For Super Learning Day, Years 7, 8 and 9 students went on a cultural treasure hunt around London. First, we walked to Osterley Tube Station and took the train to Piccadilly Circus. When we got off the train, we were in Central London!

It was amazing to see all the grand buildings and sites! We walked across Green Park, which was landscaped in 1820 by John Nash, a famous British architect. Buckingham Palace looked majestical and I enjoyed seeing the Beefeaters marching up and down, playing trumpets and drums. The Houses of Parliament and Downing Street were particularly fascinating.

I would definitely love to do this trip again; I saw London in a way I have never before. Thank you for Miss Ryan and all the teachers for organising it!

Jassia Kwokova [8Y]

Ishmael Damree in Year 11 won the Jack Petchey Prize for his resilience, hard work and positive attitude to learning. He shared his prize money with The Centre for the Deaf. The students were taken to Kingston Cinema to watch a subtitled showing of Spider-Man; No Way Home. The students were provided with refreshments while watching the film. After the movie, students were taken to Pizza Express where they were treated to pizza and dough balls. They thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. 

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.