Best of both worlds
Senior School
OPEN DAY GUIDE
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A warm welcome
From Dr Hazel Bagworth-Mann Headmistress
Our purpose at Habs is to empower every student to make a profound impact in the world. Our commitment is deeply rooted in enabling our young people to succeed academically, but also to develop independence, resilience and a strong moral compass to create positive change. We believe in nurturing leaders who can influence society positively and inspire those around them through kindness and worthwhile actions. Our school values of ambition, curiosity, courage and community are embedded in all we do.
We are an academically ambitious school and we are proud of our students’ academic achievements. They achieve at the highest levels and go on to study at top universities in this country and abroad. However, passing exams and securing places at leading institutions is only one very small part of it. We encourage a culture of scholarship and intellectual curiosity and we want our students to develop a deep love of learning – a real passion for their subjects whilst fostering critical thinking.
We constantly challenge our students to push beyond conventional exam-based learning through our dynamic curriculum and wide array of co-curricular activities and partnerships. Together, these diverse opportunities cultivate personal attributes like character, independence, teamwork and effective communication.
We value each student uniquely, supporting their pursuit of happiness and personal growth. Creating a strong sense of belonging where every student can flourish is central to our pastoral ethos. We instil in our students the value of taking charge and embracing leadership roles. Whether it is in sport, music, the Arts, CCF, or through our diverse partnership programmes, we empower students to understand their contribution to building a stronger, more united community while enjoying the journey.
By fostering academic excellence, personal growth and community engagement, we equip our students to leave us fully prepared to make a profound impact in the world.
Our values
We are Habs because of our students and staff, our campus location and our desire for progress. Our roots lie firmly in our philanthropic founding principles and, with our deep sense of purpose in our community, we want to attract and retain talent who want to make a meaningful difference to the world.
Ambition
We are bold and ambitious –for ourselves, for others and for the world.
This is underpinned by our altruistic and philanthropic foundation, which drives our values and behaviours. We expect everyone to give of their best, to stretch boundaries, and to challenge the status quo. We believe that ambition can be limitless. When combined with courage, curiosity and community, ambition can be a selfless and powerful lever for change.
Curiosity
We create and use every opportunity to engage with the world around us; we ask questions, challenge assumptions and express our ideas.
Alongside our academic interests and skills, we love to exercise our imaginations, creativity and spirituality. Our broad and carefully curated curriculum leads us into experiences of awe and wonder – bringing a sense of magic and excitement to learning.
Courage
Exploring beyond our comfort zones enables us to become more self-aware, adventurous, resilient and independent.
We aim high, following our dreams but we cope well if we do not always succeed. We understand how to balance humility and boldness when speaking out on behalf of ourselves and others and we are unflinching problem-solvers, continually seeking to change the world for the better.
Community
Habs is one caring, respectful community on one fabulous campus.
Beyond our students and staff, this sense of collaborative togetherness extends to our families, alumni, partner schools, the Haberdashers’ Company and schools and even the world. Our focus is on belonging, inclusivity and celebrating our differences. We are learning from and working with wider communities – locally, nationally and globally. We bring the world to our door, but we also step through that door into the wider world.
Admissions deadlines
11+
FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER
Registration and scholarship deadline
THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER
Bursary application deadline
16+
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER
Registration and scholarship deadline
TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER
Bursary application deadline
For more information visit our website or kindly use the QR code.
If you would like to apply for a scholarship we recommend you attend our scholarship evening on 14 October. Book on our website.
Our scholarship booklet can be found on our website.
Senior School open day schedule
On arrival, you will be guided to a welcome desk where you can register. Your tour will be led by Habs students.
Tours begin
Headmistress’ speech
Prevett Hall 9.30am 12pm 1.30pm
Prevett Hall 10.30am 1pm 2.30pm
Senior School subject locations
BUILDING
SUBJECT (ROOM)
Art (rooms A7, A12 & A9)
Art and Music Department
The Boulevard
Music (Music Atrium and Sime Hall)
Main buildings
Outdoor Education
PE (Senior Gym/Netball Courts/ Sports Pitches)
Biology (Main buildings, rooms 143 & 145)
Chemistry (Main buildings, rooms 36 & 40)
Computing (Main buildings, room 31)
Design and Technology (Main buildings, rooms 91)
DEMONSTRATIONS
Open studio and badge making
9.30am–10.30am - Performance Spotlight (Music Atrium)
11am–11.30am - Jazz Ensemble Spotlight (Music Atrium)
11.30am-12pm - Performance Spotlight (Music Atrium)
11.30am-12.30pm - Drop-in djembe drumming (Sime Hall)
12pm–12.30pm - String Quartet Spotlight (Music Atrium)
12.30pm-1pm - Performance Spotlight (Music Atrium)
13.30pm-2.30pm - Performance Spotlight (Music Atrium)
1.30pm-2.30pm - Drop-in djembe drumming (Sime Hall)
3pm-3.30pm - Performance Spotlight (Music Atrium)
8.30am-11am - Ongoing activities
9am-11am - Gymnastics (Senior Gym) 9am-11am - Lacrosse (Sports Pitches)
11am-12pm - Trampolining (Senior Gym)
11am-1pm - Netball (Courts)
1pm-3pm - Netball (Courts)
1pm-2pm - Screening of Gym and dance display (Senior Gym)
1pm-3pm - Cricket (Sports Pitches)
Enzymes, genetics and ecology - explore Biology through our interactive activities, ongoing throughout the day
9.45am, 11.45am & 1.45pm - Chemistry demonstrations 10am, 11am & 1.15pm - Chemistry taster sessions
Programming challenge, ongoing throughout the day
Designing, modelling and automata demonstrations
BUILDING
SUBJECT (ROOM)
Drama (Main buildings, room 234)
DEMONSTRATIONS
Rehearsals taking place from 8.30am-10.30am, 10.30am-12.30pm, 12.30pm-2.30pm, 2.30pm-4pm A variety of ongoing video performances
Main buildings
English (Main buildings, rooms 253 & 254)
Geography (Main buildings, room 208)
History (Main buildings, room 206)
Innovation (Main buildings, room 219)
Languages (Main buildings, room 51)
Maths (Main buildings, rooms 107 & 108)
Physics (Main buildings, rooms 243 & 245)
Politics (Main buildings, room 207)
PSHE (Main buildings, room 219)
Religion and Philosophy (Main building, rooms 250)
Interactive activities throughout the day
GIS mapping activity: exploring the extent of our community
Historical debate and discussions at 09:30 and 14:00
Wonderlab experience with green screen, ‘think like AI challenge’ and augmented reality sessions
Languages games and languages themed photo booth
Treasure hunts, puzzles and interactive games happening throughout the day
Ongoing Physics fun, magic activities and Gold Crest Award Project show and tell
Politics debate 10am-11am
PSHE escape room. Explore examples of work and Q and A with Head of PSHE
Ongoing polls on ethical issues, a debate corner and games
Vex Robotics (Main buildings, room 218) Ongoing activities
Marquee
Mezzanine
Taylor Building (Boys’ School)
Temporary Classrooms
Meet and greet with Executive Principal
Psychology
Design and Technology (room 91)
Economics
Classics
The Executive Principal of the Habs Elstree Schools, Mr Gus Lock, will be in the marquee for informal meet and greet between 10.30am-11am and 2pm-2.30pm
Insights into the human brain, behaviour and factors influencing our decision making
Designing, modelling and automata demonstrations
Ongoing activities
Ongoing activities
You will find: • Classics
STEM CENTRE
You will find:
• Habs Innovation Centre
• Science Terrace
• Computing
THE MARQUEE
You will find:
• Admissions
• Transport
• Joint co-curricular
• Scholarships
• Catering
• Habs Elstree Schools Foundation Team
• CCF
• Finance
• Partnerships
• Teacher training
• Habs Diploma
MAIN BUILDINGS
You will find:
• Biology (C Block)
• Chemistry (C Block)
• Drama (C Block)
• English (D Block)
• Geography (A Block)
• History (A Block)
• Library (D Block)
• Maths (A Block)
• Physics (C Block)
• Politics (A Block)
• PSHE (A Block)
• Religion and Philosophy (D Block)
• Languages (D Block)
• VEX Robotics (A Block)
Girls’ School parking via Girls’ School entrance
CLASSROOMS
ART AND MUSIC
You will find:
• Art Department
• Music Department
• Live music demonstrations
THE BOULEVARD
You will find:
• Co-curricular
• Sport
• Outdoor Education
• Duke of Edinburgh
THE VESTIBULE: PASTORAL HUB
You will find:
• Heads of Section
• Heads of Year
• School Counsellor
• Individual Needs
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
THE MEZZANINE
You will find:
• Sixth Form
• University destinations
• Careers
• Psychology
• Design and Technology (Ground floor)
THE LECTURE THEATRE FOYER
You will find:
• Archive: 150 years of Habs Girls
PREVETT HALL
You will find:
Headmistress’ Presentation
The St Catherine’s Parents’ Guild
ASKE BUILDING
You will find:
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Geography
THE ASKE HALL
You will find:
• Pastoral Hub
• Academic Support
PREP SCHOOL
You will find:
• Forest School
• First floor Library
• DT and Art
• Ground floor Humanities
• Ground floor Science
• Hall - Music, Presentations
• First floor Maths
• First floor Languages
• First floor Computing Suite
SELDON MUSIC HALL
This is our Music Hub. You will find details of all our music activities here.
QUAD
You will find:
• Co-curricular including VEX Robotics
ASTRO 1
MEDBURN CENTRE
This is our Sports Hub. You will find:
• Sports
• Outdoor education
• Duke of Edinburgh
TAYLOR BUILDING
You will find:
• English
• Modern Foreign Languages
• Theology and Philosophy
• Drama
• Classics
• Maths
• Economics
THE MARQUEE
You will find:
• Admissions
• Transport
• Joint co-curricular
• Scholarships
• Catering
• Habs Elstree Schools
Foundation Team
• CCF
• Finance
• Partnerships
• Teacher training
• Habs Diploma
PRE-PREP
You will find:
• Reception classrooms
ART AND DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY
You will find:
• Art
• Photography, Textiles and Graphic Design
• Robotics
• Formula 1 in Schools
• Greenpower
• Engineering
THE BOURNE
• Headmaster’s welcome
• History
• Computer Science
• Parent Guild (Bourne Foyer)
Upstairs in the Library
• University destinations
• Careers
• Dawson project
• Archives
• Occasional papers and staff publications
Junior School subject locations
BUILDING
Junior School
SUBJECT
(ROOM)
Reception Buttons
Reception Bobbins
Year 1 Buttons
Year 1 Bobbins
Year 2 Bobbins
Year 3 SK
Year 6CS
Year 6RB
Art and DT
Individual Needs
Computing Room
Library
Sports (internal)
Pitches/courts
Music Room
Forest School
DEMONSTRATIONS
Interactive play based activities including outside area. Spanish demonstrations.
Interactive play based activities
Maths games
English talk for writing demonstrations
Science activity
ACE talks throughout the day
Residential trips
Geography and History displays
Latin. Discuss with staff about the transition to Senior School.
Print based activities throughtout the day.
Ongoing Lego, robotics and Scratch activities
Ongoing sport demonstrations
Ongoing ‘have a go’ drama sessions in M10
Ongoing instrumental performances in the Atrium
Ongoing activities
Admissions deadlines
Application
deadlines:
4+ FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER
7+ FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER
For more information visit our website or kindly use this QR code.
Junior school open day schedule
On arrival, you will be guided to a welcome desk where you can register. Your tour will be led by Habs students.
Tours begin
Junior School entrance
Tours are every half hour from 9am to 1pm
Head of Junior School speech Performance Space 9.30am 11am 12pm 1.30pm
Unlock your creativity with our special colouring sheet
Once you have completed your masterpiece, scan the QR code to share it with us on Instagram — we can’t wait to see your imagination come to life!
A warm welcome
From Mrs Claire Brown Head of Junior School
Our purpose at Habs Junior School is to offer girls an academically outstanding education filled with awe and wonder that prepares them for their journey to the Senior School. We aim to prepare our pupils for lives and careers which will demand a strong moral compass, resilience, empathy, the ability to create solutions and to lead. We instil a genuine love of learning within the classroom, encouraging curiosity and ambition which leads to academic excellence. Our school values of Ambition, Curiosity, Courage and Community are at the heart of all we do at Habs and these values are presented to the girls the moment they walk through our doors.
Our curriculum is dynamic and ambitious, providing the students with exciting yet meaningful experiences in the classroom and beyond. We encourage everyone to take risks, investigate and explore, helping to instil a genuine love of learning and sense of curiosity. We seek to develop and nurture well-rounded individuals who are academically ambitious, while also sharing a passion for sport, music and the arts. Outside of the classroom, we offer an outstanding outdoor learning experience. We are fortunate to have our own Forest School, outdoor tipi and wildwood den, where our trained professionals encourage our students to engage in hands-on activities that promote teamwork, problem-solving and resilience.
Pastoral care is at the heart of all we do, we endeavour to ensure that every girl is well known and cared for. We teach our girls to care for one another and understand the role they play within our richly diverse community. We know that girls perform best when we work in partnership, this is why we truly value working alongside you, as parents. We hold a range of events for our parent community - year group breakfasts, Family Fridays and a range of performances and sporting events.
Whilst the girls are taught in a single-sex environment, we are fortunate to be situated on a co-educational campus, which allows for frequent collaboration with Habs’ Boys Prep and Pre-Prep School. From Planetarium trips to lunchtime music concerts, we create opportunities for friendship and learning in a supportive and safe environment.
By instilling a genuine love of learning, with exceptional pastoral care and a broad co-curricular programme, we equip our girls to move on to the next stages in their educational journey, prepared to make a profound impact in the world.
Best of both worlds
Junior
School OPEN DAY GUIDE