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Whodunnit production showcases acting skills

26.04.2013

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Whodunnit production showcases acting skills

QE’s Evening of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem was well received by an enthusiastic audience. This term the School’s main drama production comprised three plays, all featuring well-known characters from...

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QE boys head stateside for summer schools at two of the world’s top universities

24.04.2013

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QE boys head stateside for summer schools at two of the world’s top universities

Three Sixth-Formers have won places at summer schools at top-flight American universities. Michael Zhao and Kieran Eatough will spend a week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), whilst...

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Debating teams put up spirited fight

19.04.2013

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Debating teams put up spirited fight

Two QE teams acquitted themselves with merit in highly regarded debating competitions. One team of two Year 12 boys participated in the final of the Cambridge University Schools Debating...

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Strong showing by QE investors

17.04.2013

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Strong showing by QE investors

A team of QE economists performed strongly in a prestigious investment competition’s regional round and are on the reserve list for the national final. Year 13 pupils...

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Croque-monsieur, s’il vous plaît!

14.04.2013

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Croque-monsieur, s’il vous plaît!

An innovative cross-curricular lesson combining cookery and French proved popular with Year 8 pupils. Modern Foreign Languages teacher Gillian Ross liaised with Food Technology teacher Sheila Patel,...

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Seventeen good men and true

09.04.2013

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Seventeen good men and true

A QE team has progressed to the regional heat of a national mock trial competition after winning the same case when they successively prosecuted and defended it. ...

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Double winners: musicians take two first prizes at festival

06.04.2013

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Double winners: musicians take two first prizes at festival

QE musicians have won first place in two categories of the Spring Grove Music Festival. The QE Ensemble, made up of the String Quartet and six singers,...

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QE rugby players’ fierce semi-final battle

04.04.2013

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QE rugby players’ fierce semi-final battle

QE reached the semi-finals of the U12 Broxbourne Rugby Tournament, narrowly losing to the eventual winners. The QE boys successfully qualified from the pool stages, setting up...

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QE enjoys unprecedented success in national biology competition

02.04.2013

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QE enjoys unprecedented success in national biology competition

Former QE School Captain Nigethan Sathiyalingam has reached the final 16 of a prestigious national biology competition which attracted more than 4,200 entries. Nine QE boys, including...

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WWII dogfights and much more at Duxford

28.03.2013

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WWII dogfights and much more at Duxford

Year 9 boys saw the Spitfire and its Battle of Britain arch-rival, the Messerschmitt 109, during a visit to Imperial War Museum Duxford. Duxford, near Cambridge, is...

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QE physicist reaches final of prestigious national competition

26.03.2013

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QE physicist reaches final of prestigious national competition

A Year 12 student has progressed to the final 16 in the British Physics Olympiad, competing mostly against students a year older than him. Madhi Elango now...

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Unprecedented success for mathematicians

22.03.2013

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Unprecedented success for mathematicians

A team of QE mathematicians reached the final of an élite competition for the first time in the School’s history. The QE pupils were defeated by just...

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