Students dance their socks off!

Students Dance Their Socks Off!

08/04/2010 00:00:00

HTC students will be dancing their socks off at a Dance-a-thon this week and invite the local community to come along and take part in the fun! Students will be putting on the show stopping 6 hour event so they can boogie the night away and also raise money for their forthcoming Rock Challenge production costs.

Last year marked HTC’s first ever entry into the renowned Rock Challenge competition and the talents of the young dancer’s secured them two winning titles – an incredible achievement for their first ever attempt! This year the students are hoping to have even greater success and are putting their all into producing a vibrant and energetic performance that will be sure to impress the judges. Wanting to tackle an issue that has been of great significance over the past year, the HTC Rock Challenge team have chosen to base their piece around the theme of money and the present social climate.

With the students wanting to put on a spectacular performance, they are very much hoping that the Dance-a-thon will not only create further support and awareness of their hard work, but also enable them to raise some much needed funds to help towards the cost of costumes, make-up and an impressive set design.

Layla Bahrami, Dance teacher at Horndean Technology College, said “The Dance-a-thon is a community event, involving lots of other students from HTC as well as community dance groups and schools within the local area. This is an evening to celebrate dance as well as being a fun way to support the students and staff for the up and coming show!!”

The Dance-a-thon will take place at Barton Hall on Friday 22nd of January from 3pm- 9pm.There will be lots of dancing, live music, raffle, cake stall and much more….All can be involved £1.00 to participate, sponsorship forms available too.

Healthy Schools Award Presentation

08/04/2010 00:00:00

Two year 9 students collecting the Healthy schools award on behalf of HTC.

EBP / Lockhead Winners

08/04/2010 00:00:00

On 02/12 two teams from HTC attended the Portsmouth Engineering Business Partnership/Lockheed Martin Merlin MK1 Rescue Competition. They were tasked by a team of design engineers and project managers from Lockheed Martin to design and build a device that could recover a Merlin Mk1 Helicopter downed through engine trouble while on a search and rescue mission. The event was attended by teams of Gifted and Talented Science and Engineering Students from throughout the Portsmouth area. Students developed their skills in and awareness of careers such as Project Management and Structural, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering by designing and making a crane and electronic winch device to lift the stricken helicopter and lower it down onto a recovery bogey.

Ed well and demonstrating the quality of their design and construction. Team members Aaron Holdsworth, Luke Mcbride, Daniel Phillips, Sophie Taylor and Scott Wright were awarded Certificates to show their achievements on the day, however their main prize will come later in the year when they will visit the Farnbourgh Air Show as special VIP Guests of Lockheed Martin. Lead teacher for Engineering at HTC, Mark Smith, is very much hoping that he too will be invited to the event. After the days competition he said, “This has been a fantastic day for all the students involved, that it has included another success for the dedicated and hardworking students from HTC makes it all the better”.