New & noteworthy
01.12.2010
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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30.11.2010
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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30.11.2010
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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17.11.2010
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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17.11.2010
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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10.11.2010
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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09.11.2010
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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05.11.2010
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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03.11.2010
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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22.10.2010
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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14.10.2010
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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14.10.2010
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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