Viola 2020–2023 Viola Practical Grades (updated September ...
KEHS Review 2015 - 2016 · investigate the energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays’ at the 4th...
3
Team and Individual Successes • Girls in the Upper 6th achieve an excellent set of A Level results. An astounding 91.4% achieved A*-B, but even more impressively, 31% achieved A* and 75.4% A*/A. • Girls in the Upper 5th celebrate record GCSE results, achieving 75.7% A* grades and 92.6% A*/A. 24 girls achieved all A* grades, 34 girls achieved 10 or more A* and 51 girls out of a year group of 75 achieved all A*/A. • One girl in the Upper Fifth wins a prestigious award in “The Write Stuff”, a national short story competition run by the Sunday Times with best- selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford and top journalist Eleanor Mills among the judges. • One girl in the Upper 5th named Young Poet of the Year in prestigious competition ran by the Foyle Publishing Company. • One girl in the Upper 5th achieves first place in “Agincourt 600” Tournament, a national historical public- speaking competition for students aged 15-19. • As part of the Young Writers’ Poetopia competition, one girl in the Lower 4th is shortlisted for the final and has her work published in an anthology. • Four girls in the Upper 5th awarded prestigious Arkwright Engineering Scholarship. • Six girls in the Lower 6th awarded Gold Crest Certificates for the work they undertook as part of the Engineering Education Scheme. • One girl in the Lower Sixth has her article published in the Young Scientists Journal. • Two teams of Lower 6th Economics students come in first and second place at the Institute of Chartered Accountants’ Business and Accounting Competition. • Two Lower 6th girls secure places on the Holocaust Education Trust’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ programme. • Six girls win prizes in the Anglo-French society annual poetry competition. • Four girls in the Upper 5th recognised by the Royal Astronomical Society as one of the top 12 highest performing students in the country in GCSE Astronomy. • Two girls in the Lower 5th win the ‘Curious About Copper Poster Competition’, exploring the properties of copper in one of three categories: ‘Buildings and Design’, ‘Electronics and Communication’ and ‘Health and Medicine’. • In the British Physics Olympiads, four girls awarded Silver and eleven girls awarded Bronze in the GCSE Challenge. • In the British Physics Olympiad AS Challenge, one Lower Sixth girl achieves a Silver award and two receive Bronze awards. KEHS Review 2015-2016
Transcript of KEHS Review 2015 - 2016 · investigate the energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays’ at the 4th...
Team and Individual Successes• GirlsintheUpper6thachieveanexcellentsetofALevelresults.Anastounding
91.4%achievedA*-B,butevenmoreimpressively,31%achievedA*and75.4%A*/A.
• GirlsintheUpper5thcelebraterecordGCSEresults,achieving75.7%A*gradesand92.6%A*/A.24girlsachievedallA*grades,34girlsachieved10ormoreA*and51girlsoutofayeargroupof75achievedallA*/A.
• OnegirlintheUpperFifthwinsaprestigiousawardin“TheWriteStuff”,anationalshortstorycompetitionrunbytheSundayTimeswithbest-sellingauthorBarbaraTaylorBradfordandtopjournalistEleanorMillsamongthejudges.
• OnegirlintheUpper5thnamedYoungPoetoftheYearinprestigiouscompetitionranbytheFoylePublishingCompany.
• OnegirlintheUpper5thachievesfirstplacein“Agincourt600”Tournament,anationalhistoricalpublic-speakingcompetitionforstudentsaged15-19.
• AspartoftheYoungWriters’Poetopiacompetition,onegirlintheLower4thisshortlistedforthefinalandhasherworkpublishedinananthology.
• FourgirlsintheUpper5thawardedprestigiousArkwrightEngineeringScholarship.
• SixgirlsintheLower6thawardedGoldCrestCertificatesfortheworktheyundertookaspartoftheEngineeringEducationScheme.
• OnegirlintheLowerSixthhasherarticlepublishedintheYoungScientistsJournal.
• TwoteamsofLower6thEconomicsstudentscomeinfirstandsecondplaceattheInstituteofCharteredAccountants’BusinessandAccountingCompetition.
• TwoLower6thgirlssecureplacesontheHolocaustEducationTrust’s‘LessonsfromAuschwitz’programme.
• SixgirlswinprizesintheAnglo-Frenchsocietyannualpoetrycompetition.
• FourgirlsintheUpper5threcognisedbytheRoyalAstronomicalSocietyasoneofthetop12highestperformingstudentsinthecountryinGCSEAstronomy.
• TwogirlsintheLower5thwinthe‘CuriousAboutCopperPosterCompetition’,exploringthepropertiesofcopperinoneofthreecategories:‘BuildingsandDesign’,‘ElectronicsandCommunication’and‘HealthandMedicine’.
• IntheBritishPhysicsOlympiads,fourgirlsawardedSilverandelevengirlsawardedBronzeintheGCSEChallenge.
• IntheBritishPhysicsOlympiadASChallenge,oneLowerSixthgirlachievesaSilverawardandtworeceiveBronzeawards.
KEHS Review 2015-2016
KEHS Review 2015-2016• IntheChemistryOlympiad:1goldand3bronzeawards.
• OnegirlwinsaGoldMedalforherpresentationtitled‘UsingtheJSPARCanalysissoftwaretoinvestigatetheenergyspectrumofprimarycosmicrays’atthe4thAnnualHiSPARCstudentconferenceatBristolUniversity.
• IntheSeniorMathsChallenge:9Goldawards,20Silverawardsand27BronzeAwards.OnegirlqualifiesforBMOGMathsOlympiadforGirls,andtwogirlsqualifyfortheSeniorKangaroo.
• IntheIntermediateMathsChallenge:7Goldawards,19Silverawardsand33BronzeAwards.TherearetwoqualifiersfortheIntermediateOlympiadandthreefortheIntermediateKangaroo.
• IntheJuniorMathsChallenge:32Goldawards,35Silverawardsand52Bronzeawards.TherearethreequalifiersfortheJuniorMathsOlympiadand10qualifiersfortheJuniorKangaroo.
• SevengirlsareawardeddistinctionsintheBMOGMathematicalOlympiadforGirls.
• TheIntermediateMathsTeamwintheRegionalFinaloftheUKMTTeamMathsChallenge,qualifyingfortheNationalFinalinLondonandfinishing11thinthecountry.
• TwogirlsintheUpper4thwinawardscelebratingculturaldiversityintheNASUWTcreativewritingsectionoftheNational‘ArtsandMinds’competition.
• OnegirlintheUpper4thawardedfirstprizeintheprestigiousEttlingenInternationalPianoCompetitioninthe15andundercategory.
• OnegirlintheLower4thandanotherintheUpper5thareofferedplacesintheNationalYouthStringOrchestrafollowingauditionsinLondon.
• Onegirlwinsfirstplaceinthe‘VocalSoloSection’aged11-13atNorthfield’sannualRotaryevent.
• Onegirlwinsbothheragegroupclass(11-13yearsold)andtheJuniorRecitalclass(under17)forPianointheBirminghamMusicFestival.
• OnegirlintheThirdswinstheChatterlyCup,asingingcompetitionintheJuniorConservatoire.
• GirlshaveincrediblesuccessintheDudleyFestivalofMusic!OnegirlintheThirdsawardedfirstprizeinthreeclassesintheDudleyFestivalofMusic,Drama&Dance:the12yearsandunderclass,12yearsandOpenclassandtheStringsSoloRecitalOpenClass.AnothergirlintheThirdswinsfirstplaceintheOpenRecitalClass,andanothergirlachievesfirstplaceintheVerseandPoetrycategory(fromages12-13).
• OnegirlwinstheOpenRecitalClassatTamworthMusicFestivalaswellingasreceivingfourtrophiesattheNewcastleunderLymeMusicFestival.Astheoverallwinnerofthefestival,shereceivesanominationfortheEmanuelTrophyCompetitioninLondon,in2017.
• IntheNorthfieldFestivalofMusicandSpeech:OnegirlintheUpper4thwinsthePianoSonataClassandtheStringsClass.OnegirlintheThirdswinstheSingingDuet,Grade6Piano,Grade6Strings(playingviolin)andtheViolaQuartetclasses.Onegirl,whohassungwithExCathedra,leadsthewinningviolaquartetandachieves‘outstanding’resultsinallthevocalclassesinthefestival,whilstanothergirlwinstheage14-17folksongclassandisawardedtheValerieSmithCup.
• OnegirlintheUpper4thisawardedfirstplaceinthe18andundercategoryinEPTA(EuropeanPianoTeachersAssociation)UKcompetition.
• 16girlsachieveDistinctionsintheirABRSMmusicexams.
• IntheDukeofEdinburghAwardScheme:7Goldawards,10Silverawardsand42Bronzeawards.
• KEHSwinstwoprestigious2015GoodSchoolsGuideAwardsforexcellenceinFrenchandAstronomy.
SportingSuccess
• OnegirlintheUpper6thwinsaBronzemedalintheFencingattheJuniorCommonwealthGames
• TheKEHSswimmingteamwintheMinchincupforthesecondyearrunning.
• TheKEHSLifesavingteamdefendtheir2015titlebywinningtheJuniorandNoviceLifesavingGalabyfivepoints.
• Theover12ATeaminGymnasticswinstheteamcompetitionfortheiragecategoryintheBirminghamSchoolsNoviceGymnasticsCompetition.
• InHockey:U12teamwinstheSolihulltournamentandU16andU18teamsreachtheregionalfinals.TheU13HockeyTeamarecrownedCountyChampions.
• InNetball:U14teamwintheSolihulltournament,U16andU18teamsalsomakeitthroughinsecondplacetotheregionalfinals.
• OnegirlselectedtorepresentU14MidlandswaterpoloteamintheASAInter-RegionalChampionships.
• FivegirlscompeteattheBirminghamSchoolsGamesforBadminton,winningeverysinglematchandmakingitthroughtothenextstageofthecompetition.
ServingtheCommunity
• Theschoolraises£8840forlocalandnationalcharities.
• Over£475raisedforBookAid.
• SixthFormSpanishstudentsraiseover£800inaidofLAFF(LatinAmericanFoundationfortheFuture).
• OnegirlintheLower6thorganisesacollectionofclothes,shoes,foodandtoiletriestosendtorefugeeslivingincampsinCalais,aswellascollectingbooksfor‘JungleBooks’,aninitiativeaimedateducatingrefugeechildren.
• OnegirlintheLower6thorganisesan‘EveningofMusicandMedicineforMicrotiaUK’,raisingalmost£600forthecharity.
• TheUpper6thCScommitteeorganiseacharity‘TakeMeOut’eventraisingover£200forBirminghamWomen’sHospitalFoundationTrust.
• TheCharityChristmasBazaarraisesover£200forvariousdifferentcharities.
