Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96Coding in sChool sweeT sound of suCCess: ClarineT QuarTeT reaCh naTional pro Corda finals The Clarinet Quartet, comprising of Kasim Dovey, Alex Flinn-Shepherd, Zoe Nicolson and Robyn Turner, who are coached by Mrs Pandya, attended Sevenoakes School on Sunday 13th March. They had been selected as Finalists in the Pro Corda National Chamber Music Competition adjudicated by renowned Pianist, John York. The quartet performed superbly in the beautiful surroundings of Sevenoakes School and received warm praise from the judges. Further recognition was bestowed on the department with the presentation of the Pro Corda Founders Trophy. The trophy recognizes a department (students but also the staff who motivate them) for a particular and outstanding contribution to Schools’ Chamber Music at a national level. In addition to this achievement at a national level, there was also the usual impressive array of music performed closer to home. The Spring Concert packed the Hall with a very appreciative audience, whilst the Jazz and Music Scholars’ Concert at the Warwick Road Methodist Church was vibrant and joyful. With all the changes in the Computer Science curriculum this year, the BBC gave away a micro:bit to every Year 7 student in the country. This is a small programmable computer which has a compass, temperature sensor, accelerometer and much more integrated onto it... and it will fit in your pocket! We were lucky that ours arrived in time for our students to program lots of different things from a compass, temperature display, rock, paper, scissors game, and even a love meter! The students had a lot of fun with these and have now taken them home so that they can start programming them to take selfies with their phone! This year we were lucky enough for 3 of our teams to be selected for the finals of the British Computer Society ICT Competition. This was held at Coventry University on 15th March. We entered three categories and came away with five awards! Year 8 designed an interior design app that gives people ideas and also allows them to enter the dimensions of a room and select furniture from other shops and arrange them in your room. Well done to Demi, Asha, Alice and Chanelle who were the Runners Up in the app design category. Our GCSE entry, designed and programmed a robot that fired balls to an accurate position. They impressed the judges and other participants, which is why they won the WOW factor award. Congratulations to Asim and Selin who also came runners up in the Robotic and Control category. The Sixth Formers dismantled an original piano and programmed the keys so that when a piano key is pressed a different department’s video was displayed on the screen. They won the Robotic and Control Category and were also crowned as Overall Winners of the whole competition. A big well done to Aryan, Harry, Lushan, Keshav, Roweena and Na-Young. With the increasing interest in coding we are planning to run a Lego Mindstorm club so students can continue programming in clubs as well as lessons! Mrs Mattu 34 | The CovenTrian