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Understanding the plague

01.12.2010

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Understanding the plague

Years 11,12 and 13 made three visits to the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The Institute is a leading player in the Human Genome Project. Boys attended lectures on the causes...

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Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award successes

30.11.2010

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Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award successes

Twenty-one boys at QE have gained their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards – little more than a year after the School offered the Award at this level for the first...

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Praise for trio’s debating skills at Barnet event

30.11.2010

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Praise for trio’s debating skills at Barnet event

Queen Elizabeth’s School students have drawn plaudits for their contribution to a civic event held as part of National Inter Faith Week. Year 12 boys Adeel Haque, Henry Peto and...

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Success for Ife and Daniel in London-wide art competition

17.11.2010

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Success for Ife and Daniel in London-wide art competition

QE boy Ife Adepegba was among just a handful of winners from across London schools in a new city-wide art competition, while fellow Year 10 pupil Daniel Fernando took one...

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QE team’s strong performance in mathematics competition

17.11.2010

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QE team’s strong performance in mathematics competition

A Queen Elizabeth’s School team came third in a regional mathematics competition against 19 other schools, scoring just 2% less than the winners. The four-member team from Year 12, captained...

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National 150th anniversary celebrations end with a bang

10.11.2010

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National 150th anniversary celebrations end with a bang

Two QE Sixth-Formers joined young musicians from across the UK for a special event at the close of year-long celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the Cadet Force movement. Clarinettists...

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French connections

09.11.2010

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French connections

QE’s new French exchange partner, College St Pierre de Bourg en Bresse, came to Barnet on the return leg of this year’s exchange. The Headmistress, Mme Gas, accompanied the trip...

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Old Elizabethan Tom Aggar wins gold at World Rowing Championships

05.11.2010

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Old Elizabethan Tom Aggar wins gold at World Rowing Championships

Britain’s Paralympic champion Tom Aggar (1995-2002) trounced the opposition to win gold in his event at the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand. The former QE pupil’s dominant performance in...

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Spooky Shakespeare

03.11.2010

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Spooky Shakespeare

Forty-two pupils from Year 8 took a two-night trip to Stratford-upon-Avon. The boys attended a range of events that included a tour of all five Shakespearean houses, a ghost walk,...

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Top-quality performances by School’s chess players

22.10.2010

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Top-quality performances by School’s chess players

QE’s 2010 Swiss Chess Tournament was won by Year 8 pupil Jake Breindel, who scored six points by winning all six of his games. The tournament was open to boys...

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Old Elizabethan aims for gold at World Championships

14.10.2010

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Old Elizabethan aims for gold at World Championships

OE Tom Aggar (1995-2002) is aiming for another gold medal at the World Championships in New Zealand at the end of October. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Tom...

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Chess team among the winners at international championship

14.10.2010

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Chess team among the winners at international championship

The School Chess team achieved both individual and team success at this year’s Millfield International Schools’ Chess Team Championship. Captained by Anup Desai of Year 13, the team went through...

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