Author Brian Conaghan will be visiting QEHS to talk to Y12 and Y13 on Thursday 9th November. Brian’s presentation to students will touch on themes of not being defined by the place we grow up in, why writing is an important expression of feelings and the bigger themes of his latest book: ‘Treacle Town’. The book is available to buy on School
A group of sixth form Biology students attended the ‘Matters of Conception’ conference at the Centre for Life.They used ultrasound machines to scan models of babies and used virtual reality headsets to look at the human reproductive system before taking part in a Q and A discussion with fertility consultants. A really insightful day out!
DiSH will be running again this half term, providing free hot meals for families.
The further mathematicians in Years 12 and 13 took part in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge on the 3rd of October and there were some great results.Most of the students gained a Gold, Silver or Bronze award and the highest achievers are invited to take part in further assessments.Alice D and Anna-Maria K in Year 13 and Tom C and
Year 12 history students have been finding out what life was like in 1950s Britain at Beamish today to support their A level studies. They took part in a village council debate about housing and enjoyed traditional fish & chips!
QEHS had great success at the first round of the English Schools XC Cup at Temple Park, South Shields.In the Inter boys race there were some outstanding individual results with Arthur DL and Magnus R coming 1st and 2nd combined with great pack running by the rest of the team with Morgan V, Leo DS and Arthur D coming 14,15
This week we have been celebrating ‘World Mental Health Day’ with the help of Northumberland NHS’s ‘Be You’ team. By the end of the week all year groups will have had an assembly on the theme of ‘Worry and Anxiety’.Click here (external link) to see Sarah and Megan with some reminders of the key messages.
This weekend marked our Race Club’s most prestigious event – Greenpower International Final! Sunday was a day of ups, downs and lessons to be learnt BUT our first race of the year with majority of ups! Our sixth form team placed an incredible 5th/19, narrowly beating our two nearest competitors. Our lower school team placed 39th/49, but not due to lack
Our year 11 geographers have just completed urban fieldwork in two different locations in Newcastle. They were investigating whether the quality of life is better in Jesmond than Benwell. Students collected environmental quality data, conducted traffic counts and asked the public questions. They all did a great job and are now in the process of writing up the fieldwork to
We have had our first professional theatre performance in our very own QEHS Theatre – with the amazing Fox and Hound Theatre Company and their version of A Trio of Tennessee Williams which they took to the Queen’s Hall in Hexham. They came and performed one part of the Trip; 27 Wagon’s Full of Cotton, a powerful piece on the