On Friday 24th June Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School were invited to the Local Awards Event for a Year 7 project we took part in earlier in the year during PSHCE lessons. The project involved producing, filming and editing a short information film about the dangers of smoking alongside the charity CUT Films and the Media department.
Our annual "Presentation Matters" day is always a highlight for Year 9 as they learn presentation skills and find out more about the workplace. Below is some feedback from one of the students involved in the day.
To mark the referendum on whether or not Britain should remain a part of the European Union, we held a mock election on Thursday 23rd June 2016. Students took part in a secret ballot in our mock polling station with an impressive 66% of the school community casting their vote.
On Wednesday 22nd of June members of our sixth form represented the school at the “Women of the Future Ambassador’s Programme” conference which was held in The City. The US Ambassador, Matthew Barzun, spoke of his work in supporting relations between the UK and the USA. Below is some feedback from a student who attended the conference.
Grace Bryceland in 8SVA took part in the BMX London Youth Games last weekend, representing team Barnet for the 12-15 age group. Grace placed highly in her qualifying rounds, making it through to the extremely competitive final, racing against older and some elite performers. In the final, Grace placed fourth overall which is a fantastic achievement and one that she is quite rightly very proud of. Her dedication and passion towards BMX racing is very inspiring and we wish her continued success.
In preparation for their first GCSE mock examinations, our Year 10 students had a seminar from Elevate Education on the topic of "memory and mnemonics". Below is some feedback from our students.
Three top catering companies vied with each other to be in charge of the dining experience at Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School.
Each company explained their exciting new ideas and menus. Three lucky students were part of a panel also comprising of staff, governors and parents. As well as the quality and taste of the food we thought about the price - and we also examined ways to reduce the queues. One of the students involved in the session commented:
"We had a lot of fun trying all of the new and interesting food. My favourite dish was the traffic light jelly but I also liked the drinks on offer as well." Sophia Year 7
Once we have considered, cogitated and digested we will let you know the outcome but we were all very excited about the changes which are in the pipeline.
On Friday 10th June, Barnet Libraries held the annual Carnegie Shadowing Event at Hendon Town Hall. The guest speaker was Tanya Landman, the winner from last year for her book 'Buffalo Soldiers'.
The 8 short listed books were discussed by students and after much discussion a vote was taken with our chosen book being 'Lies we tell ourselves' by Robyn Talley. Some students from 9ABL spoke about the event...
Our Science department organised a study visit to Kew Gardens on Monday 13th June 2016. Below is some feedback from one of the students who participated in this event.
Our English department have been working with LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Art) to deliver a qualification in communication and performance.
Our Year 10 students took part in their qualifying expedition for the bronze Duke of Edinburgh award this weekend. A large number of students were involved this year and there was a great atmosphere on the campsite, particularly given that the weather was not ideal this weekend! A brief report from two students is below.
The London knowledge quiz is a competition introduced by the Mayor of London in order to help students learn more about the capital city. Each participating school can enter one team of up to four students and the quiz itself must be taken online and without any teacher support. Below is some feedback from team QE!
On Wednesday 8th June, Paralympic gold medallist Tim Prendergast visited our school to conduct workshops with Year 10 students in conjunction with the Sky Sports “Living for Sport” programme. He also spoke to Year 7 about his experience as a paralympian during a special assembly. Students involved in these activities have written about this below.
We are delighted that a very large number of our students chose to take part in the UK Mathematics challenge this year. We are particularly pleased to share their successes in what is our best year yet. Certificate winners are shown below.
