New & noteworthy

07.07.2008
The economist
Year 12 student Promit Anwar has been shortlisted for the Royal Economics Society’s Young Economist of the Year essay competition with an essay on the subject of ‘A global banknote’....
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04.07.2008
Fete Accomplished: Fun, food and fund-raising success
Founder’s Day is always one of the highlights of Queen Elizabeth’s School’s year – and the 2008 event was no exception, in spite of the inclement weather. The Founder’s Day...
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04.07.2008
Making the right moves
Queen Elizabeth’s School has further demonstrated its strength in chess, with boys participating in regional, national and international competitions this term. Two QE boys were this month taking part in the...
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04.07.2008
Sharing our musical expertise
QE, which has Specialist Music College status, is to extend its programme allowing students from partner schools to learn an instrument at no cost. All the spaces for September were...
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03.07.2008
Design & Technology news
Pupil Prasana Uthayakumar is high on the reserve list for an Arkwright Scholarship – a scheme under which successful scholars are sponsored for their Sixth Form studies by a leading...
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03.07.2008
Science highlights
Out of ten Year 13 QE entrants to the Institute of Biology’s annual Biology Olympiad, two achieved Silver awards, five Bronze, one was Highly Commended and one Commended. Two Year...
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03.07.2008
Summer sports
Boys in the lower years of the School have been performing strongly on the cricket field this term. At time of writing the U12 and U13 teams have reached the...
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02.07.2008
Beyond debate the best
Nine boys in Year 13 represented the UK at an International Youth Forum in Istanbul, organised by the European Youth Parliament. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to debate with teams...
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28.06.2008
QE team are North London’s best
Envisage, one of QE’s 2008 Young Enterprise teams, reached the Pan London Finals of the competition and took the prize for the best presentation. Led by Link teacher Vickash Seeburrun,...
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21.06.2008
Student composer of the Year competition
Sibelius have launched their Student Composer of the Year competition with three varied categories for entries: music for film, contemporary classical and jazz. There are also two age categories: 10...
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29.05.2008
Good citizens at QE
Year 7 QE boys swept the board in a competition about World Citizenship. The competition was run by the Baha’i community and was open to all the Barnet schools. Pupils...
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28.05.2008
Volcanic paninis!
This year’s Geography tour for Lower School boys went to Sicily. In a packed programme, the boys saw Mount Etna, went paddling in the Alcantara River after descending the gorge...
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