Head's Newsletter 14 July 2022

contribution that he has made to the teaching of maths in this country and internationally. Of course, at this time of year it is with sadness that we say goodbye to a number of staff who are leaving us. After 29 years of loyal service to Tiffin, Mr Cathcart is leaving for a new life back in Northern Ireland. Several staff are also retiring including Mr Thomas, our Head of Economics, Mrs Pitts after 28 years of service to the administration of the School, and Mrs Lock after 22 years of service in our canteen; her husband is also retiring after working with us for a number of years on the grounds. We are also saying goodbye to Mrs Pierce our Exams Officer, and former Clerk to Governors, Mr Gnanendran, Maths teacher and Head of Year 7 and , and Ms Ramsbottom, History teacher and Girls ’ Sports Leader. We thank them all for their service to Tiffin and wish them all the very best in their future ventures. Our construction of the new Sixth Form Centre and Learning Resource Centre is on track to open in September, and I thank all parents who have so far donated to this project: if you haven ’ t, and are able to please click here. I wish all students and their families a very happy and restful summer holiday and look forward to seeing them again when term starts in September. Please note the start dates below.

Dear Parents

It has been an extraordinarily busy last few weeks. It was wonderful after the exams to welcome back the Year 13 students for our leavers ’ barbecue. This was really a very special occasion and we will miss them, but wish them all the best for their A - level results and for whatever future pathway they go down. As one cohort left we were delighted to be able to do an in - person Open Evening for year 7 entry for the first time in 3 years, where approximately 2500 people visited the School, and also to welcome new Year 7 pupils and parents for the induction day. I ’ m very pleased indeed that we were able to celebrate Diversity Week recently. One of the great hallmarks of Tiffin today is the toleration that is exhibited in celebrating the differences within our diverse community. All the usual activities of the summer term have been progressing apace, and it ’ s great to see so many of them restored after the last two years. We have participated in a huge number of cricket fixtures and I was particularly pleased to see the restoration of the annual fixture of the 1stXI versus the MCC. I must mention the extraordinary achievements of Dr Frost. On top of all the other awards and accolades he has rightfully received, last week he was invited to Paris where he chaired a worldwide educational forum and discussion for UNESCO. It is a fitting tribute to the amazing

Yours, M D Gascoigne, Headteacher

IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday 14th July

Founders Day and last day of term for students finish at lunchtime PDD day for staff—no students in school

Wednesday 31st August

Thursday 1st September

Year 7 & Year 12 only

Friday 2nd September

Year 7 & Year 12 only

Monday 5th September

Whole School Returns at 8.30am

NEW SIXTH FORM CENTRE, Opening

September 2022: Appeal for funds for NEW

FURNITURE and

FURNISHINGS

Tiffin School is creating a fabulous, modern facility for the Tiffin Sixth Form.

Construction work in the existing Learning Resource Centre started at Easter and work is on schedule to finish for the start of the academic year 2022. We are moving the library upstairs to

double the space downstairs for Tiffin Sixth Form. The new area is composed of both individual study areas and more informal spaces for individual and group study. There will be new openings from the Sixth Form Centre to the existing facilities, and out into the Head ’ s Garden, which is also being re - landscaped to create a larger picnic area and pleasant outdoor space for our Sixth Form students. Tiffin School is investing heavily in improving the Sixth Form facilities, which will enrich the overall outstanding experience for our Sixth Form students. The funding for this building project is coming from a number of different sources, but we want to raise money to specifically pay for the furnishing of the new Sixth Form Centre. This part of the project will cost approximately £35,000. All future Tiffin Sixth Formers will directly benefit from this purpose built space, designed and furnished to meet their needs. • £50 will contribute towards a durable, student proof, comfortable study chair • £100 will contribute towards durable, comfortable ‘ breakout ’ seating • £250 will contribute towards a nest of study booths Thank you to all parents who have so far donated to this appeal. If you are able to, please do donate, allowing us to complete the project to a high standard.

If eligible, please remember to tick the gift aid box as a donation of £100 can be turned into £125 with gift aid at no cost to you.

To donate, simply click here, or go to the website and click on the Donate to Sixth Form Centre button.

Thank you very much for your support for the school and for your donation.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE 2022

In June, 116 Year 10 students participated in their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition. They headed down to Blacklands GirlGuiding Camp near East Grinstead on one of the hottest Fridays of the year so far.

Students spent Friday learning the ropes of navigating, planning routes and setting up their base camps ready for their Qualifying part of the expedition over the weekend. The first evening rounded off with copious amounts of pasta, a desperate attempt to get into a tin of tuna without a tin - opener, and the Tiffinians squeezing into their not - so - spacious three - man tents - a true camping experience!

A late evening thunderstorm on Saturday meant that Sunday was a more bearable temperature. Our students worked incredibly well in their groups, impressing the Sam Sykes instructors with their navigation skills and teamwork. Sunday evening saw them return to school weary, yet accomplished; hopefully many of them will continue on to do their Silver Award next year.

MUSIC NEWS

Tiffin Battle of the Bands 2022 The preliminary round began with performances given by twelve different Year 9 bands who had prepared a range of songs

in their music lessons during the final half term of the academic year. The cover songs ranged from Imagine Dragons ’ Demons and Radioactive, through George Ezra ’ s Shotgun and Oasis ’ Wonderwall, to Guns n Roses ’ Sweet Child of Mine. Five of these twelve bands went through to the final round. The competition was, however, not limited to pupils in Year 9 and, later that day, the preliminary round continued with a range of Year 7 - 13 bands and soloists who had prepared their performances during lunchtimes and after school. The final began with a welcome to our guest adjudicator Kurt Phillips, a drummer who works in the studio and on tour with artists including Ben Selley (Concept/X Factor), Lauren Thalia (Britain's Got Talent), Peter Howarth (The Hollies / Cliff Richard), Haunts, Kilkovec, and Richard Jacobs. Outstanding performances were given by the Year 9 band finalists, followed by Y7 - 13 bands performing Can ’ t Stop, Three Lions, Pavane and Mirror, alongside soloists Toby, Marcus, Calan, Nad, Nik, Arjan and Tye performing songs which ranged from My Shot and Sign of the Times to Maybe This Time and Fly Me To The Moon. Our adjudicator Kurt was impressed by the performances, giving many special mentions to bands such as Andrew, Arthur, Rohan and Ronald who performed an extremely impressive original composition, and soloists such as Nik (for his especially stylish Hotel California guitar solo) and Marcus (for his impressive Alpha House // Bando rap). Finally, prizes were awarded to the very deserving winners: 3 rd to Calan for his performance of ‘ My Shot ’ from Hamilton, 2 nd to Arjun for ‘ Maybe This Time ’ and 1 st to Nad, Sian, Tom, Ari, and Eric for their remarkably convincing ‘ Sweet Child o ’ Mine ’.

Tiffin choirs record with Joe Hisaishi Members of the Tiffin Boys ’ Choir and Tiffin Children ’ s Chorus have featured recently in a recording of the music of Joe Hisaishi, internationally renowned composer of over 100 film scores and solo albums, including Spirited Away (2001), Fireworks (1997) and The Wind Rises (2013). Joe Hisaishi himself directed the recording which took

place at the church of St. Giles in the Barbican complex. Leading up to the recording, choir members attended rehearsals at weekends and after school to learn the challenging three and four part choral music, as well as develop their pronunciation of the Japanese text with the aid of the production company ’ s language coach. After three intense days of recording at St. Giles ’ on 9 th , 10 th and 11 th June, the engineers had the takes they needed. We now look forward to hearing the audio and video recordings which are due for release later this year.

MUSIC NEWS

Tiffin Choirs perform Mahler ’ s 3 rd Symphony with the Royal Academy of Music at the Royal Festival Hall

On 23 rd June, members of the Tiffin Boys ’ Choir travelled to the Royal Festival Hall for a performance with the Royal Academy of Music to celebrate their 200th anniversary. The large orchestra and female chorus of the RAM, conducted by Semyon Bychokov, were joined by trebles from Years 7, 8 and 9, along with Year 6 pupils who will join the school in September. Mahler ’ s 3 rd Symphony, which the choir has performed previously with the LSO, LPO and other ensembles, is an exciting work both to listen to and be part of. The

treble chorus, which features in the fifth movement of the symphony, was performed impressively by the Tiffin pupils. Of the performance, Fiona Maddox wrote in the Guardian: ‘ As a climax of its bicentenary celebrations, the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra , with the RAM women ’ s chorus and Tiffin Boys ’ choir, as well as alumna Stephanie Wake - Edwards as mezzo - soprano soloist, squeezed on to the Festival Hall stage for Mahler ’ s Symphony No 3 in D minor. As epics go (this has been quite some week), at 110 minutes long, with outsized orchestra and embracing all aspects of heaven and earth, it is up there at the top ’.

Rejoice in the Lamb: Tiffin Boys ’ Choir Summer Concert Tuesday 12 th July, 7pm | All Saints ’ Church, Kingston - upon - Thames

Tiffin Boys ’ Choir perform Benjamin Britten ’ s eccentric and moving cantata Rejoice in the Lamb alongside music by Bruckner, Parry, Mendelssohn and Howells to celebrate the end of the academic year. The school ’ s close - harmony group The Tiffinians will also perform a set from this year ’ s repertoire. Tickets £10 (full price)/£5 (concessions/FoTM members)/free for under - 18s, available here. For further information please contact fsmith@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk. Tiffin Oratorio Choir: Autumn Term 2022 Tiffin Oratorio Choir is back for the Autumn Term! Rehearsals will be on Wednesday evenings across the term in preparation for the Oratorio Concert on Sunday 20 th November. We will be performing Brahms ’ German Requiem and Cecilia McDowall ’ s The Girl from Aleppo alongside the school choirs and professional orchestra. All members of the school community are welcome to join the choir: parents, staff, friends & family. Look out for more information coming soon.

SALTER INSTITUTE CHEMISTRY DISCOVERY DAY

The Salters Institute Chemistry Discovery day was absolutely fantastic, and not only did we learn a lot about careers in Chemistry, but the entire day was also well structured with the right balance between theoretical and practical engagement as well as interactive activities and sessions. The day had a really early start, but we knew it would be one to enjoy, right from our scenic train journey to Portsmouth. Having arrived at the Salters Institute, we received a very interactive and informative session by Professor Paul Cox on Computational Chemistry, where we had a Q and A session as well as seeing some really fantastic work in the field via 3D models. I found it fascinating to see him demonstrate how the modelling software that he used worked. We then subsequently had an amazing practical activity where we got to organically synthesise our own aspirin, which I found to be really amazing because we used our foundation in chemistry and expanded on it to create a real life - saving product. Despite this difficulty, all our students produced a successful batch of the substance and learnt invaluable information about practicals from University professors. After analysing the success of our own aspirin synthesis by testing how pure the aspirin was by investigating its melting point and percentage yield, we headed back in the afternoon, for an experts career panel, composing of 2 computational chemists and 1 marine chemist - all members of Portsmouth ’ s faculty. We found the day to be absolutely amazing, not only gaining plenty of insight and knowledge but also the opportunity to question experts in their fields, who have had exposure to numerous chemical industries. My favourite part of the day however was synthesising our own aspirin as we used practical chemical skills building on the foundation of the chemistry, we learnt in school to create something worthwhile and a product that is used almost universally. We can speak for everyone who went on the trip, in saying it was an absolutely brilliant experience and not only learning so much but putting our practical and analytical skills to the test, we found the experience to be one of its kind and given the opportunity, we would love to go again and explore Chemistry in such vast depth.

SCHOOL DIVERSITY WEEK 2022 Rainbows and flags decorated the hallways and classrooms once again during the month of June as the school celebrated LGBT+ Pride Month and School Diversity Week along with over two million students and school staff across the country. Alongside our anti - bullying and safeguarding policies,

taking part in School Diversity Week is an important way of actively supporting LGBT+ young people in our school, and of demonstrating our commitment to an inclusive school environment where every young person can be themselves and thrive. It is also a chance to explain to all our pupils the importance of diversity in the world we are preparing them for. During School Diversity Week

students enjoyed daily screenings of the TVseries Heartstopper, an enthusiastic Staff versus Student volleyball match (Staff prevailed despite some tough competition!), and doughnuts on RAINBOW

FRIDAY while learning more about LGBT+ issues, diversity

and the importance of equal representation in all facets of life (media, sports, education) during tutor

time discussions. Students also got to meet representatives from the LGBT+ charity Say It Loud Club during their weekly Assembly and hear about the work they do helping

LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers in the UK through one - on - one mentoring, workshops, social events, peer support, and referral to partner organisations for legal, financial, health and housing support. Thanks to everyone ’ s generous contributions, through Rainbow Friday Accessories Day and

our Krispy Kreme fundraiser we were able to raise over

£1000 in support of Say It Loud Club ! Unfortunately due to Covid, a visit from the young ambassadors from the LGBT+ charity Just Like Us had to be postponed; but we look forward to hosting them when we return for next term!

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to Praneeth Lakshman who is an elected member of the Kingston and Richmond Youth Council!

He also participated in the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge and was a Regional Finalist.

Last but not least, he was also awarded the Young Person Community Award by the Kingston Mayor, for his work in the previous Youth Council. He was one of 5 young people in the borough to have this honour,.

HISTORY BUILD A BURH COMPETITION

GOOD LUCK

Good luck to Connor Foley who is in the English schools 1500m heats in Manchester on Friday and is one of six sub four min favorites to reach the final the following day He is representing Surrey at the English schools championship where about 70 athletes from every county and town equals about 3000 athletes in total !

As part of the new Year 7 history course, the History Department has held a ‘ Build a Burh ’ competition. Burhs were fortified towns and were first built by the Anglo - Saxons to defend themselves from Viking raids. Pictured are Thomas Cryer, Thomas Stoicov and Hamid Zainul - Abideen with their winning models.

THANK YOU

BUSHY PARK FIELD

SUCCESSS IN MAIDEN CHALLENGE

TRIP

On the first day of our Biology field trip, we focused on sampling methods and statistical tests, including a T - test and Spearman ’ s rank correlation coefficient. We identified the diversity of local wild plants by using a variety of quadrats to collect data, then used statistical tests to consider whether our results were significant or not. We all overestimated the British weather and got completely drenched by the rain. On the second day, we investigated the difference in diversity of invertebrates between two ponds. We used all kinds of equipment: nets, pipettes, and spoons to catch and identify the invertebrates; our best catch of the day was definitely a

In either a science or computer science lesson on Tuesday 26th April 2022, the entirety of Year 10 took part in the National Scientific Thinking Challenge. The National Scientific Thinking Challenge was founded in 2021 during the pandemic as a joint venture by staff at Warwick, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle, Manchester and Oxford Universities, and was designed to test student ’ s ability to solve scientific problems, as opposed to recall of taught material. Awards are issued for performance against the rest of the country - Bronze for the top 40 % of entries, Silver for the top 25 % of entries, and Gold for the top 10% of entries. In our first outing, we scored a phenomenal 113 awards - 30 Bronze, 42 Silver and 41 Gold. The challenge received 4475 entries across 70 schools, this means our haul of Gold awards makes up nearly 10 % of all awarded nationally! A huge well done to all of Year 10 - you ’ ve certainly set the bar high!

water scorpion. Another group caught a tiny water scorpion.

Despite being only two days, the knowledge

gained was invaluable. Being able to study sampling techniques in the field, not only has helped to reinforce the learning, but has also given us examples of real - world uses of Ecology that may not have been as easily accessible through classroom teaching alone.

NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY COMPETITION

ENGLISH SPEAKING

FINAL

On the 29th June, we attended the annual National Psychology Competition at Royal Holloway University of London. We were instructed to make and submit a video to answer the question “ How

can Psychology help us solve global and societal problems? ” and chose to tackle the issue of online radicalisation. We completed research and used our own knowledge to explain the mechanisms behind radicalisation and propose solutions based on psychological theories. On the day, we arrived with a poster to complement our video including an interactive text - based activity linked by QR code, which introduced three characters to the player and led them to through various rounds meant to to assess the characters' media literacy, social support and critical thinking to decide who was most likely to be radicalised. We presented their posters and discussed their topic with the judges. We were also able to see the other groups' posters and attend two lectures titled "Is reading a virus?" and “ Turning our brain into music and art: A case study using psychedelics ” by academics at the university. Unfortunately, we didn't win but really enjoyed the experience.

Sam Goldsmith in year 9 reached the final of the English Speaking Union's 'Performing Shakespeare' competition which took place at the Globe Theatre. Sam was ably supported by year 13 Ibrahim Ejaz who has been instrumental in preparing Sam for the competition. Sam chose a very challenging piece from 'The Merchant of Venice' and performed outstandingly in the final against some incredibly challenging competition. The day was brilliant with a tour of The Globe, witnessing a rehearsal in progress and participating in a workshop, in which Sam took a lead role. The whole day was fantastic, and Sam was an outstanding representation of the creativity that we have at Tiffin. Congratulations!!

CRICKET

As we head towards the tail end of the cricket season here at Tiffin it ’ s time to reflect upon the progress of all year groups

U12s:

Under the watchful eyes of Mr Coules and Mr O ’ Connell the Y7s have made a fantastic start to their cricket development. The B teams bowling attack has consistently been a threat throughout the year, supported by some sound batting resulting in the Bs winning 8 out of their 9 fixtures. The depth of talent from the As through to the Es has created an atmosphere in which the boys are consistently pushing each other to get better. The season finished on a high with the As coming runners up in the plate final at the Reigate 6s tournament and the future is looking very bright for this talented year group. Participation this year has been fantastic in the year 8s! Consistently throughout the season there have been 60+ students at 7am ready to go for their morning nets session. Dr. Selig ’ s A team has made great progress this year both in their playing ability and in their mental approach to the game. The season finished strongly with a great performance at the Rokeby 6s tournament with the As winning the plate competition. The end of the season marked the completion of Mr McCann ’ s 53rd year in charge of the U14 As - a simply unbelievable statistic and long may he continue to impart his wisdom onto our students. Both the A & B teams have steadily improved throughout the year. Kajus has performed for the U15s sporadically throughout the year and contributed to their cup run to finals day, a fantastic achievement for himself and the team. Mr Marley had a very successful year with the A team, beating St Georges College and Epsom College en route to the Surrey Schools County Cup finals day., eventually losing to Cranleigh in the semi final before beating Reigate Grammar School in the 3rd/4th playoff to win 3rd place overall. A memorable year for a great group of students who have enjoyed their cricket throughout the year! U13s: U14s: U15s:

SENIOR CRICKET

Senior cricket this year has seen the biggest turnout of players for a number of years and on three occasions turned out four sides. Competition for places in the top teams in the school has been strong with numbers in Year 12 and 11 especially healthy. Results have been down the line with teams winning as much as they ’ ve lost with some nail biting games peppered throughout the season. The 1 st XI have had mixed results this year, with bucket loads of talent and scoring runs for fun at the start of the season, form dropped through the middle and results didn ’ t quite go their way until the back end of the season. They finish the season on a huge high on tour in Bath.The tour finished yesterday with a remarkable win over King Edward ’ s School, Bath in the first ever 2 day match in Tiffin ’ s history. The win was all the more extraordinary in that Datta Vasireddy, this year ’ s Vice Captain and Captain of School Cricket in 2023, hit the best schoolboy century that this correspondent has ever seen in 48 years of 1st XI cricket. Set 145 to win in the 4th innings, Datta came to the crease with the score at 0 for 2 and with the team facing inevitable defeat. In a chance - less innings of immense skill and maturity, Datta proceeded to control the game even as wickets tumbled around him and as the umpires seemed intent on continuing to inflict baffling decisions on the team. It was a nail biting climax to the match but with Om Sharma providing dogged support at number 10, Datta calmly moved to his century before striking a magnificent straight 6 to win the match. The percentage of the team ’ s runs scored by Datta is in itself remarkable - 106 from a total of 145. The next highest score was 10!

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TIFFIN ROCKET SOCIETY

A lot has happened during the 1 year the Tiffin Rocketry Society has existed. Having started from humble beginnings making rockets from plastic tubing and water bottles, in 2021 we became the first group of students from Tiffin to reach the National Finals of the UKROC Youth Rocketry Challenge. Whilst the finals ended in disappointment after a catastrophic mid - air explosion, we left undetered and set about redesigning a vastly improved rocket for 2022. Despite taking place just weeks before our A - Level exams, our extremely dedicated team found time to travel to the South East Regional Finals. It was here where we first realised our true potential when, even after a parachute failure, we achieved two near - perfect launches which placed us 1st in our region against 16 other teams. Post - A - Levels, we had under a week to build a new rocket before the 2022 national finals at BMFA Buckminster. Although we arrived 2 hours late thanks to a road prpblem, the team immediately impressed officials with our presentation and a launch which took us to the top of the scoreboard in round one. With this excellent launch under our belt, we went into the top three shootout nervous and excited. Our second launch was even better than the first and got us 1.47 seconds off the target flight time, but in spite of this, we were eclipsed by just 1.41 seconds.

Nevertheless, the whole team - Asher, Jasper, Rubiayat, Atish, Ian and Ivan - helped by many others along the way have done an incredible job, beating all odds to make it this far. Through sheer determination we were able to achieve incredible results. We ’ d like to thank Mr Holt who provided us with the opportunity to build rockets. We owe our success to him and are honoured that we could be the first of his students to make it this far in the competition. Whilst we are all now leaving to start an exciting new chapter in our lives, we hope this is just the beginning of rocketry at Tiffin. The leadership baton is being passed on to Georgiy Lesyuk in Year 12 who will continue to work on building more rockets. Hopefully one day Mr Holt will find a group of students as committed as us who will take the school one step further to the International Finals. Until then, our trophy will sit proudly on display at school as a reminder of what unwavering resilience can achieve and where it got the Tiffin Rocketry Society.

TIFFIN GLEE CLUB

Based on the popular 2000s show, Glee is an all singing, all dancing group competition and over the past few years the Jack Petchey Foundation have run a national Glee competition featuring many schools and performing arts academies. For the first time in the School's history and after months of rehearsals with the newly formed club, the Tiffin Glee club were ready to perform and take part in a workshop for the competition. On Thursday 30th of June, one of the Jack Petchey representatives came in and watched the club's performance of Jonathan Larson's song '30/90' from the musical Tick, tick ...boom - recently popularised by the Lin - Manuel Miranda film adaptation on Netflix. Trousers folded up and braces attached, we were ready! After the initial performance lots of work was done on the song, altering the tempo and dynamics of the vocals. We also worked on variation in rhythm and following it, as well as improving the vocals with the choreography. This was great fun and the group thoroughly enjoyed it, throwing themselves at every activity wholeheartedly. After the workshop we performed the piece one more time. This would be the audition that counted towards advancing to the next round of the competition. Featuring solos from different members of the group as well as unison singing and group dancing parts, the piece overall was a success with clear improvement made from the first performance which was already brilliant!

An email was received just the next day by Mrs. Brittain, Head of Dance and the Glee club, confirming that we were 1 of the schools that had made it through to the next round of workshops. Excellent, time to finish the set list for Regionals!

UNESCO PANEL ON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT — PARIS

From 28th to 29th June, Dr Frost was at UNESCO ’ s headquarters in Paris for the Pre - Summit of the Transforming Education Summit this coming September, aimed at mobilising greater political ambition, commitment and action to reverse the slide of UNESCO ’ s education goals, and elaborating on initial content and suggested actions for the summit. He was invited to participate in two events in particular, firstly as a panellist on a session exploring the transformation of teaching and learning, and secondly chairing a roundtable of Ministers of Education from across the UN. The first event explored the question “ How can students and teachers work together to transform the way teaching and learning happens and prepare students for future challenges (sustainability, climate change, peace and security, digital transformation etc.) ”. There were two teacher representatives: Dr Frost, and Mr Yao Ydo, Director of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education in Geneva, as well as two student representatives currently at university. Dr Frost was specifically asked about his role in developing and disseminating technology to schools during the Covid lockdowns and starting his charity, Dr Frost Learning. He also explored some of the key aspects of pedagogy and how we practically could use technology to enhance these, including his experiences at Tiffin School in this respect.

UNESCO PANEL ON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT — PARIS

On the second day was the Ministerial Roundtable. In this session, after Dr Frost ’ s opening address, each Minister of Education was given 3 minutes to share their country ’ s perspectives on education, and their commitments in advance of the Transforming Education Summit in September. They were asked to focus on three questions: the recovery steps their country has taken in the wake of COVID, secondly, how education in their country should be transformed to shape peaceful, prosperous, just and sustainable futures, and lastly the practical and financial commitments required to undertake this change. Dr Frost had to show all his diplomatic skills when the Minister of Education for Spain got his attention to inform him that the Minister of Montenegro had been missed. Thankfully, after smoothing it over, the panel saw the funny side, perhaps taking sympathy that Dr Frost was in a sling with a dislocated shoulder from a road accident just days before and trying to hold both the script and microphone with one good arm. Upon inviting said minister to the podium to deliver his intervention, he came over with a big smile and shook Dr Frost ’ s hand (pictured). We congratulate Dr Frost, and are extremely proud at Tiffin of all his achievements; his invitation to UNESCO is an amazing recognition of his immense contribution to education.

The photos above were taken on Dr Frost ’ s Far East Tour

RUNNING CLUB SENIOR SUCCESS 2021-2022

Ladies

1 st Kingston Borough (shield) 3 rd Dorothy Judge cup English schools cup 4 th and qualified for the semi - finals 6 th Kings Trophy Most improved team at the National relays (trophy)

Mens

1 st Kingston Borough (shield) 1 st Surrey Round of English school cup (shield) 3 rd Alderman Judge cup 4 th Semi Final of English school cup 10 th Kings Trophy 15 th School National relays King Henry VIII Coventry

RUNNING CLUB JUNIOR, INTER 2021-2022

Team

1 st Intermediate Borough champions (shield) 1 st Surrey relays year 10 team (shield) 1 st Surrey relays year 9 team (shield) 1 st best school at Downs League inters 2 nd Borough Junior team 3 rd English schools cup Surrey Round inters 3 rd English schools cup Surrey Round juniors

Individual

Athav Pruthi 4 th Downs league series v club athletes

RUNNING CLUB YEAR 7 SUCCESS TEAM 2021- 2022

First Surrey Relay series Borough Championships 1 st Downs League 1 st school Surrey School Championships 2 nd Kingston team equal points to first Charterhouse placing 4 th v year 9s

English schools cup quarter finals 4 th v year 8s Harrow south of England match 4 th v year 9s

Individual Honours

Daniel Cummings Team bronze for Surrey in the South East Inter counties match London Mini Marathon

Eric Matthew Sukandy Most improved athlete at the Downs League

Thomas Whorton

1 st Southern 800m indoors 2.21.29 11 th Jan as a club athlete new school record. 1 st London Indoor Games Lee Valley 2.18.58, 30 th Jan as a club athlete new 800m record 1 st Charterhouse (v year 9s!) 1 st Surrey Schools County Championships. 1 st South East Schools Inter Counties and 3 rd team 2 nd fastest leg Judge Cup

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