We are delighted to announce that Yu Yeen in Year 11 has been selected as one of six finalists for the Nihongo Cup Japanese Speech contest 2013 for KS4 and 5 post-GCSE. Although she entered initially for pre-GCSE category, the screening team felt that she was too advanced for the pre-GCSE category and could … Read more
The large and enthusiastic audience enjoyed a rare musical treat at the Senior School Founder’s Concert on Tuesday at Emmanuel Church, Northwood. Numerous choral and instrumental groups took part, including the Senior School Orchestra, Senior School Choir, St. Helen’s Singers, Year 7 Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Wind Band, String … Read more
St. Helen’s has been very lucky to have hosted two author visits in recent weeks. First we had Lauren Oliver who talked to the Year 10 girls about her dystopian series Delirium which is set in the future where love is considered to be a disease. She was a great … Read more
The celebration of our girls’ talents and gifts reached a climax last night with the wonderful Joint Concert with MTS. St. Helen’s girls sang and played with enthusiasm and professionalism and contributed enormously to the power of the orchestra and the huge choir (made up of girls, boys, parents and … Read more
A group of 23 Year 8 girls have had a morning of learning how to be reporters, journalists and editors as part of BBC School Report News Day. “After experiencing a hectic time filming our interviews, we are currently editing our films. The news reports cover a wide variety of … Read more
Last Saturday saw the final session of this year’s series of Royal Institution Maths Masterclasses run by the Hillingdon Maths Society. These take place at the Civic Centre in Uxbridge and are attended by Year 9 students from around the borough including five from St. Helen’s. Aparna, Emma, Jessica, Thanusha … Read more
On Saturday, Mr Giblin took the CCF RAF Shooting team to a competition at RAF Northolt. The cadets were shooting on a dismounted close combat trainer (DCCT), which simulates real range shooting in an indoor environment. They competed against three other schools; Mill Hill, Wilson’s and Royal Reynolds. After three schools tied … Read more
Today teams from St. Helen’s attended a Rotary Design & Technology competition held at Bushey Academy, unaware of what their task would be. The task was to build a vehicle that was powered by a 200gm weight and included a flay with a logo and the theme was a green … Read more
On Friday, three engineers from Selex ES came to St. Helens to run an activity day for Year 8. They started off by telling us about themselves and then about a product that their company makes. We were then told that we would spend the rest of the day trying … Read more
On Friday, Year 11 girls visited Little St. Helen’s to help in each class and play with the younger girls at playtime. This day was part of their work in the community. The girls had a variety of tasks to help with such as building coaches for Cinderella and icing … Read more