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Twycross Times Twycross Times SUMMER 2017 TWYCROSS HOUSE SCHOOL TIMES TWYCROSS HOUSE PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL Twycross House Sport Success 2016-2017 Both senior and junior school teams have enjoyed phenomenal success across a wide range of sports this year. The U20, U17 and U14 male and female Ultimate teams were National Indoor Champions in five out of the six categories and were runners up in the sixth. The U15 boys’ football team won the Nuneaton and District Cup and were runners up in the District League Division 1. The U14 and U16 boys’ basketball teams won the District Tournaments and the U16 team went on to claim the County title and finish in the last 32 of the national English Schools’ competition. The U13 boys’ table tennis team won the District Tournament and went on to represent North Warwickshire at the School Games Finals at Coventry University. The U13 girls’ tennis team were the top team in Leicestershire defeating the likes of Loughborough Grammar and Leicester Grammar whilst the U15 boys finished as runners up in Division 1. The U15, U13 and U12 netball teams all finished second only to the mighty Higham Lane in their District Netball Leagues, whilst the U11 team did even better, winning the District League and Cup and then the Warwickshire School Games title as well. Further junior success included the U11 girls and boys cross country teams winning the District Championship, the U11 girls winning the District Athletics and the U10 and U11 teams winning the overall title; the U9 girls winning the District cross country race; the U11 mixed hockey and mixed rounders teams winning the District Tournament and representing North Warwickshire at the School Games; the U11 girls rounders team winning the District Tournament; the U10 boys’ football team winning the district Cup; and the U11 swimming team finishing a very close second in the District Gala. In addition there are many individual pupils are excelling in their chosen sports and activities and gaining GB, Midlands, County and District honours. These representative honours vary widely from our many GB Ultimate players including Kate Gibson and Amy van Zyl who have been selected for the U24 Womens’ GB team to compete in Australia, to Midland basketballer Ethan Morrell who is also a County footballer, Ellen Oberheim who was winner of international dance competitions and Jai Parmar who is a top youth polo player. Congratulations to all and we look forward to an equally successful year in 2017-2018. TWYCROSS HOUSE SCHOOL | THE GREEN | TWYCROSS | NEAR ATHERSTONE | WARWICKSHIRE | CV9 3PL | T: 01827 880651 1 Twycross Times A level and GCSE success at Twycross House School Students, parents and staff at Twycross House School are celebrating exceptional results both at A level and GCSE, which are the culmination of great commitment and hard work over the last two years. A Level Results At A level 31 students took a total of 96 A levels in 18 subjects. The pass rate was 100% 20% of the passes were A* grades 46% were at A* or A 73% at A*, A or B 90% grades A to C. These excellent results have enabled them to make successful applications to universities around the country. Many of our students obtained all A*/A grades and deserve particular mention: Eleanor Christon has achieved a place at Birmingham to study biochemistry; Bronte Dufour will read international relations at St Andrews; Amman Malik medicine at Birmingham, George Pickens chemical engineering at Bath and Joseph Dugas chemistry at Durham. Tomas Moghadam has obtained a prestigious offer from Christ Church College, Oxford University to read Physics, Paige Thomas has a place to read mathematics at St Andrews, and Amy van Zyl will travel to Bath to read PPE. Isobel Sinclair was awarded A* in English Literature and Latin and an A in Greek; she is taking a working gap year and will apply for university entrance in 2018. We would also like to congratulate Euan Tebbutt, who attained five A* and one A grade, and has not only achieved a place at Jesus College, Cambridge to read Maths with Physics, but who also over the summer won a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad in Indonesia, and a bronze medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Tehran. Headmaster Steve Assinder said: ‘We are immensely proud of these outstanding results, which are a credit to the students, their supportive parents and of course our teaching staff. These results are testament to the great industry and dedication of the young people we teach, and I am so pleased that the students have also continued to experience such broad and varied opportunities. Many of our Upper Sixth leavers have been at Twycross House since the age of four. It is with great pride and confidence that we send them off to their bright futures, and we look forward to celebrating their success at our Presentation Evening in November.’ GCSE Results At GCSE the 42 students are to be congratulated for their excellent set of results. 100% passed 5 or more A* - C: 9-4 grades each and including 9-4 in both English and Maths. 28% were at A*:9-8 63 % at A*:9-8 and A:7 93% at A*:9/8, A:7 and B:6/5 This means that the percentage of our students achieving these top grades maintains the excellent standard of previous years. Among the many excellent individual performances were Oliver West, with seven grades at A* and three 9s, and Olivia Milner, who achieved six grades at A*and two 9s, and one A grade and one 8. Headmaster Steve Assinder said, ‘We are all delighted to see the hard work of our students rewarded by these excellent results. They have received a high level of support throughout both from our able and committed teaching staff, and from their parents. We are very proud of all they have achieved. Congratulations to everybody and best wishes for further success at A-level.’ 2 TWYCROSS HOUSE SCHOOL | THE GREEN | TWYCROSS | NEAR ATHERSTONE | WARWICKSHIRE | CV9 3PL | T: 01827 880651 Twycross Times Real Ecology can only be taught outside! Lower Sixth students battled the elements, in North Wales, to complete their ecology research practicals. Day 1: Freshwater ecology Rivers are aquatic ecosystems in which there is an interaction between abiotic factors and biotic factors. The abiotic characteristics of rivers and streams change along their length and in turn distribution of living organisms can vary. Students were asked to sample three sites along a river to observe how the diversity of invertebrates varies with distance upstream of the source of the river. The sampling at each site used the kick-sample technique which allowed the students to measure the biotic components of the river e.g. invertebrate species. Day 2: Rocky shore ecology Shore communities are dependent upon two major Duke of Edinburgh Success factors; the tides and wave action. Tides expose the This year the Gold groups enjoyed organisms to large temperature variation and drying, better weather for their final expedition whilst the force of the waves may dislodge organisms in Snowdonia. The navigation from the rock. Students completed belt transects to however proved just as challenging! study the distribution of organisms and then studied Congratulations to the participants the heights of Patella Vulgati (limpets) on exposed for their teamwork, humour and and sheltered rock faces. The data collected allowed students determination which enabled them to to complete statistical analysis to determine if the results were successfully complete the challenge. significant or due to chance. Earlier in the term the Bronze groups all Day 3: Sand dune ecology successfully completed their expeditions and it is excellent to see that many have The process of change in a now enrolled to take part in the Silver plant community over time is expedition in September. called ecological succession. Succession occurs in sand dunes following the initial colonisation of an embryo dune. As species become established, they have an impact on the abiotic environment of the sand dune such that it becomes more favourable to other species. Over time, the species of plant will change until a climax community (stable) is reached in the grey dune. Students completed a transect to collect data on the distribution of species, enabling students to observe the process of succession and identify the pioneer species. The field trip was a great success with the students determined to not let the weather ruin their fun. Let’s hope for better weather next year! Mrs Lauder TWYCROSS HOUSE SCHOOL | THE GREEN | TWYCROSS | NEAR ATHERSTONE | WARWICKSHIRE | CV9 3PL | T: 01827 880651 3 Twycross Times Swallows Hill Summer School This year activities included bushcraft and den building, abseiling and climbing, watersports and low ropes. Form 3 Alice in Wonderland To give Form 3 a little taster of what they could expect from Drama next year, we spent the last half term working on a mini-version of Alice in Wonderland. It was very much an experimental piece where the cast played everything from trees to mushrooms to a chest of drawers – and not once did they question my sanity! We had 8 different Alices and each girl performed with confidence and with the right level of curiosity for the young girl who finds herself in the mad world of Wonderland. The children were keen to showcase what they had been working on to their parents so on the last Wednesday of term, we all ventured outside to the shade of the horse chestnut tree on the field to put on the play. The sun was shining and it was an ideal setting for the play.
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