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Community and Leisure Courses Spring and Summer 2013

Traces

“traces” Student Art at the Queens Hall, Gallery 2 8th – 29th June 2013

Traces Art Exhibition

This well established, annual exhibition provides an outstanding opportunity to showcase the artwork of Queen Elizabeth High School A-Level students in a gallery context, something that allows the work to shine and exist independently from the requirements of the education system. The work on show varies in both style and media, however there are recurring themes running throughout. Found objects and imagery are re-evaluated and reprocessed, texture and surfaces are altered and re-worked with combinations of natural and/or man-made materials. This exhibition offers a broad array of practices up for critique, from photography to painting, textiles to sculpture, and all done with a skill and intellect beyond the students’ years.

Cricket Success

A superb bowling spell including a "hat trick" of 3 wickets in consecutive balls helped the QEHS Year 9 cricket team to success over Duchess High School, Alnwick in the first round of the Northumberland Schools’ Under 14 cup. Well done!

Year 13 Leaving Day

Friday 24 May is the last official day of study for Year 13 students. Subject teachers will of course continue to provide support for students up until they take their actual exam.

Arrangements for Friday 24 May are as follows:

Period 1 As normal; students will have the opportunity to talk to their subject teachers and say goodbye!

10.00 Students gather in the lower school hall for a final farewell assembly!

11.00 (approx) Students leave school

Students are planning to attend school in fancy dress; however, students sitting exams must not wear fancy dress for their exam.

Year 13 Leavers’ Celebration Thursday 27 June

Traditionally Year 13 students have held a ball as a final leavers’ celebration. This year the Sixth Form Executive with Year 13 students have arranged an alternative celebration. Details available via parentMail.

Good luck to you all and best wishes for the future.

The Hexham Spaces Project

Art work in Hexham

Hexham Spaces

Next time you are walking down Fore Street in Hexham, keep a look out for something a little bit different in some of the shop windows! The QEHS Art department, in collaboration with The Hexham Spaces Project has put up a mini exhibition of student art work in the old Millets shop window.

Look out for new work by QEHS students on show in DELIcious (31 Hencotes) from 15 June (open Saturdays), further displays of local art and crafts on Fore Street in Millets. A little further along in Thorntons, Project Prom, until 9 June, and then a musical instrument amnesty and jamming session with Core Music on Saturday 15 June.

Click on the "Read More" link for an image gallery and more information on Hexham Spaces

Tynedale Schools Athletics Championship Success

Teams from QEHS achieved a clean sweep in the recent Tynedale Athletics Championships, held at the Wentworth Leisure Centre. Well done to each and every one of the 63 QE students who competed on the day and the 8 sports leaders who helped the event to run so successfully.

Click on the read more link below for the results table and winners.

Charnwood Orchestra On Tour

Concert at QEHS Sunday 26th May 7:30pm

Charnwood Orchestra will be visiting Newcastle and Hexham when they go on tour to the North East at the end of May. Make sure you don’t miss this chance to hear a top-notch orchestra play the sublime Bruch Violin Concerto with brilliant soloist, Iona Brown.
The programme will consist of three works:

Euryanthe Overture: Weber
Violin Concerto No 1: Bruch Soloist: Iona Brown
Symphony No 2: Sibelius

Tickets will cost £10.00 (£8.00 concessions) and £3.00 for accompanied children under 16. Available from the Box Office: 07718 153117, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or the school office: 01434 610300.