LEH News

The 10^th October is World Mental Health Day.

We had a wonderful response to our harvest foodbank appeal.

How wonderful to see our aspiring playwrights and actors performing.

U2 got very messy at Butser Ancient Farm this week.

Two teams from LEH participated in NASA's global hackathon.

A much-loved feature of the school calendar, Languages Week once again this year showed the multilingual LEH community at its very best.

We have had another brilliant week in PE with the girls thriving in both their lessons and at extra-curricular.

Pupils in U1E were set the homework task ‘How Slow Can You Go?’

On 25th September we enjoyed our first Junior School Mufti Day in aid of Macmillan charity.

A huge congrats goes to Ava (L5) who has been selected.

Our musicians haven’t been defeated by lockdown restrictions.

What an extraordinary year this has been, and what a stressful and confusing exam season for all concerned.

A level Results Day at LEH may not have been celebrated in the usual way.

For their second virtual choir project, the Holles Singers decided to learn and record the luscious ‘Loving Kindness’ by Howard Goodall.

The Upper Sixth rowing squad have raised over £2300 for Shooting Star Hospice by each rowing a marathon on indoor rowing machines and exercise bikes.

The Holles Singers singing in tribute to those magnificent pro musicians who’ve had their income wiped out, but continue to inspire & uplift us from lockdown because music is their life.

The Phlebotomist, a dystopian play, is set in a world where a single blood test dictates people’s entire lives, giving them a rating out of 10 based on their predicted medical health.

Despite lockdown, the girl writes is in full swing.

In early March, UI enjoyed their Production week performing 'Peter Pan'

Music is life and we were all missing singing after shutdown.

Avani in UV is raising hope and funds for the NHS through her inspiring artwork.

Head of Textiles Anne Marie Angliss decided to put her expert sewing and design skills to good use over the Easter holidays to help combat the lack of PPE equipment for NHS workers.

During the Easter holidays the Supersonics, a team of Form I’s from the Junior School, came together to raise money for the NHS.

On 8^th March 15 students from U4-U6 celebrated International Women’s Day by taking part in the launch of ‘…the girl writes’, a continuation of Write the Girl which aims to support the next generation of female playwrights.

A very busy week for LEH Sport despite external circumstances.

In the words of Queen 'We will Rock You', the Gym display did just that!

When asked how I felt about the creation of Wellington 24, my succinct (and generally accompanied by an obnoxious Scottish accent) reply is always “absolutely brilliant!”.

In traditional celebration of World Book Day on 5^th March, the girls (and teachers) came to school dressed as characters from a whole range of stories.

On 28 February, we accompanied four very ‘lively’ UII netball teams to Shrewsbury in preparation for the JCA netball tournament.

Congratulations to the U11 netball players who competed in the IAPS Netball tournament

We were thrilled to take part in a printing workshop this Monday, lead by Nicole Line, artist and textiles tutor, using the department’s exciting new heat press.

Niamh (UVID) who went on to represent LEH at the London Regional Heat at The Lightbox in Woking.

In half term, a group of us embarked on the annual GCSE Spanish trip to Salamanca to immerse ourselves in the language and culture.

On Animation Day LII pupils brought their class-reading book ‘Journey to the River Sea’ to life during Animation Day.

Our Junior swimmers have been very busy over the last two weeks.

Another busy week in the LEH Sport Department which wasn't too disrupted by Storm Ciara.

Staying with the theme of bravery and meddling emotions, Form IH shared their fabulous family assembly with us on 7^th February.

On 7^th February we enjoyed our annual Global Play Day with an afternoon of fun, child led play activities in the Junior School.

Another busy week of Lacrosse and Netball fixtures with LEH sport.

The LEH Careers Evening was a great success with over 60 delegates in attendance, many of whom were LEH alumnae or current parents.

The 15 of us (including Miss Lindsay and Miss Monteil) had been anticipating our History of Art trip to Italy for weeks.

11 year old student, Aleeza was a finalist in a recent national computational thinking challenge at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, putting her in the top 1% of her age group.

On 25 January, the U11 A team played a netball tournament at Newland House School.

Form IE took us on an adventure through time and space.

Form I pupils welcomed the “WWII Warden’s Workshop” and enjoyed a captivating educational workshop, which included role-play and sounds from WWII.

What a week we have had with Sport at LEH this week!

Congratulations to our wonderful Upper Sixth students who have received a plethora of offers of places at top universities.

On 24^th January, UIIE showcased their family assembly, which was great fun and included a few familiar faces from the staffroom!

Kingston Museum was an amazing experience because we actually saw a skeleton dating back to Anglo-Saxon times.

Bright and early on 24th October, PRE and Classics LEH students flew to Rome for four days of exploring.

The LEH Drama Llamas had an incredible trip to explore New York City Theatre land.

It was our first netball match of the term and fortunately, the weather was looking up.

This had been a trip which we had been looking forward to for months and for my year group in particular, the anticipation helped us to survive GCSEs.

LEH welcomed back its very newest alumnae on Friday 10 January at the 2019 Leavers Reunion.

The English Department is pleased to announce the publication of the Autumn 2019 edition of The Fable

On 5^th December, the English Department hosted Dr Ezra Horbury, British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College London, for the second of this year's Literary Lectures. 

Catherine (UIV) has been chosen as one of the eight finalists for the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year Competition.

The money is still rolling in, but more than £58,000 has been raised so far at the incredibly successful Great Big Bursary Ball at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday night (November 30^th), with all proceeds going directly to the LEH Bursary Fund.

On 27th November, the English Department was delighted to host Dr Laura Cleaver for the first of this academic year's Literary Lectures. 

Well done to our cross-country runners who represented the school in the Richmond Borough cross-country event.

The Winter Concert, held at the Rose Theatre in Kingston on 20th November, added to the pre-Christmas atmosphere.

Finding your spark will bring you more meaning and joy, promises parenting expert Tanith Carey.

While half term proved a well-earned rest for most, we still had various expeditions for our Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Performing in Return to the Forbidden Planet has been a real high-point this year!

The highlight before half term, of course, was our annual Wellbeing Day on 9^th October.

Regardless of the rain, we definitely enjoyed the trip, and a highlight was seeing the view from the London Orbital.

Maggie, Mina, Alice and Orla (all in LIVU) entered the IUPAC IYPT Nobelium competition in the summer term.

Wellbeing Day on 9th October provided pupils and staff with the opportunity to take a break from the usual routine and enjoy a fun packed day of activities.

Catherine took home the winning title in the 12-14 category for her detailed, labelled drawings of the American flamingo, including skeleton, skull, its external appearance and digestive system.

It was another great week for all our girls sporting fixtures across the last 7 days and despite the ever changing weather, we had another busy week.

Four generations were welcomed back to school on 5th October for one of the highlights of the alumnae calendar.

It was another busy week for our students at sporting fixtures across the last 7 days and despite the challenging weather, we had a great week.

It seemed entirely fitting that both Schools should come together to officially “open the gates” and celebrate this historic moment

We have had a fantastic start to our term in the PE department with lots of fixtures & time trials kicking off the season.

We really enjoyed being LVI Creative Directors and were excited when we heard about the project of the new science mural to help promote women in science within LEH School.

LEH girls in the Junior School have had great success in this year’s UK Chess Challenge, the World’s Largest Chess Tournament.

On 11^th September, Form I enjoyed a fun day of problem solving and team building activities.

I was really surprised and delighted to win the Star Print’s Young Artist Competition over the summer.

Students at LEH School are once again celebrating an outstanding set of GCSE results.

Students at LEH celebrated this morning as they collected an outstanding set of A level results, with the vast majority gaining their first-choice university offer.

We are delighted that Roshy (IIIK) has won the inaugural Schools Poetry Competition, overseen by Wealdon Times and Surrey Homes “Education” magazine.

The 5^th Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) Conference 2019, was held at the Wellcome, Genome Campus, Cambridge.

On 9^th July, two LEH students received School Physicist of the Year awards at the University of Surrey.

The return leg of the 33^rd annual German language exchange between LEH, Hampton School and the Ellenrieder Gymnasium in Konstanz took place this year between 5^th and 12^th July.

We are delighted that one of our students, Dina in LVI, has been offered a full scholarship at the Oxford Royale Academy Summer School.

The Celebration of the Year really was worthy of the name.

Highlights from the Summer Art Exhibition 2019

LEH’s annual Sports Day, hosted on 21^st June was a sea of colour and House Spirit as the girls competed in tennis, athletics, and for the first time, cricket.

The Thirds were tasked with solving a mystery on Q day. 

Design a re-usable water bottle for children that is fun and practical.

IRIS makes cutting edge research projects open to school students and their teachers so that they can experience the excitement and challenge of science.

A massive congratulations to L6Z (Erin, Charlie, Pebble, Ella and Olivia) who went all out in their entry in the National Undergraduate Psychology Competition.

I found the experience extremely fun but it also helped me to develop my drama skills, my confidence in singing, being able to work with other people and work at a professional level with lights, microphones, fun and incredible costumes and a very impressive set.

Earlier this year, the girls of the LV stepped forward, brandishing their iPads, to take the online Year 10 Physics Challenge.

Eleven students from Lower Sixth enriched their study and enjoyment of Chaucer by visiting numerous historic and literary sites around Canterbury as part of their A level English Literature studies.

Should school start at 10am for teenagers? Should mobile phones be banned in schools? Should plastics be banned in schools? 

The first week of June was Child Safety Week and pupils in Form I took part in Safe Walking Week.

On 7^th June, LIIB put on a fantastic poetry performance on the theme of Manners for their Family Assembly.

UI had an amazing time at Marwell Park Zoo near Winchester in June.

Congratulations to Hannah (LVIG) who has been selected for the Young Artist Summer Show at the Royal Academy.

Moving up isn’t always easy or straightforward for children, or their parents, but there are things you can do to help smooth the transition from Junior School to Senior School.

The girls had the most fantastic week in the theatre, staging the songs and scenes, and learning the choreography, as well as helping to make props, design programme covers, and create costume designs.

The girls at football club learn how to play as a team and trust in their teammates which are life skills that everyone must have.

LEH School are particularly proud of Cadet Warrant Officer Georgina (UVIA) who came second in the annual selection of the Sir John Thompson Memorial Sword for best RAF cadet in the UK.

The dazzling performers of LEH effervesced their way through two stunning nights of musical numbers whilst their fans and groupies sat with canapés and champagne and soaked it all in.

The trip inspired us to use different techniques in our own work, and was a genuinely fun and interesting day to partake in.

In swimming news, well done to all our hard working swimmers and congratulations to Holly, Lizzie, Jia Ying, Emma, Grace, and Amelia (all UII) who will be representing the London Region at the English Schools Swimming Championship Finals at Ponds Forge International Pool in Sheffield on 15 June.

In March this year, many of our UII pupils worked enthusiastically to enter BBC Radio 2’s 500 Words story-writing competition.

Always an upbeat and dazzling concert, it delivered high octane performances from all sorts of groups.

LEH Alumna Letizia Treves (LEH 1985-1992), returned to school in March to give a fascinating lecture about “Looking at Pictures”, something that she loves to do and has inspired her entire career.

On 26^th April, the LEH Dining Hall was transformed into a beautiful evening reception to celebrate the achievements of the LEH Sportswomen from the last year.