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Posting a win

07.07.2008

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Posting a win

Year 7 pupil Dhruv Nanavati won first prize in an art competition run by The Spires shopping centre and the Barnet and Potters Bar Times. Dhruv had to design a...

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OE news: Joe on the Road

07.07.2008

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OE news: Joe on the Road

The School welcomes news of Old Elizabethans, including those taking “gap years”. One such is Joe Sheffer whose year includes a motorbike journey through Europe and the Middle East towards...

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Learning through looking

07.07.2008

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Learning through looking

Two history trips this term brought to life very different aspects of the past two centuries. An overnight trip took 45 Year 9 boys to the First World War battlefields...

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Boiler team radiate success

07.07.2008

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Boiler team radiate success

Four QE pupils have successfully completed this year’s Engineering Education Scheme. Jonathan Daniels, Patrick McHugh, Theepan Saravanpavan and Kelvin Chan worked with the housebuilder and regeneration specialist, Lovell, to design...

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Hindu Temple visit

07.07.2008

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Hindu Temple visit

All Year 7 boys visited Bhaktivedanta Manor in Aldenham, the largest Hindu temple outside India, to experience the culture of Hinduism. The boys enjoyed bullock cart rides aound the grounds,...

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Competition win funds new eco garden

07.07.2008

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Competition win funds new eco garden

Year 13 pupil Akhil Amlani has chosen to create an Environmental Awareness Garden at the School with £1,000 awarded to him as part of his prize for winning the London...

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Valete

07.07.2008

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Valete

Thanks and best wishes go to all staff leaving QE at the end of this academic year, but the retirement of Malcolm Lee merits a special mention. Mr Lee has...

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Mathematically minded

07.07.2008

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Mathematically minded

QE boys have excelled this year in the various UK Mathematics Trust Maths Challenges. In the Junior Challenge, 211 boys from Years 7 and 8 took part, with 71 receiving...

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Hired and Fired – The Apprentices 2008

07.07.2008

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Hired and Fired – The Apprentices 2008

All 180 boys in Year 9 spent a day off time-table near the end of term to take part in an exciting careers advice event based on the BBC’s The...

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The economist

07.07.2008

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The economist

Year 12 student Promit Anwar has been shortlisted for the Royal Economics Society’s Young Economist of the Year essay competition with an essay on the subject of ‘A global banknote’....

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Fete Accomplished: Fun, food and fund-raising success

04.07.2008

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Fete Accomplished: Fun, food and fund-raising success

Founder’s Day is always one of the highlights of Queen Elizabeth’s School’s year – and the 2008 event was no exception, in spite of the inclement weather. The Founder’s Day...

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Making the right moves

04.07.2008

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Making the right moves

Queen Elizabeth’s School has further demonstrated its strength in chess, with boys participating in regional, national and international competitions this term. Two QE boys were this month taking part in the...

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