QEHS,
Whetstone Bridge Road,
Hexham,
Northumberland,
NE46 3JB.
Tel: 01434 610300
Welcome to Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Community and Leisure Courses Spring and Summer 2013
 

Youth Dance Tynedale are Recruiting

YDT
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Tuesday 9th July 4.00pm to 6.00pm

YDT Foundation - The company are recruiting students to join this weekly 2 hr class at QEHS from September. We are offering young people aged 8-12 a free taster session with one of our experienced teachers on Tuesday 9th July 4.00-6.00. Email Sarah Morgan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to book a place.

Please note that places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

 

Creative Writing Competition

A hearty congratulations to all students who entered the 'Around the World in 80 Words' creative writing competition organised by Miss Prescott. The judges of the competition were 'absolutely delighted' with the calibre of talented entries that they received. It was a nationwide competition and twenty three of our creatively minded students have been selected to have their work published in a national publication! A tremendous success and effort by all those who took part.

Miss Prescott is now running two more writing competitions:

  • 'A Twist in The Tale'
  • 'Poetry Rivals'

Winners of these competitions will receive a top of the range laptop and/or a kindle!.
Whether you have a captivating flair for creative writing or a passion for poetry come along and have a go!

B5 (Miss Prescott's room) Mondays 12.40pm.

Click on the Read More link for a list of the 'Around the World in 80 Words' winners

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Traces

“traces” Student Art at the Queens Hall, Gallery 8th to 29th June 2013

This well established, annual exhibition provides an outstanding opportunity to showcase the artwork of Queen Elizabeth High School A-Level students in a gallery context, something that allows the work to shine and exist independently from the requirements of the education system. The work on show varies in both style and media, however there are recurring themes running throughout. Found objects and imagery are re-evaluated and reprocessed, texture and surfaces are altered and re-worked with combinations of natural and/or man-made materials. This exhibition offers a broad array of practices up for critique, from photography to painting, textiles to sculpture, and all done with a skill and intellect beyond the students’ years.

 

Elevate 2

Elevate 2 by YDT
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Youth Dance Tynedale present an evening of exciting contemporary dance performed by talented young dancers aged 8-19. The evening includes 'La Bombilla de Luz' by professional choreographer Anthony Lo-Giudice which has been selected to represent the North East in U Dance 2013. This promises to be an exciting evening of some of the best youth dance in the region. Tickets available from Queen's Hall Art Centre, Hexham
Friday 5th and Saturday 6th July 7:30pm

 

Federated Athletics

HMS and QEHS Compete in Regional Athletics Finals!

Federated Athletics teams from HMS and QEHS School
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Teams from Hexham Middle School and Queen Elizabeth High School both qualified through the first round to compete in the regional finals of the English Schools’ Track & Field Cup.

Students from the Hexham federation travelled together by coach to Claireville Stadium in Middlesborough. The teams competed against schools from the North East region comprising of Northumberland, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Teesside and Yorkshire.

It was a great day out with the students pushing themselves to the limit in search of individual and team glory. There were a number of individual winners with the team results decided by times and distances being converted to a standardised score.

Well done to both teams!

Click on the Read More link for the results table.

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Invitation to the German Embassy

Lindsey Bevan from the QEHS Modern Foreign Languages department, has been invited to the Annual German Teachers of the Year event at the German Ambassador's residence in London in June. This is in appreciation of her work supporting the UK German Connection which brings a number of benefits to our students and school. Alex Donaldson in year 11 was selected to take part in the UK-German Youth Seminar 2013 and spent the weekend in Berlin in March this year. Tom Johnson, was selected as one of the 15 national Youth Ambassadors 2 years ago. Both students benefited enormously from this initiative. Tom, who left year 13 last year has made good use of this experience and that gained in German exchanges; spending his gap year working for Egger in Hexham and Germany before starting a Business and German degree at Newcastle University.
 
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