New & noteworthy
08.12.2008
Musical term demonstrates depth and breadth
The strength in depth of music at Queen Elizabeth’s School was amply demonstrated by the House Instrumental Competition this term. A total of 123 performances were adjudicated for the intermediate and senior...
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08.12.2008
Education determining their future lives
“As a captain is a director of a whole boat, so reason joined with knowledge, is the guide of life.” Plato This term saw the first meeting of the Williams...
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05.12.2008
The right moves at Millfield
The School chess team, captained by Year 12 pupil Akshaya Ahuja, produced their best-ever performance to finish as runners-up at the Millfield International Chess Tournament. There were some outstanding individual...
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02.12.2008
Year 11 students make their mark
Year 11 Business Studies students Stefan Chiu, Yau Pui Tsang, Jack Jacobs and Adrian Marioghae secured a place in the regional final of the ‘Make Your Mark Challenge’. The Make...
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02.12.2008
Where Elizabethans Dare
Four members of staff and 47 Year 12 geographers enjoyed a very successful trip to Eagle’s Nest in the Cevennes National Park in South Central France. The boys carried out...
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02.12.2008
QE boys gain 59 certificates in Mathematics competition
All Year 12 Mathematics students, as well as nine from Year 13, sat this year’s Senior Maths Challenge run by the UK Mathematics Trust. Of these, nine boys received gold,...
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02.12.2008
Engineering news
Twenty pupils competed for the four places available in the Engineering Education Scheme. Under the scheme a team of four Sixth-Formers interested in engineering as a potential career will work...
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02.12.2008
No half measures
The U15 rugby squad have had an excellent start to the season – progressing to the fifth round of the Daily Mail Cup. This is the furthest that any QE...
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01.12.2008
Google’s search for artists
Four QE boys were selected as regional finalists for the London area in the Doodle4Google art competition. Movin Abeywickrema, Matthew Chew, Ciaran Deasy and Mohammad Moinuddin, who are all in...
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21.10.2008
Secondary School of the Year
Queen Elizabeth’s School has been named The Sunday Times State Secondary School of the Year 2007. The School was featured in ‘Parent Power’ in The Sunday Times on 18 November 2007. Read the...
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29.09.2008
Akhil meets Boris Johnson at City Hall to discuss environmental issues
Akhil Amlani (OE), the 18-year-old winner of Defra’s 2007/08 Climate Change Champions competition, met with Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, at City Hall last week, to discuss climate change issues....
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22.09.2008
High-Performing Musicians
Two of Queen Elizabeth’s music students achieved exceptionally high marks this year in their public exams. Rowan De Souza gained one of the ten highest marks in the country in...
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