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One in 10,000

10.07.2009

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One in 10,000

Year 7 pupil John Woods beat more than 10,000 students to win first prize in a national language competition. Le Grand Défi is a quiz competition, organised by Linguascope, for...

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QE role in Civic Service

10.07.2009

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QE role in Civic Service

School Captain Matteo Yoon [pictured] read one of the lessons at this year’s Mayoral Civic Service for the Borough of Barnet. The recently elected Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Brian Coleman,...

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A matter of debate

09.07.2009

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A matter of debate

QE paired up with Henrietta Barnett School in Hampstead to run a Year 9 debating symposium for the first time. Fifteen Year 9 boys visited the girls’ school to debate...

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Exchanging places

09.07.2009

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Exchanging places

Thirty students from the Friedrich von Bodelschwingh Gymnasium (grammar school) in Bielefeld spent a week with families of QE boys. The return trip will be in October. They particularly enjoyed...

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Junior Awards Day: a milestone in the lives of QE’s young achievers

08.07.2009

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Junior Awards Day: a milestone in the lives of QE’s young achievers

Queen Elizabeth School’s Junior Awards Day celebrated the “truly outstanding achievements” of boys in Years 7-9. A total of 114 awards were made to boys at the ceremony. The prizewinners...

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Medal success for young marketers

08.07.2009

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Medal success for young marketers

Fifteen groups of boys from QE entered this year’s Young Direct Marketing Awards. A team from Year 10 and another from Year 8 both reached the final, achieving silver and...

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Bollywood orchestra on national stage

08.07.2009

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Bollywood orchestra on national stage

QE’s Bollywood Orchestra won a place in the Music for Youth National Festival in July. Eighteen boys from Years 9-12 prepared a version of A R Rahman’s Raga’s Dance, including...

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Team and individual success at national chess championships

06.07.2009

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Team and individual success at national chess championships

Two QE teams emerged as runners-up in the National Team Championships, while two boys won recognition for outstanding individual performances. Both the U14 team, captained by Year 8 pupil Madhi...

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Design Technology news: QE Boys set the benchmark

06.07.2009

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Design Technology news: QE Boys set the benchmark

QE’s GCSE students have been highly commended by the moderators from examination board OCR for the impeccable standard of their coursework folders and their attention to detail on their practical...

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QE among top ten schools nationally in mathematics competition

03.07.2009

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QE among top ten schools nationally in mathematics competition

Queen Elizabeth’s School came seventh out of 70 schools competing in the national finals of the prestigious Team Maths Challenge. It was the first time that a QE team had...

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Double success in national engineering scholarship

03.07.2009

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Double success in national engineering scholarship

QE Year 11 pupils Priyesh Patel and Sam Catchpole-Smith have both secured places on the prestigious Arkwright Scholarship scheme for young engineers. The Arkwright Scholarship is recognised as the flagship...

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Sustained success of enterprising pupils

03.07.2009

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Sustained success of enterprising pupils

A group of QE boys who reached the North London finals of the Young Enterprise Award have gone on to run their own professional company successfully for a year. The...

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