"He encouraged and nurtured my love of reading and theatre. He was a champion. He was my champion and I'm truly grateful to him." - Old Haberdasher
@RealMattLucas
in
@tes
on his favourite teacher Mr Michael Cook.
#WorldTeachersDay
#MyBestTeacher
🚴♂️🎉🍾 Mr Michael Broadwith: Teacher, Old Boy, Record Breaker!
The School held a celebration event and formed a guard of honour today to mark Mr Broadwith's success.
Read more about
@24HourMaths
@endtoend2018
achievement on our website ➡️
An Apache helicopter landed near the cricket square in front of Aldenham House today as part of a
#Physics
lesson. The world is our classroom!
#NurturingExcellence
🥽 The Habs Science department has donated essential supplies to GP services in Hemel Hempstead, Harpenden, St Albans and Hertford, including goggles, sterilising fluid and paper towels.
Read more ➡️
#ThankYouNHS
#HabsCommunity
#Community
👏 A huge thank you to our cleaning crew for keeping students and staff as safe and well as possible this term.
📸 Here are some of the wonderful team. 🙌
#Heroes
#HabsCommunity
#WeAreHabs
✉️ Habs was delighted to receive a note from Sir David Attenborough! He responded to our community art project, part of
@The_Big_Draw
and themed
#AClimateofChange
. It means a great deal to have our project acknowledged in this way. Thank you, Sir David!
#WeAreHabs
#TheBigDraw
Very many congratulations to our School Captain Tamilore on being featured in
@TheSundayTimes
by
@shanti_das
. The piece is on page 8 of news section on yesterday's issue.
Read the article here...
🎉 The School is delighted to announce that Sixth Form student Kielan has progressed through to the semi-finals of the
@BBC
Young Jazz Musician 2020. Congratulations Kielan!
#NurturingExcellenceOnline
#WeAreHabs
👏 Congratulations to our Habs robotics teams who performed remarkably well and even have some silverware coming back from the VEX IQ World Championships (
@REC_Foundation
) in Texas this term!
Read more ➡️
#TogetherBoundless
⚽ Our 1st XI football team are through to the next round of the Boodles ISFA Cup after a 4-0 win away at Bedford Modern School.
Two goals from Nathan (captain) and one each from Daniel and Sarthak secured victory.
#WeAreHabs
#TogetherBoundless
#CoCurricular
(
@HabsPE
)
☔ A huge thank you to our visitors for not letting the weather dampen spirits. The rain was relentless, but it was great to host an in-person open day and to meet people on campus again. A special thanks to our excellent student ambassadors!
#WeAreHabs
#TogetherBoundless
It is with great sadness and respect that our schools offer our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family upon the death of Her Majesty the Queen.
We will forever be indebted to Her Majesty for her service to this country and to her people.
👏 Thomas Sherlock (OH 2019) represented
@univofstandrew
on
@BBC
#UniversityChallenge
. Thomas successfully answered many questions throughout the night and his team were victorious. All at Habs are very proud of him. Congratulations!
#WeAreHabs
🎉 School Captain Zamaan received four A* and will go on to study Engineering Design at the University of Bristol!
Read what he had to say about his results and more on our website ➡️
#WeAreHabs
Habs was delighted to welcome Joanna Abeyie MBE to the School to provide diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias training to all staff.
@Joanna_Abeyie
delivered hugely important and thought-provoking sessions, and we look forward to welcoming her back to Elstree soon.
👏 This is a wonderful gesture by former School Captain John Vincent (OH 1990), who is Founder and Chief Executive of
@leonrestaurants
.
Click here to read more ➡️
5 teams took part in the
@f1inschoolsUK
London North Regional Finals at Harlow College Last Thursday.
Congratulations to the 3 teams; Marl1n, Apex Racing and HMR Head who qualified for the 2023 National finals!
Congratulations to all who received their A Level results today! The School is delighted that Habs boys continue to excel with outstanding achievements in A* and A grades.
📘 ➡️
📷➡️
#ALevelResults2019
#ALevelResultsDay
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Robert Sykes as the next Head of Habs Boys’ School. We look forward to welcoming Rob to his new role in September, alongside our new Head of Habs Girls’ School, Dr Hazel Bagworth-Mann.
🖥️ Read more on our website. Link in bio.
🎶 Over 150 Habs students, from Years 1 to 13, came
#together
with
#Music
staff to recreate The Jackson 5 classic ‘I Want You Back’ as part of a remote music project. This is a truly wonderful piece of work by our
#community
!
Enjoy now ➡️
#WeAreHabs
🎉 Josh also achieved 4 A* and will be going on to study Mathematics at Jesus College, University of Cambridge!
Read what he had to say about the day on our website ➡️
#WeAreHabs
#NurturingExcellenceOnline
🕌 During Ramadan, fasting students decided to raise money to build a reading space for children living in impoverished conditions. In time for the start of the academic year, a small library has been built that will benefit students in refugee camps.
#WeAreHabs
#Together
🏉 Congratulations to the U15 Rugby team who have reached the quarter final of the U15 RFU Bowl competition with a win over Richard Hale, Hertford!
Read more ➡️
#WeAreHabs
#TogetherBoundless
🏏 Congratulations to Jay (10H1) and Chinmay (U6S1) on their respective cricketing successes! Jay was selected to play in the Bunbury Festival while Chinmay was selected to play for
@middlesexccc
2nd XI team.
Read more ➡️
#WeAreHabs
#Boundless
@HabsPE
⚽ Congratulations to Samuel (10S2), Saad (10S2) and Sam (10C1) who played in the national finals of the Junior Premier League (
@jpluk
) with the Hertfordshire Regional Talent Centre. They won 3-2! 🏆
#WeAreHabs
#Sport
#Football
👏 Many congratulations to our very own Mrs Zahid, Teacher of Economics at Habs, for being named in
@emeraldnetwork
’s ‘Top 100 Inspiring Muslims.’
#WeAreHabs
#emerald100
Latest showcase
#emerald100
SAHAR ZAHID
Teacher / Founder of Moroccan Youth UK
Supports various educational charities and initiatives
Olympic Torchbearer, during Ramadan 2012, participated in the relay in front of thousands lining the streets of West London
#IAmMuslim
Habs Boys &
@habsgirlsSchool
announced exciting plans about our joint 10-year strategy.
🗣️ Mr Lock: "Our shared strategy will best serve all members of the Habs community and help us to prepare our students for future success.”
🗞️
@BwoodTimes
➡️
#WeAreHabs
🕺 Thanks to all who took part in today's HabsDash! The last of these School community runs was dubbed 'DiscoDash' to celebrate the last week of term. Great fun was had by all. 🏃♂️
💻Pupils experienced some brilliant assemblies in the spring term!
⚠️Spoilers: we found out that Mr Lock knows Spider-Man, Mr Amlot wears a suit 24/7, Mrs Percival owns a creepy-crawly hotel and Old Haberdasher
@RealMattLucas
dropped by.
#WeAreHabs
#NurturingExcellenceOnline
🎉 Congratulates to our Year 13 students on achieving an excellent set of A Level results enabling them to secure, once again, places at the most prestigious universities.
Read more ➡️
#WeAreHabs
#NurturingExcellence
Just over half an hour to go until the
@Tes
Awards are handed out. The School wishes Mr Jones, Miss Biggerstaff and the entire mathematics department the very best of luck!
#TesAwards
@habsboys
@BHR_hospitals
Another huge thank you to the staff and pupils at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School who worked tirelessly over the Easter holidays to provide 2 bags of visors for staff at Queen’s Hospital. Your help and efforts are greatly appreciated! Visors en-route...
Congratulations to our Year 11s on achieving excellent GCSE results across all subjects! They have shown great strength and resilience, and have worked tremendously hard during such an unusual year. They have adjusted so well to remote learning.
📘 ➡️
🇺🇬 Best wishes to Mrs Pollock as she embarks on her journey to
#Uganda
, where she will be working with our School Charity, Third Hope, to help rehabilitate ex-child soldiers for a month. Good luck, Mrs Pollock!
Learn more ➡️
🏏 It's that time of year! The grounds staff have been working hard throughout the break to ensure the pitches are ready for the upcoming
#cricket
season.
#cocurricular
#sport
The Habs Dragons' Den is back! With
@SonaliShah
as host, finalists from Habs Boys and
@habsgirlsschool
pitched their ideas to this year's panel of judges: Tim Campbell (
@TC_MBE
), Nica Burns, Shobi Khan and Emma Woods. Well done to all those involved!
#TogetherBoundless
John o’Groats. Record broken. After the most unbelievable 43 hours 25 minutes and 13 seconds. Thank you to the whole team for getting
@24HourMaths
in and, remarkably, ahead of his schedule. 🎉🚴🏻
🚴♂️ Our very own Mr Broadwith (
@24HourMaths
) is currently in 2nd place in the World 24 Hour Cycling Time Trial in California.
Follow his progress ➡️
👋 A warm welcome to all those families attending our 11+ induction Zoom call this afternoon. You will be meeting some of our staff during your call, including Mr Hardman, Head of Lower School (Year 7 and 8).
🎉 Welcome to Habs! 🥁
#WeAreHabs
#HabsCommunity
#NurturingExcellence
🏏 Habs is delighted to announce that Sixth Former Joe has been re-selected into the
@Middlesex_CCC
Elite Player Group (EPG) for 2019/20. Congratulations Joe!
Read more on our website ➡️
#NurturingExcellence
📢 We are excited to announce our new Prefect team! 📢
Our new School Captain is Malcolm (L6M2) and our three Vice-Captains are Zuhair (L6M1), Yash (L6R2) and Keshav (L6H2).
#TogetherBoundless
#Community
#Courage
🎶 Old Haberdasher Kielan Sheard will be appearing on BBC4 tomorrow evening at 7pm as he performs in the
@BBC
Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020!
Good luck, Kielan.
#WeAreHabs
#Music
#BBC
#Jazz
🎶 The School is delighted to announce that Kielan Sheard (OH 2020) has made it through to the final of the
@BBC
Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020!
Congratulations, Kielan!
Read more on our website ➡️
#WeAreHabs
#Music
#BBCYoungJazzMusician
#Finals
🏎️ Congratulations to Year 7 pupil, Jarrett, who came 3rd in the Motorsport UK British Kart Championship for Honda Cadet 2022!
#TogetherBoundless
#Ambition
#Courage
👏 Well done to all our teams who competed in the
@VEXRobotics
competition in Dallas, Texas. It was a fantastic opportunity to experience international competition; congratulations to HABS_Involute for winning the Build Award in the Math Division!
Success for Habs Boys’ School! Theo took the honours winning the inaugural Haberdashers’ Young Musician of the Year with a terrific performance at the piano.
👏 For our second day of Wellbeing Week, Junior School pupils were treated to a cook off with
@Chartwells_UK
and there was a 'smoothie bike'. We also had some runners of HabsDash hit 100 miles, whilst the Prep School made their HabsDash debut!
🚴 Mr Broadwith, teacher of Mathematics and Old Haberdasher, cycled over 500 miles in the 24-Hour World Time Trial Championship (WTTC) in Borrego Springs, California. Congratulations, Mr Broadwith! 🏅
Read more on our website ➡️
#NurturingExcellence
🏏 Year 9 pupil Aryan has been selected to represent Middlesex county in the D40 National League Squad. This is the highest level of disability cricket before international status. Congratulations, Aryan and
@HabsPE
!
Read more on our website ➡️
🏃♂ We are all delighted that HabsDash is back on campus! There are new measures in place to ensure the safety of the runners, and there were plenty of smiles as students and staff made their way around the 3.5km course.
#WeAreHabs
The first of our open day speeches has been completed! Guests heard an address by Headmaster Gus Lock before Year 8 pupil, Daniel, and School Captain, Felix, spoke about their experiences at Habs.
#WeAreHabs
#OpenDay2021
#TogetherBoundless
⚽ Many congratulations to the Old Haberdashers Football Club who, in a hard fought contest at Hendon FC, recently beat Old Westminsters 1-0 to lift the Gareth Dineen Cup! 🏆
#WeAreHabs
#HabsCommunity
🇮🇸 Over half term, there was an exciting trip to Iceland! Here's a picture of our Head of Middle School, Mr Lawrence, together with Middle School students on the Sólheimajökull glacier.
#TogetherBoundless