Assemblies

Since girls in the upper school are now on study leave, we have begun our programme of summer term split assemblies. The thirds and the lower fourth start the day…

Today girls from Upper 4S gave an assembly exploring the subject of phobias. The Oxford English Dictionary defines phobia as a strong, unreasonable fear of something. Indeed, many surveys that…

This week, the KEHS PE department is running its first Cardio Tennis sessions, a brand new lunchtime activity. So to get us in the mood, two of our sixth form…

The first assembly of the term was given to use by Ruth, Rochelle and Becky of the Creative Writing Society who set out to tell us a little more about…

Today was the final assembly of the Spring Term. Miss Evans began by inviting Maryam Anaba (L5K) and Ciara Regan (U4H) on to stage to recite their winning entries to…

  This morning the PE Department gave us their End of Term Easter Report in assembly: Hockey and Netball We have finished another hectic hockey and netball season. As well…

This morning, Ms Pallister spoke to us about the notion of friendship. She started the assembly by showing us a selection of photographs from a book called Unlikely Friendships which…

To announce the start of Upper Sixth Charity week, girls at the top end of the school arrived to assembly today in a fabulous array of fancy dress. We were…

Did you know that KEHS sponsors a school in Uganda? This morning, Mrs Rutter, who oversees the school’s community service endeavours, talked to us about the charity Link Community Development…

On Monday, girls from the Upper Fourth gave us plenty of food for thought by speaking about lateral thinking. The principle of later thinking is to establish a solution to…

This morning, girls in the Upper 4th introduced the topic of their assemblies this week: lateral thinking. Lateral thinking, is the ability to think creatively and indirectly, or “outside the…

Regardless of age, gender or occupation we are all influenced by the media in a certain way. Media is the main source of information in this day and age. In…

  Girls from the U4th presented us with an interesting question in this morning’s assembly: how much influence does the media have on our lives? The answer is a HUGE…

This morning’s assembly celebrated the culmination of a week of anniversaries. Not only was it the 200th year of Charles Dickens’ birth, this week also saw the anniversary of the…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Assembly   Staff and students at KEHS are preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with a variety of events this…

In this morning’s assembly a group of girls from the U4th spoke about the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic. Whilst 2012 marks the centenary of the Titanic, the…

  This morning, Rachel Clements of the Upper Sixth spoke to the school about the importance of Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place on 27th January: Holocaust Memorial Day provides…

In the second of our assemblies on the Canada exchanges, this morning Raina Stotts and Fiona Cullen told us all about their trip to Montreal last October. After getting up…

In October 2011 Hannah Macarthur and Zoe Meade spent four weeks on an exchange visit in Vancouver, Canada. The girls stayed with students from York House School and their families and…

In this morning’s assembly a gaggle of sixth form girls all sporting bright orange T shirts emblazoned with HONDURAS 2011 graced the stage. The girls were there to tell the…

Miss Evans’ Big Day Out In our busy lives, how often do we find ourselves alone, with nothing to do? This is exactly what happened to Miss Evans yesterday, and…

In the first assembly of the year, Miss Evans opened a debate – how can we improve our school community? Miss Evans emphasised that our behaviour as individuals affects those…

The KEHS assembly blog will allow you to look back on the assemblies that have taken place this year. We are starting from January 2012 and hope to cover assemblies…