Beating the ‘porch pirates’: Ashwin’s invention wins international award
June 26, 2020
Year 10 pupil Ashwin Sridhar’s design for a doorstep smart box to stop delivery packages being stolen has won a top prize in an international competition. Ashwin’s device, which he named the Raptor Adversus, uses a host of measures to thwart thieves trying to gain access to packages inside –...
Laying foundations for a bright musical future at QE
September 16, 2020
A major milestone in the project to build a new, multi-million pound Music School at Queen Elizabeth’s School’s has been reached, with the first ‘concrete pour’ at the site. Selected staff and pupils were on hand to celebrate the arrival of the concrete mixer – the first of some 150...
Careering along the right path: convention helps pupils consider their futures
February 24, 2023
Dozens of Old Elizabethans and other guests turned out to advise Year 11 boys on their future paths in a new-style QE Careers Convention. The event featured sessions focusing on specific professions, seminars offering guidance on a range of career-related topics, and an afternoon careers fair where the boys could...
Double first! The challenge begins for QE engineers
January 10, 2017
For the first time, QE has this year entered two teams into a national engineering challenge.
In previous years, individual QE teams have performed very strongly in the Engineering Education Scheme, so, for 2016–2017, the School decided to double up.
For the scheme, which is run by the...
Chemists in national final
May 16, 2016
A QE team finished in the top third in the national final of a chemistry competition, having qualified by winning their regional round.
The team, drawn from Years 9-11, took ninth place out of the 32 schools in the national final of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Top of...
Engineering stimulates QE boys at summer school
September 25, 2014
Two QE Sixth-Formers learned about cutting-edge aerospace and structural engineering technologies at summer schools held at universities.
William Forrester, of Year 12, and Marcus Rodin, of Year 13, took up places on courses organised by the educational charity, The Smallpeice Trust. The trust promotes engineering as a...
Aviation history in action, from Spitfires to stealth bombers
April 10, 2014
Year 9 boys enjoyed the opportunity to see some remarkable aeroplanes in the air during their visit to the Imperial War Museum’s site at Duxford.
Highlights included the mighty Chinook tandem rotor helicopter, which first hovered overhead and then landed right next to the QE group on...
