Head's Newsletter 17 June 2022

GEOGRAPHY GCSE FIELDWORK

SURREY HILLS YOUNG COMPOSER COMPETITION

Year 10 Geographers undertook their GCSE fieldwork at the River Tillingbourne in Surrey from Monday 6 th - Wednesday 8 th June. The

trip involves students collecting data, with the aim to show downstream changes in the characteristics of the river from its ’ source to mouth. The trip is an integral component of the GCSE course and their experiences are assessed in Paper 3 of the exam in 2023. Despite some very wet weather, students were engaged and took part in the data collection methods with maturity and

In January several pupils from Tiffin entered the Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition, which was open to composers aged 18 or under. The brief was ‘ express what our vibrant county means to you in a work between 4 - 8 mins long and scored for any combination of violin, cello and piano ’. The Composition entries were adjudicated by Wu Qian Artistic, Director of the Investec International Music Festival, Charlotte Bray, an Ivor Novello Award - winning composer and Stephen Goss, Composer & Professor of Composition at University of Surrey. Prizes were presented at the World premiere performance by members of the Sitkovetsky Trio on 5 May 2022 as part of Investec International Music Festival 2022. Advaith Jaganath won third prize with his Composition and 2 complimentary tickets to the performance to meet the Sitkovetsky Trio and £100 cash prize which was awarded at the concert. Borimir Ivanov was awarded a Highly Commended for his Composition and was invited to the Performance as well .

enthusiasm, whilst showcasing accurate data collection techniques. Student ’ s were all brilliantly behaved and the trip was a pleasure to run.