Queen's Alumni

News, updates all from the Alumni Office of The Queen's School, Chester

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🚀 Alumnae Wanted! 🌟

Last year’s Guest Panel was a huge success, with speakers from Law & STEM sharing career insights & sixth form experiences. We’re running it again this Summer and welcome alumnae from all fields!

Want to inspire the next generation? Get in touch! 📩

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This Week’s Targets! 🎯

📌 Liaising with alumnae (GDPR compliant!)
📌 Astro-Turf update for ex-Q sports teams—DM to join the list
📌 Supporting our Year 12 student with Chester TEDx Youth planning
📌 Summer reunions & Commemoration discussions
📌 Archive work —hold me to it!

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An archive donation to remember Miss Skilbeck and her retirement from 2001.

Now stored in our Archives.

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Exciting Archives News! 📜✨

I've just received a special donation from the nephew of Miss Skilbeck! If you were here when she retired in 2001, this might bring back memories… 👀

Any guesses? Or maybe you already know… Come back tomorrow to find out! ⏳

#AlumnaeConnections

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Busy, but all good things on the horizon!
Do get in touch if there is anything from the list that sparks your interest, you want to find out more or have any questions.

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This Week's Update:
It's going to be a busy but exciting week! Here's what's on the agenda:
📷 Confirming reunion tours
📷 Reaching out to potential Prize Giving speakers
📷 Adding content to the annual newsletter draft with recent updates
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📷 Checking content for Astro-Turf updates
📷 Reaching out to TEDx Youth volunteer speakers
📷 Contacting potential MFL speakers to confirm dates
📷 Spending time on Archive research and updates (if I find a moment!)
📷 A bit of teaching in between!
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To join the reunion or reconnect, email me at [email protected] and I will forward to Karen so she can keep you in the loop and get an idea of numbers. Looking forward to bringing as many of 1980 leavers together as possible! 📷📷3/3
#QSchool #ClassOf1980 #Reunion2025

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📷 Calling all 1980 Leavers! 📷
A 45-year reunion is being planned for 14th June 2025—a chance to finally come together after the 40th reunion was impacted by the pandemic! 1/3

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If you were part of the Class of 1980, but haven’t heard from Karen (class rep) yet, it may be because she don’t have your contact details. Please help spread the word!
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📷 Reunions, Sport & School Updates – I’ll also be confirming reunion events, sharing updates on the Astro-turf project, and delving into the archives to post some nostalgic sports team photos from years gone by. 4/4

#QueensSchoolAlumnae #StayConnected #SharingExperiences

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I’m looking forward to an exciting week in my alumni relations role at The Queen’s School
📷 Welcoming an Alumna Speaker – I’m organising and welcoming an alumna from the Class of 1999 to speak to current students about her veterinary career, with a specialism in equine care. 1/3

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📷 Making the Most of MFL Links – With so many alumnae offering to share their experiences since leaving Queen’s, I’m working with the MFL department to make the most of their fantastic insights and ensure their knowledge benefits our current students. 3/4

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2/2 "Evelyn Higgins had been asked by an Old King’s Scholar to suggest the holding of a joint sherry party for the Old Queen’s School Girls and Old King’s School Boys. Finally, it was decided by a show of hands that a sherry party should be held, but not a joint one."

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More fun discoveries as I continue my research, and today’s finds are truly fabulous! My favourite so far is a gem from some typed notes on the history of The Queen’s School Association (now our alumnae network).
In 1951, the Autumn Committee meeting recorded: 1/2

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2/2I know there are still more whole school photographs to find and catalogue, and in front of me is a box full of archive goodies waiting to be explored. Who knows what hidden gems are inside?
Watch this space as the journey through Queen’s history continues!
#QueensArchives

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Archive Discoveries Continue! 📷📷
Following on from yesterday’s archive deep dive , the search continues—and what a treasure trove it’s turning out to be! Today, I’ve found whole school photographs from 1924, 1925, 1933, 1937, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1957, 1961, and 1988. 1/2

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2/2 Anything they don’t take will be safely stored here at school.

We also have a record of everything they’ve taken, which we can access anytime.

Here are a few more fascinating finds from today… and onto the next box tomorrow! 📦✨

#QueensSchoolArchives #PreservingHistory

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📜 Archive Update! 📜

I’ve catalogued over 100 items from the first box! The list will go to Cheshire Records and Archives, where they’ll decide what to store—excluding duplicates and anything not directly tied to The Queen’s School’s history.m1/2