New & noteworthy
21.07.2008
More events than ever at 2008 Sports Day
Although there had been some apprehension about weather conditions, Sports Day 2008 proved highly successful, incorporating the true spirit of house competition and pride. It included more events than ever...
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17.07.2008
County Cricket Champions
Both the Year 7 and Year 8 cricket teams became Champions of Middlesex in an exciting end to the School year. The Year 8 team secured a five-wicket victory against...
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16.07.2008
On the right path
Recent work by the Careers Department at QE has focused on Year 12 and their progression to university via the UCAS process; on meeting and interviewing students and on giving...
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15.07.2008
Biology essay wins top-three place in competition
Lower Sixth-Former Jimmy Lam was one of two runners-up in a biology competition run by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR). His essay, entitled ‘Is there an alternative to...
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15.07.2008
Mix of work and play makes for memorable German exchanges
QE boys mixed work and pleasure on two German exchanges, where they had the opportunity to develop friendships and improve their language skills. Twenty students from Years 9 and 10...
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15.07.2008
Junior Awards: Celebrating individual excellence
Headmaster John Marincowitz gave the audience an insight into the secret of QE prizewinners’ success at the School’s Junior Awards Day. “We recognise that achievement at this level is not...
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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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