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Congratulations to talented young chess player Amana (Year 10) who secured second place in the highly competitive Leicestershire Chess Championship, on 4 June. In addition to her silver medal, Amana won the 'overall Girls Under 16' trophy, showcasing her exceptional skills and dedication to the game.
Year 8 and Year 5 enjoyed a "Big Sister/Little Sister lunch today. They consumed rather a lot of pizza, chips and chocolate brownies! An enjoyable treat for all.
Nxt Gen Innovators are inviting students from Year 7 to 10 to join in a 3-hour online chess tournament which takes place on Monday 29th May from 1pm – 4pm.
LHS are now caring for four more duck eggs, they have been incubating for a while and cracks are starting to show. Hopefully we’ll have some successful hatching soon.
Leicester High School have obtained three places for three experiments to be launched on the MARSBalloon project.
Our experiments will be carried by a helium filled balloon to a height of 30km which is more than twice the height of commercial airliners. At this height the balloon will be above 99% of Earth’s atmosphere. Along the way the experiments will experience conditions very similar to the surface of Mars including temperatures of -50°C, pressures 1/100th that of sea level and an increased radiation dose.
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In line with tradition, our School Poet Laureates have been busy creating poems to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort. The girls will be sending their poems off to Buckingham Palace next week; we hope our new King and Queen will enjoy reading them as much as we did!
As part of their work on local government, in their PSHCE lessons, the girls formed their own campaign parties and delivered a manifesto of election promises, after which a ballot was held in each class.
As part of the enrichment programme in science, Leicester High has once again taken part in a 10-day duck raising experience.
Our five ducks have been keeping our Science Department busy these last couple of weeks. The ducks who are named Piglet, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Chrisopher Robbin hatched last week and soon became a fluffy attraction in the science block.
Year 10 and Year 12 visited the University of Leicester on Thursday 27 April for a Taster Day. Year 10 enjoyed introductions to Medicine, Law and Criminology, along with a talk on taking the next steps towards their goals and a campus tour. Year 12 attended a range of subject tasters as well as sessions on creating a personal statement and advice on student life.
We are delighted to announce our new Prefect team for 2023/24
At the beginning of the Easter holiday, the Silver and Gold DofE groups travelled to the Peak District to embark on their practice expeditions.
It was a challenging weekend for all the groups, with wet and very cold weather along with difficult terrain to navigate across. Despite this, the groups displayed excellent teamwork skills, improved upon their map reading and camp craft skills.
Mrs Brooke and Miss Evans were very proud of the girls for coping so well in challenging conditions. We wish the girls the best of luck for their qualifying expeditions in July.
"Sparkling Sorrento
Thirty six students from Years 8 and 9 spent five days of the Easter break with Mrs Whalley, Mrs Haresign, Mrs Penney and Mrs Rai sampling the delights of Italian culinary specialities on a visit to Sorrento. Artisan gelato, olive oil (in dozens of varieties), making dough at a traditional pizzeria restaurant, fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheeses and air-dried salami on sourdough bread were all on offer as they walked in fruit groves dripping with lemons and oranges. Tarantella dancing turned out to be a lot of fun and involved much napkin waving and shouting! There was plenty of time to browse the shops for gifts and souvenirs and to admire the scenery of this lovely area including the view of Mt. Vesuvius rising above the city of Napoli. An excursion to the volcano saw everyone climb to the crater rim to gaze down into the gently smoking hole and wonder when it would next erupt, together with a visit to the remains of Roman Herculaneum, several miles away, buried by lava and ash in AD79 and still being rediscovered by archaeologists now. There was just time for a paddle in the Mediterranean before heading back to the airport and to Leicester, tired but happy and all having learned a lot."
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