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 96one StUdent’S german experienCe On the 18th June 2016, I took a flight out to Munich (spelt ‘München, in German). The aim of the visit was to attend school in another country, to challenge myself, and also to experience the ways in which it differs to education in the UK. The school I attended throughout the week was called Theresian Gymnasium. It was a fairly large school, with pupils ranging from the German equivalent of Year 7, to Year 13. I was placed into Year 10, along with the daughter of the family I was staying with during my time abroad. I was nervous at first, but quickly settled into the new environment, which surprised me. From the second day there, I even began to make some German friends! The level of English amongst the class was also another thing which was outstanding. Every pupil could speak and communicate in English to some degree, and this put my mind a little more at ease! The lessons in Germany had many similarities to those of the UK; there was constant communication between teachers and pupils, as well as the occasional tests to see how well the pupils had learnt. I even did two tests myself, English and Maths! English was fairly straight forward, as you’d imagine, but Maths definitely made me think hard! The school hours were a big difference, as the school seemed to finish at different times each day. The timetable was probably the hardest thing to adapt to, and I’m sure it would take longer to get completely used to! My favourite lessons whilst in Germany were Physics and Maths; the Physics that we learnt was similar to that of our Year 10 course, so I was able to answer some questions. Maths was a little harder than in the UK, maybe because of the German-English language barrier! But I gave it my best shot, and learnt some new things too! I tried to take in as much German as I could, and although I may not have mastered the language yet, I’m better than I was when I left! Hopefully I can take what I learnt to GCSE, and see an improvement in my speaking exam. Other than school, I also had some nice visits around the city, and even to the Alps mountains, and some of the pictures I took can be seen on this page! Munich was a very beautiful city, and what helped the most was the equally beautiful 30-degree weather! I was extremely lucky. Overall, it was a brilliant experience, and I’d recommended it to anyone. No matter how much of the language I could speak, everyone there accepted me and made me feel very welcome, and I was definitely sad to leave, and I’ll most definitely miss the friends I made there! Tom Meynell, Year 10 UniverSity oF WarWiCK phySiCS Yuhang Xie, in Year 12 and Harkirat Dhaliwal, in Year 11 were selected by the Physics department as the award winners for the University of Warwick Schools best Physics Students of the Year. They were both invited to an event that celebrated the talent of exceptional students studying Physics in all of the Coventry and Warwickshire’s schools, in June 2016. These awards were made possible by the Institute of Physics and the Ogden Trust. Congratulations to both students on their worthy achievement. Dr Cuthbert 2015 to 2016 | 57