Non Uniform Day
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.
What’s On this Summer?
Our roundup of events and activities taking place this summer. Netball Youth Camp, Ages 9 – 14Tuesday 25th August, 10am – 3pm Queen Elizabeth High School Hexham Holiday Club Free daily activities For children aged 0-13 Scan the QR code or select the following link to find out more www.hexhamholidayclub.uk Newcastle United Foundation – Summer Holiday Courses (Age 5 –
Celebrating Success!
It was a pleasure to welcome our highest achieving Year 9 and 10 students to a celebration event on Monday, where they received awards acknowledging their hard work and outstanding success over this year. A special thank you to Alice Morris for her inspirational speech, which encouraged our students to continue aiming high and making the most of every opportunity.
Sociology Dinner Party
Sociology students got into character today debating issues in education, crime and the family as some famous sociologists.A surreal experience to see Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Germaine Greer (amongst others) have a heated argument over some lovely cake made by Luke.
Charity Day
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
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
LAMDA Speaking in Public Success
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
Biology Challenge
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,
Hockey News
🏑 Hockey News 🏑 Well done to Anna, Beth, James and Finn from QEHS and Ivor, Ben and Aurelia from HMS Who recently competed in the inaugural State County Hockey competition in Cambridge in June. 👏👏 They’re pictured with their certificates at the Tynedale summer tournament last week. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge
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.
U15s Knight Stokes Cup
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