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• Friday 26 April 2024 QES & BBC News We are extremely proud of our partnership with Luton Town FC Community Trust, who deliver our education and football development programme.
• Friday 19 April 2024 Protecting Children Online
• Thursday 13 July 2023 Luton Town FC Community Trust & QES Announce New Partnership
• Tuesday 9 May 2023 QES Big Help Out for Luton Food Bank Luton Food bank offers its services to families in Luton who are experiencing, homelessness, debt, unemployment, sickness or a family crisis.
• Tuesday 12 July 2022 Luton Town Track and Field Competition Results! On Friday 1st of July we took over 45 students from year7 to 11 to take part in the Luton Secondary Schools' Track and Field Town Sports Competition, with the school coming 4th in Luton overall! Our Lower Junior team came 6th, our Junior team came 9th and our Intermediate team finished 2nd overall!
• Friday 1 July 2022 Farewell Year 11 Yesterday, we bid an emotional but heartfelt farewell to our Year 11 Class of 2022.
• Thursday 23 June 2022 Success in Athletics We saw phenomenal performances across the board. Congratulations to:
• Wednesday 15 June 2022 Tennis Tournament
• Tuesday 14 June 2022 Gold!
• Monday 23 May 2022 Luton Schools Intermediate Athletics Cup On Thursday 12th May, QES took part in the Luton Schools Intermediate Athletics Cup and came an incredible 3rd overall.
• Friday 6 May 2022 Take 10 Challenge
• Tuesday 3 May 2022 Year 7 Football Team Success They demonstrated excellent skills both independently and as a team to reach the county finals. This continued into the competition and we are proud to announce that they were placed 5th.
• Thursday 31 March 2022 Promising season for Year 7! The team have performed outstandingly throughout the season, with some defeatsand some excellent results. They have been committed to playing out from the back,demonstrating a high level of technical quality to carry out this style of play.
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 U16 Boys Basketball Bedfordshire County Semi Finalist Our team put on a fantastic display despite losing 47-16.Well done to the below students who were involved in reaching the Bedfordshire County Boys Basketball semi final. This is a fantastic achievement!
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 Success for Year 10 Boys Football! The team progressed from a narrow loss against Lealands High School in their first match to winning games with impressive scores of 6-2 and 9-2! Unfortunately they gaveaway a 3-1 lead to draw 3-3 with Vandyke Upper School in their final match, meaning Vandyke won the league title.
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 A resilient team! Resilient, grit and determinationare words that capture the spirit shown byour Year 9 boys football team.
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 A fantastic football season for our Year 7 & 8 Girls This season the girls in Years 7 and 8 have played superbly together and have shown true determination and resilience. They have won 4 out of their 5 games which is an incredible achievement. As the girls do not have a regular goalkeeper they have been taking it in turns to go in goal across the games they have played and there have been some fantastic saves made!
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 Fantastic Beasts Project Welcome to our Fantastic Beasts Project Gallery!
• Saturday 19 March 2022 Collaboration with Farley Junior Academy! On Friday 18th March, staff from Queen Elizabeth School were privilegedto be invited to Farley Junior Academy to deliver some exciting science lessons to the whole school as part of British Science Week. The lessons were expertly planned and delivered by Miss Cornwall to more than 300 students, who were keen to learn more about magnetic fields and also made mini motors.
• Thursday 3 March 2022 Platinum Pudding Competition... Winner Announced! A massive thank you to all students who entered ourrecent Platinum Pudding Competition - we were overwhelmed by the talent and very impressed by the puddings created!
• Tuesday 22 February 2022 Next Generation Youth Theatre Today, Year 8 and Year 9 were extremely lucky to watch a performance on county lines, performed by the Next Generation Youth Theatre. The production and cast were amazing and really opened the doors to educating QES students on the dangers of exploitation and county lines.
• Tuesday 15 February 2022 English National Opera Visit QES We were delighted to welcome the EnglishNational Operainto school last week. Students loved watching and engaging with pop up performances in the dining hall and plaza at break and lunchtime!
• Friday 11 February 2022 Year 7 celebrating National Apprenticeship Week Year 7 students have been actively engaged in National Apprentice Week during PSHE lessons.They have selected the companies they aspireto work for as an apprenticeship. The students are working hard to explore future pathways for Post 16 and incorporatingour school vision and values.
• Monday 7 February 2022 National Apprenticeship Week! Todaymarks the beginning of the 15th annualNational Apprenticeship Week!
• Wednesday 2 February 2022 What have Year 7 been up to in Art? This term students have been studying artists includingKehinde Wiley, William Morris and Van Gogh and have been inspired to create andmount their own portraits and then develop these onto backgrounds the same way that the artists have done.
• Wednesday 2 February 2022 25th Anniversary Challenge Over 50 of our enthusiastic Year 7 and 8 students participated in a special edition of UK Maths Challenge that took place on Tuesday 25th January.The challenge consisted of a 45-minute, multiple-choice online activity.
• Tuesday 1 February 2022 Holocaust Memorial Day To mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday27th January inthe Learning Resource Centre, our school book groupfocussed on books about the Holocaust. Students were given stickers and booklets from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and discussed how the Holocaust is presented in fiction. We were also delighted to welcome the History Department tojoin ourbook group last week and the remaining booklets and materials were given to the History department for distribution.
• Monday 31 January 2022 Introducing the new Year 7 Juventus Academy Stars Congratulations to the following Year 7 students who have been selected for the Juventus Academy! We can't wait to follow your journey and see how you progress this year:
• Monday 17 January 2022 Inter-House Cross Country It is definitely cross country season, with the PE Department’s first Inter-House competition of the Spring! Between Monday 10th and Friday 14th January 2022, students across the school ran their allocated distance (1.6km for Year 7, 2.6km for Year 8 and 9, and 3km for Year 10 and 11) in the bid to win house points. Everyone was awarded one house point for participating and the first 10 runners achieved additional house points depending on where they placed.
• Monday 17 January 2022 Cross Country Success The PE Department took 47 cross country runners from across Year 7 to Year 11 to the Luton School Games Cross Country Competition on Thursday 13th January 2022. Now you would probably associate cross country with the cold, wind, rain and mud, but this was not the case for our lucky students. The conditions on the day were sunny with a temperature of around 9ºC…some would say perfect running conditions! What’s more, our students’ determination to compete and the camaraderie amongst the whole team was very impressive indeed. They achieved some outstanding results and did QES proud!

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