Hexham Book Festival – Discounted Tickets for QE Students The organisers of the Hexham Book Festival have kindly offered QE students access to events for only £5 per ticket. Discounted tickets are restricted to 1 per student per event, excluding workshops, walks and lunches. When you book, enter the code HBFQE, and please note that all students will need to show school
Friday 17th March is Red Nose Day We will be holding our annual ‘Nose and Spoon Race’ around our courtyard at 1p.m on Friday. Mr Atkins is our reigning champion having triumphed over Mr Seaton last year. This year, students have the chance to challenge Mr Atkins. The first race between students will decide who will have opportunity to race against
We are delighted to hear that former student, Charlie Mackesy, won the ‘Oscar’ for Best Animated Short along with Matthew Freud for the adaptation of Mr Mackesy’s book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. From all current staff and students at Queen Elizabeth High School – CONGRATULATIONS! Photo credit: Charlie Mackesy
Do you have a budding poet at home? Entries are now open for the annual Hexham Poetry Competition. The competition is held in honour of the Hexham-born feminist poet, Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne. All profits from the competition will go towards offering arts opportunities to the children of Northumberland. Entry for those under 18 is free and there are prizes from
Our German students are currently enjoying the first leg of this year’s German Exchange with our partner school in Steinhagen. Highlights of their trip have been attending lessons with their exchange partners, visiting the Dr Oetker factory where pizza and pudding tasting took place, and of course a day trip to the German capital, Berlin. We look forward to seeing
Junior Sports Clubs at Hexham Community Sports Hub Is your child interested in joining a sports club? There is a lot on offer at Hexham Community Sports Hub – located at QEHS. To book, and get in touch with the organisers via the email addresses in the table below.
If you’re starting university in September 2023, you can now apply for student finance. Click here to get started.
Are you an ex-QEHS student currently at university? Will you be home from university before Easter (w/c 27th March)? We’d love you to come and give some informal advice to our year 13s about student life (accommodation, living on a budget; some are thinking of studying in London) and what to buy for uni. If you’re interested, email Joanne at
This week QEHS Human Rights Group will be going around form groups in an appeal to raise funds for the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last week. There will also be a collection bucket in the LRC. Any donation will be accepted but we would like to token this as, “A Quid for the Quake Appeal”. Please try to
In January we welcomed back ex-QEHS student and professional choreographer Beth Veitch who taught a workshop to year 9 students, inspired by her piece ‘Waiting on It’ which was presented at the Queen’s Hall in December. Students took part in a contemporary technique class and learnt a phrase of movement from the dance piece.