New & noteworthy
11.12.2008
Breadth of Economics highlighted by Year 11 trip
Two Year 11 groups learned more about two contrasting parts of their GCSE Economics course on a visit to London. In the first part of the trip, boys visited the...
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11.12.2008
Getting the inside story on Obama
QE A Level Politics students have been getting behind the headlines surrounding the election of Barack Obama as the next US President. Boys in Year 13 study American politics and...
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10.12.2008
Promit is Young Economist of the Year
Year 13 Economist Promit Anwar is the joint winner of The Royal Economic Society’s Young Economist of the Year Competition 2008. Promit (pictured meeting the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor John Marshall)...
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09.12.2008
Expectations high for Sixth Form as students rise to the challenge of a busy term
Current Sixth-Formers at QE are well placed to emulate the exceptional academic success of last year’s leavers. The School’s A Level results announced in August 2008 were outstanding, with 84%...
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08.12.2008
Around the houses
After another year of competitions that saw Underne again come out on top to win the house cup, QE’s thriving house system has this term played a key role in...
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08.12.2008
Musical term demonstrates depth and breadth
The strength in depth of music at Queen Elizabeth’s School was amply demonstrated by the House Instrumental Competition this term. A total of 123 performances were adjudicated for the intermediate and senior...
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08.12.2008
Education determining their future lives
“As a captain is a director of a whole boat, so reason joined with knowledge, is the guide of life.” Plato This term saw the first meeting of the Williams...
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05.12.2008
The right moves at Millfield
The School chess team, captained by Year 12 pupil Akshaya Ahuja, produced their best-ever performance to finish as runners-up at the Millfield International Chess Tournament. There were some outstanding individual...
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02.12.2008
Year 11 students make their mark
Year 11 Business Studies students Stefan Chiu, Yau Pui Tsang, Jack Jacobs and Adrian Marioghae secured a place in the regional final of the ‘Make Your Mark Challenge’. The Make...
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02.12.2008
Where Elizabethans Dare
Four members of staff and 47 Year 12 geographers enjoyed a very successful trip to Eagle’s Nest in the Cevennes National Park in South Central France. The boys carried out...
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02.12.2008
QE boys gain 59 certificates in Mathematics competition
All Year 12 Mathematics students, as well as nine from Year 13, sat this year’s Senior Maths Challenge run by the UK Mathematics Trust. Of these, nine boys received gold,...
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02.12.2008
Engineering news
Twenty pupils competed for the four places available in the Engineering Education Scheme. Under the scheme a team of four Sixth-Formers interested in engineering as a potential career will work...
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