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Onatti Productions return to Queen's

Onatti Productions returned to Queen's on Mon 30 January to perform an amusing farce called 'Les Garçons' to Years 9-11 French students.

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The London Schools Cross-Country Championships on Parliament Hill

On Wed 25 January Queen's took three teams to the annual London Schools Cross-Country Championships on Parliament Hill.

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Greek costume workshop

The Seniors studying History of Art joined Classicists for an Athena workshop on ancient costume.

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Year 8 trip to Hampton Court palace

Year 8 had a very successful trip to Hampton Court Palace on Fri 20 January.

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The NYCGB auditions

On Sun 27 November a group of Queen's girls auditioned for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain.

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The Challenge are to visit Queen's College

The Challenge is an exciting summer programme for Year 11 students which inspires them to make a difference.

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History Society lecture

The History department was pleased to welcome Dr Gabriel Glickman from Hertford College, Oxford to Queen's to talk to Senior historians on the topic of early British imperialism.

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Dancing Queens

Towards the end of the Michaelmas Term, the Dance department held a competition for the Year 7 girls to come up with an eye-catching design to be used on all the promotional material for the 2012 Dance Show.

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End of term in the Classics department

Year 10 pupils studying Greek and Classical Civilisation ended the Michaelmas Term with a re-enactment of an ancient Athenian symposium.

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Six more Queen's girls accepted into the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain

The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain aim to provide the widest musical experiences in the country for over 750 young people aged 9-28.

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More Lingo Flamingo activities

On Fri 9 December Lingo Flamingo, the Queen's College modern languages society, invited all of Year 7 to a food festival which was held in the Waiting Room.

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Lingo Flamingo see Racine's 'Britannicus'

On Wed 16 November the Queen's College modern languages society were fortunate enough to go to Wilton's Music Hall to see a new translation of the play 'Britannicus' by the French author, Racine.

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'Only Connect' at Queen's

On Fri 2 December we were all pleased to welcome 'Only Connect' to the College.

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Invitation to a seasonal Socratic Club meeting

All Queen's parents and students are invited to a talk by a former chorister of St Paul's Cathedral and choral scholar of King's College Cambridge on 'The Power of Music'. We will listen to excerpts of the music discussed, and have a mince pie and drinks on Mon 12 December at 6.30-7.30pm in the Waiting Room.

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Thinking 'outside the box' in Cambridge

A group of Year 11 philosophers from Queen's spent the day in Cambridge listening to a series of lectures designed to lead them beyond the confines of the GCSE syllabus.

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Jonathan Miller gives the annual Dent Lecture at Queen's

Jonathan Miller, theatre director, author, presenter and Queen's College grandparent, came to the College on Fri 25 November to give our annual Dent lecture.

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Cross-country victories for Queen's in Hyde Park

On Thurs 24 November sixteen nervous but excited Queen's College pupils prepared themselves for the annual Queen's Gate cross-county race in Hyde Park.

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Queen's has a gymnastics champion!

Congratulations to Fiona in Year 13 who did so well at the recent (and very prestigious) British Gymnastics Association Challenge Cup.

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Basketball match

On Mon 28 November the Year 8's from Queen's College and Portland Place School played an exciting game of basketball at the Seymour Leisure Centre.

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Basketball match against Portland Place School

On Thurs 17 October, Queen's U14 basketball team played a match against Portland Place School at the Seymour Leisure Centre.

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Living the good life

Senior RS philosophy students from Queen's attended a Candle sixth form ethics conference and contemplated what makes life good and worthwhile living.

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'Eugene Onegin'

Last week the Queen's Opera Society went to 'Eugene Onegin' at ENO.

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Queen's College Seniors visit Sadler's Wells

On Wed 16 November Athena, the sixth form society for high culture, went to Sadler's Wells and saw an innovative and exciting performance by Ballet Rambert, a contemporary dance production.

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The Literary Society study Hardy's poetry

On Mon 14 November, renowned Thomas Hardy expert and literary critic Professor Michael Irwin came to Queen's to speak to the Literary Society.

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Bobbychatta, snaries and zeep…

Last week we were visited by the poet and literary critic Frances Leviston, who ran workshops with girls from Years 7 and 9.

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Karl Marx: the point of history

The Socratic Club was pleased to host a lecture by Mr Willows, head of History at Queen's. A good turn-out of sixth form historians, philosophers and economists listened to a stimulating introduction to the prolific writings of Karl Marx.

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Year 7 at the Royal Observatory

On Fri 11 November the whole of Queen's College Year 7 took a trip to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

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The launch of the Queen's College Wine Society

The Wine Society is relatively new to Queen's and enables girls to sample exquisite wines from all over the world whist receiving an education in wine that is sophisticated, practical and enjoyable.

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Eleanor rides towards GCSE success!

As part of the GCSE course in PE offered here at Queen's, girls can choose from a variety of sports.

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A new arrival at Queen's College

Queen's College has a new mascot called Oscar, shown here during an afternoon walk to Trafalgar Square with Agatha, Isobel and Oriana from Year 7.

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Teachers from Holland visit Queen's College

We were delighted to welcome three visiting teachers from Holland today.

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Queen's girls climb Snowdon

Queen's College Mountaineering Society successfully climbed Tryfan at half-term.

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Queen's College trip to China: Beijing and Xi'an at half-term

How much can you hope to see in a one week trip to China?

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Lingo Flamingo visit the National Gallery

On Fri 7 October Lingo Flamingo, the Queen's College modern languages society, went to the National Gallery with Mlle Sautin, our French assistante.

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Football against Portland Place School

On Thurs 13 October the U12 football team captained by Alex (3S) played Portland Place School.

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Year 7 launch their Queen's netball careers in style

Congratulations to the U12 netballers who won the first match they'd played in the blue and green!

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More netball matches

The U14 netball squad played two matches against a strong Francis Holland (NW1) side on Tues 4 October.

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Year 8 trip to see Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors'

On Thurs 29 September, Year 8 went to the Hampstead Theatre to see Propeller's pocket production of Shakespeare’s 'The Comedy of Errors'.

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The Queen's Opera society visits ENO

What would you do if you had a potion that made anyone you wanted fall in love with you?

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Queen's sixth formers enjoy an adventurous day out together

Last Friday the Seniors ventured out to Blackland Farm in Surrey on a TrekCo adventure day.

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Fixtures round-up

Queen's teams have been doing well on the football field and netball court.

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Queen's student wins prestigious Cambridge prize

A Queen's student has won an AS level essay competition organised by the department of Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Cambridge.

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On the trail of Boudica

The Year 9 classicists went to Colchester Castle Museum on Thurs 22 September to finish their research for a project on Boudica.

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Queen's College umbrellas

Protect yourself against the elements!

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Dangerous set stopped play

On Fri 16 September a group A-level Philosophy and Ethics students made their way to the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill to see David Davalos' play 'Wittenberg'.

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Queen's girls talk their way to success!

Once again, Queen's girls have shown what lively speakers they are and have been very successful in the English Speaking Board examinations.

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The War on Terror was the right response to 9/11 – debate!

The RS department would like make sure that all budding philosophers are aware of the next IQ2 debate taking place on Tues 6 September.

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