BULLETINS
Week Ending 9th May 2008

Sports Leaders Festival

Ninety five girls from Years 4, 5, 6 and 7 participated in two hours of sporting fun, organised by our Year 11 Sports Leaders. Read more..

Year 11 Podcast Revision Competition

The podcast project was a way of experimenting with auditory learning techniques, as very few people learn or remember effectively when information is simply spoken. Read more..

Cookie Quiz

The annual House Cookie Quiz took place this week, with all Houses well represented. Read more..

American Ski Trip

This year’s ski trip was to the picture postcard village of Stowe in Vermont, east coast USA. Read more..

Badminton

Our Year 10 and 11 badminton team has just become the National Inter Schools Badminton Champions, with a convincing win of 5 – 0 over Thirfield School (London) in the finals. Read more..

Northern Trust Rally

The Northern Trust Rally was held at Birkenhead High School and the six northern schools were represented - Nottingham, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Newcastle, Belvedere and Birkenhead.Read more..

Print It Competition

Congratulations to Beth Goddard in Year 10 on her excellent success in the National Print It Competition. Beth was one of eight national winners; her competition entry won the category of ‘Best Understanding of Printing Techniques’. Read more..

Trust Swimming Gala

Congratulations to the senior team who were runners up at the Trust Swimming Gala held in Croydon last week, and to the junior team who were placed fourth.Read more..

Cross Country Success

Many congratulations to the Year 8 cross country team on winning the Dagfa House Independent Schools’ cross country race at Wollaton Park. Read more..

European Work Experience

Grace Watkinson, one of our Lower Sixth Formers was given the opportunity to undertake a week’s work experience in Le Mans, France. Read more..

Clare Hammond Concert

The Clare Hammond classical piano concert was a superb event and enjoyed by everybody.Read more..

Golf Winners

Many congratulations to Jenny Crowther, Viki Monk and Elizabeth Lazell who have just become the winners of the Nottinghamshire Schools Golf Association Team Stroke Play Championships, held at Notts Golf Club on Tuesday, 18 March.Read more..

Maths Quiz

Two teams competed in a maths quiz against other schools at Sheffield Hallam University on 15 March.Read more..

Biology Olympiad

Congratulations go to four of our Upper Sixth Form girls who entered the prestigious British Biology Institute Olympiad 2008. Read more..

Easter Egg Competition

The catering staff ran a competition for the Junior School girls to either draw or make a model of an Easter egg. Read more..

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE BRILLIANT BOOK AWARD 2008

Mrs Broomfield, the school's Librarian, invited girls from Year 8 to read the six shortlisted books for this award; discuss the novels, contribute to the web site, and decide on their favourite. Read more..

UNDER 13 HOCKEY SUCCESS

Congratulations to the Under 13 hockey team who became County Champions this week. They played some excellent hockey and were thoroughly deserving of their win. Read more..

FENCING

Many congratulations to Imogen Stead, from Year 8, who became the East Midlands Under 14 Girls Fencing Champion after this weekend’s competition held in Nottingham. Read more..

RAINBOWS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE

This term's chosen charity is Rainbows Children's Hospice. Located in Loughborough, Leicestershire, Rainbows is the children's hospice for the East Midlands and provides respite, palliative and terminal care to families who have children with a life limiting illness.Read more..

SPORTS LEADERS HIGH FIVE NETBALL COMPETITION

Our Year 11 Sports leaders organised a High Five netball competition for over 120 children from schools across Nottingham. Read more..

NETBALL

Congratulations to the Under 12 'A' netball team on becoming County Champions. The team played exceptionally well, scoring a total of 46 goals over 7 games. Read more..

SWIMMING

Congratulations to the swimming team who joined forces with NHS to win the Newcastle Under Lyme Invitation Mixed Relays Gala. In the process they won three of the six events and set a new event record in the Under 14 freestyle relay. Read more..

HOCKEY

Congratulations to the Under 13 and Under 18 hockey teams who have both won their County Knockout Cup Competitions; the Under 13s beat Toot Hill 10-1 and the Under 18s defeated Bilborough 2-1 in a closely fought final. Read more..

CLARE HAMMOND

A classical evening with concert pianist Clare Hammond Read more..

YEAR 3 GO BACK IN TIME

Year 3 visited Southwell workhouse to imagine what it would have been like to be a pauper in Victorian times. Read more..

HOCKEY SUCCESS

Congratulations to the Under 15 hockey team who were joint winners in the GDST Rally. Read more..

CREATIVE ARTS WEEK

Creative Arts Week has been a great success and the girls had lots of fun with the various activities which took place.Read more..

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulaions to Piya Sachdeva, from Year 10, who has become National Under 15 Mixed Champion at the National Badminton Championships in Stoke. Read more..

BE MY BABY

Congratulations to the A Level drama group for great performances of their examination play, Be My Baby, which was perofrmed in front of family and friends before their actual examination. Read more..

YEAR 4 PERFORMANCE

Many congratulations to all the children in Year 4 for such a wonderful performance of Roald Dahl's 'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf' and 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' on Thursday. Read more..

FIXTURES

Tuesday 29 April Northern Trust Rally, Birkenhead High School, 6:00am departure

Tuesday 6 May Y8, Y9 Rounders v Trinity, Grassington Road

Wednesday 7 May Y11 Sports Leaders Festival, home, 4:00 – 6:00pm

Dates For your Diary

Senior

Junior

Saturday 10 May Uniform Shop open 10.00 am – 12 noon

Monday 12 May Year 5 Castleton trip 8.45 am

Thursday 15 May Year 5 return 3.00 pm

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