New & noteworthy
14.12.2010
Old Elizabethan pilot wins his ‘wings’
Flying Officer Jack Humphrey (2000-05) has gained his Pilot’s Brevet as an RAF helicopter pilot. Jack was awarded his brevet on completion of Multi-Engine Advanced Rotary Wing Training. He has...
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10.12.2010
Headmaster meets the Prince of Wales after QE wins accolade for Science teaching
Queen Elizabeth’s School Headmaster Dr John Marincowitz met the Prince of Wales at a Clarence House reception held to celebrate the work of the Prince’s Teaching Institute in encouraging inspirational...
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09.12.2010
The best geographer in the country!
QE pupil David Alam achieved the highest mark in the country in his Geography GCSE, the School has been informed. David, who is now in Year 12, gained a point...
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07.12.2010
The best in Barnet – twice!
Two QE boys have been jointly named as Barnet’s Young Sports Person of the Year. Ken Kawamoto and David Medzinskii, both national champions at judo and leading sportsmen at the...
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06.12.2010
“Brilliant” Booked Up scheme helps boosts reading
Every Year 7 boy had the opportunity to receive a free book of his choice as part of a national project aiming to foster a love of reading. Now the...
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06.12.2010
Picking up on penguin facts
It may feel cold in Barnet at the moment, but it’s just a light chill compared with the temperatures experienced by penguins! Year 7 and 8 boys in QE’s Geoexplorers...
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03.12.2010
Coasters on sale soon
Nineteen Year 10 boys have been running their own registered business, Retrocycle Records, as part of the Young Enterprise competition. Their coasters, made out of recycled centres of old vinyl...
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01.12.2010
Victory in Chemistry competition
QE have won the regional round of the Royal Society of Chemistry Top of The Bench Competition for the first time and will take part in the National Final at...
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01.12.2010
Understanding the plague
Years 11,12 and 13 made three visits to the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The Institute is a leading player in the Human Genome Project. Boys attended lectures on the causes...
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30.11.2010
Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award successes
Twenty-one boys at QE have gained their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards – little more than a year after the School offered the Award at this level for the first...
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30.11.2010
Praise for trio’s debating skills at Barnet event
Queen Elizabeth’s School students have drawn plaudits for their contribution to a civic event held as part of National Inter Faith Week. Year 12 boys Adeel Haque, Henry Peto and...
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17.11.2010
Success for Ife and Daniel in London-wide art competition
QE boy Ife Adepegba was among just a handful of winners from across London schools in a new city-wide art competition, while fellow Year 10 pupil Daniel Fernando took one...
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