Head's Newsletter 19 January 2018

Wycombe eight tries to three. If they can keep on improving whilst keeping their feet on the ground they will become a force to be reckoned with. Are you a TIPRA supporter yet: Tiffin parents supporting Tiffin school rugby? To find out who your TIPRA parent representative is please email ablackburn@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk. Follow us on Twitter @tiffinrugby for up- dates on school rugby!

The Senior squad have a had brutal start to 2018, with two games in 4 days against strong opposition. Wednesday 10 January saw the annual U21s Old Boys fixture un- der floodlights and whilst the school team put up an admirable fight, noticeably in the first half, a bigger and stronger Old Boys outfit simply over powered them. It is a great sign of ex-pupils continuing to play the game and at a high standard too. Due to injuries sustained, Tiffin were then only able to field one senior team against RGS High Wycombe, a fixture that had not been played for five years. On a cold day, with yet more injuries increasing the odds against Tiffin, Daniel Morlans-Whitehead led by example, played as good a game as a Tiffin fly-half has for some time and steered the team home to a 7 – 5 victory, scoring all Tiffin’s points in the process. This was an admirable performance and the boys, rightfully proud, are now looking to finish the season strongly. Whilst this will be a big task, the squad spirit will see them through. Elsewhere in school rugby there have been other notable successes. The U12A side are becoming a seriously exciting prospect. They have now not lost since October 6 th last year and claimed another impressive scalp on Saturday beating RGS High

What do Economists do? The A Level Economics lecture series fin- ished in December with a fascinating in- sight into the day- to-day work of profes- sional economists. Marie Clark, economist at the Competition and Markets Authority talked students through the CMA’s recent investigation into the UK Energy Market. In her talk, Mrs Clark outlined the reasons why Ofgem had requested the CMA to in- vestigate the industry and she then gave a comprehensive analysis of the extent to which the energy market was working in the interests of all domestic consumers in the UK. She closed with her thoughts on the future direction of the energy market, the role of the regulator and the wider im- pact of the CMA. Throughout her talk, Mrs Clark demonstrated to our students that although economists must be numerate, the skilled economist has to be able to communicate their findings to a non- specialist audience whilst showing sensitiv- ity to the political context of economic poli- cy-making.

The School XV and the Old Boys U21 XV, under lights at Imber Court