The U14 Girls travelled to Cochrane Park in Newcastle to compete in the prestigious Dame Allan’s 7s Tournament, an event that attracts strong sides from private and boarding schools across the North East, Scotland, and Yorkshire. Hexham (being a combined QE and HMS team) opened their campaign with a tight contest against Prince Henry’s. In a fast‑paced match, the girls
On Friday afternoon we were delighted that Dave Ahluwalia from the Russell Group was able to deliver a careers talk to our year 12 politics and history students. Having studied International Relations at the University of Leeds, Dave was able to share his experience of working for a constituency MP, two political consultancies and in health policy. He also currently
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The Yr 9 and Yr 11 girls netball teams played Ponteland in a league game last week. Yr 9 played exceptionally well and fought very hard to win the game 16-14. Since losing a key player to injury these girls have come together as a team, working extremely hard. Yr 11 once again dominated and won the game with an impressive score
Huge congratulations Isabella, Skylar and Michael, last year’s LAMDA cohort for achieving their grade 8 gold medals and certificates for Public Speaking. They wrote and delivered outstanding speeches on fascinating topics, from why martial arts should be taught in schools to how micro‑expressions can reveal when someone is lying. An impressive achievement, and one they should all be extremely proud
QEHS rowers competed in a new event for the club last weekend. The club travelled to the Lake District to compete on the lake at Keswick. After a string of cancelled events, it was great to be back on the water competing. Captain Beth has written this report:On Saturday, QEHS rowing club travelled to Keswick for The Derwentwater Head. This
Before half term, students in Years 9 and 10 from Set 1 took part in the Intermediate Maths Challenge. This competition is aimed at Years 9, 10 and 11, making it demanding for our younger students. Many of our students earned awards, and nine have impressively qualified for the next round on Thursday 19th March. Year 9Noah H, Pearl R,
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