Head's Newsletter 12 July 2019

YOUTH TRAVEL AMBASSADORS

Staying overnight, the best 16 teams in the country gathered at Uppingham school to compete for the coveted trophy playing on average 8 hours of chess over two days. They competed exceptionally well to finish 11 th and all enjoyed the experience. With only one Y13 in the team there is plenty of scope to do even better next year.

A team of Youth Travel Ambassadors have been working with TFL to promote better transport habits in the school. Their scheme ‘Upgrade your Travel’ was targeted at Year 7s and involved developing a website. Participants could upload their travel data to the website, and the winner received a cash prize and priority slips! They presented their pitch to TFL for funding of £250, which they did at Sky HQ. Presentations were given to Year 7 form groups, posters and surveys produced as they worked to promote and enhance their scheme. A special mention to Benedek Szilvásy and Matthew Clapp who worked hard to create an amazing website which was the driving force of the project.

SIXTH FORM ECONOMICS PRIZE

Spring 2019 saw the inauguration of a new competition for school students the Winston Churchill Sixth Form Economics Prize organised and sponsored by members of faculty at Churchill College Cambridge. Applicants were invited to predict, “to four decimal places”, the nominal exchange rate of the Pound Sterling against the Euro on 1st June. This was no mere fantasy exchange rate activity as applicants had to support their prediction by providing a five hundred word commentary, outlining the economic and political reasoning behind their exchange rate judgement. The Economics faculty at Churchill College Cambridge received over two hundred entries from a worldwide audience and the judges announced that they were delighted by the quality of the submissions. We are pleased to report the Tiffin Sixth Form Economics student Tim Jones received a commendation for his efforts – well done!

MANDARIN EXAMS Congratulations to Year 9 students, Neel Kandlagunta and Daniel Kehoe, who have passed the Level 2 YCT Language Tests in Mandarin and to Year 10 students, Thomas Cowan and Oliver Tang who have passed Level 3. This is a real achievement given the limited time they have learning this fiendishly difficult language. We look forward to further success from them with their Mandarin next year. CHESS Tiffin School Chess Team having won the Greater London and Surrey Region, were invited to compete in the finals of the U19 National Schools Chess Championship.