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London Schools Chemistry Challenge success

09/05/2012 00:00:00

"Queen's Gate's Finest" proved themselves to be worthy of their name when they visited the Chemistry Department of Imperial College, London last Tuesday.

In September they were set a challenge to make a presentation about the greatest Chemistry invention in the last century. Of 243 school entries from the London area, eight finalists, including Queen's Gate's Finest, were then set the challenge of presenting their work to an audience of judges: Professor Lord Robert Winston, Professor David Phillips, Head of the RSC, and Professor Tom Welton, Head of Chemistry at Imperial College.

By combining the chemistry of the Haber Process to produce ammonia and a film of how they imagined Fritz Haber being interviewed working in his laboratory, the team created a winning formula and was awarded second place overall. Congratulations to Emilie, Radhika, Fatima, Fay and Isabella.

Face Britain project

24/04/2012 00:00:00

Earlier in the year, The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts launched a huge art project, in which children from all over the country could submit a self portrait to a web site called Face Britain. Copies of these portraits were then reduced to pixels and combined to make a huge montage picture of the Queen to be projected on to Buckingham Palace. Last night, the Queen’s portrait was unveiled on the Palace, accompanied by individual children’s self portraits which were changed and rotated.

III Form Trip to Imperial College

19/04/2012 00:00:00

On Tuesday 27th March the girls in III Form went to Imperial College, accompanied by Mrs Mayne and Miss Hasler, to take part in a course called Robogals. We were split into four groups; my team was called PHALA. In our groups we built a robot mainly out of lego. Luckily we had an instruction sheet, but it was still difficult! When everyone had finished we learnt how to program our robots using an application on laptops. We had to make our robots travel on a square on the floor, which was quite hard to do. We connected the robots to the laptops, then worked out how to adjust the movement. We spent about an hour doing this, then everyone brought their robotsto the square, and each one was timed as it went along the square. We were also marked on how close we stayed to the lines.

In the end my group won! We were awarded a blue pen with a flashing light. In addition, everyone was given a pencil. We were then shown around; we saw the Chemistry Department and the Medical Department and also the Library. Finally it was time to leave. This was a very exciting afternoon, and I hope to go back again.

2012 Times Spelling Bee

28/03/2012 00:00:00

The Times Spelling Bee aims to discover the country’s best young spellers and make spelling fun for children of all abilities. The Times is a committed supporter of standards of English and a respected commentator on educational matters. The Times Spelling Bee is one of a series of nationwide initiatives to help inspire children and support teachers. The UK’s only national spelling competition for schools is back for a fourth year - bigger and better than ever. The four girls who took part in the online heat are Jessica Li RAP, Annavittoria Porter RAP, Mathilda Grinling RCM and Saja Haidar RCM.

As preparation for the competition, the girls were ably mentored by UV girls: Alex Chapman UVSM, Emilie Finch UVSM, Nazrin Ibadova UVSM, Radhika Soni UVSM, Freya Easton UVCM and Katie McHugh UVCM.

School Play

26/03/2012 00:00:00

The Queen's Gate School Play for 2012 was Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre', adapted for the stage by Willis Hall. Performed at the Chelsea Theatre on 21 and 22 March, the production was a great success, playing to full houses each night.

A selection of photographs from the performance can be viewed here.

Hockey results v. More House

20/03/2012 00:00:00

Congratulations to the U14 and U13 hockey teams who played very well against More House. Both teams won their matches. U14 9-0 and U13 6-0. Well done!

Sports News 13/03

13/03/2012 00:00:00

Last week was a busy one for the PE department and there is plenty of news to report.

Junior School Swimming Gala

Congratulations to IIIrd Form, IIA, IIB and IA. All of the girls participated in the Inter-House Gala on Wednesday, at Fulham Pools. There were lots of outstanding performances. Well done to all of the pupils involved.

The Overall Swimming Champion: Sophie Green

IA Runner Up: Tara Schulz

IA Swimming Champion: Nina Jones and Georgiana Hillier

IIB Runner Up: Ana-Belen Cacho

IIB Swimming Champion: Charlotte Green

IIA Runner Up: Andrea Predic

IIA Swimming Champion: Charlotte Comon and Vivienne Pace

IIIrd For Swimming Champion: Sophie Green

IIIrd Form Runner Up: Angela Draghi

The Winning House: Elizabeth

Inter-Borough Cross Country Championships

Congratulations to all of the pupils who participated in the Inter-Borough Cross Country Championships. Queen’s Gate were the team representing Kensington and Chelsea. All pupils ran extremely well. Well done!

English Speaking Board Success

28/02/2012 00:00:00

ESB is an external examination which took place on February, 8th – 10th, 2012.

100% of our IVth Form girls achieved a distinction or merit plus (equivalent to an A or A*).

There are three different sections:

Poem – introduction and recitation of a poem. Knowledge of the poet’s life and works is expected.
Novel – reading of an extract out loud and essay on the importance of certain characters. Knowledge of the whole text is expected.
Talk - speech about an inspirational figure with a visual aid. Thorough knowledge and understanding of the subject is expected.

Netball Success

28/02/2012 00:00:00

Congratulations to the U14 netball squad!

The team are the winners of the Kensington and Chelsea league. Well done to all of the girls involved. A great result to finish the season.

Andy Jameson visits Queen's Gate

27/02/2012 00:00:00

Queen’s Gate enjoyed a visit to the school by Andy Jameson.

Mr Jameson is a retired Olympic, commonwealth and European Championship swimmer.

He is now a commentator for the BBC and he will be commentating at the London Olympics.

He spent the morning discussing his achievements and inspiring the girls to believe in their own sporting dreams.

Some of the pupils were allowed to try on his Olympic tracksuits and wear his Olympic, Commonwealth and European medals.

It was a great honour to have Mr Jameson visit the school.

Maths Challenge

24/02/2012 00:00:00

On Tuesday, 22nd February Mathilde Bru, Marie Deschamps, Lily Cobiella and Jennifer Dittrich participated in ;a regional final of the UK Mathematics Trust's Team Maths Challenge. The event was held at City of London and our girls enjoyed an active day which comprised four rounds: problem solving, crossnumber, a head-to-head mini relay and a grand relay race. We finished in 16th position out of 28 schools and are looking forward to entering again next year.

Debating Competition Second Round at Queen's Gate

24/02/2012 00:00:00

On Wednesday 22nd February, Queen's Gate was delighted to be able to host the second round of the English Speaking Union Schools' Mace Debating Competition second round heat, which was held in the Junior School Hall. Dr Bell, the Chair for the evening, welcomed teams from St Marylebone Church of England School, St Paul's Girls' School and Portland Place School, as well as our own team, who were keen to build on their record-breaking success in the first round.

The first debate saw Marylebone propose the motion that torture could be justified in cases of terrorism, and they put forward strong arguments. Our girls opposed the motion and gave superb speeches, as well as engaging with the Proposition on contentious points.

The second debate of the evening was also exciting. St Paul's proposed the motion that children should not be raised in a religion, whilst Portland Place opposed.

After much deliberation, the adjudicators, from Imperial College Debating Society, arrived at their verdict. They praised the quality of all speeches and decided that the St Paul's team would progress to the final. However, our girls came second and are thus the reserve team.

Both of the girls from the UVth worked incredibly hard to prepare for the debate, under the expert coaching of Ms Yates, and should be very proud of their tremendous achievement.

Many thanks to Mr Alpha Lee and Mr Nathaniel Konzon from the Imperial College Debating Society for giving up their time to adjudicate. Also, many thanks to Mrs Lewis for providing catering for the evening, and to Mr Newman and Mr Ward for arranging the venue.

English Speaking Board Examinations Success

24/02/2012 00:00:00

The English Department is delighted to report that Queen's Gate IVth Formers have beaten the school's record yet again with excellent ESB results. In 2011, our girls set a new record with 97% of entrants receiving Distinction or Merit Plus awards. This year, the figure has risen to a truly impressive 100%.

2012 is the second year of the new syllabus, which requires each candidate to present a speech lasting four minutes, in which the achievements of an inspirational figure, in whom the candidate has a personal interest, are explained. Following this, a poem is recited by heart, preceded by an introduction, explaining the reasons for the candidate's speech. The final task is the reading of a prepared passage from a novel, followed by an analytical commentary.

Although Queen's Gate girls' preparation for ESB is always exemplary, the English Department were particularly impressed with the determination and hard work of our pupils this year and we are thrilled to see that it has paid off for them. Well done, IVth Formers!

Phyllida qualifies for National Biathlon Finals

24/02/2012 00:00:00

Congratulations to Phyllida Britton who has qualified for the National Biathlon Finals.

This is an outstanding achievement. Well done, Phyllida.

The finals take place on Sunday 25^th March at Crystal Palace.

Ski Trip

21/02/2012 00:00:00

The PE department and 24 pupils headed off to Killington in Vermont, to conquer the mountain renowned as ‘The Beast’.

Once again the trip proved to be as exciting and exhilarating as always. The pupils had the opportunity to work with some of the best instructors in the area and they made fantastic improvements throughout the week. Apres-ski activities included the cinema, bowling and the very exciting tubing. We also had the luxury of an outdoor swimming pool and hot tubs, with the backdrop of Killington mountain.

We also have to mention that the hotel breakfasts were worth waking up for.

Thank you to all of the pupils involved.

Watch this space for the 2013 trip!

Queen's Gate inspection report published

13/02/2012 00:00:00

The School was delighted to receive a very positive report after being inspected in October and November last year.

For more information and to read the report in full, please visit the inspection report page.

Indoor Rowing Championships

10/02/2012 00:00:00

Congratulations to all of the girls who participated at the Indoor Rowing Championships.

Many of the girls have qualified for the London Youth Games in the summer. Well done!

Natalia goes to English Schools Cross Country Championship

10/02/2012 00:00:00

Congratulations to Natalia for her qualification to the English Schools Cross Country Championships.

Natalia will be racing on Saturday 17^th March – Good Luck!

Parliament Hill Cross Country

25/01/2012 00:00:00

On Wednesday 25^th January 2012, a number of girls in Remove, LIV, IV and V forms took part in the London Schools Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields. Everyone ran extremely well over the very tough course, which is not only hilly, but very muddy!

PE Assembly - December 2011

12/12/2011 00:00:00

My Daughter December Newsletter

11/12/2011 00:00:00

Please click here to view this month's newsletter. Articles include GCSE choices and Christmas gifts ideas.

London Zoo Nativity

07/12/2011 00:00:00

Transition and Preliminary had a wonderful outing to see the Live Nativity at London Zoo. They visited the Three Kings and their camels, Mary and Jesus in the stable and the shepherds with their sheep and goats. The tour finished with a visit to Santa’s Grotto!

We also got the opportunity to visit other animals in the zoo including lion cubs and the new penguin pool where pupils dressed up as a penguin.

Queen's Gate Debating Victory

07/12/2011 00:00:00

Two UVth Formers have achieved what no other Queen’s Gate girls have managed to do for some time: they debated their way to victory in the first round of the English Speaking Union Schools’ MACE debating competition, on Tuesday 6^th December.

With their coach, Ms Yates, the girls prepared an opposition to the motion, This House would make parents liable for the serious crimes of their children. Despite an excellent performance from the proposition, Pimlico School, the team demonstrated superb clarity of delivery, and used impressive critical thinking skills to swiftly and confidently combat their opponents’ points. The girls will now progress to the next round. We wish them luck.

Queen’s Gate Public Speaking team, coached by Mr Denchfield, also fared very well in their first round heat. Although the home team, London Oratory, beat off the five other competing teams, our girls performed admirably.

Some excellent public speaking and debating performances all round. Well done girls!

NSPCC Number Day 2011

05/12/2011 00:00:00

On Friday the 2^nd December Queen’s Gate joined many other schools around the country to celebrate Number Day and raise money for the NSPCC.

Due to the combined efforts of the Junior and Senior school we raised a total of £527.40 for charity. Next year, the 188 duo may well reappear, and we hope to see more girls in full number gear.

Click here for more information on the event.

Charity efforts this term in the Junior School

02/12/2011 00:00:00

We have continued to show our commitment to helping a wide range of causes in the Junior School this term. As part of our Harvest festival celebration we sent 63 bags of food to The Passage hostel for homeless people and £100 to Kids for Kids to help its work in Darfur. After half term the Junior School (with help from the Senior School) collected 145 shoe boxes to send to disadvantaged children through Operation Christmas Child. Our annual Poppy Appeal raised £194.49 and we have also sent £73.44 to Save the Children Fund, £170 to help save the orang-utans and over £500 to the Red Crescent for the victims of the Turkish earthquakes.

This term we also welcomed Stephanie Davenport from the British Heart Foundation to our Assembly. She came to thank us for raising money for the BHF in our swimathon and skipathon last summer. Well done to all the girls who helped to organise these fund raising events and our thanks to everyone who supported them.

Queen’s Gate Cross Country Event

01/12/2011 00:00:00

November 2011 was the third year for the Queen’s Gate Cross Country Event. This year we had seven schools in total with 145 girls racing across three separate races.

It was a competitive event with Queen’s Gate winning the Intermediate race, placing second in the Junior race and 3rd in the Senior race. Well done to all of the pupils who took part.

1A Trip to Highclere Castle

30/11/2011 00:00:00

On Thursday 24th November, 1A had a fantastic time at Highclere Castle learning about Ancient Egypt. It is the home of the lords of Carnarvon and it was the fifth Earl who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb with Howard Carter in 1922. They saw lots of old egyptian artefacts, pretended to be archeologists and even peeked into Tutankhamun's tomb! We also had a chance to explore the beautiful grounds and do lots of other egyptian activities.

Science Discovered

30/11/2011 00:00:00

The girls visited the O2 on Tuesday 29th November to listen to the following speaker.

Simon Watt – Biologist and presenter of Channel 4’s “Inside Giants”. He went under the skin of massive animals to figure out what made them tick. Simon spoke about some of the fascinating science that did not make the final cut.

Steve Mould – resident scientist for Blue Peter. He spoke about super absorbent polymers and polymers in action and conducted some exciting experiments to demonstrate complex scientific theories.

Prof. Brian Cox – leading British particle physicist who has gained a meteoric reputation for making complex science theories easy to understand. He shot to fame after his hit BBC series ‘Wonders of the Solar System’. This was followed by ‘Wonders of the Universe’. He spoke about CERN and the hunt for the Higgs Boson.

African Culture Day

24/11/2011 00:00:00

Queen’s Gate School hosted an African Culture Day during the afternoon on Friday 18th November for Remove girls, A Level and IGCSE music students. The whole school enjoyed a fantastic African Lunch with dishes from a wide variety of African countries. The expert tutors Victoria and Martin presented polyrhythmic drumming, call and response singing and dance workshops to the girls. This is a key area of World Culture and part of the National Curriculum at both Key Stage 3 and IGCSE levels and so was a wonderful first hand insight into African way of life. At 4pm parents enjoyed a short African presentation in the Senior School Hall of activities covered by the girls and their tutors.

Visite à l’Institut Français du Royaume Uni

23/11/2011 00:00:00

On Tuesday 22nd November, III Form went on a tour of The French Institute in South Kensington to look at the resources available to people interested in learning about French language and culture.

“This morning, we went to visit the French Institute. We saw the cinema, the adult library and the children’s library. We were also told about the language centre where you can attend classes to learn French.”

“I think that the cinema was really cool and had comfortable chairs. I wish we could have watched a film.”

“The guides were kind and helpful. The librarian read us the story of Little Red Riding Hood. In French it is called “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge”. Afterwards, I enjoyed looking for books about animals and colours”.

Lizo Mzimba at Queen's Gate

22/11/2011 00:00:00

On Wednesday 16th November, BBC News Entertainment Correspondent, Lizo Mzimba, visited Queen’s Gate to speak to the Vth Form who are preparing a controlled assessment analysis of the language of the news. Lizo was the main presenter of Newsround between 1998 and 2008 and was able to share his experiences in presenting information about the ways that children are addressed by TV producers.

Perhaps the most interesting part of Lizo’s presentation concerned the way that rapid developments in technology and the mass media have forced language to evolve in order to make news relevant to young people in the twenty-first century. Our girls have more choice than any other generation and TV producers are aware of the importance of getting and maintaining attention, if they are to compete with other channels. However, the BBC’s public service remit also impacts upon the choices of language and content, as the corporation strives to create a balance between popular appeal and the relaying of important information for the public good.

The Vth Form girls were delighted by Mr Mzimba’s talk. He had taken the time to construct a speech that was entirely relevant to the girls’ academic focus, whilst entertaining them with humorous anecdotes about his time in front of the camera. Students were eager to ask questions—and could barely contain their joy at hearing that his next appointment of the day was an interview with the stars of the new Twilight film!

We would like to thank Lizo for an excellent talk.

Sport Results

16/11/2011 00:00:00

Lots of sport has been taking place recently and Queen's Gate girls have performed extremely well.

The QG Swimmers won more than 90% of their time trial races against More House.
The U14 Netball Team beat St Thomas More by a score of 27-0.
Junior School (IIA and III Form) recorded two wins and two losses against Norland Place.

Well done to all of the participants!

Remembrance Service 2011

16/11/2011 00:00:00

The School joined the rest of the country by observing a two minute silence at 11am on Friday, 11th November.

The service took place at Holy Trinity Church on Prince Consort Road and the Order of Service can be viewed below.

Queen's Gate one of the top 100 Independent Schools

13/11/2011 00:00:00

Queen's Gate is delighted to be placed 78th in The Sunday Times Parent Power list of the top 100 Independent Schools, based on GCSE and A Level results in 2011.

Mrs Kamaryc commented, " I am delighted with this news. The girls and staff have worked tremendously hard together to achieve these results and this position. I am very proud of their achievements and offer them all my warmest congratulations."

More information can be found on the Sunday Times website by clicking the link below.

The Sunday Times Parent Power

U13 Netball Result

11/11/2011 15:55:00

Congratulations to the U13 Netball team who won a very competitive match against Newton Prep 7-2.

Trip Reports

07/11/2011 00:00:00

Trip reports are now available for the Battlefields and New York Dance trips which took place in Half Term.

Senior School Trips

Creative Beans

04/11/2011 00:00:00

On Thursday 3rd November IIA took part in a creative writing workshop. The theme this year was Gold Leaf and it was led by the author Julia Wright. Later in the day the professional artist Lucy Panes joined us to guide the girls through the illustration of their stories.

As you can see from the photographs, the girls quickly became absorbed in their work and lots of golden images were woven into a wide variety of colourful and imaginative stories.

Julia took the illustrated draft copies away and IIA girls were thrilled to receive their eagerly awaited published copies in late November.

My Daughter October Newsletter

13/10/2011 00:00:00

Please click here to view the latest newsletter from the MyDaughter.co.uk. Articles this month include Gap Years and teenage reading.

London Mini Marathon Trials

04/10/2011 00:00:00

On Tuesday 4^th October 2011 Queen’s Gate took a squad of runners from IIIrd Form –Lower Sixth, to the London Mini Marathon Trials in Holland Park.

Everyone ran extremely well over a long undulating course, resulting in Queen’s Gate retaining the winning girls team shield for the ninth year.

Queen's Gate Anniversary Service & Tea

21/09/2011 00:00:00

Today saw the celebration of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the School. Following the church service, guests were invited back to the School to enjoy the anniversary cake specially made for the occasion by one of our UVth form pupils.

View more Anniversary Service and Tea photographs.

Château de la Baudonnière

21/09/2011 00:00:00

Our Remove girls are getting to know each other on a school trip to Château de la Baudonnière in Normandy.

In addition to improving their French, they are enjoying a wide range of activities around the Château.

Netball Workshop

17/09/2011 00:00:00

Queen's Gate girls enjoyed a Netball workshop at Battersea Park netball courts. 50 pupils attended and the workshop was led by an England netball coach.

GCSE Results Success

25/08/2011 00:00:00

Congratulations to all our GCSE candidates. This year, 75.33% of the results were graded A*/A and 45% were graded A* - this is our highest percentage of A*s on record. We are very proud of all of you and thank you for your hard work.

Well done also to all the “Early Entry” girls who took some GCSEs before entering the UV – all achieved A*s in these subjects.

Enjoy the rest of the holiday and we look forward to seeing you in September.

Mrs Kamaryc

A Level Results Success

22/08/2011 00:00:00

Congratulations to all our girls on achieving an excellent set of A Level results. Overall, 87.5% of the grades were A*-B ( 86.5% last year) and 31.25% of the results were A*s.

These excellent results reflect the hard work of all the girls and staff. Well done to all of you!

Mrs Kamaryc