New & noteworthy
17.06.2011
QE boys win top prizes in competition
QE boys picked up two first prizes in the annual World Citizenship Competition run by the Barnet Baha’i Faith Group. There were three categories in the competition on the topic...
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13.06.2011
Orchestra reaches finals of world’s largest youth music festival
QE’s Symphony Orchestra has been selected to go through to this summer’s national finals of Music for Youth, the world’s largest youth music festival. The orchestra, which performed Night on...
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06.06.2011
Prize for QE Sixth-Former in national music competition
Year 12 pupil Jake Sittampalam has won second prize in a national music essay-writing competition. Entrants to the Cambridge Music Essay competition had to write an essay on one of...
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27.05.2011
QE biologist to represent UK in international competition
Year 13 QE student Vasanth Sritharan has been selected to represent the UK in this year’s International Biology Olympiad (IBO). Vasanth was awarded a Gold Medal for his performance at...
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20.05.2011
QE boys learn first-hand of the horrors of the Holocaust
More than 200 boys and members of staff seized the opportunity to hear Holocaust survivor Jack Kagan speak about his experiences in the Second World War. The event was organised...
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16.05.2011
National business writing award for Sixth-Former
Year 12 student Adeel Haque has won the prestigious ifs Young Business Writer of the Year competition. “Adeel is to be congratulated, particularly as there were a record number of...
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11.05.2011
Learning from the experts: acclaim for QE teacher’s recording work
QE Music Technology teacher Tim Adnitt has won acclaim for his work as a professional recording engineer on a recently released Robin Jones and King Salsa album. The CD of Latin...
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05.05.2011
Chemistry team in UK top 10
A team of QE boys came in the top 10 of a national Chemistry competition – the first time the School has progressed beyond the regional level of the Top...
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26.04.2011
A lively debate – et tout en français
Year 13 pupils Anton Bridge and Arjun Sajip represented QE at a French debating competition held at The Henrietta Barnett School. “I was most impressed with both the boys,” said...
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07.04.2011
QE’s outstanding performance sustained, says Ofsted
Ofsted has once again praised Queen Elizabeth’s School in its latest assessment – effectively giving the School its fifth consecutive ‘outstanding’ rating. HM Chief Inspector of Schools, Christine Gilbert, has...
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06.04.2011
Putting a price on education: annual dinner debate
QE’s 46th annual dinner debate was “arguably the most interesting and engaging of the last few years”, according to the teacher in charge of debating, Nisha Mayer. Old Elizabethans Aaron...
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04.04.2011
Victory for QE Saxophone Quartet
The QE senior Saxophone Quartet has taken first prize in the Popular category of the Spring Grove Music Festival. “The boys performed their pieces beautifully, overcoming a high-quality field to...
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