Quiz questions and Queen, ribbons and rainbow bracelets: QE’s colourful LGBT History Month
February 29, 2024
QE marked February as LGBT History Month with a series of special assemblies and other events designed to raise awareness of the issues. 2023’s School Captain, Darren Lee, led the way in a competition to design computer desktops with his winning images of two American icons of LGBT rights, tennis...
What’s on your mind? Lecture tackles boys’ questions on mental health issues
September 6, 2018
An award-winning mental health campaigner gave senior boys some serious food for thought when she visited the School. Natasha Devon looked at topics ranging from the need to deal with stress and the perils of stoicism, to the limitations of the English language, during a lecture assembly given to Years...
Imperial College lectures open pupils’ eyes to mathematical possibilities
March 20, 2008
A day of interactive lectures at Imperial College, London, broadened the mathematical horizons of QE students. Fifty Year 10 boys attended the lectures, which included discussions of practical applications of Mathematics and opportunities to tackle puzzles and problems. QE students particularly enjoyed the Puzzles, Riddles and Brainteasers lecture given by...
Affiliate Schools to open in India and UAE
September 2, 2024
Queen Elizabeth’s School is entering a partnership with educational business Global Education (GEDU), who will be establishing three new schools overseas under the Queen Elizabeth’s School banner. The new schools will bear the QE branding and name. Whilst delivering a curriculum appropriate to their location, the QE international schools will...
“A delightful mash-up of neuroscience and music” – open lecture at QE
March 15, 2012
Sixth-Formers, staff and visitors were treated to an exposition of the effects of music on the brain by leading neuropsychologist and musician Dr Catherine Loveday.
During the open lecture, Lost in Music, in QE’s Shearly Hall, Dr Loveday, of the University of Westminster, endeavoured to unravel the...