The Durham High School Ball is back for 2023, with the Las Vegas-themed evening taking place on Saturday 29 April at Ramside Hall Hotel. The Ball is for all members of the school community, with parents from all year groups invited, as well as Year 12 and 13 pupils, staff, Governors and Old Girls who are aged 17 years old and above. The aim is to raise money for the Parents & Friends, who do fabulous work for the benefit of all pupils at Durham High School. Booking information will follow in due course.
Senior Sport Update
We are thrilled that the U19 Netball team will be representing the North East at the England Netball National Schools Finals in March. The girls made it after topping both the County and Regional competitions, without losing a single match. The regional round, which took place at the weekend, saw the side record victories against Yarm (15-6), Prudhoe (29-4), Barnard Castle (14-1), Durham Johnston (13-12), Royal Grammar School Newcastle (7-6), Newcastle High School for Girls (17-10) and Ponteland (14-4). In the U14 Regional competition, the U14 team showed great determination and finished in 4th place. Elsewhere, the U12 and U13 Netball teams played their final league games against Hermitage School. It was an impressive 24-0 win for the U13s, who are now winners of the Durham and District league. Well done to everyone involved.
Prep Sport Update
The U9A and U9B Netball teams travelled to Mowden Hall on Wednesday. Both teams played excellently, the U9A team won their match and the U9B team drew. On Thursday the U10A and U10B and U11A and U11B teams played against Newcastle High School. The U11A and U10A teams won their matches and the U11B and U10B games were extremely close, with all teams playing brilliantly and showing excellent teamwork. Well done to all who took part.
Senior Department Careers Fair
We are still looking for some business representatives in areas such as PR and marketing, the environment, the arts, veterinary and business consultancy, to attend our Durham High School Careers Fair next month. The fair will take place on Friday 10 March 2023 from 1.45pm-5pm. All pupils from across Senior Department will be in attendance to find out about a wide range of careers and opportunities. Parents will also be able to attend with their daughters from 4pm.
Exhibitors should arrive at Main Reception at 1pm on the day and bring photo ID. You can bring any promotional literature, banners etc and set up is possible from 1.15pm onwards. Stallholders will have a trestle table approximately 1.5m x 0.5m. If you are interested in attending on behalf of your business, please get in touch with Mrs Robinson on [email protected].
Wellbeing Hub
We are delighted to invite you to sign up to The Wellbeing Hub, which is designed by experts to meet the social, emotional and educational needs of young people. You can watch an introduction to what The Wellbeing Hub is here. The school has invested in membership for all parents, staff and pupils (aged 10-13 and 13+) to have access to their own dedicated areas. Pupils will be introduced to the Wellbeing Hub in the coming weeks and given the opportunity to register themselves.
As part of the membership, parents have access to:
- Training and courses
- Interviews, articles and tips
- Inspiring Futures Podcast
- Ask the Expert and live Q&As
- Other exclusive member offers
We would encourage you to sign up and take advantage of this fantastic resource. It is completely free, with the costs covered by school, and there is no need to enter a coupon code as the link below will set you up automatically. You can sign up now by clicking here. Just remember to enter the school name as ‘Durham High School’.
How to help improve your child’s memory
Elevate Education will be hosting another free webinar for parents on Tuesday 7 February. Elevate Education works with our students, delivering high impact workshops on study skills, motivation, wellbeing, and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series, you will learn how you can help better support your children at home through reinforcing the skills they learn at school.
The next webinar is called ‘How to help improve your child’s memory’ and will take place on Tuesday 7 February at 6pm. In this webinar Elevate will be showing parents how memory actually works and how it has nothing to do with brain capacity, the most effective environments to assist in memorisation and 3 techniques you can implement overnight to improve revision. You can register a place by clicking here.
Gala Production – March
We are delighted to be returning to the Gala Durham in 2023 for our annual performance, which this year will be the vibrant, energetic and heart-warming musical School of Rock. The stage show is based on the hit film and features 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, as well as all the original songs that you may remember from the movie.
There will be evening performances from Thursday 2 March to Saturday 4 March at 7.30pm, with a matinee performance also on the Saturday afternoon at 2.30pm. Tickets are £15 for adults and £12 for concessions, with a £48 family ticket also available. You can purchase your tickets now from the Gala Durham website. We hope to see you there.
