The Lord Mayor of Exeter begun visiting care homes across the city last week to allow residents to sign books of condolence to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She started with a visit to Cumberland Grange.
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Cumberland Grange care home in Exeter were extremely honoured to have The Lord Mayor join them and spend time reminiscing on what a wonderful women The Queen was, and how much of an impact she had on our lives over the years.
Deputy Manager, Daniela Caba, said: “During what has been an emotional time for many of our residents, it...
Rupert Poole, Principal at the Queen Elizabeth’s School in Crediton, said; “There has been a fantastic atmosphere in school this morning as the students have come in to collect their results. We have students following the full range of subjects here at QE and 84% of our students achieved A* - C grades and 62% at A* - B. We are delighted that 29% of students received the very top grades at A* - A, an incredible achievement, and this year especially so.
“These results once again put QE Sixth Form at the very top of the league tables for...
We are delighted to be bringing super soul musical The Wiz to the stage next month!
The Wiz is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown and a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
QE Drama Hall, Western Road, Crediton EX17 3LU
Tuesday 1st February - Saturday 5th February 7.30pm ( Saturday matinee 2.30pm)
Adults £12, Students £10
Grab your tickets while you can, via our libraries on 01363 778365
QE A-Level students received their results, at the school’s Western Road campus, this morning.
Rupert Poole, Principal at QE said; “QE staff are all very proud of the achievements of our young people today. Our students have faced a difficult six months and they have shown tremendous resilience, a core QE value. Those values will stand them in good stead, and now that the long wait for the results is over, they can concentrate on their future.
Overall we are very pleased with the outcomes for our young people, the vast majority of our students got their university of choice...
QE’s Theatre Academy is getting ready to dazzle and delight local audiences with its latest theatrical spectacular; a very special high school version of the world famous musical, Chicago.
Set in 1920’s Jazz-age Chicago the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same time, by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals she reported on.
The story plays alongside a classic soundtrack featuring showstoppers such as “All That Jazz and “Razzle Dazzle”, is a satirical take on corruption, media, fame and justice, and follow’s the exploits of Roxie Hart after she kills...
12 Primary Schools Participate in First Event of the Sports Partnership Calendar
Following the World Cup, rugby was still very much on the QE Sports Partnership agenda with twelve primary schools participating in a mammoth three-hour session of Tag Rugby recently.
With 32 teams battling it out, QE’s 31 Year 9 Sports Leaders were kept very much on their toes, refereeing a total of 80 matches and awarding 300 tries.
After group stages and three knockout rounds, Landscore School retained their title beating Newton St Cyres to hold onto the trophy!
Paper Boats sent to IMO Meeting in London to Protest Impact of Shipping Industry on Environment
QE Students have found a creative way to call for change in the shipping industry to reduce its impact on Climate Change by sending over 1000 paper boats, with personal messages of protest, to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) meeting held in London on Tuesday.
Primary and Secondary schools, Youth Groups and Universities, from around the country, are joining forces to lobby for change and flood the meeting with handmade paper boats as a Nationwide protest against the...
Return to the Forbidden Planet is fast approaching Crediton!
With show-time just around the corner, excitement is building at QE with students channelling their artistic energies into demanding rehearsals for the school’s upcoming production, Return to the Forbidden Planet.
Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet, Return to the Forbidden Planet is a Jukebox musical by playwright Bob Carlton and is packed with classics such as Great Balls of Fire, Good Vibrations and Gloria. The show scored an Oliver Award for Best Musical almost...
QE Year 9 Student Millie Twigg is being recognised as a Young Hero at the forthcoming Devon Community Honours 2018. Earlier this year Millie shaved her hair off to raise awareness and funds for alopecia. Millie’s brother suffers from the condition and was the motivation behind her fundraising efforts.
Millie said; “I am very excited to have been chosen as a Young Hero but the real hero is my brother who suffers from alopecia and was the inspiration behind my fundraising efforts. So I would like to dedicate this honour to him.”
Soggy skies did not dampen enthusiastic sporting spirits on Friday 9th November, when QE welcomed over 250 Year 5 & 6 students from primaries around Crediton, to their Barnfield Campus, for a highly anticipated annual Tag Rugby tournament. Last years’ winners Landscore and Tedburn, were both in attendance determined to defend their trophies.
A total of 24 teams were entered for the championship, with students from Cheriton Bishop, Winkleigh, Yeoford, Haywards, Bow, Copplestone and Sandford also taking part.
After 3 hours of tag-tastic rugby, Landscore and Winkleigh, who...
