Monthly Archives: October 2016

On the first evening of the half-term break, 60 boys from the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Scheme and from the Combined Cadet Force embarked on their first Navigation Practice Expedition, based at the School.               The 24-hour expedition involved a fast-paced lesson in putting up a tent so as […]

As part of the Year 12 Geology A Level course, in mid October, 16 students journeyed to Frome in Somerset to undertake an intensive day of fieldwork. The first visit was to the De La Beche angular unconformity where beautifully folded Carboniferous Limestone is overlain by horizontally-bedded Jurassic Oolitic Limestones. The students were able to […]

On an overcast day in early October, the Year 13 students set out for Chertsey to investigate whether the physics that they learnt about in the classroom still worked in the real world…. Thorpe Park. This is one of the highlights of the physics department year, as the students have permission to take measuring equipment […]

Year 11 Tim Kami Hawkins achieved his 2nd Dan black belt in Taekwondo at the beginning of October, after a challenging, intensive three-day event, which was presided over by the Grand  Master of the UK Taekwondo Association and all Senior Masters from the UK. Tim had to pass a number of assessments in patterns, sparring, […]