To celebrate World Book Day 2020 (5 March), we held two events: a Book Swap and a Book-Themed Bake Off. Mrs Curry commented that the cakes were incredible and the book swap also seemed to be a big hit. We will shortly have a total of the money raised during the day! The cake competition results were as follows: First
More great news from QEHS Rowing; two ex-QEHS rowers have been selected for the 2020 Oxford v Cambridge Lightweight Boat Race Crews. Nick Ryan, studying Mathematics at University College, Oxford, has been selected for a second year after being in the winning crew last year (third from left in the below photo). He was national J18 single sculls champion in
On 24 February 2020, the Tynedale Lions held their Young People’s Excellence Awards at the Beaumont Hotel in Hexham. The Lions invited nominations of young people for these awards and received 19 applications, most of which came from QEHS and Hexham Middle School. Out of all of the nominations, the Lions chose four of our students to receive the awards:
The exam timetable for the upcoming Year 12 Exam Week has now been released; please see the Exam Arrangements page. The Mock Exam Week takes place w/c 20 April 2020. Individual timetables will be issued to students.
The Sixth Form Bulletin contains notices for Sixth Form students and information on university and college events, enrichment opportunities, and apprenticeships and employment vacancies. The latest edition is out now on the Sixth Form Bulletin page.
Mr Andriot has written a letter to parents/carers with some guidance and advice regarding the spread of Coronavirus and any international travel that may have taken place during the February half term. An electronic copy of the letter is available to view below: Letter to Parents/Carers: Coronavirus Guidance (PDF)
Mrs Fletcher-Woods has sent through an update of the last half of the Connecting Classrooms visit to Ethiopia before half term: ‘Due to lack of Wi-Fi and a hectic schedule, I was unable to send any more updates whilst in Ethiopia but we all made it back safely and have been able to reflect on our final days there. In
We are holding our first ‘Business Breakfast’ event on Tuesday 10 March 2020. The aim of the Business Breakfast is to connect our school with more local businesses and discuss how we can work together to provide outstanding careers education and guidance to our students. Hexham Courant has recently published an article about our Business Breakfast with more information about
The Sixth Form Bulletin contains notices for Sixth Form students and information on university and college events, enrichment opportunities, and apprenticeships and employment vacancies. The latest edition is out now on the Sixth Form Bulletin page.
Updated 11/02/20 Mrs Fletcher-Woods is currently in Ethiopia for the reciprocal visit in our Connecting Classrooms partnership with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She has sent through an update and photos! Day 1: Today we visited Assai public school where students can go from age 7-18. We toured the school and spent time speaking to lots of children. Some of the students