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July 2016

  • London School of Economics Summer School

    Published 19/07/16
    On Monday 4th July – Friday 8Th July I was one of seven Q.E. students who had the opportunity to go to The London School of Economics (LSE) Summer School. This is a prestigious university as well as being one of the best in the UK, which specia
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  • 8CBS Charity Fundraiser

    Published 16/07/16

    One of our Year 8 tutor groups, 8CBS, organised a charity fundraising event which was held on Saturday 16th July 2016.  Not only did the girls have to wake up early on a Saturday, but they also baked and decorated a large quantity of cakes to sell.  The event was held at a local market and the girls had to arrive particularly early in order to secure a good stall.  During the day they sung to shoppers in order to raise awareness of their stall and to gain the support of those who passed by.  

    Whilst we have many charity fundraising events here at Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, we are particularly proud of 8CBS who organised their event during the weekend.  All proceeds are being donated to Breast Care UK and although we are yet to receive final sales figures, we are confident they will have raised an impressive amount of money and that it will go to a very good cause.

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  • Holocaust Survivor Presents to Year 9

    Published 15/07/16

    Year 9 had the privilege of listening to the testimony of Holocaust Survivor George Vulkan. We would like to thank our students for being a true credit to the school and for thinking of some excellent questions that made for an even more worthwhile experience. We would also like to thank the Holocaust Educational Trust for helping to organise the event and most importantly, we extend our sincere gratitude to George Vulkan for retelling his very moving story and for delivering some very inspirational messages about prejudice and discrimination to our students. The accounts from students below demonstrate just how much they learned from the experience.

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  • Our students graduate from The Girls' Network

    Published 14/07/16

    A number of our Year 9 students have taken part in The Girls’ Network mentoring scheme this year and had their last session this week. The students involved have travelled into central London once a month to visit very successful businesswomen from the Level 3 company and have been given guidance in ensuring that they are able to achieve the career paths they want.

    Last week, all students involved were invited to attend their graduation ceremony and received awards for taking part in the scheme. They also received life-long membership to The Girls’ Network which will mean that they will continue to have aces to work experience opportunities and guidance on how to achieve their goals. Please see below some of the students’ comments about the evening and thank you to everyone at The Girls’ Network for making it such a memorable evening!

     

    “I found the graduation ceremony very enjoyable. Throughout the year I learned that I should never give up and I should always work hard. I also learned that it’s okay to not know what you want to do in the future. Instead, you should be open minded and take up as many opportunities as possible then choose what you love to do”

    Candice Kini 9HCR

     

    “At the graduation ceremony, I was privileged enough to be able to listen to a few successful women who taught me how to be more ambitious in my career choices. The women inspired me by teaching me that it is alright not to be 100% sure of your future, and to always keep your options open. I would definitely recommend this programme to other students as it gives you more skills and knowledge for the future”

    Dilara Guzeller 9JPR

     

    “When we went to the graduation ceremony for The Girls’ Network, the thing that really stuck in my mind was Pinky Lilani’s speech. To hear how far she had come and all the things she had done was really inspiring. What was even more inspirational is that she is still herself and still has the same morals from when she started her very successful career”

    Rosalind Cross 9TTH

     

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  • Jack Petchey Award Winners

    Published 13/07/16

    On Tuesday 12th July, we celebrated the individual achievements of a variety of students in the school who have won Jack Petchey awards this year. In addition, Mr Clarkson (Head of History) gained a leadership award having been nominated by his Year 11 tutor group.  Full details for all award winners can be found below.

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  • Year 7 Time for Lunch Competition

    Published 12/07/16

    Year 7 were set the challenge of devising a new sandwich, packaging and logo to be sold at the Honey Bee cafe on Barnet High street. The project was a combined Food and Graphics project and required students to undertake an analysis of the current products sold at the Honey Bee and to then create branding related to the seasons. In addition to this, our students utilised the practical skills they learned this year, for example, bread making, sauce making, en-robing (coating) a sandwich filling, taste testing,  and nutritional analysis to create their product. The results were excellent and Miss Slee and Mr. Petrie were impressed with the results, particularly the level of bread making skill given the time constraints.  Judging the competition was very difficult indeed but we are pleased to announce the following winners:

     

    7X 

    1st - Serena Shah

    2nd - Rachel 

    3rd - Annie Lang

     

    7Y

    1st - Clarice Hitner

    2nd - Daisy Fischer

    3rd - Katy Smith

     

    Delicious looking sandwich - freshly baked bread and a wide range of skills used
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  • National Award Winners in Year 7

    Published 06/07/16

    Cut Films is a peer to peer film and social media project educating young people about the dangers of smoking and Queen Elizabeth's have had a long standing involvement with this project for several years.

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  • Excellence in sports at the Barnet Championships

    Published 05/07/16

    Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School was one of 15 schools competing in the Barnet championships on Tuesday 5th July 2016.  The competition required students to compete in heats before qualifying for finals where the competition for medals began. We are incredibly proud to have been represented very well by our students; many personal bests were achieved and performance was strong in all categories. In particular, we won an incredible 8 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 5 bronze medals.  Very well done to all students who participated and thank you very much to our PE department for their support of our students.  A list of medallists is below.

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  • Author visits to the library

    Published 01/07/16

    We were fortunate enough to host two author visits this week; one from Siobhan Curham and another from Nat Luurtsema.

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