New & noteworthy
26.03.2010
Nurturing and celebrating success: Senior Awards 2010
More than 120 prizes were awarded during QE’s Senior Awards ceremony, which is a celebration both of individual success and of the meritocratic values of the School. In his welcome,...
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26.03.2010
Geography through the window
The quality of entries to this year’s Geography through the window poster competition was outstanding, according to Geography teacher Geraldine Booth. All the Year 7 students took part, producing an...
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25.03.2010
From van Gogh to Google
Year 13 pupil Makoto Takahashi has enjoyed a range of artistic opportunities under the Royal Academy Attract Programme. In addition to guided tours of the Premiums and Van Gogh exhibitions...
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25.03.2010
Elizabethans receive Gold Awards at St James’s Palace
Five Elizabethans have received their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards in two ceremonies at St James’s Palace. Akhil Amlani, Imran Khan, Christopher Brent, Yathushan Sivarajah and Hiten Morar were all...
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18.03.2010
Innovative Young Enterprise scheme
A Young Enterprise scheme involving Year 10 QE students has found an innovative way to help busy people stay fit. The company, Health4All, has launched a discount card which entitles...
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15.03.2010
Harvard bound
Year 13 student Ramsey Kobeissi has accepted the offer of a place at Harvard on its Liberal Arts programme – the first QE boy to win a place at the...
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02.03.2010
Gifted children let down by education system – but not at QE
Queen Elizabeth’s School features prominently in a Financial Times article focusing on gifted children. The feature highlights the fact that 800,000 children nationwide are labelled ‘gifted and talented’. Yet it...
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25.02.2010
Double honours for OE music mogul
Old Elizabethan Lucian Grange, a leading music industry executive, received his CBE at Buckingham Palace and was then feted at the Brit music awards on the same day. Mr Grainge,...
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27.01.2010
Brightest and best – QE boys victorious
Three QE pupils have won a national competition which aimed to find the country’s brightest young businesspeople and entrepreneurs. Step into Business is a new competition launched last June by...
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15.01.2010
QE pupil among the Mathematics élite
Sixth-former Ariel Weiss has been awarded a certificate of distinction in a competition for the country’s top young mathematicians. The certificates are given to the top 25% of entries in...
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17.12.2009
Official opening of the Shearly Hall: a ‘wonderful addition’ to QE’s facilities
Queen Elizabeth’s School’s new Eric Shearly Memorial Hall has been formally opened by Diane Mason, Secretary of the Friends of Queen Elizabeth’s. Mrs Mason, an FQE stalwart and steadfast supporter...
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10.12.2009
Art department news
The end-of-year show featured outstanding work by QE artists – with newly acquired frames to display it. Selected Sixth-Formers have continued with the Royal Academy’s Attract programme. Makoto Takahashi, Benedict...
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