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Britain has had a Poet Laureate since 1668, when King Charles II appointed John Dryden. The holder of the post often writes poetry for royal events and national occasions. As part of our commitment to providing opportunities for students to show excellence and to broaden our cultural experiences, we are proud to introduce to you a new student leadership role at Leicester High School.
Sarah is Senior Product Manager at Deliveroo, responsible for building the acquisition and onboarding experience to enable businesses across 10 countries to join the platform. She leads a team of 20 to realise her team's mission and goals.
I am constantly taken aback by the level of initiative and maturity demonstrated by our Sixth Formers. On 27 September Nell L, one of our Year 12s, organised and ran a trip to the above conference. This is her report from the day:
At the end of the Summer Term, our more able linguists were set the challenge of creating wall art with a message for the small courtyard outside the Languages Room.
As part of their work around the theme of 'Community', Year 11 girls have been busy creating plant pots, pictures and poems.
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LHS has celebrated more exam success today with 75% of all GCSE grades achieved by the girls being at grades 7-9.
96% of all LHS girls who received their A Level results today have secured their place at their first choice University.
This includes 8 girls who will be will be setting off to the universities of their choice to study Medicine.
Over 90% of all grades achieved by girls at LHS were A* to B, with 68% at A* or A. 50% of girls achieved straight A* and A grades.
On 4 July the year 7 girls took part in a day of cross curricular activities. In the morning, the groups prepared classic French recipes, which they had been learning to read in their recent French lessons. These included la ratatouille, le filet de saumon and le suprême de poulet, learning various French cuts for the vegetables. They practised French phrases to enable them to critique the finished dishes and learnt the skills to photograph food attractively, trying out their new-found skills on each other.
The Year 7 Biology Students visited the Leicester Botanic Gardens as part of their 'Ecosystems' topic.
The English Department would like to thank all girls in Year 7 and their families for supporting our ‘Read for Good 'sponsored read this term.
I can hardly believe we are at the end of another fantastic LHS year!
A most rewarding, exciting and effective initiative has been taken on recently in the Modern Languages Department. 7M have been writing to a group of similarly aged pupils from a mixed boarding school in France, near Strasbourg. Introductions, letters and recipes have crossed the English Channel and been shared with their new-found friends.
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