New & noteworthy

15.07.2008
It all adds up to success in the Olympiad
QE boys have achieved considerable success in the prestigious national Junior Mathematical Olympiad, winning a string of certificates and medals. The Olympiad is the follow-on round to the United Kingdom...
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15.07.2008
Football tournament helps charity achieve its goals
Two Year 7 boys organised a five-a-side football inter-house tournament for charity. Kiran Modi, of 7B, and Rushil Sajip, of 7H, raised £457.26 for Save the Children, which was presented to...
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07.07.2008
Making their mark in direct marketing
Four Year 10 Business Studies teams have won awards in the 2008 Young Direct Marketing Awards after beating off tough competition from more than 170 school teams from across the...
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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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07.07.2008
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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