Head's Newsletter 15 January 2016

BRITISH MATHS OLYMPIAD

This was the last of the house chess competitions to be completed and was enough to give KM victory overall in house chess. So far this year The Number Brain was won by Drake and both the Drama and the Public Speaking were won by Raleigh. The overall house competition remains very tight. Many congratulations to our students who raised £2,011.30 towards the Kingston Hospital Dementia Appeal at our Mufti day in November last year. The Kingston Hospital Charity aims to raise £750,000 to transform ten elderly care wards that are in desperate need of updating and improvement for patients with dementia. If you would like to support their aim, then do contact Michelle Bartsch by email at michelle.bartsch@kingstonhospital.nhs.uk or call her on 079 3090 9029. Michelle was full of praise for Ahmed Alhussni, a Deputy Head Boy in our Sixth Form, who organised the collection. He is pictured with Michelle and we thank him too for all his efforts. FUNDRAISING

It is a privilege to be invited to take part in the British Maths Olympiad (BMO). Only 1000 students across the country are invited to take part, having been selected on the basis of performances in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge, from more than 100,000 entrants in more than 2,000 schools. Ten Tiffin boys qualified to sit the BMO. Six of those ten achieved certificates of distinction – placing them in the top 250 nationally. They were Bemin Sheen, Navonil Neogi, Lorenzo Honegger, Jim Tse, Maxi Purewal and Vincent Trieu. Bemin was also awarded a medal and a book prize. Three boys, Bemin (Upper Sixth), Navonil and Vincent (both Year 10) have subsequently been invited to sit BMO round 2; only 100 students are invited to sit this paper which will be used to select the UK team for the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad in Hong Kong later this year. We are very proud of the boys’ achievements! The Senior House Chess competition was won jointly by Scott and Kingsley Montgomery. Ragul Sudhakar of Scott house played some excellent chess to finish undefeated on board 1. Senior House Chess