Head's Newsletter 31 March 2021

JACK PETCHEY AWARDS

Winner : Benedek Szilvasy Reason for award : Benedek has been part of the Transport for London Youth Travel Ambassador Scheme. He put an extraordinary amount of effort into writing the code that allowed the team's project to work. He was the only one in the project with the expertise to pull it off but even so he had to learn many new things. After many months of painstaking coding and bug checking he delivered an excellent final product. TFL were hugely impressed by his skills, as were the other members of the group. Was spent on : Plants and trees to be planted round Tiffin School to enhance the environment for pupils. Some tools for the Gardening society to use to plant and care for them. Costing : £250 Winner : Aakars Venogaran Reason for award : Aakars has demonstrated extraordinary kindness, selfless friendship and particularly supported one boy with very specific needs in his form. The number of nominations from the other students in his form and the esteem in which they hold Aakars is remarkable. He is described as: 'a truly good friend and role model', 'someone who helps many people to feel comfortable and fit in', 'someone who helps people who are feeling down and makes them laugh', 'willing to give up his ime for others'. The tributes go on and the message is clear - this wonderful young man is thoroughly deserving of a Jack Petchey Award. Equipment bought : Football Equipment. Costing : £250

On Thursday 18th March nine Tiffin students were honoured for their achievements by the Jack Petchey Foundation. Due to Covid restrictions the annual Awards Ceremony for the year september 2019-June 2020 took place in a digital format which was in no way less special. The winners (listed below) along with their parents were able to tune in to watch a personalised Tiffin Ceremony in which the students' achievements were lauded through various accolades. Details of the students' wins and how they chose to spend their prize money can be found below. Congratulations again to Tim, Benedek, Aakars, Daniel, Shreyas, Sakshee, Darshan, Nouman and Bulcsu! Winner : Tim Jones Reason for award : In his final year, Tim has put more of his own time, effort and enthusiasm into Tiffin School than almost anyone else. His contributions to cricket (as 1st XI captain) the orchestra, the choir and the house system (as House Captain) and the school (as Deputy Head Boy) have enriched the lives of so many. One Student who nominated him described him as the quintessential Tiffinian - it would be hard to imagine a nicer young man. Was spent on : Cricket equipment