'Green' business
A group of sixth-formers joined adults studying Sustainability in Business for a lecture by Lord Browne of Madingley at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Art meets science
Leysian Edward Parkhouse has been named as joint winner of the Imagining the Brain art competition at the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
Artist appointed
Ukrainian-born painter Ulyana Gumeniuk has joined the School to become its second artist-in-residence.
Bakers think pink
The girls of Dale House had to step up production to meet demand for cakes on Breast Cancer Awareness Day.
Big-screen role
Drama scholar Harry Fenn acts with Vanessa Redgrave and Ralph Fiennes in Coriolanus, which has just been screened at the BFI London Film Festival.
Caves and gorges
Year 8 pupils spent four days in the Brecon Beacons, studying geography and tackling physical challenges such as caving and gorge-walking.
Chess match win
Chess players from The Leys showed they had all the right moves when they took on Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Choral creativity
Distinguised choral conductor David Lawrence helped singers prepare for an "instant concert".
Christmas concert
The Leys Christmas Concert was a showcase for the many and varied talents of the School.
Convincing Classics
Ed Cannon won the senior section for Latin Prose in the Cambridge and District Classical Association Latin and Greek Reading Competition, held at The Perse Upper School.
Drugs lecture
Professor Trevor Robbins of the University of Cambridge talked to sixth-formers about brain imaging and how it offers evidence of how drug abuse damages the brain.
Eco-Schools meet
The Leys School's Eco-Schools Action Team took part in the inaugural Cambridge Eco-Schools Conference.
Equestrian winners
The newly-formed Leys Equestrian team won two classes in their first eventing competition.
Evensong at Jesus
The Leys Chapel Choir sang Choral Evensong at Jesus College, Cambridge, and impressed the College's Director of Chapel Music.
Girls' volleyball
The Leys Girls Volleyball team missed qualifying for the next stage of the National Championships by just one point, but played with skill and commitment.
Great Hall
Work has begun on Great Hall, a state-of-the-art Science and Performing Arts Centre.
Historian's verdict
Distinguished historian Corelli Barnett discussed post-war Britain when he came to address the Barker Society.
Musical feast
Leysians were treated to two top-flight concerts in two days when Prime Brass and percussionist Lucy Landymore performed at The Leys recital hall.
Oxbridge workshop
Oxbridge candidates learned about how to handle tough selection interviews at a half-day workshop.
Poetry prize
Robyn Purcell won first prize in a poetry competition with her work on the theme of 'Miracles'.
Regatta challenge
Three sailors from the Naval section of The Leys CCF travelled to Portsmouth to take part in the national CCF Sailing Regatta.
Remembrance Day
The School gathered for a Service of Remembrance for the dead of the two World Wars.
Runners make finals
The Girls' Junior Cross Country team has won through to the finals of the English Schools Cross Country Cup.
Seafront victory
The Leys girls' team has won the Independent Schools' Beach Volleyball Championship 2011.
Season's Greetings
Ski scholarship
Flo Esplin has won a scholarship to train as a ski instructor.
Topping fun
Leys girls gave an exuberant performance of Daisy Pulls It Off, an affectionate send-up of the boarding school stories of the 1920s.
What's cooking?
Pupils donned their aprons for a cookery challenge.