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Single-sex education?

The Year 8 inter-form debate competition was won by 8MNAT. Two representatives from 8MNAT put forward a strong debate for ‘Single-sex education’ being the best option for our educational success! They researched and planned their debate well and put forward convincing arguments to represent this viewpoint (despite their actual views on the subject).

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A level students visit The Young Vic for A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
“…there’s a deviant, mind-altering drollery running through this production that I found delicious. It’s going to divide audiences. Count me among the yea-sayers.” – The Independent.

Finding the Higgs Boson

Dr Maria Pavlidou from the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, with Winning students after finding the Higgs Boson and calculating the mass of the Z boson.  Using the Atlantis software,  students carried out the analysis and calculations in much the same way as the particle Physicists working with the ATLAS detector at CERN.

Year 9’s are the new freshman at Kingston University

On 2nd February 2017, Year 9 students were invited to Kingston University, South London, to experience student life there. At the University, they did many activities with other schools: games using transferrable skills like communication, a personality test, discussions about career options and an interview with University students and staff. This informative visit helped them think about choosing the right options for GCSEs and how that will shape their future.

Written by Rene Kande – 9TGo