Excellent public exam results at Queen's
Congratulations to A-level and GCSE students at Queen's on this summer's excellent exam results.
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Queen's College girls sing in BBC suffragette drama
Queen's girls young and old recently recorded songs which will be broadcast as part of a BBC Radio 4 drama in the autumn.
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Queen's College mathematicians at the British Museum
Ancient Egypt meets Year 9 Maths…
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GCSE students go paintballing
An intrepid Miss Paillasse took girls who had recently finished their GCSE exams on an unforgettable paintballing trip.
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Queen's College Sports Awards Lunch
The PE department held a luncheon on Thurs 23 June to recognise its top achievers in both performance and commitment to sport and PE.
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Tennis against Francis Holland School NW1
On Thurs 23 June U12 and U13 players from Queen's took on Francis Holland.
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Top scientists in Year 8 attend the Salters’ Chemistry Festival
An intrepid team of Queen's College Year 8's led by Mr Curtis recently competed in the annual Salters' Chemistry Festival held at UCL.
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Lingo Flamingo visits Moorish Spain - without leaving Harley Street!
Our Modern Languages Society, Lingo Flamingo, were transported to southern Spain one lunchtime this week.
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Queen's College entertains Prep School scientists
On Tues 7 June we were delighted to welcome Year 5 girls from Queen's College Preparatory School to a morning of science activities.
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Year 8 Latinists win the cup!
The Queen's Classics department took twenty Year 8 girls to the Latin Play Competition hosted by Westminster Under School.
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More rounders matches!
We have been busy with more rounders fixtures, and have enjoyed some spirited games in the sunshine in Regent's Park.
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Rites of passage
Year 7 girls visited the Jewish Museum in Camden and Westminster Abbey on Fri 13 May. The trip was intended to enhance their understanding of rites of passage which they have been studying in RS this term.
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One game of rounders doesn't make a summer…
Queen's girls played rounders against local rivals on three evenings last week.
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Tennis against Francis Holland School SW1
On Wed 11 May, Year 7 and 8 girls from Queen's played against students from Francis Holland School SW1.
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Dragon's Den beware – Queen's girls brew up to show that they are the business (with the help of NatWest)
You could have been mistaken for thinking you’d stumbled onto the set of Dragon's Den as students from Year 10 at Queen's College became entrepreneurs for the day and set up businesses, including coffee shops, as part of the NatWest MoneySense for Schools programme.
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More on Gertrude Bell
During her time in Iraq, Gertrude Bell came to know Sir Sassoon Eskell who went on to become the country's first Finance Minister. He came from a prominent Jewish family and was the brother of the great-great-grandmother of a current Queen's student, Natalie (1G) - so this makes for another interesting association with the College.
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Gertrude Bell honoured on Founder's Day
The Queen's College Founder's Day service took place on Thurs 7 April in glorious sunshine at All Souls church, Langham Place.
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Global warming… or not
Athena recently went to a National Theatre platform event 'An appeal to reason: a cool look at global warming'.
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Netball success!
The U13 and U14 netball squads played Portland Place School last week.
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Red Noses at Queen's!
Congratulations to everyone who raised money for Comic Relief at Queen's College.
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Queen’s girl sings with the best in Britain!
Congratulations to Lilly (IJC) who has gained a place in the National Youth Choir.
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Milton and chocolate biscuits
The Senior Literary Society had the pleasure of welcoming Cecily Havely to its afternoon meeting this week.
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Cankered snapdragons!
This week Years 7 and 8 enjoyed a workshop on 'Macbeth' presented by the Orange Tree Theatre company.
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Tokyo Story
Queen's College GCSE Japanese students visited the Daiwa Foundation in Cornwall Terrace last week.
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Why do men drink wine and women water? - the struggles and strife of Shakespeare's sisters
The Queen's College Socratic Club is grateful to Dr Seymour who presented a thought-provoking talk about women in literature.
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On their bikes!
Last Sunday Juliette and Maya (both 1FG) cycled five laps of Regent's Park to raise money for the Red Nose Day appeal.
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Netball matches against Portland Place School
The U12 and U13 netball teams played fixtures against Portland Place School at Regent's Park on Wed 9 March.
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Queen’s College RS students visit local temple and mosque
Year 8 have recently visited Neasden Temple and London Central Mosque to support and enhance their study of Hinduism and Islam.
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Another victory for the Queen’s Greek chorus!
Once again Queen's College was the only school in London to enter the Greek chorus section of the London Classical Reading Competition.
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London Schools' U12 and U13 Cross-Country Championships
Six Queen's girls represented Westminster in this event, which was held on Tues 8 March at Avery Hill Park, Eltham.
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World Book Day at Queen's
Our World Book Day celebrations were spread over two days this year.
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Seniors' trip to Dublin
From Fri 25 to Mon 28 February Queen's College Year 12 History students travelled to Ireland, to learn first-hand about the turbulent past of the country they are currently studying for AS.
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The Socratic Club draws squares in the sand
Mrs Rose gave a challenging lecture on how the acquisition and use of mathematical knowledge relates to the acquisition and use of ethical knowledge.
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History society talk from concentration camp survivor
On Fri 11 February Lady Zahava Kohn came into the College with her daughter to talk to Year 12 about her life and experiences before and during the Second World War.
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London Schools’ Cross-Country Championships
Twelve Queen's girls took part in the London Schools' Cross-Country Championships at Parliament Hill on Wed 9 February.
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Athena sees ‘An Ideal Husband’
As part of the Athena programme, Seniors were recently given the chance to go and see Oscar Wilde’s 'An Ideal Husband' at the Vaudeville Theatre, one of the West End’s oldest theatres.
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Trinity Guildhall drama at Queen's College
Queen's students have once again enjoyed success in their Trinity Guildhall Speech and Drama exams and the most recent group to be examined were awarded twelve distinctions and four merits between them.
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Senior philosophers attend televised debate
Senior ethics and philosophy students attended a recorded IQ Squared debate on the motion 'Don’t Eat Animals'.
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What the well dressed Greek (or Roman) was wearing
The Athena Society gave Queen's pupils an unusual opportunity to model Greek and Roman costumes while discovering the extraordinary variety of styles that can be created from simple rectangles of cloth.
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The Little Sisters project
The Little Sisters project has been going for quite some time now, and so far it has proved to be a great way of bridging the gap between the older and younger girls at Queen's College.
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Cambridge success for Queen's girls
All our applicants to Cambridge have succeeded in securing offers this year!
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Hobbits and holiness
Dr Charles Stephens, who teaches Government and Politics at Queen's, led the first Socratic Society meeting of the new term with a talk on JRR Tolkien and religion.
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English Speaking Board exam results
Congratulations to the 19 girls in Year 9 who achieved Distinctions in their English Speaking Board exams in December.
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Ave Caesar!
The Class 3 Classics club joined Mrs Harrison in an enactment of recruiting soldiers for the Roman army when we welcomed a group of pupils from Primrose Hill Primary School.
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Basketball: Year 9 take on Portland Place
On Thurs 25 November, Year 9 played their first basketball match of the season.
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The first Seniors' Dinner at Queen's
On Thurs 25 November, the first ever Seniors' Dinner was held at Queen's College.
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Athena explores Japanese Fashion
On Mon 6 December, a group of Seniors went to see 'Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion', an exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery.
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Queen's College runners brave the elements in Hyde Park
On Thurs 25 November girls from Class 3, Class 1 and II Juniors attended the annual Queen's Gate Invitational Cross-Country Event in Hyde Park.
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Year 8 visit to the Foundling Museum
Queen's students in Year 8 were recently taken by their English teacher to the Foundling Museum on Brunswick Square.
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How to string your suitors along!
Year 7 Classics lessons on Greek myth have been enlivened by Mrs Penny coming in with a loom she made earlier.
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Microclimates in Amersham
On Mon 8 November, the Year 10 Geography group took a trip to Amersham to study microclimates.
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Poetry workshop for Year 9
We were pleased to host a visit from the poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes on Tues 23 November.
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Classics inspire creativity!
The Queen's Classics department competitions have had the girls thinking hard about the ancient world.
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Queen's art historians at Ely cathedral
The Queen's College art historians are deeply into gothic in its truest sense – the wonderfully ambitious and rich art of the later middle ages.
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'The Crucible' at Queen's College
The major College production this term was Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible', directed by head of Drama, Mrs Mandy Hope.
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National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day is always celebrated enthusiastically at Queen's.
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Two new MA's amongst the Queen's staff!
Many congratulations to Mrs Lucy Rose and Mr Adrian Skilbeck who have both been awarded an MA in Philosophy from the University of London.
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Queen's students at public debate
During half-term A-level RS students from Queen's attended a recorded IQ2 debate on the legalisation of assisted suicide.
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The Socratic Club reflects upon the writings of CS Lewis
A good turn-out of teachers and students was proof of the fact that CS Lewis continues to be a popular and inspiring writer.
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Seniors' induction event: a Wildgoose code-breaker challenge
Queen's girls on a wild goose chase… surely not?!
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Queen's RS students ponder love and suffering
Recently Religious Studies A-level students from Queen's College attended the St Paul's Forum to listen to reflections on suffering and belief in a God of love.
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Socratic club meeting (non-violent, of course)
Last week 14 Seniors and two intrepid Year 8 girls practised non-violent communication in the first Socratic Club meeting of the academic year.
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Athena outing to Sadler's Wells
Last week a group of Seniors saw the new dance piece 'Afterlight' by choreographer Russell Maliphant at Sadler's Wells.
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Classics trip to Colchester
Year 9 had read the book and seen the video, so to find out more about Boudicca's rebellion they went last week to Colchester Castle Museum.
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Netball against Francis Holland School
Queen's College U14 and Seniors netball teams played Francis Holland School NW1 at Regent's Park on Tues 28 September.
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Queen's biologists visit the Hunterian Museum
Sixth Form biologists recently attended a 'cutting edge' workshop put on at the Hunterian Museum by the Royal College of Surgeons.
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Queen's old girl makes professional operatic debut!
Coming soon is the annual London performance by Bampton Classical Opera at St John's, Smith Square, with the London Mozart players.
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Lingo Flamingo launches its 2010-11 programme
Lingo Flamingo (the Queen's College modern languages club) has officially launched its 2010-11 programme.
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Harvest collection for the elderly and homeless
Members of Year 8 helped load a taxi full of harvest festival food to go to Club 60 which distributes food and other provisions to elderly and homeless people in the Fitzrovia area.
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First netball matches of the new season
Queen's girls played Francis Holland School NW1 in two netball matches on Tues 21 September, on the Regent's Park courts.
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Athena trip to the 'Romantics' exhibition at Tate Britain
Earlier this week, Athena, the society for high culture at Queen's, took a group of Seniors to the 'Romantics' exhibition at Tate Britain.
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Queen's artists at the BBC
A group of Year 10 and 12 art students from Queen's College were delighted to see their designs displayed at the iconic BBC building on Portland Place.
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