Anne Quaile - Handsworth Grange School

Time for Change
As we start the very exciting time of rebuilding and refurbishing
our school we are very grateful to Keith Finner for sharing some
important and interesting parts of our past with us. Keith’s father,
Ted Finner was contracts manager for Ackroyd & Abbott Ltd.,
the main contractors for the original school site building in the
1950’s, originally known as Beaver Hill School. Keith has been
kind enough to provide us with some of the original photographs
showing the original school being built. Photographs 1 & 2 are
taken looking up Handsworth Grange Road towards the building
of the school hall and gym; photograph 3 is taken of the school
gym with Handsworth Grange Road in the background and
photograph 4 is taken from the present sports hall area looking
towards the maths and English classrooms block.
We are also grateful to local photographer David Bolsover for
providing us with an aerial photograph of the school in 1997. The
photograph shows the school including the two teaching blocks
and the old inflatable sports hall.
The Big Challenge
This year saw the 4th year of the Big Challenge competition in
Sheffield. Pupils from all schools in Sheffield are invited to enter teams
into a fiercely competitive business contest.
This year’s competition saw an amazing 283 teams entering
from every secondary school in the City. At Handsworth Grange
Community Sports College a total of 14 teams initially entered the
competition but only one team had the impetus and longevity to see
the competition through to the end.
‘A Taste of India’ (the brainchild of Rahan Rahman in year 10). Along
with Mohammed Morshed, Shobnum Khanum and Shabrina Akhter
the team had great success. They produced amazing Indian and
Pakistani food for people to buy at school as a run up to the main
competition scooping the prize for the business which made most
money throughout the competition.
To get this far, firstly the team had to visit Sheffield town hall to
present to a panel of judges. They were then selected to attend the
grand final at the Victoria Park Hotel in Sheffield. This was a very
prestigious event and the team were given their award by Plusnet’s
founder Lee Strafford. Each team member received a cash prize for
£100 pounds. Sadly they didn’t win the
grand prize of an all expenses paid trip
to Madrid.
A Taste of India will be entering the
competition again next year and could
well bag the grand prize if they build on
this year’s success. Congratulations to A
Taste of India from all at Handsworth
Grange Community Sports College.
Mr Brown, Enterprise Coordintor.
Community
in Bloom 2011
One of the annual projects the school
has worked on with Handsworth and
Woodhouse Community Forums over
the last few years is to plant bulbs in the
community to help bring some spring
cheer and colour. We are very pleased
with how some of the areas we have
been involved were looking really good
this spring.
Rewards Trip
a Success
50 year 7, 8 and 9 pupils enjoyed a day out to Alton Towers.
This KS3 reward trip was to celebrate pupils for achieving an
outstanding attitude to learning in all 3 data collections
Dave Whitehouse Head of Year 7
School Gains Eco
School Award
A huge part of the successful Healthy Schools Award achieved in
2008 was due to the efforts and contribution of the pupils involved
in the Healthy School & Community Young Leaders group. This
group continues to work tirelessly to help make the school a
cleaner, greener and more environmentally friendly school, with
support from staff co-ordinators Mrs Robinson and Mr Hudson.
One of the many tasks of the group currently is to work towards
Silver Eco Schools Status.
The photograph shows some of the members of Healthy Schools
and Community Young Leaders group; and the staff co-ordinators
with the School Leadership team in front of the Sheffield Healthy Schools
banner which was recently on display in the school reception area.
The Healthy Schools & Community Young School Leaders Aims:
l To be a pupil voice for health, fitness, green and environmentally friendly
Science in Action
As part of Sheffield Environment Weeks, Friends of Shirtcliffe and
Handsworth Grange School organised a count of the red-listed Adder’s Tongue
Fern on Severnside Meadow, which is part of Shirtcliffe Valley.
In attendance were Mr Priestley, Mr Hudson, Mrs Robinson, Dr Connelly
and 14 students from Year 7 & 8. Also present were 4 members of Friends of
Shirtcliffe and Ziggy Senkans,
the Biodiversity Monitoring
Officer.
The event began at 9:30 AM
and consisted of 2 activities:
the main activity being the
Fern Count, the second activity
being a Woodland Tour. The
students were then shown some
of the plants that are Ancient
Woodland Indicators – they were
particularly impressed by the
masses of Bluebells and Wild
Garlic (did you know that Wild
Garlic is edible, and very tasty?).
The overall result was excellent –
with over 600 ferns being found.
Mr Priestley will collate the
records and will produce a map
and statistics to go forward to the
Sheffield Database.
issues within the school & the community
l To promote a healthier, cleaner, greener and more pleasant school & local
community for everyone
l To encourage other young people to make a positive contribution within
school and the local community