Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School

It's safe to say that our science department is feeling festive!

We hope that you all have an amazing and restful break. See you in January!

Last night's Christmas concert was magical! Now it feels like Christmas!🎄🌟

The holidays can be a very difficult time for many. If you or your child needs support over the holidays, Bucks Safe Haven is here for you.

Remember, your mental health matters!

The raffle prize winners have been stopping by all week to collect their goodies!

A huge thank you to our Parents' Society for organising the raffle and the amazing prizes.🎄

For the month of December various students hosted a variety of house competitions for the school. Sixth form student, Abi, organised an amazing dance competition and here are the winners!

Chloe - Ascot winner
Tilly - Ascot winner
Karolina - Claydon joint 2nd
Eliza - Stowe joint 2nd

A huge 'well done' to everyone who participated!

Tomorrow is the debut of 39 Steps!

There are only a few tickets 🎫 left. Click https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/oxford-road/sir-henry-floyd-grammar-school-theatre/the-39-steps/e-baymoo to reserve your place today!

Oliver Moss, one of our year 7 students, captured this stunning photo of our school as he was waiting for the bus.

We couldn't help but share it!

Raffle time!🎫

Our Parents' Society have gone above and beyond this year for the Christmas raffle! There's a M&S hamper worth £150, tickets for Wicked, £75 at the Bel & Dragon, plus 14 more amazing hampers!

Raffle tickets can be purchased through ParentMail or at the production of 39 Steps next week. The winner will be selected on Friday, 9th December.

Good luck!

Calling all parents and carers!📣

Our lovely Parents' Society are providing refreshments for the production next week, and in order to make this happen they need more helpers on Wednesday and Thursday evening. If you can spare an hour or more, please sign up using this link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4da8ab28a6f4ce9-school

When a legend comes to !

It was an amazing honour to have professional dancer, Adam Cooper, in our dance department all day! He taught our A-Level students some repertoire from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and then created a piece from scratch in collaboration with the dancers. Adam works as both a performer and choreographer in musical theatre, and has choreographed and/or starred in award-winning shows, including being the lead Swan in Swan Lake and the lead role in Singin in the rain.

Friday games are always great fun!

Our dance live team leaders went to the Wycombe Swan Theatre on Tuesday to have a full day of training on all things technical and how to work collaboratively with the dancers. We cannot wait for our performance in March!

Tech rehearsals for the Christmas production of 39 Steps👣 are going great. We have such talented students!

Christmas cards time!🎄

This year's Christmas card was designed by Annabelle in Year 11.👏

Cards are available to order on ParentMail, priced at £6 for a pack of 10. These will be available for your child to collect from school on Monday 5th December. All profits from the sale of the cards go to the Above & Beyond campaign, helping to fund the co-curricular and enrichment "extras" that provide such vital support to the teaching and learning at SHFGS.

The deadline to place your order is Sunday 25th November.

This week our year 7 science pupils have been looking at the rate of diffusion by using hot water and tea bags and measuring at which temperature diffusion occurs fastest.

When science can help you make the perfect cup of tea!☕️

Our year 7 Rugby Squad are hard at work!🏉

This week they have been working on ball presentation and rucking with a particular focus on body position and technique. The defence has also been working on trying to maintain a flat line with spacing.

Well done, boys!

Raise your hand if you're enjoying Simon Armitage's retelling of 'The Odyssey'. 🙋📚

Props arrived yesterday for the Christmas performance of The 39 Steps!👣 Tickets are selling fast so book now to avoid disappointment. Get your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/shfgs.

Also, look out for George Shyvers' social media 📱 take-over coming soon (George plays Richard Hannay)!

Good news! We have added 50 more spaces to our Sixth Form open evening. Head over to our website to reserve your space.

See you Thursday!

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Many thanks to Emma at our local NCT group for gathering parents with their babies to support our year 11 provision. Discussions about fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood were of huge benefit to our students. Plus, a few smiles from some tiny humans is always a great way to start the day!

The Bucks County Under 18 Girls Rugby 🏉trials took place earlier this year and we are so happy to say sixth form student, Gemma Gallagher, has again successfully made it through selection.🎉👏

This is a great achievement for Aylesbury RFC and .

Well done, Gemma!

We had our first equestrian team competition over half term.

The team consisted of 3 riders🏇 & horses🐴:
- Darcey, riding Popular Choice
- Anna, riding Ivy Star
- Claudie, riding Steely John

They competed in an Eventer Challenge Competition which consisted of jumping a round of 22 show jumps and solid fences. The girls jumped well, finishing 4th as a team and Anna coming 11th individually in the class. We are very proud of this team!

One photo album just isn't enough! Here are some more photos from the U. Dance National Festival in Birmingham.


📸U.Dance National Festival 2022 presented by One Dance UK, Birmingham, photos by Brian Slater.

to this Summer when some of our dance students attended the U. Dance National Festival in Birmingham. As you can see in these photos, they had the best time and they did an incredible job!



📸U.Dance National Festival 2022 presented by One Dance UK, Birmingham, photos by Dani Bower.

Having fun while learning? ¡Sí, por favor!

Our year 11 MFL students have their speaking exams soon. One way that they've been practising is by playing 'Come and Dine with Me'. They're having a wonderful time debating whose menu is better!

This year to celebrate year 10 and year 12 students had to research and create a presentation on two aspects:
1. The importance of studying the work of black psychologists
2. A fact-file on the work/contributions of a black psychologists.

The image shows four students who won the competition for their classes: Mimi and Tess in year 12 and Ollie and Bethany in year 10.

Well done, students!

to our incredible Autumn Concert!

We cannot wait for the Christmas Concert happening on 14th December.🎄

Thank you to these 6 students for their contributions to our celebrations last month. We are so proud to be able to share their honest and authentic reflections as we continue to work together to inspire, challenge and achieve!

Click https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/student-reflections-black-history-month to read the full article!

Celebration time!🌟🏆🎉

In June some of our Year 12 pupils sat the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge. This is an exam run by the University of Cambridge to stretch and challenge students in chemistry. We had 2 students achieved Gold award, 9 Silver and 14 Copper. We are all very proud of their achievements!

Over half term break the U13 boys squad had the privilege of training in Valencia with the Valencia FC.⚽️

From goalkeeper training to behind the scenes tour of Estadio de Mestalla, our boys had a great time!

A huge shout out to our Parents' Society for serving tea and coffee as well as delicious treats during the Autumn Concert. All of our events are made better because you all!

Also, check out those raffle ticket prizes!🍫🥂

What an amazing Autumn Concert! A huge 'well done' to all of our students who participated. You all are incredibly talented!

Breaking dancing into half term break!🤸

This week we had the privilege of celebrating everything that our students have accomplished this half term.

We have the best students!

We absolutely loved hosting the families of prospective students this week at our open events! Thank you to everyone who joined us, as well as the students who hosted our visitors so well. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Our music students are practicing for tonight's Autumn concert.🍂🎶 We only wish you could hear how beautiful they all sound. For those who have reserved a ticket for tonight, you are in for a real treat!

The 39 Steps.👣

The cast and crew are well into rehearsals for our Christmas production happening on 6th, 7th and 8th December. Tickets🎟 will be available for purchase after half term break.

for more information!