Canons High Represented at UK Hospitality Event.

March

Our very talented and passionate Ms Mary Campbell, Head of Food & Nutrition, spoke at the recent UK Hospitality - Workforce and Skills event.

Held at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London, this first event in UK Hospitality's calendar was introduced by Kate Nicholls OBE with an update by the Employment Minister Alison McGovern MP.

Ms Campbell spoke as part of the 'From Education into Hospitality' presentation. Canons has been working closely with the Athenaeum Hotel in Mayfair, and in particular our new friend Andi Fletcher, their Director of People & Culture. So far we have enjoyed exchange visits, judging, work experience, masterclasses and careers advice. The audience was keen to hear about how this came about, how it's progressing and what the benefits have been. 

We look forward to whatever the next stage of this productive relationship with the Athenaeum brings.

Ms Campbell, [L] speaking with genuine passion and a lifetime of varied working and education experience.

"Nice to see you again Bob."

Mar 10th

We welcomed our local member of Parliament, Bob Blackman CBE MP to Canons High for a friendly visit and a meeting with our Student Government.

He joined them in our conference room for a friendly Q&A session where no doubt the subject matters ranged from how much an MP gets paid to what does he think about the terrible situations in Ukraine and Palestine.

Adults, including teachers and MPs are often struck by what matters are foremost in the minds of our younger generations and what is worrying them.

Bob Blackman MP has been the member of Parliament for Harrow East since 2010.

He has been the Chairman of the 1922 Committee and Chair of the Backbench Business Committee since 2024.

This is certainly not the first time he's visited Canons High, but the first time that he and our current Principal David Bullock have met; and what better way than showing off how our great school is looking now including our new Canons Learning Hub.  

Thank you Bob for coming to visit us.

 by Coach - Mr A Conway

On a beautiful sunny day our 16 strong squad - the biggest ever - set off to Nower Hill School for our first tournament of 2025.

Expectations were high but our first opponents Hatch End proved to be very capable indeed and brought us down to earth, or astroturf, as it turned out.

Next up was Sacred Heart, another strong team. Canons rallied well but the low sun in our eyes was rather too strong and hampered our defence: we lost 2-0.

In game 3, now with the sun on our backs and determination in our hearts we really played well, sorted out the defence and played some excellent football to bag a 1-0 win versus deadly rivals Park High with Halle’s excellent finish topping off some superb team play. So whilst we did not progress beyond the group stage, finishing 3rd out of 4, a truly great time was had and we really learned from the experience.

Everybody there played their part but special mentions must go to Super ‘keeper Aimee, tireless Ilva, Player Of The Tournament Daria who was tougher than a rock in defence, Reyginnae who like Ilva made a big difference up front and played on despite injury (we found out about it afterwards), and Most Improved Player Emima. Golden Boot: Halle." 

I think the tournament was fun and we made some friends from other schools which was nice” - Haifa S

“The tournament was really fun and I enjoyed it “ - Emima P

“It was challenging and we learned a lot” - Daria G

“It was fun” - Natasha A

“The tournament was fun and taught us more things as well” - Jessica K

Our Squad were:

Emima P, Julia P, Reyginae M-B, Reykylie B, Jessica K, Daria G, Alyazia D, Halle S, Yasmine H-A, Abigail F, Natasha A, Ilva B, Aimee W, Nevaeh M, Haifa S & Saffa B.

We have a showcase match against Nower Hill coming up soon.

We’ll be ready.

New School Partnership

We enjoyed a visit to our new partners at Saracens High School at the beginning of the month.

Saracens High, part of the Saracens multi-academy trust, are based in a fantastic new building which opened in 2021.

Whilst they are only a few miles away from us in NW9 (near the Hendon RAF museum), that places them in the London Borough of Barnet. We are a Harrow school, tied closely to Harrow Council, but we are also an academy with all the freedoms and independence that allows us, so we are very glad to be forming this new partnership of cooperation and sharing with our new neighbours.

Boys Football Wins!

Mar 12th

Our Boys teams have just achieved two excellent wins in the Harrow Borough Cup competition.

Firstly, our Year 9 squad beat Whitefriars 2-1, followed by our Year 11s who beat Whitmore High School 1-0 with an outstanding defensive display!

Great playing guys. We are so proud of you all.

Jack Petchey SPEAK OUT Regional Finals.

Mar 12th

Huge congratulations to Rahma and Aryan for their fantastic speeches as part of the Jack Petchey SPEAK OUT regional finals.

They are pictured here with [L to R]

Teachers Ms Di Giuseppe, Dr Shah (JP Coordinator), their Head of Year 10 Mr Brown and Principal Mr Bullock.

They attended to offer their support, along with the students families and friends. They were also extremely proud and pleased at how well our competitors represented our school.

Mock Exams - As Real As They Can Be!

March

Our spring Mock Exam season finished at the beginning of March, and extremely successful it was too. 

Our Exams Officer, Ms S Brennan and her team received special mention for their excellent handling of this most important task.

This included the planning, scheduling, running and invigilating, plus no end of rotas, schedules, e-mails and other exacting exam officialdom that's required! 

We make our mock exams as real as they can possibly be so that our students can familiarise themselves with full exam conditions.

The results from these mocks, and other assessments, are also another opportunity for us to identify any issues and ensure students are being entered for the appropriate level of final examination.

DID YOU KNOW?

It is now an official requirement that exam entrants have photo identification.

For our main school students, we supply a small ID card, just for the exams, which is placed on their exam desk. Our Sixth Formers use their actual Canons student ID badges.

This photo ID is to ensure that the person undertaking the exam is definitely the correct entrant and that they're sitting at the correct desk. 

How Do You Feel About Flat Sharing?

March 14th

This big question kicked off a special presentation our Year 13 Sixth Formers participated in recently.

"A facilitator from "Wize up Education", part of the Jack Petchey foundation, came in to present to all Year 13s about flat sharing, savings and investments. 

This is an important time for our Year 13s as they turn into adults and prepare to go to work or university.

Some will be moving away from home and awareness about flat sharing with non family members becomes essential. The students were advised about the different types of contracts and given tips and good practices on what to do and look out for before signing any tenancy contracts. They were also given advice on what makes a good co sharer and how to avoid the pitfalls of renting  and sharing. 

They were also informed about the importance of saving and the different forms of savings and investments with the varying risk involved in them. The information raised financial awareness and gave the students things to consider and plan as they become more and more independent. 

Special mention for Yaqub Jama, who actively contributed to the discussions and had lots of questions which I'm sure others would have wanted to ask as well. "

Mrs J Halai  |  Deputy Head of Sixth Form

Can't wait - Slightly nervous - Not bothered.

Your housemate leaves their dirty dishes in the sink for days...

What do you do? 

'King of Nothing' Author Visit

March 18th

It was Great to welcome author Nate Lessore to our Canons High Library for the day.

He hosted a talk with our KS3 students and a writing workshop with our Year 11s, as well as plenty of friendly chat and book signing.

Huge thanks to Nate for coming to visit us.

Maths Feast Event

March 14th

March 14th was International Pi Day!

Not apple pie or Steak and Kidney Pie, but the other Pi, the number π which is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

It is celebrated on the 14th day of the 3rd month. Hence 3.14 . 

Maths Feast

We celebrated Pi day with several events and challenges, one being our hosting of Maths Feast.

The Maths Feast challenge is created and run by the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme.

Maths Feast is an inter school fun educational challenge for Year 10 students which tests problem-solving and teamwork skills.

We had 22 participating teams this year from 12 different schools.

There was an amazing atmosphere and it was a fun and successful event.

Thank you to Ms P Balani from our Maths Department for organising it at Canons.

Girls Netball

March 20th

Well done to the Year 8 Girls Netball team who finished 3rd in their tournament and to our Year 11 students who had a brilliant GCSE PE practical moderation.

They are pictured here with coaches [L] Ms L Morcombe and [R] Ms T Haghighi