http://www.kehs.org.uk/news_rss.php All the latest news from www.kehs.org.uk en-uk Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:54:07 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss clevercherry.com CMS ineedhelp@clevercherry.com http://www.kehs.org.uk/images/logo_rss.gif 199 110 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/362/0 Staff and students at KEHS are preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with a variety of events this term.

On Monday 6th February the celebrations will commence with a whole school assembly on Charles Dickens. Then on the following day all girls and staff will be given a book written by Dickens as a gift from the school to mark the occasion.

Towards the end of the month, once we Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/362/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/361/0 Congratulations to 6th former Becky Straw who made her debut running for England in Spain last month.

Becky was selected to run for the England Under 20 Junior Women200 prize money!

Becky is very excited about gaining her first England vest and has done incredibly well to be picked, as U20s teams can include athletes up to their second year at University. Becky joined KEHS last September as a member of the 6th form. The school is extremely proud of her for gaining a place in this international event and for her excellent performance.
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We are pleased to announce that the KEHS Parents Association will be hosting their hugely popular Mumbai Dreamz evening on Friday 24th February. This annual event is an enormously enjoyable curry night containing some very delicious Asian cuisine mixed in with some fabulous entertainment which includes Indian dance performances, Henna Hand Art and the very popular Sari tying competition with prizes. There will also be some great raffle prizes to be won and a licensed bar.

We recommend you book early to avoid disappointment as all bookings are strictly on a first come first served basis and the limited amount of tickets for this event usually sell very quickly.

Please click here to download the booking form and return it, with your cheque, in an envelope marked s office.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/360/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/359/0 Members of the KEHS reading group were delighted to welcome HELEN CASTOR, the historian, writer and broadcaster, to school this week as she joined them to discuss her latest book

The reading group would like to thank Helen for taking the time to visit school and for providing such a fascinating insight into historical writing. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/359/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/357/0 Congratulations to all those KEHS pupils who have gained places in National Ensembles this term. We are really pleased that so many of our girls are able to play a role in these prestigious orchestras and choirs. Below is a list of students who are currently members:

Members of the National Childrens Choir

Gaya Ramanathan (U4S), Ruchika Scott (U4E), Nikki Nabavi (L4S) Louisa Gabriel (3S)

Members of the National Youth Choir

Alice Halstead (U6Hu)

Two girls are awaiting the results of auditions for NYC (Kiera Battersby and Maryam Azmat)
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/357/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/358/0 The Nigel Freeman-Powell award for Video Production this year goes to Sixth Form student Helen Gendy for her entry into a Spanish Film Competition. Helen made her own version of an excerpt from \'VOLVER\', an evocative exploration into crimes of passion, featuring herself as Penelope Cruz battling a few willing friends in the L6th common room kitchen.

You can click here to view Helens\' video on our YouTube Channel.

Congratulations Helen! Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/358/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/356/0 Congratulations to Oreoluwa Odubiyi of U4S who has been named regional winnder of the Cranmer Awards. To secure success, Oreoluwa had to memorise and recite passages from the 1662 Prayer Book - a form of liturgy which captures the beauty and antiquity of traditional language.

Oreoluwa chose Psalm 46 as her initial passage. It contains two very memorable phrases: . Oreoluwa\'s second passage was Mary\'s Song - The Magnificat with its profound theme of God\'s care for the lowly.

Dr Margaret Davies, who is the Regional Organiser at the Canmer Awards, commented on the clarity of Oreoluwa\'s delivery and urged her to prepare well for the national finals in London early next Spring.

Congratulations Oreoluwa - we are very proud of you and the way in which you have represented the R.S Department specifically and KEHS in general. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/356/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/355/0 HELEN CASTOR, the historian, writer and broadcaster will be visiting KEHS and we will be discussing her latest book, She-Wolves, at a READING GROUP session in Miss Evans







Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/355/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/353/0 Click here to read the Principal\'s Speech Day Report 2011 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/353/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/354/0 After leaving school in 1990, Anna Lawrence Pietroni worked in a hostel for homeless women in Glasgow and a camp site in France before going on to read English at Oxford. From there she studied for an MA in Childrens talk at our Awards Evening on the 11th November. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/354/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/351/0 The under 13s swimming team competed at the Warwick 50s Championships at Warwick School on Thursday 24 November and had a very successful event. Their first event was the Medley Relay where Carmen Elliott swam Backstroke, Alice Coward Breaststroke, Bethany Grant Butterfly and Anya Basra Freestyle and achieved a brilliant time of 2.31.51 taking second place by one second. Carment went on to swim a fantastic Individual Medley and achieved a personal best of 1.15 improving her time by two seconds and winning the trophy. Alice came third in the Breaststroke and Bethany swam an amazing Butterfly in 34.31 seconds to steal the first place and winning a trophy for her efforts. Anya achieved third place for her 50 metre Freestyle race and then the final event for the girls was the Freestyle Relay where they showed their superiority by finishing in first place by 7 seconds. Fantastic effort by all the girls. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/351/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/352/0 Congratulations to all who took part. The following girls were awarded certificates:

Best

Asiya has also been selected to take part in the Senior Kangaroo on Friday 2nd December. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/352/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/350/0 Rebecca Guthrie, Lower Five student, has entered a Clothes Show competition to design a poster relating to theme \'Rule Britannia\' which was about British Culture and fashion and will be used to advertise the face of The Clothes Show. Rebecca has been selected, out of the whole country, to go to the grand final on December 6th. We wish her the best of luck. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/350/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/348/0 Having recently returned from her sabbaticalwhich you can read here. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/348/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/349/0 In our November newsletter, Ms Evans writes about her sabbatical, Mr Hope takes us through the creative writing process at KEHS and there is also an opportunity to sample some of the photos taken by girls in the summer photography workshops run by professional photographer Tom Doyle. And of course

The November newsletter will be available to download from Monday 14th November. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/349/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/347/0 This illustrated new book, Recipes for Success by Sally Huxley, Head of Food Studies at King Edward VI High School, begins with the fascinating story of Florence George, the Schoolenquiries@kehs.co.uk
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/347/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/346/0 Our Quiz night takes place this year on November 18th. Doors open at 7.00pm ready for a 7.30pm start.

Do come along and join us for a fun packed evening. We have emailed out all the information to parents and further details are available on the letters section of the website. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/346/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/345/0



Evelyn Henderson in L5E has jointly won the
Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/345/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/344/0 We have now started Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/344/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/343/0 We are always looking for ways to improve our communication and so this year we have launched a new Blogs site. We hope it will be an excllent way of keeping the KEHS community up to date with all that is going on in school. There are blogs for the Parents\' Association, the school library, a departmental section where some departments are posting information Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/343/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/342/0 We Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/342/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/341/0 We are today

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/341/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/340/0 King Edward VI High School for Girls is one of only 100 schools in England, and the only independent school in the country, to be granted teaching school status
The first year of the programme will be a design and development phase. As they develop, teaching schools working with other schools and universities will help to provide a strong supply of new teachers, develop leaders and the next generation of heads, and support schools in challenging circumstances. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/340/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/339/0 On Tuesday 21st June, 30 children from schools in West Bromwich joined us for a morning of activities themed around colour. The girls enjoyed looking at Keats\' sonnet to blue and then followed this up with their own collaborative sonnet writing. We explored rhyme scheme, rhythm and imagery. Girls in the Lower Sixth who are studying English at AS also came along to help the visitors and give extra help and support. At the end of the session the Year 5s had written a most impressive sonnet which they then performed to their teachers. Their collaborative sonnet is now on display in Room 10. A similar set of enrichment activities was followed by the girls in Science.

After a busy morning of activities the girls enjoyed a picnic out in the garden and were joined by some of our current Year 7, who shared their experiences of being educated in an all girls environment as well as finding out more about our visitors.

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/339/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/335/0 The July newsletter, our final one for the current academic year, is now available to download here. Items include a Living History review of the year, winners of the Hospital in ArtsKEHS. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/335/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/336/0 The Summer edition of High Profile, with its Science and Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/336/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/337/0 We have recently uploaded a new article relating to parental views of KEHS onto the Prospective Parents Page of the school website. This article first appeared in the 2010Winter edition of High Profile. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/337/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/338/0 Keep up to date with us throughout most of the summer by following us on Twitter. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/338/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/331/0 Donya Ghorbani and Stephanie Galvao both applied for and were successful in receiving a Nuffield Bursary last June from the company Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/331/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/332/0 On Friday 17th June, The Peter Bennett Arts Centre opened its doors to the public for a private view of this year Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/332/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/333/0 On the 29th of June the 3rds received a visit from an optio stationed at Deva.They were told about life in the Roman army and a lucky few had the chance to try on chain mail armour and test its effectiveness against sword thrusts! This was followed by manoeuvres on the school field where they learnt how to march in ranks, form a testudo, and practised using sling shots and spears. Ill-disciplined troops were soon knocked into shape.

In the second part of the day the 3rds studied different aspects of Roman myths and history. Roman emperors, the early history of Rome, the Trojan horse, and the tale of Piramus and Thisbe were presented to them. This inspired them to produce some lovely art work and interesting dramatic performances.

The 3rds enjoyed their day very much, and this year, fortunately, no-one was seriously injured or fatally wounded.(Only joking of course!)

Tiberius Cooperus.

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/333/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/334/0 Rosie Ingram (3E) and Eloise Bessey (3H) succeeded in being chosen to develop their design ideas for the new development at the Paediatric Unit of the Children Watch this space... Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/334/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/326/0 2011 is the International Year of Chemistry and as part of this all the Lower Fourth earlier this term undertook the national into school to present Heidi with her prize of a solar media player and to present the other shortlisted girls with certificates. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/326/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/327/0 Congratulations to Charlotte Dawkins in the L5th who has been invited to London to receive an award from Professor Steven Jones for scoring one of the highest marks in the country in the national Biology Challenge event.Well done to Charlotte and all the other girls in the L5th who participated in the competition. For more details see our May newsletter. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/327/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/328/0 Girls at KEHS have been encouraged to take up the challenge of entering the Society of Biology\'s Young Photographer of the Year competition. The girls cantake a photograph on any aspect of Biology that inspires them. The closing date is the 19th August. More details are available at the Society of Biology website. So do take up this exciting challenge girls. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/328/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/329/0 Girls in Year 7 have spentand do check back before the end of term to listen to more Year7 radio broadcasts. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/329/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/330/0 If you want to keep up to date with Miss Evans while shePlease enjoy reading them and don\'t forget to leave a comment! Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/330/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/323/0 Can you make a timer that lasts for exactly one minute?They rose to the challenge wonderfully! Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/323/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/324/0 Congratulations to the Young Enterprise Team who were outstandingly successful in The South Birmingham Regional finals which took place on the 26th May.
They received the following awards- Best Company Report, Best Company presentation and the most prestigious award of all for the Best Company in the Birmingham South Area.
Well done girls! Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/324/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/325/0 Shreya Anil continues her excellent achievements in fencing.
Shreya recently became the UK U14 girls champion in the Sabre event Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/325/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/321/0 As a result of their performance in the Senior Maths Challenge in November, three girls have been invited to take part in the first round of the British Mathematical Olympiad. Congratulations to ASSIYA SIDDIQUA who was awarded a Certificate of Participation. ELEANOR DAVIDSON whowas awarded a Certificate of Distinction and GABRIELLE CHAN who was awarded a Certificate and a medal. Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/321/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/320/0 Last Summer Mrs Huxley-Edwards entered five of her pupils in a new art competition entitled
Ciara Regan
Autumn Roberts
Rosemary Walmsley
Kannika Kallappa
Leenah Abuelgasim Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/320/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/319/0 Gold Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/319/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/318/0 Each year the most able sixth form pupils in the country sit this three hour examination. Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/318/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/317/0 In the ever-increasing digital age where much comment has been made on the demise of traditional print in favour of e-books, it is easy to forget the value of books as a decorative art-form alongside the words they contain.
We are currently hosting an exhibition of work by Twentieth-Century Women Bookbinders owned by Governor and former pupil of neighbouring boys Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/317/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/314/0 On Wednesday 9th March the whole of the Upper Four and the Classics Department went on a day long trip to Bath. It took us two hours to get there, but we were soon to find out that it was well worth the wait! We walked together to the Roman Baths, where we were impressed by the beautiful architecture. We looked around in small groups accompanied by teachers and saw the remains of what used to be a buzzing place of Roman social and religious activity, as well as a place to get clean. The reconstruction of the site was amazing and really helped us to imagine how the Romans would have seen the sacred spring and baths back then. After we had completed our research we were given a little free time to wander around the historic town. It was a truly memorable experience for us all! By Neelam Deshmukh and Teresa Czepiel U4S Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/314/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/315/0 Congratulations to the U12 KEHS Netball team who were crowned County Champions on the 16th March. Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/315/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/316/0 On the 16th March the U13 Netball team were crowned county champions, yet another success for junior girls at KEHS! Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/316/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/312/0 On Tuesday 15th February 2011 two forms were selected from the Lower 4th to take part in three STEM workshops (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and listen to a couple of talks at the ThinkTank in Birmingham. The aim of this trip was to give the pupils taking part a taste of the STEM subjects and inspire them to think about a career in one of them. The first talk gave an outline of this. The second talk was very inspiring. The lady giving it talked about how she had turned her hobby (design and technology) into her profession. She told us about the processes she had gone through to achieve this. She showed us three of the products that she had invented- the toothpaste dispenser (for people with arthritis), the water carrier (for people in Africa who have to travel long distances to collect water) and a fridge that does not require electricity to run. Her talk was also about having the courage to make the most of a skill and not being shy to tell others about it. The workshops included gene sampling, an astronomy quiz and bridge building. All the workshops were interesting and enjoyable. The last talk was a summary of all of the STEM subjects and also information on making subject choices and how they can influence our future. It relly was a thought provoking, excellent day.

By Hannah Macarthur Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/312/0 General News http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/313/0 On Thursday 17th March, six of the 6th form girls went to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, accompanied by a number of pupils from the boys Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.kehs.org.uk/newsDetails/313/0