GCSE results day yielded yet another set of excellent results for girls from Princess Helena College. Still celebrating after a record set of A-level results last week, today's GCSE results did nothing to abate the excitement as 100% of girls achieved 5 or more A*-C grades with 86% at A*-B grade and 58% A*-A grades.
With the school year almost at a close, we once again celebrated the pupils' many achievements over the year as a whole at our annual Speech Day on Saturday 26th June.
Girls in Years 7, 8 and 9 enjoyed their Activity Day on Monday 28 June with Drama, Media and English workshops. Visiting author Carol Hedges who wrote the Spy Girl series captivated the girls with details of her journey to becoming a writer. All girls received a signed copy of one of Carol's books.
There was a fancy dress competition for the best dressed spy and Georgia Heppelthwaite (Y7) won the overall prize for her very convincing costume of Mimi Le Blanc from “Allo Allo”. A great day was had by all and we give thanks to Mrs Jane Chapman our LRC Manager.
On Saturday, 9 PHC girls competed in the Hertfordshire County Athletics Champs. Qualifying standards had to be obtained for entry and this was the largest number of girls from PHC to date to have taken part.
The summer concert on 13 May was a hugely entertaining and enjoyable evening. It was a grand mix of musical styles, from Baroque to Pop, Bach to Abba and beyond, with performers from year 7 up to year 13 in instrumental ensembles and choirs. Special mention should be made of our accomplished soloists, Grace Lee, Libby Ward, Felicity Margereson, Leticia Hodding, Marina Lawrence-Mahrra, Stephanie Georgiou, Yi Yi Liu, Felicity Glass and Vicky Ward, who all performed exceptionally well. It was a great success and thank you to all our music staff members and to everyone for their support.