Posted on: 21/07/2017British Council 'Rivers of the World' ProjectThe artwork produced by year 8 and year 9 pupils as part of the British Council 'Rivers of the World' Project has been selected for display in a prime location, river side of the Tate Modern, as part of this year's Thames Festival. It will be on show from 17th Aug until the end of September - keep an eye out for it if you're passing by on the Southbank or visiting the Tate. The boys did themselves (and the school) proud, and were highly commended for their conduct, effort, commitment and quality of outcome by the British Council artist they worked with.
Posted on: 20/07/2017Book Donation to School AidThe Mathematics and Science departments donated 250 educational text books to School Aid. The books were no longer of use in the departments due to the new GCSE curriculum changes. School Aid is a non-profit organisation that sends school books and other educational resources direct to schools in need (www.school-aid.org). School Aid relies heavily on the support of volunteers and on donations by schools to make the project work. Hurstmere dropped the books to a centre in Bexleyheath and they will be sent to schools in Africa to be used in classrooms and school libraries. Hurstmere was happy to be able to make the donation and hope to make many more in the future.
Posted on: 14/07/2017Hurstmere's Summer Short Story Competition 2017Hurstmere ran it's final Short Story Competition in the summer term and we were again impressed by the standard of writing from the entrants. We choose a very difficult genre for the boys, comedy, but they didn't disappoint. The runner up and the winning story were both extremely entertaining. The runner-up received a set of books of his choice and the winner took home a new Kindle. Please click here to see the winning story...
Posted on: 11/07/2017The Gas Tanks - MFY Finals, Saturday 8th Julyhe Gas Tanks did Hurstmere proud on Saturday at the Music For Youth national finals. They were up against some very strong competition, but were called "a very exciting band, with a real diversity in their approach". Gary Landick and Matt Morley (Year 11), Ed Demi-Ejegi and Jake Chen (Year 10), Sam Ward (ex-pupil) and Tom Monks were joined by two girls from Blackfen Year 10 and three boys (including Will Morley) from the Guildhall School of Music playing brass. They performed their three songs brilliantly and received the following comments from the judges: "vibrant and engaging performance style "good stylistic awareness" "a real sense of identity" "bold, tight and control rhythm section playing" "fun, catchy and very memorable melody and lyrics" We now wait for the outcome, announced in August, but fingers crossed!
