New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth's School

14.11.2023

“A reminder and an inspiration”: Queen Elizabeth’s School remembers its fallen

The Combined Cadet Force remembered QE’s own war dead in an act of remembrance at the School, before then playing their part in Sunday’s commemorations in High Barnet. One hundred...

Actively anti-racist: celebrating achievement, engaging with the issues

10.11.2023

Academic enrichment | Arts | House system | Support & guidance

Actively anti-racist: celebrating achievement, engaging with the issues

Pupils throughout the School celebrated Black History Month, participating in art and essay competitions, and learning together in student-led House assemblies. Members of the club run by the School’s Equality,...

How did we get here? The Arabella magazine explores 450th anniversary theme

07.11.2023

How did we get here? The Arabella magazine explores 450th anniversary theme

QE’s pupil-run arts magazine, The Arabella, looks both to the past and the future in a special edition for the School’s 450th anniversary year. The 44-page publication features 26 pieces...

Sixth-formers’ “thrilling” visit to cutting-edge company helping to create a circular economy

01.11.2023

Academic enrichment | Technology | Trips

Sixth-formers’ “thrilling” visit to cutting-edge company helping to create a circular economy

Year 12’s Technology students saw for themselves how start-up Batch.Works is using 3D printing as a true manufacturing technology by focusing on specialist design techniques and by automating its array...

“Saluting our sisters”: QE magazine spotlights high achievers in Black History Month

30.10.2023

Academic enrichment | Economics

“Saluting our sisters”: QE magazine spotlights high achievers in Black History Month

In its first edition of the academic year, the Econobethan celebrates four remarkable Black women – an astronaut, economist, businesswoman and MP – while also looking at the legacy of...

Winners in Cambridge! Trio using design to ‘make the world a better place’

25.10.2023

STEM | Technology

Winners in Cambridge! Trio using design to ‘make the world a better place’

Three sixth-formers won a Cambridge University competition with their design project aimed at protecting construction workers’ hearing. After being highly commended in the Homerton College Design Programme, Shivam Singh, Yash...

Facing fears, having fun and building friendships in the great outdoors

23.10.2023

Trips

Facing fears, having fun and building friendships in the great outdoors

Hundreds of QE boys have been enjoying new experiences and testing their limits on a series of trips. First, 72 Year 10 pupils headed off to Wales for a three-day...

Close to home: play about Gandhi’s assassin stirs up family memories

19.10.2023

Academic enrichment | History | Trips

Close to home: play about Gandhi’s assassin stirs up family memories

Boys on a Sixth-Form theatre trip explored one of the seminal moments in modern Indian history – the 1948 assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Twenty-two Year 12 boys and their teachers...

Pupil’s plea for a greener world impresses judges in Imperial art competition

11.10.2023

Academic enrichment | Art & Design

Pupil’s plea for a greener world impresses judges in Imperial art competition

Year 9’s Kelvin Chen will see his work displayed on billboards in London ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) starting next month after achieving success in a...

‘Blood will have blood’: Year 9 witness Macbeth’s descent into murder and madness on QE latest visit to Globe Theatre

09.10.2023

English | Trips

‘Blood will have blood’: Year 9 witness Macbeth’s descent into murder and madness on QE latest visit to Globe Theatre

Year 9 boys relished the opportunity to watch a dramatic modern production of Macbeth, complete with witches portrayed as forensic scientists, fight scenes enhanced with special effects, and the spilling...

From Kabul to Cambridge: former refugee, who is now a doctor and leader of two medical charities, urges boys to remember to give back

05.10.2023

Academic enrichment | Lecture Programme | Support & guidance

From Kabul to Cambridge: former refugee, who is now a doctor and leader of two medical charities, urges boys to remember to give back

Former Afghan refugee Waheed Arian told Year 9 boys the remarkable story of his life, from arriving near-penniless in the UK aged 15 to becoming a doctor and the leader...

Feel the power! QE debuts electric racing car

02.10.2023

Academic enrichment | STEM | Trips

Feel the power! QE debuts electric racing car

After two-and-a-half years of hard work, patience and perseverance, an electric car built by QE’s first Greenpower team overcame both mechanical challenges and terrible weather to perform strongly against much...