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Graphics Prize to Asher Ross
To round off our focus on Fundamental British Values this month, Assistant Principal Beth Linklater dropped in on one of our Graphics classes this morning to award a special prize to Asher Ross for their type collage focused on Democracy. Asher created it as part of their typography project, and all students on the course…
Japanese Trip
GCSE Japanese students went to London yesterday to attend the Sixth Form Japan Taster. Students experienced cultural workshops (kokeshi, hanko and soroban) there. We visited Japan Centre after the event and had some Japanese food. 🍜🥟🍱
QMC takes part in biggest Rubgy 7s Tournament
The Rosslyn Park National schools 7s is the world’s biggest rugby 7s tournament. There were over 150 schools in this year’s under 18 Vase tournament and Queen Mary’s College were the only team in Hampshire to make it through to the final. QMC were drawn against the Samuel Ryder Academy from Hertfordshire, Farlingaye High School Suffolk and Welsh…
New Mural going up in the Spectrum
This design was created by L3 Art student Jessica Jesudian. This artwork will be painted as a mural in the Spectrum, within the Foundation Learning Corridor. The painting is starting this week which is very exciting! The other runners up will be printed and displayed around the College. It was a very close vote, so…
Spanish Trip to London Theatre
Our students are enjoying more opportunities outside the classroom with the return of several trips! This week A Level Spanish students took a trip to the theatre in London to see the play ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ by Federico García Lorca. It is part of the syllabus, and it helped the students to better…
QMC Careers Fair
Queen Mary’s College students explored a fantastic range of potential careers, at the recent careers fair that took place on campus. The event saw a diverse set of companies in attendance who were keen to recruit apprentices and showcase the roles and opportunities they offer. For the students, hearing first-hand information about what employers are…
QMC Conference 2022
What is the role of risk in progress and excellence? This was the theme of the QMC Conference last week. The hugely popular annual conference – now in its third year – encourages students out of their comfort zones to take on really big interdisciplinary questions. Guest speaker Aisha Washington (Interim CEO of @get_further) made a…
Kangaroo Maths Challenge 2021
When our students sit the UK Senior Mathematical Challenge in November, the top 20% get either a silver or a gold certificate. Two-thirds get a silver; one-third (i.e. the top 7% of candidates who sat the paper) get a gold certificate. Those who get a gold are automatically entered for the follow-on Senior Kangaroo Challenge,…
LGBT Month!
Today marks the beginning of LGBT history month. Every month is LGBT history month! But QMC takes great pride in using February to celebrate and focus in on the LGBT community. Over the course of the month, QMC will be celebrating this important event with beautiful displays and our social media pages will acknowledge figures,…
Rugby Winners!
Director of Learning for Sport and Health and Social Care, Andrew Fields, coached QMC Men’s Rugby Team to victory in the 2022 Hampshire Bowl Final! The team enjoyed a close fought match against Barton Peverill College and triumphed thanks to a last minute try by Tom.
