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Dear Parents/Guardians ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS Dear Parents/Guardians ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES It has been another packed half term of academic activity. The summary below is designed to give you a brief snap shot of the many and varied opportunities open to boys since the start of November. In particular, I highlight the latest edition of MDLII, a boy-edited and driven publication. It is always good to see so many boys contribute articles, and a pleasure to see the diversity of topic they chose to comment on. Click here to view a copy: perfect reading for a winter’s evening! Wishing you all a relaxing and peaceful Christmas break. Alastair Tighe Deputy Head (Academic) • Art and Science combined brilliantly in the recent Biology Department Specimen Drawing Competition and Biological Photo Competition. The top prize in the Specimen Drawing Competition was scooped by Ben Sporton (Fourth Form) for his excellent illustration of the skeleton of a dog’s leg. The runners up were Fourth Formers Flik Feng, Huw Turner and Ryan Apps. In the Biological Photo Competition, Tom Chambers (Fourth Form) picked up the top prize with his wonderful turtle photo. • Bryan Ng attended an awards ceremony to collect his prestigious Roentgenium prize at the Wellcome Collection. Bryan was one of just 60 students to be awarded the prize - over 9000 lower sixth chemistry students entered this year's challenge nationally. • Boys achieved 19 gold, 30 silver and 45 bronze awards in this year's UKMT Senior Maths Challenge. Over 82,000 pupils from across the UK returned scripts for the Senior Maths Challenge with the top 10% receiving a gold certificate, the next 20% silver and the next 30% bronze. Approximately 4,600 of the top students are invited to sit one of the follow-on competitions, the BMO1 (British Mathematical Olympiad round 1) or the Senior Kangaroo. Ray Ren and Peter Whalley (Upper Sixth) represented the school in the BMO1, whilst 11 other top scorers sat the Senior Kangaroo. Hoffer Tsang (Fifth Form), Tonny Lou WanTong (Lower Sixth), Ray Ren and Christopher Junge (both Upper Sixth) achieved Best in Year awards for their respective year groups. Ray Ren and Christopher Junge were also awarded Best in School certificates. • The annual Talalay Prize for Science presentations took place in December. Sixth Formers Simon Beal, Josh Carmichael, Adam Dorgham, Wilfred Hamilton, Chris Junge and Max Williamson gave presentations on a wide range of topics including Superconductors, Stealth Aircraft, Embryonic morphology, Quantum Mechanics, Prion Diseases, and HIV. The joint winners were Josh Carmichael and Max Williamson. Bedford School, De Parys Avenue, Bedford MK40 2TU Bedford School is part of The Harpur Trust: a company limited by guarantee Tel: +44 (0)1234 362200 Fax: +44 (0)1234 362283 Registered in England: Company No. 3475202 Email: [email protected] www.bedfordschool.org.uk Registered Office: Pilgrim Centre, Brickhill Drive, Bedford, MK41 7PZ VAT No. 322464676 Registered Charity No. 1066861 • Upper Sixth Economics students Ben Anstis, Harry Glenn, Oreayo Israel-Bolarinwa, and Shiv Jhala represented the School in the regional finals of the Bank of England Target 2.0 Economics Competition. They finished a credible 3rd place with their presentation on how best to utilise quantitative easing and monetary policy to achieve sustainable economic growth in the UK economy. • Thirty-one Art pupils from different year groups exhibited a selection of their drawing and photographs at the end of November following their half term inspirational visit to Venice. The art tour happily coincided with the renowned International Biennale so along with visits to the Accademia, Guggenheim and Correr Museums, and a number of churches, boys experienced a superb range of art from across the centuries. • Ten Sixth Formers attended the Holocaust Survivor Conference at Watford Grammar School for Girls as part of a Citizenship/RS trip. The boys were privileged to hear the story of Mr Harry Olmer, an 87 year old Polish man who had been just 12 when the Holocaust began. He spoke movingly about his experiences in work camps and concentration camps and took questions from the boys. • James Hirst (Lower Sixth) led a discussion on the differences between ancient and modern representations of Classical figures from Achilles to Helen of Troy for the Classical Society. Joe Conlon (Lower Sixth) gave a separate talk considering the portrayal of mythological figures in both ancient and modern contexts, and Ted Hicks (Lower Sixth) gave a lecture on Roman Coinage. Term ended with the traditional Christmas Quiz against BMS. • John Holroyd (Upper Sixth) gave a lecture on his set design for the school play Journey’s End, as part of his Extended Project Qualification submission. • James Smith (Upper Sixth) and Zahan Bharucha (Lower Sixth) successfully navigated the first round of the ESU Mace debate competition arguing that non-violent crimes should receive non- custodial sentences. • The Politics Society attended an audience with Mr Sandy Martin, Leader of the Labour Group on Suffolk County Council and MEP candidate for the Eastern region. Mr Martin spoke of his involvement in politics at both a local and European level and outlined his views on the future of the European Union and the main challenges facing member states. He commented on the superb quality of questions asked from the Bedford School delegation, most notably Calvin Fang (Lower Sixth), Harry Beard (5th) and Aleksandr Veshchugin (Lower Sixth). • Tony Tao (Fourth Form), James Hooper (Fourth Form), Sebastian Sogan (Remove Form) and Arjun Anath (Fifth Form) competed in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Top of the Bench competition at Kimbolton School. They were tested on their chemical knowledge, experimental skills and team work during the competition and finished a creditable 5th. • Josiah Cooke (Lower Sixth) has entered an essay into the Young Geographer of the Year competition entitled 'Why does Antarctica matter?' • AS Level Geographers had a day in and around Bedford to explore Urban and River environments. • Our Oxbridge applicants attended a mock interview evening with teachers from different local schools at Kimberley College, and were also grilled by subject-relevant experts (including OBs, parents and Governors) in a further in-house mock interview evening. • Artist Maxine Copeland exhibited her work in the Bell Room foyer at the start of November. With a background in archaeology and art history and with a particular specialism in architectural history, Maxine Copeland is also a printmaker. Analysis of structure and pattern in both archaeology and architecture are elements she depicts in her work. • William Feaver delivered a Gilbert Lloyd Art Lecture on Frank Auerbach. Every Monday evening for the past 12 years William Feaver has sat for Frank Auerbach and, coinciding with Auerbach’s exhibition at Tate Britain, he discussed what it is like to sit and watch, over so many years, the way he works. William Feaver, who was for many years the art critic for The Observer, is also a painter and has been the curator of exhibitions ranging from George Cruikshank to the Tate retrospectives of Michael Andrews and Lucian Freud (subject of his most recent book). • Our Fifth Form Drama students took to the stage to present their Examination Performances. Boys performed their own devised pieces using a physical theatre style of acting. The entertaining evening showcased eight different groups and will contribute to their overall GCSE Drama grade. • Pupils and staff from the Geography department visited the Royal Geography Society (RGS), London, to attend a climate change lecture/debate on whether or not the UK was "Ready for Impact". A panel of four speakers voiced their opinions on why CO2 emissions weren't lowering by much, despite adaptions in communities and considered different ways of producing energy safely with as little damage to the environment as possible. • IB1 Mathematicians enjoyed a unique and inspirational study day entitled 'Maths in Action' at University College London. The speakers included the famous author Simon Singh, a senior figure at Hewlett Packard and lecturers from both Imperial and Nottingham universities. Through five interactive and engaging sessions they discussed maths in the context of medicine, politics, heavy metal music, computer hacking and The Simpsons. • OB Niall Creed (70-79) treated boys to a fascinating lecture exploring ‘Bedford School in World War II’, as part of the Upper Sixth Lecture Programme. • A number of Fourth Form boys made the short trip to the Higgins Museum in Bedford to view their magnificent exhibition of nine Turner watercolours, including the famous The Great Falls of the Reichenbach, painted in 1804. The boys created their own drawings from the exhibited masterpieces in order to gain a greater understanding of Turner’s innovative works. • Boys in all year groups contributed to An Evening of Creative Arts by presenting music, art and drama pieces which had been developed in class on the theme ‘A Sense of Place’. • The Mitre Club have hosted lectures on ‘How Burning Books Changed Islam in Britain’ and have been introduced to the game of Bridge. • The Archer Martin Society have held a meeting in the School Observatory and Planetarium. • The German Society have met to play Pictionary in German with pupils from BGS and watched a German Comedy series. • The internal heats for the national ARTiculation art appreciation and discussion competition have taken place. • The English Society have met to discuss the summer reading books The Alchemist and Birds Without Wings and Mr Grimshaw gave a lecture on James Bond novel openings. • Stuart Devonshire gave a talk about life as an Architect to interested boys. • BAFTA-award winning special effects designer Mike Tucker gave a talk about his work on the Doctor Who production team. • The English Department have launched the Fowles and Archie Wellbelove Essay prizes which are open to all year groups, and The Poetry By Heart competition open to all boys in the Remove Form and above.
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