House Leader – Adam Sherwood
Pastoral Support Assistant – Vicky Grant
Code | Mentor | Room | Year |
---|---|---|---|
HLT | Mr L Thomas | F10 | Yr7 Mentor |
HMA | Mr N Martin | F12 | Yr7 Mentor |
HLN | Miss L Nevitt | M9 | Yr8 Mentor |
HNP | Mr N Potter | M9 | Yr8 Mentor |
HAF | Mr A Flett | M15 | Yr9 Mentor |
HMAS | Mrs M Amigo-Sariego | M23 | Yr9 Mentor |
HHO | Mrs T Hobson | M30 | Yr10 Mentor |
HDS | Mrs D Stripp | F19 | Yr10 Mentor |
HNE | Mrs T Netschpir | M4 | Yr11 Mentor |
HDL | Mr J Delmon | SH5 | Yr11 Mentor |
Why ‘Hawking’?
When Hailsham Community College’s House system was first introduced in 2001, the names reflected our sporting focus as a newly designated Specialist Sports College. In 2013, we explored ways of supporting the Olympic legacy in order to provide a lasting reminder of the phenomenal success and achievement of 2012’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2022 the house names were updated again to Inspirational people, because the secondary intake increase necessitated the addition of a new sixth house.
Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of physicians. In October 1959, at the age of 17, he began his university education at University College, Oxford, where he received a first-class BA degree in physics. In October 1962, he began his graduate work at Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, where in March 1966, he obtained his PhD degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specialising in general relativity and cosmology. In 1963, at age 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – ALS, for short) that gradually, over the decades, paralysed him. After the loss of his speech, he communicated through a speech-generating device initially through use of a handheld switch.