Sixth form attend youth climate change summit with Sir David AttenboroughHampton Court House were thrilled to recieve a prestigious invitation to take part in Richmond Council’s first ever youth climate change summit on the 16th October. Our A level Geographers had the opportunity to speak to Sir David Attenborough about his insights into climate change before conducting... workshops discussing the practical implications of climate change on our schools and council and how best to tackle it. The interschool conversation was wonderfully inspiring and the results school help guide the borough’s climate change agenda going forward as well as help foment positive change in HCH itself. See more
Big Draw Festival 2019We have been absolutely thrilled with the outpouring of creativity that this year’s Big Draw Festival has inspired in our students and staff. We challenged every member of our school community to produce a self portrait that would express facets of their characters and give insight in to their inner... worlds. The variety of approaches and techniques has produced a rich visual tapestry of the interests, emotions and the expressiveness of the participants. From delicately observed pencil sketches to bold and colourful ink studies to unexpected interpretations of the self. See more+1
Year 8 Transformation GameYear 8 have recently revised all four transformations: reflection, translation, rotation and enlargement. They tested their knowledge with this game, which can be found on the nrich website. https://nrich.maths.org/transformationgame A great way of testing and deepening understanding!
Times Tables Challenge 2019Time flies when one is learning a lot and we have almost reached half term. Which means the annual HCH Times Tables Challenge got under way. The first semi-final on Monday had Year 4 up to Year 8 very close together, with Year 5 being in the first spot. Tuesday saw the older year groups battling to get... into the final and Years 10, 11 and the Sixth From left Year 5 in the forth spot, just missing out on a pace in the final. This meant that for the first time in the history of this event did the three oldest year groups make it into the final. And what a final it was! Especially the younger children were impressed by the speed and you had to be there to believe the excitement times tables can elicit. In the end it came down to the final points and the Sixth Form won by a small margin, with Year 11 in second place and Year 10 carrying home the bronze medals. See more
GCSE and A level students visit SwanageOur hardy students braved the relentless rain and wind to capture some highly creative images of the stunning Dorset coast. The photographers experimented with Neutral Density Filters to capture long exposures of the dramatic stormy waves as they crashed against the shore. Meanwhile the artists work... quickly and decisively as they battled against the elements to interpret the landscape in watercolours, inks and graphite. A memorable and productive weekend despite the terrible weather! The GCSE and A-level geographers had a fun and productive weekend preparing materials for their courses and engaging with a range of natural processes and landforms. Studying alongside natural wonders including Durdle Door arch and Lulworth Cove helped bring these elements of the curriculum to life and the students showed wonderful resilience, despite the weather, to collect a range of useful data and information. See more+8
Year 7-12 Activities day trip to Chinese cooking lesson26 students went to a Chinese restaurant in Thames Ditton to learn how to make spring rolls and dumplings. The rolling was strangely relaxing and a huge number of dumplings and spring rolls were made. We then got to eat our food along with some fried rice. It was a really sociable way to learn to cook. We stopped on the way back at a Chinese supermarket to enable students to buy ingredients so that they could hone their newfound skills.
Year 9 trip to New Scientist Live ExhibitionYear 9 thoroughly enhoyed their day out at the New Scientist Live Exhibition on Thursday. They listened to talks from specialists in engineering, human sciences, technology and the cosmos as well as Tim Peakes and Konni Huq. The students particularly enjoyed hearing about the life cycle, and adaptations and behaviour of some unusual parasites on the Earth Science Stage.