Dear Readers
As the term ends we are delighted to share some more successes and events with you all. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

POLITICS

Trip to the Houses of Parliament

Our Year 12 & 13 Politics students recently had the opportunity to have a tour of the Houses of Parliament on.  They saw the House of Commons in action debating the current workforce crisis in the NHS, and how pharmacists might be deployed in working in the community through diabetes and hypertension clinics.  Following this, a tour of the House of Lords to listen to a lively debate on Carbon Emissions with an emergency tabled issue on Prison Populations. It was great to see Parliament in action. 

Students were joined by our local MP, David Simmonds, to follow-up questions about how different these two houses were on the day.  Students participated in a workshop looking at how Think Tanks and Pressure Groups work within our democracy to lever influence and generate change.

All students were a credit to the Pinner High School community and demonstrated the excellent value of responsibility as future voters. 

Additionally, we received a wonderful email from a member of the public:

" I would like to congratulate you on the lovely pupils my sister and I met on the Metropolitan Line on Tuesday evening about 8pm. They were on their way back from the House of Commons.I am sorry that I do not have any of their names. A couple of them gave up their seats for us, and we had a great chat with five or six of them. They are a credit to your school and their parents. They will know who they are! "

Computer Science

All Year 7 and 8 students and those studying Computer Science in Years 9, 10 and Sixth Form participated in the Bebras Computing Challenge 2022 in November.  Bebras is a challenge which introduces Computational Thinking to students and gets them excited about the world of Computer Science.  Out of the 470 students entered, 29 PHS students were awarded the Gold Award – this is awarded to the top 10% of students nationally!  Outstanding!

Congratulations to:

Year 7

Stefan L

Mya G

Thea L

Aran S

Isla P

Kiyan M

Rylan D

Emily E

Year 8

Woody M-P	Luqman S	Ariane VdM	Keeya P	Brian N	Milli M	Mia D
Kaylen K	Faye E

Year 9

Ben B	Giorgio	Jessica S	Kayden Y	Sami A	Roma L	Atiyah R	Hari I
Shriya C	Gia P	Mikey S	Mikael A

These students have been invited to the Oxford University Computing Challenge which will take place in January 2023!

Remembrance Sunday poetry competition.

Our students entered the Mayor of Harrow, Remembrance Sunday poetry competition.

The below pupils from our school had their poems selected as winners by the panel:

1. Sofia Amin – Winner KS3
2. Ilayda Brown – Winner KS4
3. Aaurgen Mathivathanan – Highly commended KS4
4. Benjamin Patel - Highly commended KS4

Sports Round up

30 students across Years 7-13 will be competing in the Harrow Borough Cross Country Race after Christmas, held at Harrow School.  We expect some excellent results!

Basketball results this term

Year 10 24 vs 4 John Lyon 

Year 11 40 vs 19 John Lyon

Both teams on 1/4 finals

Football

Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 boys all through to 1/4  finals

KS4 girls are in the final

KS3 girls start in February

Year 7 won 2 football tournaments

The sixth form drew twice to Whitmore and Avanti

Badminton

KS3 badminton won the borough plate competition 

Music

Our Choir and mini band recently attended a Christmas service at St Albans Church.  A great performance from our students as part of the Cluster Carol Concert.  Thank you to everyone who participated and attended our Music and Drama Winter Soirée. We had a full house even on a cold winter’s evening. The student performances were magnificent.