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RHS and QEH Psychology Research Conference
15 Year 12 Psychology students made the journey to QEH to run experiments on the Psychology students (and other Sixth Form boys) there. The Redland High students had prepared individual experiments in advance and were very impressive in their professionalism and confidence in running the experiments according to their planned procedures.

Education Beats Poverty
Ten Redland High Year 11 Students travelled to London at the end of term to attend a Global Student Forum to discuss ways of fighting the problem of poverty in the world.

A Celebration Lunch for Yvette Gate
Yvette had expressed a wish to have a party on the terrace when she felt well enough to return to School; sadly that was not to be. However, Year 12 celebrated Yvette's life recently with a special lunch on the terrace of Redland High in accordance with her wishes.

Olympiad Success
Every year the Royal Society of Chemistry promotes the International Chemistry Olympiad. Students are set an extremely demanding 2 hour paper on various chemical problems, and two of our Year 13 students volunteered to take it.

Yvette Gate - a tribute from Caroline Bateson, Headmistress
I am sure many of you will have heard of the very sad death during half term of Yvette Gate, one of our Year 12 pupils. She passed away peacefully in Bristol Childrens' Hospital on 29 May 2010.

QEH and Redland High Debate - In French!
Should cannabis be legalised? That was the motion that was hotly debated, in French, by Sixth Formers from Redland High and QEH.

Fond farewell to Class of 2010
Fun and laughter were interspersed with tears of sadness as the Redland High Class of 2010 said farewell. Whether they joined Sixth Form aged 16 or Foundation aged 3 all the girls agreed they were proud to say 'I'm a Redland High Girl'.

Nuffield Science Bursaries
Year 12 students Sara Rogers and Emily Linsey-Bloom have been awarded Nuffield Science Bursaries. This provides funding for them to carry out a project in a university department in the summer holidays.

Volcanic Ash Cloud – Possible Disruption to Examinations
We have recently received the following information from JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) which may affect some candidates who are intending to take a family holiday abroad over the half-term holiday

Habitat for Humanity quiz raises £1300
The girls participating in the Habitat for Humanity trip to Zambia held a fund raising quiz evening recently.

Maple has a Heart
As a House that always shows its true colours, Maple looked forward to raising money for the British Heart Foundation with a range of 'red' themed ideas, a yummy cake sale and creative face painting.

Gabblers Grand Final
Alessandra Giusti took part in the Gabblers' Grand Final recently held at the Mercure Holland House Hotel. She was one of 17 speakers from schools all over Bristol who have been competing at a series of dinners since last October.

German A Level Trip to Berlin
During the Easter break Sixth Formers studying German accompanied by Mrs McMahon and Mrs Roberts flew to Berlin for a three night stay in an Ikea-furnished apartment which cost only 11 Euros a night!

Charity Fundraising News
Congratulations to Year 12's Danielle Neale on raising £94.90 for Cancer Research UK! Danielle volunteers at a local Cancer Research Charity shop in her spare time.

Redland High students join the election debate
On Sunday 18 April, Redland High Head Girl Laura Tettmar, who is studying A Level Politics, was invited to participate in the BBC 'Politics Show', broadcast live from Keynsham.

Bristol Cathedral Lunchtime Recital
The Chamber Orchestra and solo performers entertained members of the public, parents and friends of the School at a lunchtime recital in the Cathedral.

U19 Netball Tournament at Bath University
This was a fantastic conclusion to a long season for the members of our Ist team who have progressed beyond all recognition this year, and a fitting goodbye to our Year 13 players who have come to the end of their Redland High Netball careers.

Redland High Visit to Auschwitz
Sixth Formers Emily Fry and Rhiannon Gilling have recently returned from a visit to the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. They were chosen to be part of a group of 10 to represent the South West.

Redland High Girls Boot up for Zambia!

Twelve Redland High Sixth Formers have joined a charitable building project in Zambia with ‘Habitat for Humanity', which helps build safe, affordable homes for families living below the poverty line in over 90 countries.

More Banter!
'Banter', the Evening Post's magazine produced by teenagers for teenagers is producing a great buzz around the School when it is published each month.

Commonwealth Observance Day
Redland High's Head Girl Laura Tettmar and Deputy Head Girls Hannah Coates and Sian Colman, accompanied by Head of Sixth Form Diane Heywood, attended the annual Commonwealth Observance Day service in Westminster Abbey.

Heroes and Villains set the scene!
Towards the end of term the whole Senior School enjoyed Chestnut House‟s charity day 'Heroes or Villains'. Some very odd additions to the staff were seen sitting down to lunch, including Dr Who and The Man with No Name!

Redland High resolutions signed at Model United Nations
11 Sixth Form students represented Redland High as teams from Egypt and Jamaica at the Model United Nations at Kingswood School, Bath for a long weekend in March. There were 50 schools represented from the UK, Germany and the USA.

Redland High to perform at the Edinburgh Festival
Redland High's dynamic Drama and Classics Departments are going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August - not just to see the many exciting theatre events presented at this internationally renowned event, but to be one of them!  They are taking a new production of Euripides' famous play Trojan Women.

Parliamentary Candidate visits Redland High
Visits by parliamentary candidates and MPs are arranged for Year 11, 12 and 13 pupils studying Government and Politics, and Paul Smith, the Labour Party candidate for Bristol West, recently gave a lunchtime talk.

Extended Project Qualification
Three Year 13 pupils, Sophie Copley-Moorby, Julia Loveless and Lucy Walters, undertaking the Extended Project Qualification recently presented their research to staff, governors, parents, students and friends.

Double Success for Sixth Form Geographers!
Tuesday 2 March saw 3 teams from Redland High compete in the annual Sixth Form Decision Making Competition organised by the Geographical Association, with 13 teams competing from 8 different Bristol schools. And the Redland High teams took first and second place!

Gabblers' Dinner
Alessandra Giusti once again represented Redland High admirably at the Gabblers‟ Dinner recently. Her speech was entitled 'Flying High' and was intelligent, expressive, and very funny.

John James 'Tools of the Trade' award winners announced
The 'Tools of the Trade Awards' this year has been divided between two Year 13 girls, Sophie Dun and Lucinda Melichar.

Photography Competition Winners
Redland High's Wildlife Photography Competition produced some amazing entries and choosing a winner was a very difficult task!

Spellbound?
The final of the Redland High Year 10 House Debate took place recently. The debate was won by Chestnut House who convinced The Floor that 'spelling didn't matter'.

A Hive of Activity
The Senior School recently reverberated to Rowan House's Charity Day. The girls had already decided to support the charity ‘Save the Bees', but after the Haiti earthquake, decided to split the money raised between the two causes.

Was Elizabeth a Manipulator or Manipulated?

A group of Sixth Form historians recently travelled to Bath to hear a lecture entitled 'Elizabeth I and the Historians' delivered by the prominent Tudor historian and Bristol academic Professor Ron Hutton.

Redland High Artwork Exhibited at Bristol Cathedral

Redland High's reputation as an excellent School for Artists to develop and excel will once again be supported by the pieces of work available to view at Bristol Cathedral from Friday 12 February until Tuesday 2 March.

Young Journalists at Redland High
Redland High Year 12 Katy Roe has just had an article published in the Bristol Evening Post's ‘teenagers.com' column. Her subject was the recent Banksy exhibition at the museum and how it has influenced her. Click more to read the article.

Sixth Form Salsa with QEH!

The ever popular Salsa Lessons have started again with QEH, one of our many joint ventures with the Bristol Boys' School. 

Gabblers' Dinner Makes a Splash
The latest Gabblers' Club dinner was held at the Mecure Hotel. Redland High's Gabbler Alessandra Guisti gave an excellent after dinner speech, for which she was commended on her content and delivery. Her title was ‘Making a Splash'.

Redland High Value Added Tops Bristol Girls' Schools
The DCSF have recently published the results of their analysis of how much added value a school gives to its students.  The graph shows the results for the average amount of value added between GCSE and A Level examinations.

Gabblers' Dinner
The Gabblers' Dinner was held at the Mercure Hotel. Guests were given a splendid dinner and then royally entertained to some excellent speeches. Alessandra Giusti, our own Gabbler, spoke on ‘Food for Thought'

Clothes Show Live!
Just before Christmas, Redland High enjoyed a very successful trip to the 'Clothes Show Live' at the Birmingham NEC. A party of fifty eight girls and staff travelled  to this huge event with stalls of various sizes displayed clothing, accessories and beauty products.

Addressing climate change
Sixth Form Geographers recently went to a very timely lecture on water management and climate change. The lecture was by Dr. C. Staddon at held at Bristol University.

Redland High meets The Apprentice
Redland High's AS Economics and Business Studies students recently attended a revision conference in the awe-inspiring Wills Memorial Building. A number of interesting speakers were present however they were particularly thrilled to meet James from the BBC programme 'The Apprentice.'

Tudor History for the Sixth Form
A group of Redland High Sixth Form Historians recently travelled to Bath to attend an evening lecture hosted by the Historical Association. The lecture, entitled 'Reinventing Henry VIII', was delivered by Professor George Bernard of Southampton University (pictured).

Redland High goes to Westminster
Year 13 Government and Politics pupils recently travelled to London to Westminster Central Hall to attend an A Level Politics pre-election conference. Over 2,000 delegates from schools all over the country were present.

Redland High's Enterprising Charm
On a very cold, wet November Sunday, Redland High's Young Enterprise group braved the weather to attend the annual Young Enterprise trade fair at St Nicholas Market in Bristol. They set up a very eye catching professional stand complete with Christmas carols.

Success for The Six
Redland High's a cappella group 'The Six' are now in great demand everywhere! They have been invited to sing at a Christmas Carols evening at the Avon Gorge Hotel in December and recently performed on BBC Radio Bristol.

Mace Debating Competition
On Tuesday evening Sophie Dun and Sophie Mountcastle from Year 13 represented Redland High School in the first round of the National Schools' Mace Debating Competition.

Senior Maths Team Challenge
A team of four Sixth Formers recently competed in the Senior Mathematics Team Challenge at UWE organised by the UK Mathematical Trust. The girls found the questions difficult but interesting, and revelled in the opportunity to play with mathematical problems purely for the challenge.

Rural Development Lecture
Year 13 geographers recently attended the Geography Association lecture at Bristol University on ‘Rural Development in a Globalised World', which looked at the impact the Komati Pilot Project in Swaziland has had in moving people out of poverty.

'Le Petit Prince' Performance
Year 13 students of French at Redland High presented, in French, ‘Le Petit Prince' by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, a beautiful children's story specially adapted by former Redland High student Eve Jacques.

History Heads North
Redland High History Department recently took a group of Year 12 and 13 Historians on a tour of the Midlands. The purpose was to visit three National Trust properties with specific relevance to the A Level units they are studying.

Aspirin making for Year 13 Chemists
Redland High girls have recently had a practical session at the Chemistry Department of Bristol University in which they actually manufactured aspirin before testing it using infra-red spectroscopy

The Harry Crook Prize for Enterprise and Innovation
The prize was shared this year between Siobhan Diffin and Amy McCutcheon. The prize is awarded annually for an enterprising or innovative idea in Art, Design, Technology or Textiles

The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat
On Wednesday 14 October, Year 13 Geographers attended the Bristol Geographical Association's Lecture on the vulcanicity of the British island of Montserrat. The eruption of the Soufrière Hills Volcano began in 1995 and is still continuing.

Redland High Headmistress Leads GSA Leadership Day
As Secretary of the Girls Schools’ Association South West and Wales, Mrs Bateson organised a Sixth Form Leadership Conference on Monday 9 November.Ten Year 12 girls represented Redland High 

Year 7 party with their buddies
Pastoral care is a priority and a strength at Redland High and before a student joins the School they are paired with an older "buddy" who can be extra support for day to day questions or queries as well as an extra shoulder to lean on should they wish to.

Year 12 Geographers find Wales is not always wet!
Leaving Redland High with lots of energy and enthusiasm, a group of Year 12s embarked on a three day residential trip based in Abergavenny.

'The Six' in Concert
Redland High’s talented a cappella group, ‘The Six’, gave a concert to a large and appreciative audience at John Wesley’s Chapel in Broadmead.

Redland High and QEH joint pastoral evening
120 parents of girls from Redland High and boys from QEH met in the Redland High Hall to find out more about the tricky task of ‘Understanding Teenagers'. This was the first of this year's joint Redland High/QEH Pastoral evenings for parents and we were all very impressed by the practical and well researched information and advice that Lucinda Neale, a well known expert in this field, was able to give.

The Peru Shop Opens
Readers will remember that in the summer of 2007 a group of Redland High students visited 'Azul Wazi', a small orphanage in Cuzco, Peru, to give them money previously raised by the School. To strengthen our links with 'Azul Wazi' we have now opened our very own Peruvian goods shop at School!

Performance Poetry in the Sixth Form
Sixth Form students of English Literature thoroughly enjoyed their morning in a performance poetry workshop with Lucy English, senior lecturer in creative writing at Bath Spa University.

Confidence on the Catwalk
It's been an exciting summer for Redland High Sixth Former Helen Battrick!  Out of nearly 400 entrants in a competition to find “Bristol's Next Super Model “, she was one of 12 finalists. The judges had to decide on two winners, one male and one female, and Helen was the overall winner of the girls' competition.

Year 12 Politics Visit to Westminster
The Year 12 Government and Politics group recently enjoyed an excellent trip to London. The sun shone on landmark political sights such as Big Ben, Downing Street and Whitehall. After lunch they joined other school groups to hear a very interesting talk by Lord Harris about his own work and political life in general.

New Gabbler for Redland High!
We are delighted to report that the new ‘Gabbler' has been chosen to represent Redland High at this year's Bristol Hotels' Association Gabblers' Club. She is Alessandra Giusti from Year 12.

Congratulations to all our Year 13s - 100% pass again!
At Redland High, 62 students took their A2 levels this year and all of them passed all their subjects. A 100% pass rate is only the beginning of the good news at Redland High this year. 16 girls got 3 or more A grades, 75% of all passes were at A or B grade and the percentage of A-C grades was 91%.

Essay Writing Prize
We are delighted to report that Lissie Simpson of Year 13 has won fourth prize in a nationwide essay writing competition devised by Heythrop College, London. Lissie has been awarded a place at Newnham College, Cambridge, to study Theology, and the subject of her essay was the significance of Abraham to the three faiths of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

UWE Maths Event - Review by Helen Chivers
"I visited UWE for the Maths Event Day, already knowing that I wanted to read Mathematics at University, and the day convinced me that Maths is the right thing to do.

Biology Field Trip
The A level biologists spent two days immersed in studying ecology on their field trip to North Devon at the end of the Summer Term.

Claire Cooke at the Otolaryngology conference
We are delighted to report that Claire Cooke, a Year 13 student, has been invited to present a poster at the otolaryngology conference held in Liverpool in July.

Gold Award for Year 12 Engineers
Four Year 12 students participated in this year’s Engineering Education Scheme

Valentine Disco for Redland High and QEH a Sellout Success!
The latest event organised by Redland High's Young Enterprise, a disco with QEH, was a great success.

'6th Form is Better Without Boys' - The Times
Article published in The Times, Monday 23rd March 2009

Civitas Sixth Form Conference
Harriet Baker, Jess Purchase and Lissie Simpson, who are all Year 13 Government and Politics students, accompanied Mrs Knight recently went to London to attend a Sixth Form conference organised by Civitas.

Redland High Library Stages Latest Drama Production
'Death of a Rose', the Year 13 Theatre Studies group Devised Performance, was a site-specific promenade performance that took place in Redland High's beautiful split level Library.

Gabblers Club Dinner
Julia Loveless in Year 12 has represented Redland High School at the first 2008-9 Gabblers Dinner.

John James Tools of the Trade Award Granted to Two Redland High Students
We are delighted that two Sixth Form students have been granted John James Tools of the Trade awards this year in order to attain very different personal goals.

Habitat for Humanity trip to Africa 2010
Stefan McNally from Habitat for Humanity came to speak to Redland High students and parents about the charity’s work to eliminate poverty housing.