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• Friday 26 May 2023 Athletics Combined Event - 2023-05
• Thursday 25 May 2023 Lincolnshire Wolds Market Town Tour - 2023 The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
• Friday 19 May 2023 Women's FA Cup Final Trip - 2023-05
• Monday 15 May 2023 Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival - 05-2023 The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
• Friday 12 May 2023 Horncastle Arts and Music Festival - 05/2023 As part of the Horncastle Arts and Music Festival, the school orchestra, chamber choir and creative writing group organised a 'music and words' performance in St Mary's Church. With royalty as their theme, poems written by students and well-known poets were presented alongside a variety of music including Jupiter (Holst), Greensleeves and Heart of Stone (Six the Musical). The event began with the National Anthem and the audience joined the performers at the end in the singing of Jerusalem. In addition, the KS3 Art Club worked hard all term to produce some spectacular 3D crowns which were displayed in the church for the duration of the festival.
• Thursday 4 May 2023 Forensic Psychologist and former student visits QEGS Psychology students
• Thursday 4 May 2023 Horncastle Lions hands cheque to QEGS Student Council Phil from Horncastle Lions visited QEGS today to hand over a cheque for £600 to members of the Student Council. Horncastle Lions are very generous in donating money to the school, to be used as the Student Council deems appropriate. This year, following extensive discussions, the members have agreed that the money would be best spent on wellbeing resources. Students within the wellbeing team have worked out a list of important items they would like to purchase, which will have a profound impact on students at QEGS. Thanks again to Phil and everyone at Horncastle Lions.
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 Coronation Badge by Matilda Bush Matilda Bush proudly wearing the badge she designed for Horncastle Town Council's coronation celebrations. The King's Champion Francis Dymoke, who lives locally on Scrivelsby Estate, will be wearing the badge designed by Matilda at the coronation when he processes in with the King and Queen carrying the royal standard. When you watch the coronation see if you can spot the badge! All students at QEGS will be given their own badge on Friday.
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 Schools County Golf Championships 2023 On Friday 28th April, Neve Begley (Y12), Archie Qualtrough (Y11), Henry Price (Y9) and Wilf Trestrail (Y8) competed in the schools county golf championships at Seacroft golf club.
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 Sixth Form Leavers' Concert On Wednesday 26th April we held our Leavers’ Concert. Organised entirely by the Sixth Form Music Committee, it featured lots of solo items from various year 13 students, plus a duet from a Year 11 student and Mrs Addis, and songs by the Year 13 rock band. The concert began with a beautiful close-harmony piece called Northern Lights sung by the Chamber Choir and ended with everyone performing Good Riddance by Green Day. Mrs Addis thanked all the students for their commitment, hard work and dedication to QEGS music and made them promise not to end their music journey but to continue enjoying music-making into their adults lives. It was a wonderful evening. The photo shows all the Year 13 musicians with their two music teachers.
• Tuesday 25 April 2023 U15 Girls Rugby - 25/04/2023
• Friday 21 April 2023 Y8/Y9 - County Rugby Sevens Tournament
• Wednesday 19 April 2023 The Glass Corridor - Magazine Issue 2
• Friday 31 March 2023 Yorkshire Sculpture Park - 03-2023 Wednesday 29th March thirty three year 8 and 9 students attended Yorkshire Sculpture Park for 'Walk, talk and make' experience . All students had a creative time learning about huge 3D sculptures by Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore amongst other artists. Fortunately, the weather stayed fine until we were all back on the coach heading back.
• Thursday 30 March 2023 6th Form Football - League Finals - 03-2023 Congratulations to the 6th form football team, who have been crowned County B League Champions after beating Boston Grammar 4-2 in the final. The team played incredibly well and full deserved the victory. Goal scorers: T. Cull, A. Quinn (Pen), OG and C. Wilkinson. Player of the match S. Kerry #notabadwaytofinishtheseason
• Monday 27 March 2023 QEGS Spring Concert - 03-2023 The QEGS Spring Concert took place on 23rd March. Over 80 students were involved in the wide range of ensembles and choirs. Music included works by John Williams, Scott Joplin, Otis Redding and ELO. It was a great success and helped raise £490 for school's the music enrichment programme.
• Wednesday 22 March 2023 Y11 - Rugby - 03/2023 Congratulations to the Year 11 rugby team who beat Banovallum 32-12 on Tuesday evening. Try scorers - Thomsett (2), Kerwick, Willerton, Carr, Gatens. Conversions - Kerwick.
• Tuesday 14 March 2023 Tennis - All The Best 03-2023 QEGS would like to wish the 6th form tennis team all the best as they travel to Shrewsbury Tennis Club on Thursday 16th Match to compete in the Midlands Regional Tennis finals.
• Tuesday 14 March 2023 Y9 Football - Skegness Grammar 03/2023 Well done to the Y9 football team, who on Monday 13th March beat Skegness Grammar 10-3. Despite playing the entire game with 10 men and losing 3-1 at HT, the team should fantastic team spirit, desire and skill to win the game emphatically. Hat-tricks for S. Manning and C. Holland #doublefiguresin4consecutivegames
• Tuesday 7 March 2023 Y7 & Y9 Football - Barnes Wallis The Y7 and Y9 football teams played Barnes Wallis in their next league fixtures and continued their winning run by posting emphatic score lines. Y9 winning 14-0, but this was bettered by Y7 who won 16-0! Top goal scorers were Logan Henderson (Y9) with 4 goals and Fin Westwood (Y7) with 5 goals. #cricketscore30goalsscored0goalsconceded
• Thursday 2 March 2023 QEGS Spring Concert - 2023
• Friday 24 February 2023 Y7 and Y9 District Football Leagues - 2023 On Wednesday 22nd Feb, was the return of the Y7 and Y9 District Football Leagues and it was an away fixture against QEGS Alford. Both games were full of goals, a convincing 7-0 win for the Y9s, and the Y7s narrowly losing in a thriller 6-5. Next game is JTSC on Tuesday 28th Feb.
• Monday 13 February 2023 Anglians XC Championship - 2023/02 Well done to Evie Brooks (Y13) and Henry Vear (Y9), who both ran at the Anglians XC Championship on Saturday 4th Feb, representing Lincolnshire (and of course QEGS). Evie finished in 2nd place and has now qualified for the Nationals and Henry finished in a very respectful place of 59th.
• Thursday 9 February 2023 National Apprenticeship Week - 2023
• Monday 6 February 2023 Half Term Schools Out Programme - 2023
• Thursday 2 February 2023 6th Form Football - QEGS vs Louth Grammar What a game! The 6th form football team played out an entertaining match yesterday against Louth Grammar, with the match finishing 3-3. Huge credit goes to the team, as they battled back from 3-0 down to rescue a vital point in the league. Goal scorers: Janney (2) and Carr.
• Tuesday 31 January 2023 County Cup - Year 7 Not a bad start for the Y7 football team, beating Boston Grammar 6-1 in the County Cup. The team played tremendously well and scored some fantastic goals against a very strong opponent. Goal scorers: Olubanjo (2), Westwood (2), Aspro (1) and Bussey (1).
• Monday 30 January 2023 Industrial action on 1 February Following on from my email last week, you will be aware that the National Education Union has announced a nationwide teachers’ strike on Wednesday 1 February 2023. This is part of a series of 4-day planned strikes, which are scheduled to take place on 1 February, 1 March, 15 March and 16 March 2023. This is not a local dispute, but one at a national level.
• Friday 27 January 2023 Brain Day 12th January 2023 Year 12 and 13 psychology A Level students were fortunate to experience ‘Brain Day’ an introductory tutorial in neuroscience. Dr Guy Sutton really captured their attention, bringing to life the brains anatomy and application to real life.
• Monday 23 January 2023 Y8 Links with the Netherlands

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