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Latest News The Queen's School Activities Day
The Queen's School welcomed to its Activities Day over 100 Year 5 girls from more than 35 different schools all over the North West. These included schools in and around a wide area of Chester, including Wirral, Wales and Shropshire.
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Private view of A-level Art
The Queen's School, Chester is currently enjoying an exhibition of A-level art work from the Year 12 and Year 13 pupils.
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IT accolade for The Queen's School
Paul Foster, Director of ICT at The Queen's School, Chester, has gained the accolade of being awarded Chartered IT Professional Status by the British Computer Society (BCS).
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Mini maestros make music in mass concert
Seven young pupils from The Queen's Lower School, Chester, were invited to join a special Suzuki Fiddlefest at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. The concert formed part of the celebrations for the European Capital of Culture 2008.
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Queen's girls stretch mind and muscle
There was an excellent adventure waiting for a group of girls from The Queen's School, Chester, when they headed north to enjoy a short activity break in one of the UK's leading education and activity centres.
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The Queen's School Art Show
Staff and pupils at The Queen's School, Chester, are currently enjoying the creative efforts of year 11 in their GCSE art exhibition. The show is the culmination of many hours of hard work, with each pupil developing imaginative ideas and exploring her artistic potential.
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Castle Capers for Class 3
Young students from The Queen's School, Chester, got a real taste of medieval life during a visit to the magnificent fortress Chirk Castle in Wrexham. Completed in 1310, Chirk is the last Welsh castle from the reign of Edward I and still lived in today.
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Queen's girls experience life in wartime shelters
The young girls from The Queen's Lower School, Chester, donned their 1940's clothing and grabbed their gas masks to take part in an evacuation exercise to Stockport Air Raid shelters.
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Queen's pays musical tribute to Amy
The Queen's School, Chester, paid tribute to the memory of a past student at their annual Festival of Music on 24 February. A stunning new crystal trophy, presented in the name of Amy Underhill, was added to the selection of awards handed out for musical achievement.
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Daisy pulls it off
There were high jinks at The Queen's School when the school's senior drama club performed "Daisy Pulls It Off' by Denise Deegan.
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Getting Ratty at School
Pupils at The Queen's School celebrated Chinese New Year this week in a variety of ways. Year 7 pupils, who are learning Mandarin as part of their curriculum, came to school dressed in Chinese clothes. On Thursday (the actual New Year) all pupils took part in a special assembly when they learned how to wish each other a Happy New Year in Mandarin and which animal represents the year of their birth. At lunch time there was the option to enjoy Chinese food instead of their usual lunch. This year is the Year of the Rat.
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Queen's girls take a bite of the Big Apple
A party of 23 girls from The Queen's School, Chester, has returned from a trip to New York with bulging bags and stories of a superb visit to the "Big Apple'.
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Queen's Ski 2007
A group of 26 students from The Queen's School, Chester, recently returned from a fabulous skiing expedition to the stunning Ziller Valley in Austria. Three staff members accompanied the group, which was made up of girls of all ages.
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Award-winning Queen's girls inspired to succeed
The Queen's School, Chester, held its annual prize giving evening on Monday 10 December 2007. Sonia Beldom, a motivational trainer and the creative brains behind popular TV shows such as Victoria's Empire with Victoria Wood, presented the prizes at the event.
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Queen's Eco-Angels commit to a greener future
The resourceful young pupils at The Queen's Lower School, Chester, have been showing their eco-friendly side by introducing a number of initiatives to address climate change.
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Arts Week
The Queens Lower School celebrated their annual Arts Week recently with a diverse range of cultural events. An African sculpture exhibition inspired the girls to begin mask making and creating 3D paper sculpture.
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Portraits of the artists as young girls
Distinguished portrait painter Peter Edwards RCA spent a day at The Queen's School, Chester giving a master class to sixth form art students and then demonstrating his portrait-painting skills at a soirée for parents and friends of the school.
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Three's company
Girls at The Queen's School could have been forgiven for rubbing their eyes when they welcomed new Year 7 pupils this term. Joining the school this September were not only one set of twins, but two sets of triplets.
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Queen's School GCSE results: Top ten students in the country
Girls at The Queen's School were celebrating excellent GCSE results this week. Almost half of all pupils achieved at least 8 passes at A* or A, or better, with eleven students being awarded straight A* grades in 8 or 9 subjects.
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The Queen's Art Show
Staff and pupils at The Queen's School, Chester, are currently enjoying the creative efforts of Year 11,12,13 in their GCSE and AS/A level art exhibition. The show is the culmination of many hours of hard work, with each pupil developing imaginative ideas and exploring her artistic potential.
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Shakespeare, Shocks and Showgirl
Forty-five students from Years 9 and 10 of The Queen's School enjoyed a busy and varied three-day trip to London during the half-term holiday.
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About The Queen's School, Chester, Cheshire
The Queen’s School, Chester, Cheshire is one of the country’s leading independent schools offering the highest standard of education for girls from ages 4 – 18.
Since their inception, The Queen’s School has always been at or near the top of the league tables. In the latest Government league tables published in January 2005, Queen’s is again ranked as the top school in Cheshire based on both GCSE and A/AS level results.
Academic success is only one aspect of life at Queen’s. The Queen’s School and its staff encourage all girls to participate in a wide range of extra-curricular activities; these include drama clubs, plays and musicals, cabaret evenings, choirs and orchestras, a variety of sports such as tennis, lacrosse, football, athletics and gymnastics as well as a science club, an equine club and the Friday club which involves girls helping in the community. There is also the chance to travel with the school on adventure holidays, foreign treks, scientific research expeditions, French and German exchanges and skiing trips.
Founded in 1878, the school was given its name four years later by command of Queen Victoria and is proud to remain the only school in the country to have been granted the name The Queen’s School by royal decree. The school has a number of bursaries available to students. Mrs Catherine Buckley is the present headmistress of The Queen’s School. Mrs Felicity Taylor is head of the Lower School on Liverpool Road.
Past pupils include Beth Tweddle, Olympic Gymnast, Sarah Kelly founder of the UK’s Neuromuscular Centre for muscular dystrophy and Vivienne Faull, the first woman to become Dean of an English Cathedral.
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The Queen’s School City Walls Road Chester CH1 2NN The Queen’s Lower School 55 Liverpool Road Chester CH2 1AW