Thank you to our students, staff, trustees, parents and carers for another fantastic year at QEHS. It has been a joy to serve as Head of School, and I leave with fond memories of this wonderful school community. Wishing everyone a happy, safe and restful summer. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Tomorrow, year 13 will host the annual sixth form charity day, raising money for Hexham based charity, Adapt. The students have planned their own stalls and activities. There will be a wide range of food and drink, games, and sporting competitions. Years 9 and 10 will join in the fun during P3 and over lunchtime. Please could students bring cash along
Student Success – Intermediate Biology Olympiad In June, some of our Year 12 A-level Biologists took part in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad, a UK-wide competition which includes questions based on the school curriculum, as well as questions designed to reward those who have a rich biological knowledge. This year 15,113 students competed, so we are delighted to announce that the
Huge congratulations to our LAMDA students who all achieved distinctions in their grade 8 gold award in Speaking in Public. They received their well deserved gold medals and certificates this week. Speeches this year included a variety of inspiring and important topics, from misinformation in the media, gun laws, memories, musical theatre, sound technology, the yellow stone wolf and even
In May, a number of the Year 10 Triple Biologists took part in the Biology Challenge, a UK-wide competition which includes questions based on the school curriculum, as well as questions designed to reward those who have a rich biological knowledge. This year 47,371 students competed so we are delighted to announce that the following received awards: Bronze: Alastair W,
QEHS Non Uniform Day – Friday 17th July School will close after lunch at 1:30pm for the Summer Holidays! Sixth Form Students last day is Thursday 16th July and can leave after the Charity Event. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Over the summer two QEHS students will be taking on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge to raise much needed funds for QEHS Rowing Club. Any donation, big or small, is greatly appreciated. Just Giving Page Respect. Engage. Aspire.
The U15’s rounded off a very impressive run in the Knight Stokes Cup by reaching the last 8 schools in the country before being knocked out by Altrincham School. We played Richmond in the morning and secured a place in the last 8 by beating them in what was our best team performance of the whole season. We batted first and made
On Friday some of our Year 13 students took part in a fantastic Draw Workshop with Jenny Purrett. Respect. Engage. Aspire. Y13 Draw Workshop – (external YouTube link)
EDT (Engineering Development Trust) – Sustainability Well done to a group of Year 9 and Year 12 students who were awarded their bronze and gold EDT awards last week. The bronze team created a model based on the theme ‘My school is an island’. They worked with a STEM mentor from Osbit. They had to write a report and present