Friday 8th May 2026
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Headmistress' Introduction
Headmistress' Introduction
Dear Parents, Carers, and Students
A slightly more tranquil week after saying goodbye to our Year 13s on Tuesday, but our sports teams have been busy. Congratulations to the students for showing wonderful sportsmanship in their recent tennis and athletics fixtures.
Years 11 and 13, with exam season, we commend all of your hard work and dedication during this important period but remind you to take breaks and enjoy time with friends and family in the sunshine.
Today, our Biology department celebrated Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday. You can see how they have decorated to mark this momentous occasion in the photo. We look forward to sharing the highlights of today’s talk in next week’s newsletter.
For the remaining 9 weeks of the Summer Term we will be working hard with our Years 7 to 12 students. We're looking forward to a positive and productive term; this period of time is an opportunity to extend learning, challenge misconceptions and embed key concepts, as well as supporting personal development through our continued focus on our AHS values of boundless aspiration, curious engagement, resilient bravery and selfless generosity.
Key dates for next week:
Monday - Years 7 & 10 House Sports
Tuesday - AI Parent Information Webinar - Online
Friday - Non-Uniform Day, Year 12 Geography Field Trip and the 2nd weekend of Year 10 D of E Bronze Training Weekend
Good luck Year 13
Good luck Year 13
On Tuesday we said goodbye to our Year 13s as they departed on Study Leave ahead of their A Level exams. They enjoyed the traditional fancy dress celebration day with a pizza lunch, ice cream van and hamster zorbing fun! The final assembly was a fantastic celebration of their time with us, with awards and reflection on their time in the Sixth Form and lower down the school. Special thanks to Tyra for performing her own poem 'Curtain Call' as a fitting finale for the group.
We are very proud of the year group and their approach to Sixth Form - they have been a pleasure to work with over the last two years and will always be welcome back.
We will miss them and wish them well.
Mr Skinner & Ms Quesne
Sport
Sport
Last week
Tennis
A fantastic start for our Year 7 and 8 Tennis team vs Dr Challoners High School. They played singles against their seeds and it was a tie at 2-2. Then into the doubles where we took a rubber each. This meant it went to a tie break where we came out on top winning 10-8, well done to all the girls involved.
This week
Athletics
The league season officially got underway this week for our Year 9 and 10 teams! It was a fantastic start for AHS, with a high turnout and impressive performances across the board.
A number of AHS students represented the school in the first round of the ESSA Athletics cup at Stantonbury Athletics track this week. We are still awaiting the official results but the students worked incredibly hard, on what was a very cold but wonderful day.
Tennis
Despite a tough 6–0 defeat against a clinical Beaconsfield High side, the Year 9 and 10 B team showed great resilience. While the scoreboard didn't go our way, the energy on the pitch remained high from start to finish.
House Drama
House Drama
Almost 200 hundred students took part in House Drama this year from Y7 to Y12. Captains were tasked with creating an original piece of Drama inspired by a song of their choice, written by The Beatles. This year the judges were really impressed with the quality of the ideas and the writing as well as the performances from the students. A special individual prize was awarded to Amy in Y7 for her stand out performance and the overall winners were Ascott.
R Hughes
Head of Drama
Art
Art
We proudly celebrate the work of Year 7 and 8 art students as they complete their final outcomes. Some of which have been selected to exhibit in our local community. Their work will be on show at the Queens Art Centre in Aylesbury. The show is up from now until the 21st May, opening times are Monday - Thursday 10.00am - 9.30pm and Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm and Saturdays 10.00am till 12.30pm. The exhibit combines portraiture and nature and the students have worked incredibly hard to produce these imaginative and exciting outcomes.
Special thank you to Alice Keens and Dan Nistorwood for putting the work up.
Suzanne Hartwell Head of Art
Mental Health Awareness Week 11-17 May 2026
Mental Health Awareness Week 11-17 May 2026
This Mental Health Awareness Week we’re asking people to join us in taking action to support good mental health. Even small actions can help us feel hopeful and less powerless. And while our individual actions matter, when we come together we are even more powerful.
Action: for yourself, for someone else, for all of us
We’ve chosen Action as this year's theme because, while awareness is vital, real change comes when we take action too. Together, we’ve come a long way on mental health, but we can’t risk going backwards. There’s still much we can do to prevent people becoming unwell in the first place.
Raising awareness is vital, but real change comes when we take action too
Please have a look at the links below:
Look after yourselves.
The Wellbeing Team
Year 11 Prom
Year 11 Prom
Amelia Aplin - Fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young
Amelia Aplin - Fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young
This memorial fund has been set up by the family to help CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death, support those affected, support CRY’s screening programme and fund research and pathology. If you are able to support this great cause, please follow the link below.
MK Film Club
MK Film Club
AHSA Raffle Donation Plea
AHSA Raffle Donation Plea
Message from Department of Education
Message from Department of Education
Growing up in the online world: a national consultation
Technology is part of most children’s lives from an early age. It can help them learn, build friendships and develop creativity. But it also brings risks, and many parents, teachers and young people have told us the current situation is not working well enough.
The government is consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. Growing up in an Online World: a national conversation, will consider how children and young people use digital technology in school and at home.
There is a survey available for parents and carers and for children and young people, and an online event for parents and carers on Wednesday 20 May at 6pm to 7pm.
With thanks, as ever, for your support, and wishing all a lovely weekend,
Marieke Forster
AHS School Fundraising
AHS School Fundraising
The AHS Fund helps us to enrich the curriculum and develop the school's facilities to ensure that every student is able to fulfil their potential, wherever their strengths lie. Support from our Parents, our Alumnae and our wider community allows us to provide the outstanding education you expect and the students deserve.
Please click here for further information AHS School Fundraising
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