes experiencing
winds of almost 200 mph during his time on the ice.
In December 2020, after two months sailing across the Atlantic on
the RRS James Clarke Ross, I arrived at Rothera Research Station, the
largest of the British Antarctic Survey’s stations. Weather records have
been kept here since the station started operating in 1975, and I am set
to stay in Antarctica for the next 17 months as the meteorologist.
During the summer the station is the main hub
for the British Antarctic Survey’s air unit,
taking scientists and logistics deep into the
field. Observations by station staff help
forecasters, on secondment from the UK Met
Office, to produce weather forecasts for
Rothera and beyond.
For the station meteorologist, the first job of
the day is to launch the radiosonde. This large
helium-filled weather balloon carries a small
package almost 20km high into the
atmosphere, collecting information about
temperature, humidity and wind speed as it
moves through the sky. The information forms
part of a global network of observations that
help fine-tune weather forecasts, and allow
climatologists and researchers to investigate
long-term trends in the atmosphere.
One of the main summer jobs for the
met team is to head out into the field
to service the network of automatic
weather stations. These stations
continually monitor and record the
weather in remote parts of the
continent from the Larsen Ice Shelf
to the blue ice runway at Sky Blu.
As winter approaches, the planes and
most of the station personnel return
north, with the final ship leaving at
the end of March. For the next 200
odd days, the remaining team of 23
winterers will keep the station
running while maintaining the long-
term science data sets through the
long Antarctic winter.
Under the cover of darkness
Regular weather observations continue throughout the winter, from human observations of cloud
and visibility as well as the station’s weather instruments. Alongside keeping the long-term weather
records, much of the time is spent maintaining the weather instruments and preparing for the field
season next year. As the days begin to get shorter the sky glows pink and purple, while strong winds
over the mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula generate spectacular stacks of lenticular clouds.
John Law launching a radiosonde. Credit: Ed Luke
Rothera Research Station with Adelie penguins. Credit: John Law
The longest night
In the northern hemisphere the June
solstice marks the longest day of the year,
but for those south of the equator it marks
midwinter and the longest night. Ever
since the first expeditions to the Antarctic
during the heroic age of Scott and
Shackleton, midwinter has been a period
of celebration for people spending the
winter in the Antarctic.
Rothera sits at 67 degrees south, just south of the Antarctic Circle. From the end of May until the
second half of July, the sun stays hidden behind the mountains and below the horizon. In the dark and
cold of the Antarctic night, the celebration of the longest night is the perfect time to look back at the
first half of winter, and to look forward to the rest of winter and the return of the sun.
In the weeks leading up to midwinter the station is busy making winter gifts, the sound of saws and the
smell of varnish fills the air. The presents will be exchanged before a midwinter feast which the chef
has been planning since the last delivery of fresh food some two months ago. After dinner, the
wintering team gather around the radio to listen to the BBC World Services special Antarctic broadcast.
Midwinter Feast 2021. Credit: Matthew Phillips
Midwinter is a wonderful and unique time to be in Antarctica, to enjoy the natural wonder of the
continent and to reflect on the season that has been. There are still months of winter to go, but from here on the days will start to lengthen and the sun will make its welcome return above the horizon.
About John Law:
John Law is spending his third winter in the Antarctic as the
station meteorologist at the British Antarctic Survey’s
Rothera Research Station. John has previously worked as a
forecaster and presenter for MetService in New Zealand and
Weatherquest based in Norwich, UK. You can find more
pictures of the Antarctic (mainly clouds) on his
Instagram @johnlawwx
Over the last year the school has been reviewing its PSHE
curriculum in KS3 and KS4 to ensure the content continues to
be relevant and engaging for our boys; as well as incorporating
new government guidance on Relationship and Sex Education
(RSE) and Health Education. We are pleased to announce that
the curriculum is now finalised, and we will be introducing the
new lessons from September. All of the resources and plans are
approved by the PSHE Association (the national body for
quality assurance in PSHE). We will be inviting our boys to
feedback on these, and welcome parents to view the curriculum
overview below. If you have any specific comments, questions
or feedback please submit these via e-mail to
[email protected] or contact the School Office.
Church and Dwight UK have very kindly donated 1440 bottles
of anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer to the school.
Thank you!
Wednesday 30th June 2021 Hasan K & Daniel M
As the hype is beginning to increase as we’re getting closer to bringing it
home, In the MFL department for the past few weeks we have been solely
focusing on the EUROS! As football fans ourselves we have been waiting for
this to happen since last year however due to unimaginable circumstances it
was postponed till now.
During MFL lessons we have been applying our cross curricular knowledge
to solve the Euro 2020 booklet (as seen in images provide). After the 2-0
defeat of Germany on Tuesday, people are getting involved further into the
British Euro hope. The MFL have given its students booklets to do with all
Euro related content. Students are also creating posters promoting the
English campaign (en français).
French Euro 2020
Wednesday 30th June 2021 Hasan K & Daniel M
We have also been applying our geographical and historical skills to identify
which countries taking part in the euros are placed on a world map and
learning about previous euros (host countries and winners).
Overall, the MFL are giving engaging and fun Euro booklets and tasks
to the students, keeping their spirits up and preparing them for
football coming home!
Harveian Summer 2021
Performing Arts
Music Ensembles
Throughout this term, the various school ensembles have continued to rehearse. The Brass
Ensemble have been playing some fanfares, dances, and ceremonial music written in the 17th
century, whilst the orchestra have been playing music from a bit more recently, with arrangements
of two 70s hits: Mr Blue Sky, originally by the ELO, and Live and Let Die, composed by Paul
McCartney for the Bond film of the same name. The Big Band have been learning some Jazz
standards: American Patrol, Fly me to the moon, and Wipe Out, and our only vocal group that we’ve
been able to rehearse this year, the Barbershop, have learnt the Wellerman, a sea shanty that
became a bit of an unexpected chart hit during lockdown!
Instrumental Lessons
I know that many pupils have been practicing hard for their instrumental lessons, and it’s a particular
pleasure to be able to congratulate several boys who have recently passed exams:
Taylor R (Merit for Grade 4 Trinity Rock & Pop Electric Guitar)
Saxon S (Pass for Grade 3 Piano)
Reuben L (Distinction for Grade 3 Piano)
If you’ve taken a music performance exam outside of school, do let me know, and if you’ve always
wanted to learn a musical instrument, why not start now? See Mr Barker for details on how to sign
up to start in September.
Vote for the best Year 9 Pop Song
Over the past few weeks, the Year 9 Music classes have been studying how to put together pop songs
in their lessons and have been composing some of their own. Within each class we've narrowed them
down to the best one, but now we need your help to vote for which one you think is the best
overall! These are instrumental versions recorded on Cubase, so there aren't any words, but I'm sure
you can imagine how they might sound with vocals on the main tune.
If you'd like to take a listen and vote for your favourite, click on this
link: https://forms.office.com/r/1b21HQ1UNc You'll need to be signed into your Microsoft 365
account for it to work, and you only have one vote each, so listen and choose carefully!
You have until midday next Thursday (15th July) to get your vote in!
CRICKET
U12
This Cricket season has been cut short due to the bad weather this year. However, we have
played some good matches this season and we have won and lost some matches this year.
Some highlights have been our first game against Ashford School. Isaac Green scored an
impressive 50 runs and we won the game by around 40 runs. Another highlight is Ronnie
Ball getting three wickets in the first over of a match.
Our last cup game was very close and the opposition won off the last ball of the match.
Sadly, this knocked us out of the cup, but it was good practice for us as a team. We have
also played a couple of friendly matches, this has helped the squad build confidence
together and help the new players gain confidence, playing cricket.
We have also played a friendly match as an A and B team. We reversed the batting and
bowling order and this gave new players a chance to play their first cricket game. This also
gave squad players a chance to bat and bowl if they haven’t been able to in previous games.
Every Thursday after school, we have had cricket practice which was in the nets in the
sports hall. This has given players a chance to practice their bowling and batting. Also, other
players have come along to practice even if they are not in the team. This gives them the
opportunity to try a new sport and possibly be in the team in the future. (Report by Mr Dawson)
U14
The U14 season has been somewhat stop start, with poor weather & isolation restrictions
from opposing schools preventing our boys from having more than 4 fixtures.
A loss in the cup to Judd School in term 5 was followed by a defeat to Skinners in the plate
early in June.
A mid season friendly against Norton Knatchbull was tightly contested, with the culmination
of the “season” coming in the last week of term in the form of an Inter Squad game.
Top scorer of the season goes to Ben S (thanks to a PB 37 against Skinners), whilst special
mentions should go to Hasan K for some massive hitting in the Inter Squad fixture on his
way to 20* & Tom K for his season beat 16.
With the ball, Ben S also did the business, taking 4 wickets across the season, closely
followed by Hasan K who spun 3 out late in the season.
Congratulations need to go to Oliver O for his efforts behind the stumps, as well as the
various members of the squad who made their debut at some stage during the year. (Report
by Mr Walton)
1stXI
With COVID restrictions limiting fixtures with other schools, our ‘Summer of 2022’ Barbados
touring squad have been getting some well-needed practice against a variety of local cricket
clubs, in some very entertaining evening 20:20 games. Replacing the traditional white kit for
our blue ‘Harvey Hawks’ shirts and bright orange balls, the games have proved to be very
popular and hugely beneficial for those lads coming together for the first time ahead of next
summer’s tour to the Caribbean.
Our first opponents were St Margaret’s Cosmopolitan CC, (who even filmed the game and
showed it on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO5M_FQtkHc&t=70s.) With 10
different bowlers used, we kept our hosts down to a respectable 144. In reply Archie R and
Jamie M had a 97 run
partnership, with Jamie retiring
on 50. Fletcher came in at
number 7 and scored a quick
fire 26 taking us to victory with
a huge six, with two overs to
spare.
Our next opponents Sibton
Park, contained a few staff to
add some incentives to the
boys. Sadly, rain affected the
game and limited both teams to
just 12 overs. Chasing 120 the
boys started brightly with Henry
smashing a quickfire 18 before getting stumped by Mr Castle! Rain and some tight bowling
made things very challenging with the boys eventually falling short, despite scoring a
creditable 93/2.
Mersham CC stepped in at late notice when our next opponents withdrew. Fielding a strong
side that included our usual captain Jamie M, our hosts batted first and set us an imposing
target of 155. Once again the bowling was shared around and whilst this aspect of our game
was quite positive, the hard hitting batsmen exposed some frailties in our fielding (something
for us to work on). The boys remained confident and showed some real intent with their
batting. Once again, year 10 Fletcher E showed his potential with a belligerent 26, before
Will B and Sam C both retired having reached 30. Youngsters Bobby and Ben kept
scoreboard ticking along, but didn’t quite have the power to see us home. Skipper Archie
has been excellent throughout, scoring useful runs; rotating the bowling well and ensuring
the fielders were alert and busy.
A huge thank you to our hosts for providing us with some excellent competition and
supporting us as we start to prepare for next summer’s tour. We look forward to some return
fixtures next year. (Report by Mr Castle)
ATHLETICS
The year 7 team were successful in winning the Folkestone District Competition.
This month they represented Folkestone District at the Kent Schools Competition at Medway
Park Athletics stadium. From a virtual world to a real competition was a huge step up for the
boys. With no actual real competition experience in Track or Field, and only their
experiences from Sports Day behind them the team were on a real roller coaster / steep
learning curve throughout the day.
Congratulations to all competitors with the boys finishing in 8th place out of 13. There were
some excellent individual performances on the track in particular. Louis J competing in the
800m with a time of 2.35 managed to take 8 seconds off his personal best for the distance.
In terms of application and effort the year 7 boys were exemplary.
TENNIS
Coach Skelton continues to work with the boys on a Tuesday night after school. Currently
Year 7 are targeted and we have a developing squad to work with. As well as team players
other students of all abilities are encouraged to come along and take advantage of this great
opportunity to receive professional coaching.
The National Schools cup continued this term and fortunately all fixtures have NOW been
completed. Fixtures against many schools including Norton Knatchbull Ashford, Kent
College Canterbury and even as far away as Cranbrook Private School. The year 7 and 8
squads are pictured below.
These fixtures are important and allow the opportunity for us to field and develop players in a
team so more pupils can play competitive tennis at a good standard.
We also like to promote and encourage players of all abilities to come along and develop
their abilities and interests at the weekly after school club.
WELL DONE
Well done to Fin (Yr10) who has recently been offered a scholarship contract at Crystal
Palace FC for the next 2 years.
If you have any sporting news or achievements from outside of school, please email
Mr Walton with the details so we can continue to celebrate the boys’ successes.
INTER HOUSE
ATHLETICS
1st DISCOVERY
2nd ENDEAVOUR
3rd VICTORY
4th RESOLUTION
BTEC SPORT – SPORTS LEADERSHIP UNIT
As part of their BTec Sport National
Award, the Yr12s were set the task of
planning, organising & then leading a
sports session to a group of KS3
students.
Spread across a couple of weeks, the
BTec boys lead sessions in football,
volleyball, basketball, rugby &
American Football, all of which their
participants fully enjoyed.
IT was an opportunity for the older
students to put in to practice the theory they had learned throughout the year on leadership
styles, qualities and skills a leader requires as well as the psychological elements that a
leader has to consider when leading a group.
Well done to the Harvey Grammar Community for completing
the
Travel to Tokyo Challenge!
In the lead up to the Tokyo Olympics, in light of this challenging year, especially due to the
extended period of lockdown, students, staff and parents from the Harvey Grammar
Community embarked in January on a Journey to Tokyo aiming to travel from Folkestone to
Tokyo via various Olympic cities; an 8000-mile journey with different physical activities
equating to different amounts of miles.
Designed to help our community stay active which is crucial for both mental and physical well-
being, the challenge was completed by a vast number of students and staff from various years
and Houses. A tremendous joint effort which led us to reach our target 10 days before the
Olympics are due to start! Throughout the different legs heading to Olympic cities from
Folkestone to Athens, Athens to Berlin, Berlin to Moscow and finally Moscow to Tokyo,
students and staff engaged in a variety of physical activities such as running, cycling and
walking. As well as this they took part in cultural creative challenges at each checkpoint such
as baking local specialities of the Olympic cities or redesigning Olympics flags!
A total of 8136 miles was reached thanks to the long list of Harvey athletes taking part! To
name but a few; one of our youngest competitors Louis J in Year 7 contributed nearly 1000
miles with his regular activities throughout the challenge! Thanks to Louis’ efforts his house,
Discovery, were in the lead for most of the challenge only for Victory to overtake them in the
later legs in our inter House Competition. Whilst all houses were supported by their students
and staff throughout the challenge, it is the Victory staff that rose to the challenge the most
with many contributions in particular from Mr Collins and Mr C Simpson.
The efforts of our support staff such as Mrs Sheppard, our exam officer and Mrs Davis, our
Sixth Form Manager should also be noted, competing as our ‘unaffiliated athletes’, they made
regular contributions to our overall mileage total running in all weather conditions! Indeed,
the weather was not always pleasant for our competitors however thanks to Mr Walton’s
home circuits, throughout the lockdown and on rainy days, many of our students had a go at
the challenging home workouts. Over the course of the challenge many minutes of planks,
burpees and crunches must have been attempted!
Lastly, this challenge was used as a stepping stone by many to try new sports or activities with
some of our students attempting Basketball, Wii Sports and Self-Defence and our staff giving
paddle boarding and spinning a go! Throughout the last months, the Harvey Grammar
Community has been very active in different forms reaching our target before the end of the
school year and the Opening Ceremony! A very well done and big thanks to everyone who took
part! Now to enjoy a well-deserved summer watching the Olympics as well as keeping fit!
Although the challenge has been successfully completed, keep the step count up and stay
active throughout the summer! Keep your eyes peeled next year for a new challenge, where
will we go? Qatar for the World Cup or maybe China for the Winter Olympics?
Harvey Grammar School Sportsman of the Term
Noah B (Yr9)
At Sports Day, he broke the long standing
Long Jump record with a jump well over
5m.
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
At the start of last year the Harvey Sports Journalism YouTube channel was created on
which a majority of sporting fixtures including Football, Basketball, Hockey and Rugby are
recorded, edited and uploaded to the public allowing people to really see what goes on in
the Harvey Grammar Sports Department. You can also find the Harvey Sports “How To”
series that were produced by staff members during Lockdown, as a means to learn new
sporting skills.
If you would like to watch some of the sporting fixtures which are already on the channel
please go to YouTube and search Harvey Sports Journalism or copy and paste the following
link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLANYR9jnLDPet7OaPDa14w?
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
To keep updated on all things sport at The Harvey, follow us on Twitter. Find details on
fixtures, results, trips & everything else @HGSSport.
SPONSORSHIP
Own a local business?
Know someone who does?
Would you or they be interested in sponsoring or donating to Harvey Sports?
We compete in local, regional, county & national competitions, not to mention the full &
extensive extra-curricular programme we run within school. This gives the boys as much
opportunity to participate, have fun & develop as possible.
We want to continue to do this, whilst inspiring more boys to get involved. The prospect of
pulling on a new Harvey sponsored kit would help this no end.
Contact Mr Cowling ([email protected]) or Mr Walton
([email protected]) for more details.
HGS SPORTS KIT
A reminder that below is the PE & Sport kit for your lessons at The Harvey. All available
online from Ambition Sport.
If for whatever reason you cannot bring in any of these items for your lessons, a note from
your parent to explain the situation along with an alternative is required.
EXTRA CURRICULAR