King Edwards Handsworth

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ARTiculation Five Year 10 Art students have been shortlisted for the ARTiculation Challenge which is an annual competition dedicated to engaging students and challenging them to express their personal interest and understanding of art. Click Here to read more British Science This term we celebrated British Science week with a program of assemblies, videos, interviews, […]

Political Awareness Week

In the week beginning 22nd February we were very excited to join King Edward’s School for their Political Awareness Week. This consisted of a series of after school online lectures. Each speaker gave a short talk and there was then the opportunity to ask questions, with the exception of Wednesday evening when we were treated […]

Photography Club

As an external student I am pleased to be able to say that I have established – what I hope to be – an innovative club in which students are able to share their visual experiences as a way of communicating within our student community. This unprecedented pandemic has resulted in a rise of mental-health related issues […]

PE Update March 2021

Teaching and Learning within PE during lockdown 3 All pupils were doing a mixture of practical workouts, theory elements, low stake quizzes, live lessons in part or in full, ensuring high quality lessons. We adapted Dance, Netball, Fitness, Badminton, tennis and Sports/Dance Leadership schemes of learning to focus on lesson plans containing practical and theoretical […]

Next Generation Award

On Thursday 19th March, the whole of year 9 participated in a day filled with collaborative, motivational and forward thinking activities.  The Next Generation Awards was an amazing opportunity for the year group to have an improved understanding of each other and display their individual skills. Despite having a structured day, the activities we did […]

Economics Extra Curricular

Some of our economists attended online lectures in March, organised by ‘The Economics and Business Society’ at KES. The first lecture was about the future of economic policy making after the pandemic delivered by the inspirational Professor Fender, Emeritus Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Birmingham.  It was a relevant and insightful talk that allowed us […]

British Science

This term we celebrated British Science week with a program of assemblies, videos, interviews, challenges, and activities during mid-March. Thank you to our STEM professionals, parent supporters, industry partners, teaching and support staff, and student interview teams who made these sessions really memorable. Firstly, we are grateful to have been joined by Helen Sanderson, Engineer […]