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ACADEMIC News…

Oxbridge success UKMT Team

The school continued its excellent record of helping students to achieve Maths Challenge
places at Oxford and Cambridge.

On Friday 28th March a team of four set out to Myton
School, Warwick, to compete in the Regional Final of the
UKMT Team Maths Challenge.
Our team consisted of Asim Poptani (Y9), Josh Simpson
(Y8), James O’Leary (Y8) and myself, Visva Moorthy (Y9).
Mr Andrews chose us from a group of people who
attended the lunchtime puzzle club, which I would
encourage everyone to take part in.

Over the four events, we paired a Year 8 with a Year
Ayrton Dhillon, who gained 4 A* grades at A Level, will read Land 9 to combine speed and knowledge. The fi rst round
Economy at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was awarded a prestigious was the team round, in which we were given a set of
OCR Bursary to support him in his studies at Cambridge. Ayrton is 20 questions to solve. The next round was the cross
pictured above with Dr Reddish, Oxbridge Tutor, after receiving his number, in which we were given a cross word, except
bursary award all the clues were maths problems and all the answers
were numerical.
After lunch, we had two more rounds: the mini-relay and
the relay. The former was where one pair had to solve
a question, and their answer is used in the other pair’s
question, there were four questions in each set. This
was a fun round but unfortunately if you got the fi rst
question wrong, then you would lose that set. The full
relay was probably the most enjoyable round. The pairs
were seated on opposite sides of the hall and once we
solved a question we had to give it to the teacher, seated
Sam Banks will Nayra Zaghloul Rohini Singh will along the sides of the hall. To do this, we were told to
read Mathematics will read English read German ‘fast-walk’, but of course no one listened to that.
at Merton College, Literature at and Linguistics at
Oxford. Lincoln College, Hertford College, I thoroughly enjoyed the competition and would
Oxford. Oxford. encourage any budding mathematician to give it a go
when they are in Year 8 or 9.
We wish them well with the considerable academic challenges that lie Visva Moorthy 9BT
ahead.

Chemistry Competition success

Firstly, some congratulations are in order to those members of the Upper Sixth who
took part in the fi rst round of the International Chemistry Olympiad 2014. For their
eff orts in this extremely diffi cult challenge, certifi cates were awarded to:
• Mohammed Usman Gold • Karan Sharma Silver
• Ryan Chatha Silver • Clara Sprules Silver
• Aaron Insley Silver • Amrik Virdi Silver
• Karanjit Manak Silver • Gavan Jassi Bronze
• Deva Muthalagappan Silver • Jeevan Rishi-Raj Bronze
• Tom Scott Silver
These are incredible achievements by a group of very talented Sixth Formers.
Chemistry has developed a healthy extra-curricular side in recent years and we are
proud to maintain our record in local and national competitions. Congratulations to all
who have represented the school, demonstrating their Chemistry prowess, this year.
Dr Simon Ainge, former Head of Chemistry