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Leicester High School has recently welcomed three PGCE Student Teachers into its Staffing Body. Ishan Bhatiya, Elizabeth Fleury and Tyla Evans have arrived from the University of Leicester as part of their training to become fully qualified teachers of History, Science and Religious Studies respectively.
The devastation in Turkey and Syria has shocked us all and our thoughts are very much with the communities suffering as a result of the disaster.
Our Junior Department ran a whole school break time bake sale on Thursday 16 February to raise funds for the DEC Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal.
Following a recent assembly on the effects that global warming is having on our environment and climate, we are forming a new Eco club at LHS. What could possibly become the most important and active club in the school we are asking for a couple of Eco-Monitors to represent each Tutor Group and work on projects within the School and local environment.
On Wednesday 15th March the gym was abuzz with nervous, excited girls making final preparations for the English Department’s annual Public Speaking Competition. All students in Years 6-10 wrote and delivered a persuasive or argumentative speech on a topic of their choice in class rounds; the winners of the class rounds then went through to represent their forms in the final.
Leicester High School is celebrating National Science Week with a number of events going on all week – all around the theme of ‘Connections’.
There will be science competitions and events throughout the week, with experiments for the students to take party in during each lunchtime starting at 1:15pm in the student foyer area.
This year's Intermediate Maths Challenge was completed in January by selected students from years 9,10 and 11. Congratulations to all involved and accessing this opportunity for stretch and challenge and to develop their problem-solving skills. The notable achievements from each year are below;
Thank you to everyone who took part in January’s recipe of the month.
We have a new recipe for February – flapjacks! One of the (many) great things about flapjacks is that you can customise them. This recipe gives you a basic flapjack which you can ‘upgrade’ with your favourite flavours, You can find the flapjack recipe below.
The recipe is on SatchelOne & the Student SharePoint or you can use your own.
The recipe is on the Student SharePoint site - https://leicesterhigh.sharepoint.com/sites/SeniorSchoolStudents or downloadable below.
Send your flapjack photos and recipe ideas for March to: wellbeing@leicesterhigh.co.uk
The long-awaited Spelling Bee finally arrived this morning and the girls fought for their place in the FINAL for the first 20 minutes of the lesson.
All the Year 12 and Year 11 Physics students have recently taken part in the Physics Olympiad. This competition develops student’s problem-solving skills, which is a key skill that universities are looking for. The standard of the problems is very challenging, the Institute of Physics quotes that “University professors have taken this and ‘got nowhere’”, so all the students who took part should be congratulated.
Our 'Big Sister Little Sister' initiative pairs older girls with younger girls to help build relationships across the school.
Girls from the Junior Department and Senior School travelled to the Resorts World Arena Birmingham to take part in the Young Voices Concert.
Thank you to Mahi K-E who has written about the girls' trip.
We were very pleased to welcome the Onatti theatre company back into school again last week, with the play "La Maison Hantée" (the haunted house) for all the students studying French.
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