New & noteworthy
03.07.2009
Sustained success of enterprising pupils
A group of QE boys who reached the North London finals of the Young Enterprise Award have gone on to run their own professional company successfully for a year. The...
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02.07.2009
Cricket: National and regional success on the field
QE’s U13 cricket XI qualified for this year’s national David English/Bunbury Cup as last season’s Middlesex champions – the first time a QE team has achieved this feat. The team...
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01.07.2009
Learning about Hinduism
The whole of Year 7 took part in a visit to Bhaktivedanta Manor in the village of Aldenham as part of the Summer Term’s Religion & Society topic of Hinduism....
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30.06.2009
A rewarding visit
Twenty QE students who had shown particular commitment to the School’s play, Animal Farm, were rewarded with a visit to The Globe theatre. The theatre on the South Bank is...
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25.06.2009
A clean sweep
Boys from QE achieved success across the board in a competition about World Citizenship. The competition, which was organised by the Baha’i Community, was open to Year 7 pupils in...
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19.05.2009
Bollywood Orchestra’s to perform on national stage
QE’s Bollywood Orchestra has won a place in the Music for Youth National Festival. Eighteen boys from Years 9-12 prepared a version of A R Rahman’s Raga’s Dance, including elements...
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14.05.2009
QE boys triumph in regional Mathematics competition
A team of four QE pupils beat off 35 other teams to win the regional Team Maths Challenge and secure a place in the competition’s national finals. Team captain Nigethan...
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07.05.2009
QE wins London-wide award for academic excellence
Schools Secretary Ed Balls and Ofsted Chief Inspector Christine Gilbert presented Queen Elizabeth’s School Headmaster John Marincowitz with the Evening Standard’s Secondary Academic Excellence Award. QE was one of only...
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03.04.2009
Tom Palmer, of England and Wasps, leads drills for QE U15s
England and Wasps rugby star Tom Palmer arrived at Queen Elizabeth’s at the end of this term to give an elite session for the Under 15s rugby team. Tom, who...
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31.03.2009
Queen Elizabeth’s School is top state school in Financial Times league table
Queen Elizabeth’s School is the highest-ranked state school in the country in the Financial Times 2009 Top 1000 schools. QE came in fifth place behind four independent schools in the...
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27.03.2009
Queen Elizabeth’s School’s commitment to teacher training praised as it gains Training School status
Queen Elizabeth’s School has been awarded Training School status by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. According to the DCSF, Training Schools must “demonstrate training experiences that go beyond...
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27.03.2009
QE plays its part in pioneering children’s musical event
Two ensembles from Queen Elizabeth’s School took part in the first-ever Eisteddfod run by the Musicale, a community music teaching project in Harpenden which has been running for 25 years....
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