News
Thirds’ First Week at School
On the 3rd of September, we welcomed our new Thirds to KEHS! Here are two pupils’ experiences of the start of their journey with us...
Duke Of Edinburgh receives its Licensed Organisation’s Volunteer Hour Certificate for 2020
Well done to 20 of our Duke Of Edinburgh participants, who donated 1781 hours of voluntary service to the local community; the social value of these hours being £7,747.
KEHS Goes Green: Sustainability Society
This society run in conjunction with our neighbour school KES has been reflecting upon some of the most significant issues we face today. Food sustainability is one major issue that has been debated upon by the recently formed group and Meganne has written an insightful piece on this.
Lower Fifth Are Back!
Our Lower Fifth girls are delighted to be back in school this week for some 'face to face support'. Along with taught lessons in English and Maths, they also participated in some physical activity which included rounders, led by the Sports Department.
Latest KEHS Release Edition focuses on the Black Lives Matter movement
Current Upper Fifth student Priya has been working hard editing the latest edition of KEHS Release, the student led digital newspaper.
MedSoc publishes its first newsletter
Lower School MedSoc run by Upper Fifth pupils publishes its first Summary and Reflection Booklet.
KEHS Young Entrepreneurs Gain Business Award
On 30th April, our Young Enterprise company, Verglace, entered the digital presentation round of the Young Enterprise Greater Birmingham finals to present an overview of their progress since starting up the company.
Andy Street Talk
With the monotony of daily lockdown routines, whereby every day feels the same, an online talk by Andy Street - the Mayor of West Midlands - was certainly the highlight of the week for the more than 80 pupils who attended from both KEHS and KES
Social distancing is always advisable when scything!
We are very proud of Señora Atkins (Head of Spanish) who has been doing some conservation volunteer work this weekend
Sixth Formers lead on remote clubs
British Sign Language Club and Crochet Club took place successfully at the end of the week.
Lockdown Postcards
Cheery postcards should now have arrived on everyone’s doorstep after Mrs Shore-Nye’s mammoth project to write to every girl in school came to completion!
PPE Equipment
Shortly after our school closed, one of our Old Edwardians, Vaishali Senthil, contacted Dr Simpson to see if there was any scope in making face shields for the NHS
Budding make-up artists show off their talent!
Drama students have been busy mastering their special effects make-up following some online tutorials.
Summer Term Remote Extra-Curricular Programme
Over 70 activities on offer! We are incredibly proud that we are still able to provide an innovative Summer Term Extra-Curricular Programme remotely.
Jaya volunteers to help local NHS hospitals
During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent national lockdown, Jaya has been volunteering at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, acting as part of the Workforce and Redeployment Team.
Creative Writing Outreach Workshop
On Wednesday 11th March, we hosted over 70 pupils from local primary schools for our annual creative writing workshop. The pupils were able to hear about story writing from established playwright, Mike Carter. They spent time talking about their favourite authors and were very impressed to hear that Mike had even...
World Book Day
Despite the cold weather it was lovely to see nearly the whole school taking part in World Book Day 2020, dressing up as characters across the spectrum of literature. There were numerous other activities taking place over the course of the day, including a bookmark treasure hunt, bookworm bookmark making...
Anya Returns to KEHS
On Thursday 5th March, we welcomed Anya Duxbury back to School. Anya is currently in her first year studying Anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast. She spoke about the opportunities available at Queen’s, including generous scholarships for GB students, and life in the beautiful city of Belfast. As well as having..
Classics Trip to Bath
On Wednesday 11th March, the Upper Fourth visited the famous spa town of Bath, the Roman 'Aquae Sulis'. Even before the arrival of the Romans, Celts worshipped the goddess Sulis here, believing that their ailments could be cured by immersion in the hot spring waters. During the Roman occupation of Britain...
