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AcAdeMIc News… TrIPs News…
senior Mathematics Art & Photography trip to London
challenge
Art and Photography GCSE students from Years 10, 11 and
12 embarked on a trip to London in February to inspire
them to broaden their artistic horizons and deepen their
In November, selected pupils took
part in the UKMT Senior Mathematics understanding of contextual sources needed for their
Challenge and we were delighted when coursework. Accompanied by Miss Mould, Miss Barwell, Mr
over 80% of our students that took part Sweetman and Mr Henderson, the students visited a diverse
received either a Gold, Silver or Bronze collection of art and photography galleries ranging from the
certifcate. Sam Banks, Syra Sanghera vast, historical Victoria and Albert Museum to the starkly
(Year 13), and Cameron Low (Year 11) modern, comparatively small Photographers’ Gallery; as
went on to compete in further rounds of well as many others including the National Portrait Gallery
this national competition, for which they and the Saatchi Gallery.
should be congratulated. On Friday the group attended enlightening lectures and
engaging workshops at the National Portrait Gallery;
Sam joined 1,300 elite mathematicians another highlight of the trip was Friday’s outing to see the
who sat the Maths Olympiad 1 paper West End show, ‘We Will Rock You’; an exhilarating show
and achieved a superb 46th position and of the timeless music of Queen. The next day the group
a Distinction. This qualifed him for the split with the Art and Photography students each visiting
Maths Olympiad 2 paper where he again galleries more suited to their needs. The Photography
achieved a Distinction and was just seven students went to see the Photographers’ Gallery whilst
marks shy of qualifying for the Great the Art students visited other more art-based galleries.
Britain team. Amidst all this success, Sam Responses from many students were really positive,
has also been ofered a place to read including from Matthew Kenyon, who commented, “This
Mathematics at Oxford: fantastic news!
trip was enlightening and inspiring, not to mention
hugely fun.” Thank you to the staf who gave up their
time to lead the trip.
British British Biology Olympiad Emilia Cieslak, Yr 10
Physics Over 5,000 students took part in this year’s BBO. Of the Year 13
biologists who took part, the following were successful: Deva
Olympiad Muthalagappan, Amrik Virdi, Silver; Eve Barnes, Karanjit Manak, history and History and Economics students from Axel Springer which prints 700,000
newspapers every evening.
Years 12 and 13 took part in a trip to
Bronze; Jovan Dhaliwal, Elysia Lindley, Commendation.
economics Berlin during Half Term to broaden their A night time visit to the Reichstag
understanding of arguably the most
The BPO is designed to stretch and important European city of the last building proved to be one of the
challenge the top young physicists coventry and Warwickshire two centuries. For many the wealth of highlights of the trip, with its stunning
in the country; every question is trip to history that Berlin has borne witness to views across the city and highly
a challenge. We were delighted to chemistry Quiz was staggering, from the war-damaged informative tour, not to mention the
receive some excellent results: Sam ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial impressive architecture of the building
Banks, Gold; Ryan Chatha, Bronze; Berlin Church (site of a Cross of Nails), through itself, including the ‘new’ cupola
Amnre Judge, Commendation, After last year’s win, King Henry VIII the moving and thought provoking designed by Sir Norman Foster.
Karanjit Manak, Commendation. School hosted this year’s fnals and Sachsenhausen concentration camp, All students had an excellent time
Only 100 Gold Awards are achieved saw our top Year 10 and 11 chemists and the eerie remains of the Berlin and found a great interest not only in
in the whole of the UK, so Sam’s victorious yet again. A close-fought fnal Wall, to the most famous sights of the historical Berlin, but also in the modern
achievement here, as well as in between King Henry VIII, Bablake and division of Germany at Checkpoint and vibrant city that now stands, with
Maths Olympiad, is all the more King’s High, Warwick, resulted in a win for Charlie and the Brandenburg Gate. students expressing a genuine sorrow
remarkable. the Henry’s team, comprising: Cameron that they had to leave with so much left
Low, Harris Qureshi and Dan Smith (Year Students also visited the RBB to explore, and a defnite commitment
television and radio studios, which
11); Charlotte Cleasby, Nikhil Koria and proved interesting from both to the idea that they would return!
Louisa Woolley (Year 10). Do you know an economic and a historical The Berlin trip was, for all staf and
the test for chlorine? Could you correctly perspective, with their close links students, a highlight of the year. We
complete a chemical crossword in two to both the Nazi period and the would like to thank the students for
minutes? Or how about the chemical Soviet occupation. Additionally the mature and interested manner
name for the mineral talc and what has his ever-engaging demonstration lecture the economists visited the with which they conducted themselves
this to do with Henry VIII’s ffth wife? Not which provided a fascinating entr’acte for ultra-modern printing presses throughout the visit.
much escaped the interest and intellect us to enjoy. of German media giant Mr O’Reilly and Mr Meynell
of this year’s team. Particular thanks go Dr Ainge, Head of Chemistry
to Nick Barker of Warwick University for
AcAdeMIc News… TrIPs News…
senior Mathematics Art & Photography trip to London
challenge
Art and Photography GCSE students from Years 10, 11 and
12 embarked on a trip to London in February to inspire
them to broaden their artistic horizons and deepen their
In November, selected pupils took
part in the UKMT Senior Mathematics understanding of contextual sources needed for their
Challenge and we were delighted when coursework. Accompanied by Miss Mould, Miss Barwell, Mr
over 80% of our students that took part Sweetman and Mr Henderson, the students visited a diverse
received either a Gold, Silver or Bronze collection of art and photography galleries ranging from the
certifcate. Sam Banks, Syra Sanghera vast, historical Victoria and Albert Museum to the starkly
(Year 13), and Cameron Low (Year 11) modern, comparatively small Photographers’ Gallery; as
went on to compete in further rounds of well as many others including the National Portrait Gallery
this national competition, for which they and the Saatchi Gallery.
should be congratulated. On Friday the group attended enlightening lectures and
engaging workshops at the National Portrait Gallery;
Sam joined 1,300 elite mathematicians another highlight of the trip was Friday’s outing to see the
who sat the Maths Olympiad 1 paper West End show, ‘We Will Rock You’; an exhilarating show
and achieved a superb 46th position and of the timeless music of Queen. The next day the group
a Distinction. This qualifed him for the split with the Art and Photography students each visiting
Maths Olympiad 2 paper where he again galleries more suited to their needs. The Photography
achieved a Distinction and was just seven students went to see the Photographers’ Gallery whilst
marks shy of qualifying for the Great the Art students visited other more art-based galleries.
Britain team. Amidst all this success, Sam Responses from many students were really positive,
has also been ofered a place to read including from Matthew Kenyon, who commented, “This
Mathematics at Oxford: fantastic news!
trip was enlightening and inspiring, not to mention
hugely fun.” Thank you to the staf who gave up their
time to lead the trip.
British British Biology Olympiad Emilia Cieslak, Yr 10
Physics Over 5,000 students took part in this year’s BBO. Of the Year 13
biologists who took part, the following were successful: Deva
Olympiad Muthalagappan, Amrik Virdi, Silver; Eve Barnes, Karanjit Manak, history and History and Economics students from Axel Springer which prints 700,000
newspapers every evening.
Years 12 and 13 took part in a trip to
Bronze; Jovan Dhaliwal, Elysia Lindley, Commendation.
economics Berlin during Half Term to broaden their A night time visit to the Reichstag
understanding of arguably the most
The BPO is designed to stretch and important European city of the last building proved to be one of the
challenge the top young physicists coventry and Warwickshire two centuries. For many the wealth of highlights of the trip, with its stunning
in the country; every question is trip to history that Berlin has borne witness to views across the city and highly
a challenge. We were delighted to chemistry Quiz was staggering, from the war-damaged informative tour, not to mention the
receive some excellent results: Sam ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial impressive architecture of the building
Banks, Gold; Ryan Chatha, Bronze; Berlin Church (site of a Cross of Nails), through itself, including the ‘new’ cupola
Amnre Judge, Commendation, After last year’s win, King Henry VIII the moving and thought provoking designed by Sir Norman Foster.
Karanjit Manak, Commendation. School hosted this year’s fnals and Sachsenhausen concentration camp, All students had an excellent time
Only 100 Gold Awards are achieved saw our top Year 10 and 11 chemists and the eerie remains of the Berlin and found a great interest not only in
in the whole of the UK, so Sam’s victorious yet again. A close-fought fnal Wall, to the most famous sights of the historical Berlin, but also in the modern
achievement here, as well as in between King Henry VIII, Bablake and division of Germany at Checkpoint and vibrant city that now stands, with
Maths Olympiad, is all the more King’s High, Warwick, resulted in a win for Charlie and the Brandenburg Gate. students expressing a genuine sorrow
remarkable. the Henry’s team, comprising: Cameron that they had to leave with so much left
Low, Harris Qureshi and Dan Smith (Year Students also visited the RBB to explore, and a defnite commitment
television and radio studios, which
11); Charlotte Cleasby, Nikhil Koria and proved interesting from both to the idea that they would return!
Louisa Woolley (Year 10). Do you know an economic and a historical The Berlin trip was, for all staf and
the test for chlorine? Could you correctly perspective, with their close links students, a highlight of the year. We
complete a chemical crossword in two to both the Nazi period and the would like to thank the students for
minutes? Or how about the chemical Soviet occupation. Additionally the mature and interested manner
name for the mineral talc and what has his ever-engaging demonstration lecture the economists visited the with which they conducted themselves
this to do with Henry VIII’s ffth wife? Not which provided a fascinating entr’acte for ultra-modern printing presses throughout the visit.
much escaped the interest and intellect us to enjoy. of German media giant Mr O’Reilly and Mr Meynell
of this year’s team. Particular thanks go Dr Ainge, Head of Chemistry
to Nick Barker of Warwick University for
