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Welcome to your sixty second update! We wish everyone a Happy Easter and hope you have a chance to enjoy some early Spring sunshine. For those students attending Easter Academy do check your emails for all the details. Everyone from Year 11 and Year 13 is welcome. We gave R 4s to our Brilliant Club graduates, those who helped with Deputy Headteacher interviews, our Year 7 'Have you Met' cohort and the Hertfordshire Schools Library selection panel. Under 16 boys athletics came 2nd in the county indoor, Year 7 netball won the district league, there were more cricket taster sessions for girls in Year 7 and Year 8 and senior boys football lost to JFK. Harry helped Hertfordshire take team Gold in the National Cross Country, the University of Hertfordshire helped our Year 12 understand student finance, Nettleden won House Music, there was fine patisserie skill on display in food, and our dancers won the Dacorum Dance Competition. Finally we introduce, Innovate, our new caterers. The newsletter, which is in your inbox and on the website, details their new menus which will start after Easter. School reopen for staff and students at 8:30am on Monday 13th April, and it will be Blue week. Happy Friday And Happy Easter, everyone! #TheHHex #EsseQuamVideri

Year 11! Help in planning your revision with Ms Bevan's useful guide...! #TheHHEx #Relationships #Resilience #EsseQuamVideri

Could you be a young carer? Are you worried that a friend could be a young carer? There is support available from Hertfordshire County Council and you can speak to any of the safeguarding team in school.

Fabulous #R4s for our Brilliant Club graduates, those who helped us with our Deputy Headteacher interviews, our Year 7 'Have You Met? ' cohort and the Hertfordshire School Libraries selection panel #respect #essequamvideri #TheHHEx

Easter Academy, 30th March to 2nd April. Revision and exam preparation sessions for history, science, English, French, RM, food, drama, geography, dance, German and music. Check student emails for full details. #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri

Welcome to your slightly more than 60-second update! We are incredibly proud of our whole community: staff, students, volunteers and governors for how warmly and enthusiastically they showed off our fantastic school to the six Ofsted inspectors who visited us this week. Thank you so much to all the parents and carers who, in large numbers, completed the Ofsted Parent View survey, which gave inspectors a brilliant view of the impact of our work on your young people, of whom you should be very proud. We are very pleased with how the inspection went and will be keen to share the full report with parents and carers in three or so weeks, when it is published. Alumnus, Everest mountaineer, filmmaker and author Matt Dickinson paid a visit, and ran workshops for Year 8, Year 7 boys football narrowly lost in the District semi-final, and our under-15 girls cricket took part in a Herts indoor tournament. Year 10 to 13 girls trained with Rebecca from Herts Women's Cricket, Year 7 boys football won against Adeyfield, Year 9 boys football beat Longdean, and Oliver ran in the English Schools Cross Country. West block is now gone forever, Year 11 Drama students completed their practical examinations, there was a beautiful student led music recital and Year 12 went to Sir John Lawes for their annual careers Fair. Years 7, 8, and 9 girls completed Cricket Leaders Training, Year 8 boys Basketball had a close game with Parmiters, and see our other post today about our part in the making of the Project Hail Mary film. Your newsletter is in your inbox and on the website. Next week is Gold Week. Happy Friday everyone! #TheHHex #EsseQuamVideri

‘Project Hail Mary’ starring Ryan Gosling, released in cinemas today, was filmed right here at The Hemel Hempstead School, in the Summer of 2024. It tells the gripping story of science teacher Ryland Grace who wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth with no memory of how he got there. As his memories slowly returns, he realises he’s on a mission to save the Earth and that an unexpected friendship may hold the key to humanity’s survival. We’re really thrilled to have had Ryan at the school. Having this production here was a great privilege and huge opportunity. The film crew transformed our Art Classrooms into Science Labs, for the scenes at the high school, and an area used by our students at lunch into the scene where the lead character is first approached by the Government. There was a lot of set dressing - we had palm trees, US school buses, and a whole fleet of US Government SUVs on site! The great irony is that both of the buildings used have now been demolished as part of our 16 million pound site improvements; gone but not forgotten as they are now preserved on film for ever. #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #ProjectHailMary @hertsfilmoffice @dacorumbc #FilmingInDacorum

Congratulations Yr11 Drama students for completing your final practical exam today #essequamvideri #Resilience #Respect

Eid Mubarak, and peace and joy, to all of our community celebrating Eid al-Fitr. #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx

Goodbye West Block, the last to come down, but captured forever on 'celluloid'; check out the 'government comes to get Ryland' scene in #projecthailmarymovie #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx

We paused this morning to remember Ethan, and all the light and joy he brought into our lives. @bonecancerresearch #EthanKingFund #ewingsarcomaresearch

Celebrating International Women's Day; proud to be an organisation where women lead at every level across our School and Trust #GiveToGain #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #Respect @scholarsedtrust