Friday Headlines
the weekly newsletter from EHS
26 Jan 2018: On Wednesday 24 January, EHS reached a milestone in its history: 142 years since the School was founded by George Dixon and other distinguished...
Read more26 Jan 2018: On Monday 22 January, eight girls from Year 9 travelled to Birmingham University to participate in the Big Physics Quiz. This annual event...
Read more26 Jan 2018: The BBC television series ‘Blue Planet II’ has been successful in showcasing the incredible beauty of the ocean, but has also played a...
Read more26 Jan 2018: Our Prep Parliament representatives enjoyed their first meeting of this calendar year. A suggestion from Lara, one of our pupils, that...
Read more26 Jan 2018: EHS is dedicated to delivering an individualised programme of study and support to its students. Over the course of the last few weeks,...
Read more26 Jan 2018: More than 10,000 people are set to flock to Bournville BookFest, Birmingham’s festival of children’s stories, from 15 - 25 March. Edgbaston...
Read more26 Jan 2018: Don't know what to read next? Stuck reading the same books over and over? Want a suggestion you can trust? Our Library Top Picks will include...
Read more26 Jan 2018: This Saturday, a group of 13 girls in Year 11 will be taking part in the first Independent Schools Mock Trial Competition held at Birmingham...
Read more26 Jan 2018: At the end of the Autumn Term all pupils were provided with EHS branded water bottles, kindly funded by the Parents' Association. Not only...
Read more26 Jan 2018: The Classics department is looking forward once again to welcoming PhD students from the University of Birmingham to EHS. At a special...
Read more26 Jan 2018: Last week, we were pleased to welcome a representative for The Challenge into school to speak to Year 11 students. The Challenge is...
Read more26 Jan 2018: Students will have the opportunity to attend the 2018 Oxford and Cambridge Student Conference in Birmingham. This annual event is designed...
Read more26 Jan 2018: Thank you to those parents who attended our Academic and Pastoral Clinics in school last week; we do hope you found them useful. These...
Read more19 Jan 2018: This term’s Academic Lecture programme began with a fascinating lecture from Dr Michael Scott entitled ‘The Gritty Realities of Ancient...
Read more19 Jan 2018: After a busy and successful open day on Saturday, this week began with a story for all girls in Years 1 - 6 as we welcomed Giles Abbott,...
Read more19 Jan 2018: On Wednesday 17 January, we welcomed Mrs Lucy Williams, Head of Compliance at HSBC, to deliver a talk to the Senior School about a career...
Read more19 Jan 2018: On Wednesday 10 January, a group of EHS netballers who have also been selected to represent Birmingham County were invited to the Wasps...
Read more19 Jan 2018: Our Senior School student Digital Leaders are now working through the training that will enable them to coach their peers about the pitfalls...
Read more19 Jan 2018: Developing an understanding of portraits was the main objective of the Year 5 trip to the Barber Institute this week as the girls prepare...
Read more19 Jan 2018: In December, Year 9 pupil Freya travelled to Goa to work closely with the charity Goa Outreach in a bid to support children living in slums...
Read more19 Jan 2018: Our new Senior School Librarian, Miss Verity Jones, joined EHS at the start of the academic year. Here, Miss Jones shares with us some...
Read more19 Jan 2018: Digital New Year’s Resolution January is a great time to set yourself some digital new year's resolutions. We recommend the following: 1....
Read more19 Jan 2018: This week girls in Year 3 were treated to a Story Writing Workshop with Giles Abbott, a professional Story Teller. They were taught...
Read more19 Jan 2018: Spring Term is typically the time when leading universities and other large organisations direct competitions to Senior School students,...
Read more19 Jan 2018: At EHS we hope all students will take a full and active role in all aspects of school life. We endeavour to support all students to develop...
Read more12 Jan 2018: In our final week of last term, we enjoyed our annual Guitar Ensemble assembly. Our guitarists played a seasonal selection of Christmas...
Read more12 Jan 2018: Birmingham Voices is a professional choir, lead by our very own Choir Master Richard Skilbeck and his colleague Chris Passey. Earlier this...
Read more12 Jan 2018: We are very much looking forward to welcoming Dr Michael Scott from Warwick University to deliver a lecture on 'The Gritty Realities of...
Read more12 Jan 2018: The Preparatory School is delighted to open its doors to prospective families this Saturday 13 January, 9.30am - 12 noon. Join us at our...
Read more12 Jan 2018: The next Academic Clinic will take place in school on Monday 15 January and all parents are welcome. This monthly session provides an...
Read more: By Iram I would like to share my achievement of achieving the pledge of £1000 which I made with my friend in September. We decided to...
Read more: After the success of our 100km in May challenge last year, we are back for another month long challenge. The challenge is open for all...
Read more: The girls in Nursery have spent a royal week with activities based on ‘The Queen of Hearts’ rhyme. They began the week with an assembly...
Read more: Our Year 13 Leadership Team got this week off to a great start with two important messages in their assembly: Kindness Counts and Gratitude...
Read more: Year 2 girls were certainly filled with the joys of spring this week as everyone returned to learning in the classroom. They also focused...
Read more: ART Monica Liao (8G) For her superb drawing of a pumpkin. Monica researched her own...
Read more: Finding the time to help your children get organised to study and revise isn’t always easy. So to ease the burden, we’ve teamed up with...
Read more: It's always fascinating to find out what former pupils go on to do and as a school, we're always keen to raise awareness of the sorts of...
Read more: Since GDPR regulations came into effect, we are unable to initiate contact with Old Girls without prior consent. As such, if you know of...
Read more: To mark the end of their University Preparation Week, Year 13 students were treated to an Afternoon Tea in school on Friday afternoon. Students...
Read more: As the Year 6 Prep girls did not travel to France this year, we decided to give them a flavour of France in school. They took part in...
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