Head's Newsletter 17 March 2017

of Greek and Latin at University College London. The evening was much enjoyed by all and I would like to extend my thanks to the KGS Classics Department who made us all feel so welcome as always.

VISIT TO UCL On the 9 th March thirty enthusiastic Year 12 students went to UCL’s Institute of Education where they saw five excellent sessions of phenomenal physics on topics from the big bang to superconductors to rebuilding our society from scratch, finishing off with the physics of waves explained through rock music; who says physics is boring!

AS LATIN SET TEXTS LECTURE

The renowned Roman politician and orator Cicero would not often admit defeat. Especially in one of his published works. It is for that reason that the AS Latin set text pro Milone (‘In Defence of Milo’) is of such interest to Latinists and was one of the two pieces of Latin literature discussed (in addition to Virgil’s Aeneid book VIII ) at a series of lectures held on Tuesday 14 th March in central London. The eleven students of Latin who attended were very lucky to listen to lectures delivered by professors from the University of Oxford and University College London. They were all able to take away a great amount of information about the set texts which supplemented their learning in the classroom. This annual series of lectures deals with the set texts covered by the boys in their year 12 Latin syllabus and is an invaluable opportunity to experience university-level formal lectures in a wholly Classical environment. With any luck the boys will take on board the wealth of information discussed and find no reason to admit defeat of any sort in their examinations this summer!

The students were particularly captivated by the talk given by Dr Andrew Steele on superconductors and their extraordinary properties and many went to speak to him during the break to find out more (see photo above). It was an excellent insight into some ‘real’ physics and thoroughly enjoyed by all of the boys. CLASSICS DINNER 19 Tiffin Classics Students from Years 10-13 had the pleasure of attending the Kingston Grammar School Senior Classical Society Dinner at the Canbury Arms on Monday 6 th March. The boys were treated to a delicious 3 course meal and met with like- minded Classics enthusiasts from other schools before a very engaging and informative talk on the historian Herodotus by the esteemed academic, Professor Chris Carey, Emeritus Professor