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Year 7 Transition Day

25 June 2009

The whole of year 7 and the upcoming year 6 along with our new intake recently took part in a Science and Technology day run by the Bedfordshire Business Partnership.

It was hugely successful with girls pairing up in a buddy situation so that girls in the younger age group could make new friends with the older girls to help them feel more at home when coming into the Senior School in September.

We saw miniature rockets, hovercrafts and powered cars being made from scratch and then test driven in the playground to find a winner. This caused great hilarity and cheering as some travelled a long way and others disintegrated near the starting line.

In the latter part of the afternoon we were joined by the parents to meet key members of staff and to hear more about the practicalities of being in year 7 and to have any of their questions answered.

The girls met with their new tutors and then everyone was reunited at teatime. My thanks to all those who attended and who helped to get our new intake off to such a 'flying' start.

D Whiteley
Head of Year 7

 

GCSE Results

Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.

 Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.

Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.

Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.

I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.                       

Julie Eldridge 

 
Dahs Bedford High School for Girls
Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2BS UK
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