Autumn 2010 - The Queen's School

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(Left to r ight)Olivia olding P (class 4)Thor and Zoe nton-Reid(class or kshire 5) Y at theSculpture ar P k.(Left to r ight)Geor gina Gr ace andGemma Southall (class 5)Beach buddiesA grand picnic and games on the beach at Thurstaston proved the ideal way to nurturefriendships at the Lower School. Girls and parents from Reception, along with thosefrom forms throughout the school joining us this academic year, were warmly invited tojoin existing pupils for a Buddy trip aimed at making the settling in process as easy andenjoyable as possible.Gone fishingArts weekThis year’s wonderfully enriching programme, which welcomed a number of visitingartists and musicians, enabled girls at the Lower School to explore a range of excitingnew art forms. They worked with typical enthusiasm on a number of projects includingmosaics, felt work and a textile wall hanging, all now proudlydisplayed in the Key Stage One playground.The week also involved trips to the Yorkshire SculpturePark and Liverpool’s Tate Modern. It cameto a close with a rousing celebrationthat included exotic sambadrumming and salsa dancing.Big fish in small pools proved rathervulnerable when pupils from the LowerSchool paid a visit to the new Cheshirefishing lakes in Dodleston. The girls hadgreat fun learning the art of coarse fishingand managed to hook many fish of differentvarieties. Of course, the one that justmanaged to get away was truly enormous!Lower School6A capital timeAn exciting trip through the Channel Tunnel on Eurostar soon saw year 6 in theFrench capital, the destination for their packed cultural tour earlier this year.The Eiffel Tower, Musée D’Orsay, Sacre Coeur and the cathedral at Notre Dame wereamongst the highlights visited by the girls who enjoyed the challenge of sketchingsome of the great buildings and had their own portraits drawn in Montmartre.Needless to say, the girls made the most of every opportunity to practise their Frenchin the city’s cafes and shops. Bedecked in their stylish Parisian bags and hats, theyenjoyed a trip down the River Seine, a perfect way to round off the visit.
AdventurousspiritsThis summer Queen’s girls have been involved in anumber of exciting expeditions. Students fromthroughout the school were invited to spend anexciting fortnight in two of China’s leading citieswhere they experienced an array of cultural visitsthanks to the Specialist Schools and AcademiesTrust. The girls saw giant pandas, climbed the GreatWall and enjoyed rickshaw rides in old Beijingbefore flying to Shanghai in order to study Mandarinat the International School in Pudong. Meanwhile,on the other side of the globe, a group of elevensixth formers visited Costa Rica on a thrilling WorldChallenge Expedition. During their stay they helpedto refurbish a local primary school in La Flor, a smallfarming village in the mountains, before battling thechallenging jungle environment and swollen rivers ofthe Corcovado National Park. On a more localscale, but no less eventful, the Lower Schooljourneyed to Scotland’s Loch Tay to learn about thenatural environment in a week of fun, adventure andexploration. The girls paddled Canadian canoes,went on long hikes in the mountains and learned towork together as a team in order to achieve theirgoals. At the end of the expedition, they were allawarded the John Muir Award in recognition ofwhat they had achieved on the trip. So the spiritof adventure and exploration is alive and well at ourschool - and long may it flourish!Adventurous Spirits7
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