QEHS Winter Concert

🎶 QEHS Winter Concert 🎶 Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the QEHS Winter Concert, which is taking place next Tuesday, February 3rd, in the QEHS Winter Gardens. Brighten up the winter with a fantastic musical evening, including performances from some of our talented students from QEHS and HMS. There will be performances by Jazz Band, Show Choir, Wind

Day 3 Paris – Yr 12

Day 3 of the Y12 Paris Art trip! We started the day at the Louis Vuitton Foundation followed by a tour around the Musee Jacquemart-Andre and ended the day with a bit of shopping around the Sacrè-cœr and Montmartre area.  Respect. Engage .Aspire

Social Sciences Book Group

Another really interesting, thought provoking and hopeful discussion on human goodness took place in the Social Sciences department on Thursday lunchtime. Humankind argues that humans are fundamentally kind and cooperative, not selfish or cruel by nature. Bregman challenges popular stories and experiments (like the “Lord of the Flies” idea) that suggest people are naturally bad, showing instead that many of

Day 2 in Paris

We started the day at Père Lachaise Cimetière for some lovely photography opportunities, then went onto the Musèe d’Art Moderne and Palais de Tokyo. We ended the day with a walk by the Eiffel Tower and a cruise on the river Seine. Respect. Engage. Aspire.

Careers in Sport and Coaching Workshop

Our year 12 sport cohort were fortunate this week to attend a workshop delivered by an external guest speaker Joe Robinson, Sports Development Officer with the Tynedale Badminton Centre and Northumberland Badminton Association. Our sport students were fantastic in their engagement and, following their session with Joe, were able to consider and reflect on the key elements of an effective

Paris Art Trip

Bonjour from Y12 Art students in Paris!  Day 1 – We have visited Notre-Dame, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation. Respect. Engage. Aspire.

Regional Netball Competition

After the Year 11 girls won the county round of the netball league, they represented the school on Saturday at the regional round of the competition. In a tough start to the day, the girls played the tournament winners first. After this game, the girls just got better and better. With a small squad of 8 players, everyone needed to

Leading School for Music

QEHS is a ‘Lead School’ for Music, recently recognised by the North East Music Hub, with speciality and strengths in extra-curricular and performance. Miss Tindall is leading a session at the Secondary Music Symposium at The Glasshouse today to help other schools achieve even more success in their own extra-curricular and performance programmes. Respect. Engage. Aspire.