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Sustainable Fashion Sale
On Wednesday 22nd January, a sustainable fashion sale will be held in school which has been organised by Tara and Emily in the Upper Sixth. They will be selling quality second hand clothes in G6 to discourage the use of fast fashion, which is extremely detrimental to the environment. All proceeds will be donated to...
Christmas Disco
Our Thirds Christmas disco was a resounding success and was a fantastic start to our jam packed calendar of Christmas festivities. We would particularly like to thank members of the Parents’ Association, who organised and hosted the event and Sixth Form girls: Scarlett, Emily, Emily G, Mina, Ellen, Laura, Abdea and...
KEHS Named West Midlands Independent Secondary School of the Year
The Sunday Times published its Parent Power supplement on 26th November naming KEHS as its West Midlands Independent Secondary School of the year. Alastair McCall, editor of The Sunday Times Schools Guide, Parent Power, said: "King Edward VI High School for Girls wins our West Midlands Independent...
Medical Student of the Year
Congratulations to Old Edwardian, Nikki Nabavi, who has been named as the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ North West Division Medical Student of the Year for her outstanding contribution to mental health. She achieved the award based on her work on social media encouraging regional and national involvement around...
The Model United Nations Conference: KEHS Wins Best Delegation
On 23rd November, KEHS students attended a very successful Model United Nations conference at London Oratory School. The conference was opened by guest speaker Professor Francis Campbell, who has worked in a number of high profile roles at the UN, the EU and the UK foreign office. He is now Vice...
Wonderful Outreach Workshops
It has been a very busy term for outreach this year. Before half term, Aliyah paid a visit to Christ Church Primary School as part of her role as Birmingham's Young Poet Laureate to celebrate National Poetry Day 2019. After performing some of her poems, she then answered the children's questions and gave them advice..
Success at EUS Schools Mace Debating Competition
On Wednesday 20th November, Cathy, Chloe and Charlotte took part in the English-Speaking Union's School Mace, the oldest and largest debating competition in the country for English schools. The team from KES, argued for the motion, 'This house would abolish trial by jury', while the KEHS team was in opposition...
BBC Question Time
On Thursday 31st October, BBC Question Time was held in the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre. As Sixth Formers interested in Politics or Broadcasting, we had the opportunity to attend the afternoon rehearsal. Whilst there, we were able to talk to the programme's host Fiona Bruce, and saw how the sound and camera...
Astronomical Event of the Year: Transit of Mercury
Around 14 times every century, the planet Mercury is seen to cross the face of the Sun over a period of six hours or so. Mercury looks like a dark silhouette against the Sun’s disk as Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun and the three bodies are lined up exactly. The last transit occurred in May 2016 and the...
Remembrance Day
On Monday 11th November, KEHS marked Remembrance Day with assemblies for the Lower and Upper School. We were ably assisted by Zeena, Morgan, Rachel, Haniya and Sparsha, who shared their most memorable moments from the First World War Battlefields trip. The assembly provided a balance of...
Debating Competition
On Saturday 9th November, a group of eight students travelled to the University of Birmingham for the Birmingham Schools’ Debating Competition. Throughout the day, students were involved in four challenging debates against students from other schools across the country. Cathy and Chloe, in the Lower Sixth, beat...
Latin Trip to Hadrian’s Wall
In October, Lower and Upper 5th Latin students enjoyed a three-day residential trip to Hadrian’s Wall. On the first day, girls explored the breathtaking remains of Housesteads Roman Fort, where students particularly enjoyed seeing the very well preserved latrines as well as looking around the museum and working out...
History Battlefields Trip
Over October half term, 60 girls from the Upper 4th and Lower 5th travelled to France and Belgium to retrace the steps of the Western Front battles from 1914 to 1918. They visited many monuments, cemeteries, battlefields and even some trenches that were built over a hundred years ago. They were particularly shocked...
Upper 4th Trip to Coventry Cathedral
On October 21st, Upper 4th students visited Coventry Cathedral. The purpose of the trip was to learn about the Cathedral’s work in relation to reconciliation. Students had the opportunity to visit both the Old and the New Cathedral, and took part in a series of workshops focusing on restoring peaceful relationships...
Visit to Cardingmill Valley
On Monday 14th and Thursday 17th October, the Lower 4th travelled to Carding Mill Valley in Shropshire for their Geography fieldwork. In the morning, the students observed river processes at work and sketched the picturesque Lightspout Waterfall and the v-shaped valley and interlocking spurs in the river’s upper...
