AUTUMN 2018 ENRICHMENT OFF to a FLYING START Varndean’S Enrichment Activities Have Got Off to a Flying Start
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UPDATE AUTUMN 2018 ENRICHMENT OFF TO A FLYING START Varndean’s enrichment activities have got off to a flying start. Students have already attended the weekly Law Society to discuss the pros and cons of the death penalty, the College’s netball team have competed in their first league match of the season, students have read poetry on the theme of ‘change’, and the Politics Society has welcomed its first speaker of the year, local Labour MP Peter Kyle. VARNDEAN COLLEGE IS DELIGHTED WITH THE SUCCESS OF ITS STUDENTS WHO HAVE ONCE AGAIN MAINTAINED AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF IB, A LEVEL AND VOCATIONAL EXAM RESULTS. ANOTHER YEAR OF EXAM SUCCESS FOR VARNDEAN COLLEGE From a total of 1312 A Level exams Principal, Phil Harland, said; “We Samuel Segal (ex Chailey School), College, London, Ines Mathieu and Zoe Alexander (ex Dorothy taken, the overall pass rate was are extremely proud of the excellent gained an incredible maximum score Garcia de Movellan (ex Millais Stringer), Art Foundation at 98.02%, with 49% achieving A*-B results achieved by our students of 45 points, putting him in the top School), Politics and International Brighton Met. Isabelle Standen, and 75% achieving A*-C grades. 19 this year, particularly in light of the 0.5% of students worldwide, and is Studies at Warwick University with 40 points, is studying Politics, A level subjects achieved a 100% recent changes to A Levels which has now studying Medicine at Sheffield Philosophy and Law at King’s pass rate made them even more challenging University. Portia Smith (ex Brighton College London with a £20,000 Visual Arts courses (Art, Graphic than before. Students and staff have College) gained 43 points and is scholarship and Magdalena Lech Design, 3D Design, Textiles and worked extremely hard over the last studying Medicine at Cambridge, (ex Bedes) with 36 points, studying Photography) were once again two years and thoroughly deserve Gemma Robson (ex Patcham High) Medicine at Southampton. particularly impressive. Out of the this success. “ gained 44 points and is studying Last year’s IB Co-ordinator, Emily 250 entries, all subjects achieved The A Level exam success followed History at Oxford, and Bruno Buckley Board, couldn’t praise the students a 100% pass rate with 94% of on from Varndean’s second best (ex-Hove Park) gained 39 points and highly enough. “The International students achieving A*- C grades and ever International Baccalaureate is studying History at Cambridge. Baccalaureate is certainly a 30.4% achieving the prestigious A* results earlier in July, when 42 IB With 43 points was another of challenge but it produces confident grade. Diploma students averaged 36.12 our medics Ruth Goffi (ex Lewes and articulate young people The College also offers a points, the equivalent to three A Priory School) who is now studying who know a lot about the world comprehensive programme of A grades at A Level, with 13 students Medicine at Brighton and Sussex around them and can really think Level equivalent vocational courses, (30.95%) gaining 40 points or above. Medical School and Samantha for themselves. It’s been a great which many students take alongside Seventy-five per cent of those Burgess (ex Dorothy Stringer) who is pleasure working with them all and traditional A Levels, and once applying to UCAS acquired places at studying Liberal Arts at Leeds. we wish them all the success again these results were equally Russell Group universities, including With 42 points was Calvin Liu in their future careers. They impressive with 16 courses achieving three at Oxford and Cambridge and (ex Seaford Head) studying are a real credit to the a 100% pass rate. six studying Medicine. One student, Medicine at Queen Mary College.” VARNDEAN STUDENTS REAP IN THE AWARDS PATHWAYS 2SUCCESS CAMBRIDGE CONFERENCE Three of our Modern Language students, Elsa Polo Laube, Tatyana Goodwin and Joanna Goad, all went to the Pathways2Success Conference at Cambridge University back in July. They stayed overnight at the Our Early Years and Child Care students stunning women only Murray Edwards College and recently underwent a six hour paediatric attended talks on Success and Opportunities, met first aid course, provided by ‘Daisy First current and former students, as well as participating Aid’. Students learnt how to respond to in workshops on how to apply to Cambridge. The emergency situations such as, choking, KATE GRANLUND MONICA RICHARDS JUDE BIRCH event was a great opportunity to meet aspiring young burns and scalds, bleeding, seizures, and women from across the country and a real eye opener ‘INNOVATOR OF unresponsive breathing. Back in June, Varndean student, and 2018. Kate hopes to go on to to student life at Cambridge University. THE YEAR’ Kate Granlund was awarded study at Cambridge University in Congratulations go once again joint second place in Cambridge the future. to Varndean College student, University’s annual Woolf Essay Another current second year IB Jude Birch, who has scooped up Prize. Kate, who previously went yet another award; this time one to Dorothy Stringer School, and is student, Monica Richards, also INTERNATIONAL achieved success back in the of The Argus’s Youth in Action now in her second year studying awards, ‘Innovator of the Year’, the International Baccalaureate summer by becoming runner up in WELCOME the Politics and Economics category sponsored by the i360. Presented September saw us welcome 81 international students to Diploma was invited to attend the of New College of Humanities’ essay by the i360’s Head of Sales Varndean College. The students were given an induction prestigious university’s prize-giving writing competition in which only and Marketing, Jude’s mother day in early September and were also shown the various ceremony where guests were given 27 students were shortlisted out collected the award on his behalf tourist sites in Brighton. Here they can be seen enjoying a tour of Newnham College, followed of 1,800 entries. Monica’s essay as Jude was taking up another the likes of The Royal Pavilion and Brighton’s seafront by a presentation ceremony when was titled “Is war a prerequisite for of his prizes at the time, a trip to attractions. Kate collected her certificate along peace?” Google’s HQ in California! Jude with £200 prize money. had previously beat off more The Woolf Essay Prize is an annual A Level student Tatyana Goodwin, than 3,500 people in Google’s competition offered by Cambridge also won third place in the History annual coding competition University with questions inspired category of New College of back in February by creating an by Virginia Woolf’s ‘A Room of One’s Humanities essay competition and educational game using Pocket Own’. This year’s question was ‘I find more recently also won joint second Code. Jude studies Computer myself saying briefly and prosaically prize in Trinity College, Cambridge’s Science, Maths, Further Maths that it is much more important to R.A.Butler Prize for essays in Politics and Physics A Levels and hopes be oneself than anyone else. Do not and International Studies. Tatyana’s to follow a career in computer dream of influencing other people.’ latest prize was £200 but this is programming in the future. To what extent was this possible divided equally between the entrant for female writers pre-1928? Ninety and his/her college, so Varndean years on, is the situation any received a book token to the value different? Kate’s winning essay of £100 for use in its library. Tatyana, explored the extent to which it was who is in her second year studying possible for female writers to be and four A Levels in English Literature, write as themselves, both pre-1928 Modern History, Philosophy and and today. She also explored the Maths, as well as the Extended relationship between gender and Project Qualification, is hoping to self in literature as well as the place study at Oxford University in the that influential writing has held future. in female literature between 1928 VARNDEAN COLLEGE FINISH THIRD IN CHEMISTRY NEWS ‘CYCLE SEPTEMBER’ CAMBRIDGE CHEMISTRY Members of staff at Varndean COMPETITION AWARDS VARNDEAN COLLEGE College took part in the ‘Cycle Varndean students once again FILM STUDENTS ATTEND September’ competition again this competed in Cambridge University’s year. Run by Love to Ride, Brighton C3L6 Competition in the summer A TALK BY WORLD & Hove, participants gain points by and yet again won some impressive cycling and registering their trips. medals. Twenty-five Varndean RENOWNED FILM CRITIC Companies and organisations enter students were granted awards; 3 as teams, cycle to gain points and gold, 9 silver and 13 copper. DAVID THOMSON move up the league to win prizes. World renowned film critic David The Independent, The New York CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD Out of 150 organisations which Thomson, made a rare UK personal Times and Sight & Sound. signed up, Varndean finished in 3rd A strong team also took part in the appearance at the Depot Cinema, He is the author of more than 30 place within Brighton & Hove and 6th RSC’s annual Chemistry Olympiad Lewes, back in March, sharing books on film, including The Moment nationally. this year and finished with 18 DOCTORS IN THE MAKING his insights in conversation with of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Visual Arts technician Richard medals; 13 bronze and 3 silver. In July, some of our potential medics listened to a talk by Dr Anita Depot Young Programmers. Three Taught America to Love Murder and Gaskell finished 5th in the Top Sugavanam Consultant Anaesthetist at the BSUH entitled ‘Please Do CHEMSOC TALKS: of these programmers were The Whole Equation: A History of Commuter League with 249 miles Not Give Me a Blood Transfusion Unless I am Bleeding to Death! They are Varndean students: Edie Dams, cycled over 20 days and Cathy The ChemSoc has started the series Hollywood.