Queen Elizabeth's School
The Elizabethan
NE WSLET TER TO PARENTS
AUTUMN 2020
QE’S COVID CHRISTMAS: Year 7 pupils, L-R, Louis Miller, Tuhin Mitra, Bobby Luke and Christopher Henry show their festive spirit at the end of an unprecedented Autumn Term during which everyone has worked together to keep the School running successfully.
From the Headmaster Dear Parents,
mentoring system. I do not
by the Good Schools Guide. The guide’s
underestimate the magnitude of the
Kate Hilpern began her research during
After a spring and summer spent
changes many have had to contend
lockdown and then visited us in October.
largely in lockdown, I am pleased to
with – to name just one example, it
Her final report commented on how
report that this Autumn Term has felt
has been sad not to have had parents
we had “flexed quickly and well” to the
much more normal. The majority of
at the School, with parents’ evenings
challenge of Covid-19 and had “learned
School life has taken place, albeit
taking place entirely online. But I can
from it, too” in areas extending beyond
often in adapted form. Not only
say that we have been fortunate in
the classroom, including pastoral care.
have our classrooms once again
terms of the number of incidences
That process has continued throughout
reverberated softly to the sounds of
of Covid-19 within the School. It has
the Autumn Term. The intelligent use
teaching and learning, but there has
certainly been difficult at times, but,
of technology has enabled much more
also been a welcome return to those
overall, I am thankful that we have not
day-to-day normality. We have made
in-person extra-curricular activities
faced really significant disruption.
extensive use of Microsoft Teams, which
which could be run within our year-
is now integrated well with eQE, bringing
group bubbles. Alongside this, cross-
I was naturally delighted to read the
more functionality for teaching. It has
bubble activities have taken place
highly laudatory report on Queen
also enabled those needing to isolate
online, including our much-valued peer
Elizabeth’s School published recently
at home to participate in their lessons.