A group of QEHS pupils attended the English Schools’ Swimming North East Secondary Team Championships at Sunderland Aquatic Centre on Thursday. The intermediate and senior boys and girls teams took part in the 4x50m freestyle relay and 4x50m medley relay. Fantastic effort from all teams and swimmers involved with solid swims and strong takeovers from all squads. There was a
This week’s LRC recommended read is the debut novel by Nadia Mikail – The Cats We Meet Along the Way, set in Malaysia, a road trip through the country in search of an estranged sister. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
On Tuesday evening our Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh participants were celebrated as part of a presentation evening. The students gave talks explaining their achievements during their DofE experience. A highlight was hearing about the students’ experiences on expedition, which involved being chased by cows! Congratulations to all. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Parents and students may be interested in the forthcoming installation, GAIA, which will be in the Abbey from 3 October until 16 November. GAIA is an awe-inspiring Earth sculpture — a masterpiece of scale and imagination. At 1.8 million times smaller than our real planet, each centimetre of this internally illuminated globe represents 18 kilometres of Earth’s surface. Slowly rotating,
Support session with FACE
Our year 10 Drama GCSE class, and some of our sixth form students, had a visit from Elliot Wallis – the Sound Technician who operated all the sound effects in the performance of War Horse we all went to watch recently. He works for the National Theatre and is currently touring with War Horse, and happens to come from just
You can pick up your work (Sketchbooks and supporting work) on Wednesday 1st October 3.30-4.30pm. We really want to keep your displays on the wall till the summer – you can send friends or family to collect for you – Contact Sixth Form if you need special arrangements sixthform@qehs.net #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Tess B, in year 11, took part in the UK Taekwon-Do Championships in Scotland this weekend. She came away with a clean sweep of gold medals in the sparring, patterns and flying high kick events. Well done! #Repsect #Engage #Aspire
