On Sunday 12 February thirteen members of Upper 4, Lower 5 and Upper 5 set off on the second leg of this year’s exchange with our partner school of five decades, Scharnhorst Gymnasium, Hildesheim. A group of German students had visited us in October and the time had come for us to spend a week with our host families.
On 23 February the Drama GCSE students donned their theatrical hats for a trip to the Northcott Theatre to see the much acclaimed Theatre Alibi production of The Crowstarver.
Georgina Hopgood in L5 will be taking part in the National Three Peaks Challenge at the end of June 2011. This will involve climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mount Snowdon in 24 hours. Not only will Georgina be taking on this very tough challenge, but she will also be attempting to break a record and become the Youngest Solo Person to complete the Three Peaks Challenge.
A team of experts from the Exeter Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) joined the Year 6 students on 9 February and challenged them to think about what they would do if they ever discovered a hidden tomb.
For a third successive year the whole school took part in Girls Go Green Week in February encouraging the promotion of environmental awareness amongst the school community.
These imaginative and skilful paintings were produced by U4.
On Friday 3 February, Year 3 visited Exeter Airport as part of their geography studies.
A nine month paid internship with IBM is how Sophie Mould will be spending her Gap year.
Lower and Upper 6 students have been benefitting from a number of sessions to prepare them for university.
Our brand new Bronze Olympic Young Ambassadors travelled to St Lukes Science and Sports College for a day of training on 6 February.
