House Events

We pride ourselves on our family system where different year groups form part of a family – named after a crown jewel. Diamonds won the Garden Olympiads and the Easter Egg Hunt, whilst Pearls dominated the Rounders tournament. The Sixth Form’s Alpine Dinner meant dressing up in ski gear and enjoying mulled wine with an indulgent cheese fondue and tartiflette. For Christmas Dinner we enjoyed an evening of letting our hair down at The Queens Hotel. We also hosted a pub quiz and performance evening in Big C and parents showed off their superior general knowledge. In a ‘dance off’ Fifth Form won with their rendition of ABBA but we loved every act. Congratulations Upper Sixth for getting the whole audience on their feet during the Zumbathon.

Charity

The Secret Garden Hub in Cheltenham is our chosen local charity for the next four years. As a day hub it is part of the Lilian Faithfull Homes supporting those living with dementia, Alzheimer’s, recovering from strokes and other conditions. A third of their residents and guests have little or no means of personally funding their care. We visited on a monthly basis and raised money to help with their seaside trip and buying new garden furniture. Other fundraising events included a beer-tasting evening, a nail salon, a hog roast, a group pilates evening and a concert. Well done to Katie R and her mum Lucy for winning the mum-daughter title in our charity tennis competition, and to Rose I and her dad Jeremy for the father- daughter title. We were so immensely proud to win the Bellamy Charity Cup, not so much for the actual win, but for the recognition that we care so much about our chosen charity. We look forward to our visits, whether it is for Desert Island Discs, a book club, discussing old family photos, celebrating someone’s 90th birthday or hosting their tea and cake break.

Academic

Ava M, Aoife M, Tilly C and Eliza T were awarded Academic Half Colours while Ellie M and Lily R received Full Colours. Societies were very well attended, and we continued to build on our reputation for being academically hard-working girls. This is reflected in the number of Commendations that are awarded each day, and commendable ATL scores throughout all the years.

Sport

The girls did well in all House Pots. We won the rowing House Pots captained by Victoria H, as well as the junior hockey, captained by Izzy B. We secured the junior netball Pots too led by led by Amelia T and Amara H. Autumn C and Tula L-H represented us in this year’s nail-biting netball charity match against King’s Worcester. College emerged victorious. In football House Pots Izzy O led the joint team from Queen’s and College Lawn to victory. With many of us playing for club and county, we were proud to have so many girls playing cricket for the 1st XI too. We had fun at the Swimming Gala and won the junior cup, captained by Evie W. Maddie A made us immensely proud by being selected for the England U16 hockey squad – a thoroughly deserved opportunity. Our equestrian team kept Queen’s name in the spotlight. Darcey C and her horse, Kate, jumped 1m at Hartpury and were awarded three rosettes. Daphne G and Zoe C also achieved personal bests. Although we didn’t win overall at Sports Day this year, we broke a few records and won lots of individual events, such as the 100m for Olivia M, the high jump for Red G, the welly-wanging for Lucy C, and the prestigious Victorium Plates for our runners Izzy B and Ella B.

Drama and Music

Ava R and Milly J, who play in JIG, are two of the many gifted musicians from Queen’s and they made us enormously proud by their performance at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. The Cabaret evening was fantastic, displaying the amazing musicality of JIG, Isabella B-B, and Hayden T. We placed second in House Singing with our rendition of ‘Africa’ by Toto, conducted wonderfully by Katie R. It was our turn to do a House Play with College Lawn and Boyne House and we produced a very funny take on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Over 20 girls from Queen’s made vital contributions to this show by performing, directing, and assisting with makeup or props backstage. Isabella B-B received her Music Half Colours while Hayden T was awarded her Music Co-Curricular Blazer.

Farewells and Thank Yous

Ms Howkins stepped down as a Tutor and Dr Harris returned to Westal. We thank them both for all they have done and for so many happy tutorials over the last few years. Mr Bates and Mrs Faulkner are the new assistant HsMs to Mme Bates, after two great years with Miss Davies, who was instrumental in setting up our House charity. We were all very sad to say goodbye to Mrs Hale, our dearly loved Matron. She has left her mark on all of us and we are missing her lots. We warmly welcomed Mrs Negus-Cole. We hope she will be happy in Queen’s and that she will never stop baking her wonderful brownies!

Speech Day Prizes

Lower College
Endeavour: Olivia D, Olivia M Elmslie Drama: Aoife M and Lily R

Upper College
Endeavour: Poppy W
Business CTech: Zoe C
Chemistry: Ellie M
Rea English Literature: Isabella B-B Music: Hayden T
Spanish: Ollie G
Head’s Award for Outstanding
Commitment: Ella B
Marcan Prize for Music: Milly J
Davenport Drama Award: Molly R
The Sloan Cup: Autumn C
Cheltonian Endowment Trust Prizes Business: Isla S
French: Charlotte T Geography: Katie R Politics: Molly R Theatre Studies: Kitty P

Cup Winners!
We are proud to say that as a House Queen’s won The Bellamy Cup for Charitable Endeavour.

House Editor: Izzy O and Izzy W