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HYMERS REVIEW ROUND-UP successful navigation to Norway aboard CatZero group of Year 10 and Year 11 students spent three days sailing across the North Sea arriving in Port Stavanger, Norway before exploring the islands and Pulpit Rock! Definitely a journey to remember.
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Hymers College @MFL: Some excellent work in the Y9 Spanish Research Challenge @Hymers_College, including a model of Spain! Oso ondo to Hannah, Pablo, Alex and Samuel!
Huge congratulations to all involved! College @Hymers_Junior: Well done to all our Junior HMC Athletics competitors! U9 Boys Champions, U10 boys 3rd overall, U11 boys 3rd overall, Boys Combined 2nd overall. Plenty of individual podiums for boys & girls. You’re all amazing! Top work all involved.
GENERAL REVIEW
Hymers College @HymersLRC: Celebrate Pride Month with these beautiful books that give you positive messages about embracing differences, overcoming adversity, and sharing love and kindness with everyone around you. #Pride2022
As regional north-east winners, a NCS team from Hymers travelled to Goldsmiths Hall, London for the final of the Goldsmiths’ Company Community Engagement Awards in London. They beat eight other regional winners from a total of over 140 schools to claim Gold, presented by the Lord Bridges, and won an amazing £3,000 for the school.
The Hymers team of Tom (Year 13), Lexie and Anna (Year 12) gave a presentation of the community projects that the school and NCS were involved with. They fielded questions from all the judges who were impressed with the range of charitable activities that have been happening at Hymers.
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NCS: Goldsmiths’ Gold
Hymers College @HymersDT: Another fantastic morning, making and testing trebuchets with the Year 7 students after their visit to Warwick Castle earlier this week.
The sun sets on a fantastic trip on CatZero for some fortunate Year 10 and Year 11 students. The intrepid sailors took on the North Sea and landed in Port Stavanger, Norway. For more photos and details on a fantastic trip, check out @HymersSailing on Twitter. We welcomed our school Charities of the Year for 2021-22, Abbie’s Fund and Hull Sisters, to our Senior School assembly at the end of term to present them with the proceeds from our fundraising efforts this year. A huge thank you to everyone who helped us support these charities.
CharityCatZero of the Year Year 13 students Jacob, Finlay, William and Harry took part in the Macmillan’s Longest Day Golf Challenge on Tuesday 28 June. The challenge entailed a marathon of walking and 16 hours of golf in one day. The friends were motivated to take part as they all experienced the impact of cancer on their families and friends. Any support has been greatly appreciated. Well done!
Longest Day Golf Challenge
Our pupils took part in a range of workshops, including constructing a plastic bottle boat, upcycling old t-shirts to make a rag rug, creating a garden and forming a junk band. The culmination of the week saw the pupils present to the parents to conclude what they had learned.
Matthew was awarded a Roentgenium Certificate (Roentgenium is the fourth element in the group of the Periodic Table which contains Copper, Silver and Gold), placing him in the top 0.71% of the entry to this elite competition, and he has accepted an invitation to a residential camp at the University of Cambridge Chemical Laboratory and St Catharine’s College to recognise his outstanding achievement.
Roentgenium award for Matthew
Cambridge Chemistry Challenge
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award
In 2016 the theme was Brazil Week, in 2017 it was Hull Week, History Week was our theme in 2018, Invention Week in 2019 and last year it was Japan Week. This year we embraced Eco Week, helping raise awareness about environmental issues around the world and how they can be alleviated by positive action.
“Kushal has a remarkable intuitive feel and flair for good chemistry and Matthew’s achievement is startling and fabulous, his award is probably the single most distinguished in the history of Chemistry at Hymers.”
- Mr G Prescott
Junior School Eco-themed Week
Congratulations to our Gold Duke of Edinburgh group who have successfully completed their expedition after four days of walking from Glossop across the Pennines ending up in Edale in the Peak District.
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Eleven Year 12 students sat the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Cambridge Chemistry Challenge examination. They answered questions about double bond equivalents, the unusual physical and chemical properties of aluminium chloride, anti-perspirants, and honeystone, which is a rare example of a mineral containing an inorganic cation and an organic anion. Suprithi, Anchitha and Florence obtained Copper Certificates; Zain, Mohammed, Dylan and Joel achieved Silver Certificates; Kushal won a Gold Certificate, with a mark putting him in the top bracket of that cohort.
Natasha, Will, Oscar and Thomas finished their expedition in great spirits - well done!
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The latest House scoreboard Staff v Leavers Netball
British Youth ChampionshipsFencing
SPORTS REVIEW
A hard and challenging match took place between our Year 13 netballers and a team of coaching staff for the final netball match of their school life. The atmosphere was fantastic and the sports hall was packed with supporters who saw a friendly, competitive match with the teachers taking a narrow win.
Huge congratulations to our U12 boys who won the HMC Sixes U12 final. Hymers beat St Peters in a thrilling match to take the shield. Well done to Charles, Ashwin, Henry, Tyler, Olly, Albert and Sam!
Hymers College @Robert Wright: Even a couple of downpours couldn’t take the shine off today’s @Hymers_College Sports Day! Well done to all in Yrs 7-10 for some fantastic sport, played in great spirit! Thank you to all staff involved, especially our catering staff for the lovely BBQ and to our Y12 helpers!
Over the May Bank Holiday weekend the British Youth Fencing Championships took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. This is a major National Championships held over three days and involving hundreds of young fencers who have all qualified to take part through Regional Oliver,events.Andrew, Tom and Befreen performed extremely well and enjoyed their experience.
U12 Cricket Sixes take the shieldYorkshire’sbest!
Hymers College @HymersSport: Well done to Amelia and Evie for winning their final match at the ISTA Championships. Hymers College @HymersSport: A beautiful setting for the first game of the Scotland festival. Today we take on hosts @strath_sport and will field first after @strath_sport won the toss. Hymers College @HymersSport: All children had a great time at the @HMC_Org Swimming. A big thank you to Mr Mills who took on the organising of this event late in the dayit was a super event! Thank you also to all the helpers and officials who made the event run smoothly. @HymersJunior
Congratulations to Ashwin (Year 7) on winning the best Allrounder for U11’s at the atawardscricketYorkshireboardceremonyHeadingley.
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Hymers College @HymersSport: We have brought the U13 players to join the seniors and U15s at #whatanexperience!Wimbledon.
Senior School Sports Day
Junior School Sports Day
Hymers College @HymersSport: Last game of staff football for Mr Meadway as he retires after 30 years at Hymers. His Brazil shirt is now retired. We also say goodbye to Mr Geary who has been a brilliant colleague during his time at Hymers. #pleasestayintouch!
Our Senior School Sports Day is becoming a highlight of the year as students were treated to traditional athletic races, archery, zorbing and a climbing tower.
Hymers College @HymersSport: Our U12s are batting in the Yorkshire Cup Final in Leeds.
The sun was shining bright on a wonderful afternoon of sport for the Junior School Sports Day in June. Many school records tumbled, a well-fought tug-of-war and the first ever teacher’s sack race which proved controversial!
Hymers College @HymersSport: U15 boys tennis has concluded on Day 2 of the ISTA at Eton. Well played Will, Matty, Vignesh & Reuben!
6 | Hymers Review Summer Term 2021/2022 Hymers College @Hymers_Art: Fantastic Year 11 mixed media portrait featuring collage, acrylic and natural forms. Hymers College @Hymers_Art: A barnstorming sixth form combination of painting, collage and stencilled text, and a personal hero to boot. Worthy of the man himself. #Bowie ARTS REVIEW Hymers College @Hymers_Art: Another Year 11 masterpiece, this one features mysterious footsteps disappearing into the waves. Fabulous technique! Hymers College @Hymers_Art: A still from a #GIF #animation from one of our talented sixth form students. Hands down the best I’ve seen today! Year 6 performs Aladdin An extremely colourful production of Aladdin performed by our excellent Year 6 cast. The cast was rotated between all the pupils - more photos can be viewed on our website - www.hymerscollege.co.uk Junior School Summer Concert
Dove House Hospice: our students spent the day at their distribution centre to help to sort and categorise donated items that will be distributed to their charity shops.
Hymers College @Hymers_Art: Some fabulous display pieces being collected by recent alumni. Thanks for the loan!
Daisy Pulls it Off production
The play was last performed at Hymers 25 years ago when some of our current parents and members of staff took parthigh time for a revival don’t you think?
Thoresby School: Year 12 students created colourful murals in the style of New York Graffiti artist, Keith Haring to the cutthrough. The purpose was create a streetart style mural to enhance the aesthetic of the area and to instill a greater sense of pride and enjoyment for the residents. The project was started last year with a cleanup of the area and an initial clean and paint of the walls. This year our Year 10s gave the wall a second coat of white paint and our Year 12s designed and created the mural. PATT Foundation: The charity is focused on environmental sustainability and providing mental well-being and skills development activities for ex-service men and women and the wider community. Students had a tour of the facility and carried out gardening activities.
There were many activities for our Senior School pupils to participate in during Enrichment Week ranging from First Aid training, teamwork tasks, creativity challenges, charity causes, trips and finally a wonderful sports day.
Our Year 7 to Year 9 students gave a marvellous performance of Daisy Pulls it Off during last term.
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Hymers College @Hymers_Art: An amazing sixth form piece with a Magritte influence, on the theme of the impact of addiction.
Hymers College @Hymers_Head: Thanks to all pupils, parents and staff @Hymers_College for their hard work, positive energy and support during the last year. Best wishes for the summer.
Hymers College @Hymers_Art: A fabulous selection of recent sixth form painting. Enjoy!
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“This communitybound,ofexcellencededicationattestspublicationtoourpupils’andinarangeacademic,outward-creativeandactivities.”
At the time of writing, pupils and staff are enjoying an almost unprecedented period of hot, dry weather. While many will simply be taking advantage of the opportunity to relax with their families, others have been engaged in school activities such as DofE expeditions, the CatZero sailing trip to Norway and the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme. Either way, pupils can look back with quiet pride at the wealth of activities in which they were engaged in the summer term. This publication attests to our pupils’ dedication and excellence in a range of academic, outward-bound, creative and community activities. A personal highlight of the term for me was to see the way in which the Senior School girls embraced the opportunity to play competitive cricket fixtures for the first time. During the term we received a visit from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) and I very much look forward to sharing their findings with you in the autumn. While it can be invidious to single out any particular achievements, the performance of one of our A Level students in the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge and that of one of our NCS groups in winning the national Goldsmiths’ Company Community Engagement Award are perhaps particularly remarkable. These two accomplishments offer reassurance, if any were needed, that the College remains true to the wishes of our founder, John Hymers: to promote academic excellence at the same time as being fully integrated in the community of Hull and the surrounding area.
Mr Andy Copeland, Interim Head, Hymers Hessle Mount
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The end of term saw us complete on the acquisition of our associate school, Hessle Mount and so, in September, for the first time we will be offering an all-through education for pupils aged 3-18 years – an exciting moment in the distinguished history of Hymers College. message from Mr Justin Stanley the headmaster
