A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 13
Year 13 students continued to work hard in and out of lessons this week. The Year 13 Fashion and Textile students have been busy finalising their work as they finished their NEA on Tuesday. The pieces they produced were wonderful and extremely creative. Well done to them!
On Tuesday, Dr Christos Pliatsikas, an Associate Professor from the University of Reading came to the school to present his research on bilingualism and the brain. Students were lucky enough to hear how bilinguals need to juggle between their two languages at any given moment, and use the appropriate language while suppressing the other. The talk highlighted how this affects cognition and brain health. It was a really interesting talk and very-well attended. On Wednesday, our Sixth Form boys Football team had a match against Teddington.The team played well, having a lot of possession of the ball and defending solidly, but conceding two unfortunate goals. The boys bounced back and scored with 10 minutes to go through a penalty, scored by Billy C. We pressed on in the hope of scoring a late second goal and drawing the match but unfortunately conceded again a couple of minutes before the end, finishing on a 3-1 loss.
Students have continued to work hard on their UCAS applications and I have now sent the majority of the applications. The remaining UCAS applications need to be submitted to the school as soon as possible to ensure the set deadline by UCAS is met.
MR STAVROU, HEAD OF YEAR 13
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
12.01.24
U14 Rugby Tournament
SECOND PLACE
17.01.24
Sixth Form Football vs Teddington
LOST 3-1
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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