LEH News

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.

On 25^th April, two of our top Physicists, Michelle (LVID) and Ramandeep (LVIC), attended the Royal Society by special invitation.

Annie Lee and Celia Birchall were two of the talented artists that studied A level Art last year at LEH School.

On 28^th March, the UIIs and LIIs took part in a Netball Fun Night.

On 29^th March, we rounded off the week with UIIH sharing a fabulous Family Assembly on the theme of International Women’s Day meets Britain’s Got Talent!

On 21^st March, all of the Junior School arrived at the swimming pool eager to start the annual House Swimming Gala.

The English Department is pleased to announce the publication of the latest edition of The Fable, the creative writing journal that is written and edited by the girls.

On 26th March, the UIIs went to Holly Lodge at Richmond Park to do our Junior Citizenship.

On 26th March, Emma (UIID) and I, LEH Juniors Pupil Parliament representatives, travelled to Strawberry Hill for a fun day out.

LEH’s Physicists have once again scooped medals in the GCSE Physics Challenge.

This term ten amazingly committed and talented LVI LEH Physicists undertook the AS Challenge competition coordinated by the British Physics Olympiad team.

On 26^th March, Sarah Govett, a former pupil of LEH (1989-1996) and now author of young adult fiction, returned to the Senior School to give a lunchtime talk as part of the English Department’s Literary Lectures series.

The Super Shooter Competition was ‘super’ exciting this year.

On 25th March, LIIB had a cake and craft sale at break time.

On 14^th March, the U11 and U10 House Netball Tournament took place. There were some very exciting matches with some sharp shooting.

On 22^nd March, UIID had their family assembly which was very confidently delivered with a great sense of fun!

The UIs had a wonderful week in March, as we put together and prepared for our production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

On 15th March, Lauren (UVQ), Rachael (LVP) and Paulina (UVP) attended the UCL lecture: Robotics, the Martian Rover and technologies used to get to Mars. The lecture was given by Ms Eleni Bohacek, a Ph.D student in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

On 13th March, Polina, Anoushka and I left the Junior School at 11.45 with two other senior girls, Mrs Evans and, of course, the driver.

This year, three girls from LEH entered the Young Writers’ Festival, overseen by Arts Richmond, and were invited to the final ceremony at The Exchange in Twickenham

Mrs Sinnett was nominated for her Alarm Clock Initiative to encourage students to not take their phones into their bedrooms at night.

After an early lunch our top swimmers sped off in the awaiting minibus to the finals of two competitions, the Independent Schools’ and the Borough Championships at Richmond pools. 

International Women’s Day, which this year took the theme #BalanceForBetter, started with the Senior School assembly on Tuesday. 

On 9^th March, the U13B lacrosse team competed in the Coloma Cup held at Caterham school.

On 8th March, Georgie (UVI), Aria (LVI), Amelia (UV), Ridaa (LV) and Zeta (LV) attended the Royal Institution’s 220th Birthday celebration lecture.

On 16^th February, a group of 50 girls and 7 teachers woke up bright and early and travelled to school for 4:30am.

With 2019 flying fast, the biggest date in the lacrosse calendar, National Schools, was here. With seven teams and 120 girls competing across four days, it was set to be an exciting time for all involved

On 8^th March the trampolining squad were in action at the Borough Championships hosted at LEH.

It was an exciting week at the start of March when we welcomed guest speaker Preeti Virdee, rugby journalist and former LEH pupil, to share in our World Book Day and International Women’s Day celebrations on 5th March.

On 8^th March, the Junior School were captivated by talk of adventure and exploration in Antarctica. Starting Science Week with a bang, our visiting speaker Sandy Hennis regaled the girls with stories from the British Army’s Ice Maiden expedition.

On 9th March four LEH students attended the UCL lecture: What is a Quantum Computer?

The English Department, together with our librarians, Mrs Payne and Mrs Didiot-Cook, marked World Book Day on Thursday 7^th March with a lunchtime reading event.

A couple of minutes before leaving the globe an amazing light display depicting the journey of the beginning of the universe began. Even though the narration was all in French we all thoroughly enjoyed the animations.  This generated an excitement to learn even more about the work CERN do in preparation for our tour after lunch.

In the last week of February, UII girls enjoyed the lovely weather out on their bikes during our UII Bikeability Week, run by instructors from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

On 28 February, the Under 11A Netball team took part in the IAPS Regional Netball Tournament held at Cranleigh School.

In the LEH car park at 7:30 am, 14 of the Lower Sixth Geographers embarked on a four day residential trip to Slapton Ley in Devon.

Directing the Sixth Form play has been the most challenging yet rewarding experience I have had at LEH.

LII have really enjoyed their animation days this week, bringing to life their class reader ‘Journey to the River Sea’.

On 11^th February Form I welcomed "WWII Wardens’ Workshop" to the Junior school. The girls and teachers enjoyed a captivating educational workshop which included role-play, thought provoking discussions, exploring artefacts and finished with the Lambeth Walk!

On 14^th February it was the Richmond Borough Gala heats at Pools on the Park in Richmond.

At the end of January, 20 year eight girls entered the CyberFirst Girls’ Competition. They worked in teams over the course of a week, solving a series of online challenges.

On 5th February, the LV Drama students took part in an incredible physical theatre workshop run by a member of Frantic Assembly, the theatre production behind such shows as ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ and ‘Things I Know To Be True.’

On 8^th February, LIIE took to the stage for their Family Assembly. They presented a thought-provoking programme of poems and sketches on the theme of their hopes and dreams for the future

During National Story Telling week in February, Mrs Evans organised for the pupils to have the chance to come to the library to listen to a teacher read a story- just for fun!

On 7th February, the English Department was delighted to host Dr Daniel Swift, Senior Lecturer in English at New College of the Humanities, for a Literary Lecture on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

As part of Safer Internet Day 2019 our cyber mentors delivered an excellent whole school assembly on 4^th February.

On 5th February, Nadya (UVIG) and Hannah (UVIE) represented LEH at the London round of the annual French Debating Competition. The girls had to debate three separate motions in French.

On 29^th January, Hampton and LEH came together to partake in the annual charity netball match. The UVIth 1^st netball team were against the Hampton 1^st football team.

The swimming gala on 1^st February was against Kew College at LEH.

On 31 January, we were delighted to welcome celebrity Chef and Restaurateur James Tanner, best known for his TV appearances on Ready, Steady, Cook and Saturday Kitchen, to school.

On 1^st February, we enjoyed a wonderful UIK Roman Family Assembly.

On 29^th January, the LEH and Hampton High Drama Departments hosted a conference to launch Write the Girl, a commissioning process for playwrights wanting to create challenging, female-driven narratives for large casts.

On 24th January, the LVI German students went on an engaging German A level Conference hosted by St George’s College, Weybridge.

In the Autumn Term 2018 every one of the excellent LEH Physicists entered Round 1 of the British Physics Olympiad competition. 

On 26 January, the U11 A team were invited to a tournament held at Newland House School.

The gala on 25th January was a momentous occasion. We invited 10 schools to bring their swimming teams to LEH to experience a big competition and the chance to prepare for the Richmond Borough gala which is fast approaching.

On 22nd January, UI went on a school trip to Kingston to learn more about life in Anglo Saxon times.

On 20th January, Madeleine (UIID), Samrath (UIIH), Holly (UIIH) and I went to Stoke Park in Guildford to do an 800m relay run.

On 20^th January, the Senior and U15 lacrosse teams competed in their respective annual County Tournaments, hosted at NLCS.