Working in collaboration with Northumberland Inclusive Education Services (LINT), QEHS welcomed Refugee Education UK this week as they met with Ukrainian pupils and their families living in Northumberland. Ukrainian pupils across the county were invited with their families to attend an individual careers session with an education consultant from Refugee Education UK, exploring their future education plans and possible routes
Hexham Squash Club is hosting its Open Day on Sat November 23rd. More details are in the attached poster. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
5 Teams from HMS and QEHS travelled to the Regional finals of the schools cup cross country. This event was held at Stewart Park in Middlesborough. This saw the best teams from Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland and North Yorkshire competing for three qualifying places in the national final which will be held in Leeds this year. The event winners are decided
Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin is a graphic novel telling one boy’s epic journey to Europe. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Last weekend, QEHS rowers attended Durham Head, the last of the Long Distance Sculling races of the autumn season. It was a day of very close races, with Seth achieving the only QEHS win of the day in the j18 singles. However, there were a lot of close 2nd places and lots of impressive racing across the board. Division 1
Politics and Photography students enjoyed a workshop today run by David Campbell from the VII Foundation. The Foundation educates photographers on how to be ethical and safe when documenting dangerous situations (for example, wars and riots). He talked us through a history of photojournalism and then showed us footage of the Storming of the Capitol in 2021, describing the experience
This is a fantastic opportunity to see a top professional violinist at QE! Tickets are just £1 for U18 (£15 for adults). #Respect #Engage #Aspire
The Y10’s drew 4-4 (our scorers were Elliot P x2, Oli G and Jack T) after a thriller against Marden last night in the U15’s cup, showing great resilience to come from behind twice. Unfortunately, we lost 12-11 on penalties. The lads were great and conducted themselves brilliantly in what is a very cruel way to lose a game. #Respect
On Thursday 24th October, our Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 netball teams travelled to Bede Academy in Blyth for a fixture. All three teams demonstrated excellent teamwork throughout their matches and some brilliant netball was played with both Year 9 and 10 winning their matches. Players of the match as voted by Bede Academy were Lucy M (Y9), Anya
A green career can be any job, role or occupation that contributes to preserving or restoring the environment and our planet. It can be in any industry, not just those seen as ‘green’. Green skills can be regarded as skills, attitudes, values and attributes, supported by knowledge to adapt services, processes and procedures to support climate change. Change is inevitable.