The Elizabethan - Autumn 2020

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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.


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