The Centre for the Deaf organised a trip to The Shakespeare's Globe to watch a signed and captioned performance of Macbeth.

This was an amazing opportunity not only for the students who are studying this play for GCSE English, but for younger students who will now have a better understanding of the play for the future. A member of the Globe Theatre ran a pre-performance workshop at the school which incorporated team work, role plays and language.

On the day, we were taken on a tour of the theatre, met with some of the actors and had the opportunity to go up on stage.  

Last week, our Year 9 A team faced Springwest Academy and came out on top, winning 7-3. We analysed their strategy and were able to capitalise on it, using our Thinking ME skills developed in our PE lessons. We all showed hard work, perseverance and teamwork which led to our victory. At the same time, our B team also faced Springwest Academy, losing 10-3. No matter the score line, they kept their heads up and gave it their all. They were resilient and were an excellent representation of the Hestonian values.

On Tuesday, the A team faced Rivers Academy. In the first half we didn't play as well as we could have and it showed with the score line being 4-1 to the visitors. We were determined and didn't give up and that helped us get 3 goals back finishing the game in a 4-4 draw. A brilliant, hard-fought game. This was a performance everyone from Heston should be proud of.

Sahib Bains [9B] and Ryan Madhas [9Y]

Since the beginning of January 2022, Heston Community School has moved all its parents’ evenings to a new digital format.

Feedback has been extremely positive with teachers commenting

• It was really easy to use and meetings ran well … plenty of time to speak to the parents and get all the information across.
• Fantastic! Really seamless. No problems.
• The software worked really well. 

Parents were also pleased at how easy and intuitive the software is to use. In addition, we have been delighted to see that the software supports an increase in the number of families where both sets of parents are now able to attend.

As part of the School's drive to continually improve the experience for students at Heston Community School, an external review led by 'Challenge Partners' took place in January. As part of this process, five senior leaders from other schools took part in a wide variety of activities including lesson visits, student interviews and staff conversations, across 3 days.

The reviewers were very complimentary about the School. They were particularly impressed with the very positive relationships between staff and students, high quality teaching and learning, careers education and musical, sporting and subject specific extra-curricular opportunities offered by the School. 

This term there was a competition to de​sign a bookmark to promote a love of reading at Heston Community School. I chose to design my bookmark with a 'Reading Tree' and children reading. They are relaxed in different areas of the garden, enjoying their books. How many children did you spot?

I entered this competition because I love art and reading. I am so pleased that I won this competition and my art will be seen across the whole school. Congratulations to Amrit Bassi [12G] who also won with her entry showing classic literature characters such as Frankenstein, Aslan, Mathilda and Harry Potter. 

Please follow the links below to see our new Heston bookmarks.

Vikram Singh [7W]