Head's Newsletter 9 July 2021

Dear Parents Welcome to the last newsletter of the academic year, and what an extraordinary year it has been! Thankfully, in the last few weeks we seem to be beginning to return to some sort of normality. We have been able to run cricket fixtures throughout most of the summer season and the interest in cricket from all year groups has been immense, including regularly turning up at 7am nets. I was absolutely delighted that we were also able to put on our first play in 18 months with a socially distanced audience. This was a fantastic achievement from the leaving Year 13s. We were also able to see a Year 13 leavers’ concert, again in a socially distanced way, and in a return to normality, were able to hold our induction day for next year’s Year 7. In a very exciting return, we have also been singing again at the Royal Opera House in La Boheme! With the slightly better weather, we have been able to hold a number of events outside. In particular, we were very pleased to host a farewell to our Year 13 students in our garden. This was an extremely pleasant occasion to finish off what has been a difficult two years for the cohort. They have been a superb group of young people whose achievements have been awesome despite the difficulties of lockdown. We will miss them immensely and wish them all the very best as they go on to pastures new in the Autumn. Also going on to pastures new are a number of staff. We thank Ms Andrews for the work she’s been doing in DT. Mr Fletcher and Miss Nava are both relocating to other parts of the country

and we thank them for their great contributions to life at Tiffin. After devoting many years of service to English teaching, Ms Forrester is retiring to pursue her many other interests. Finally, after 16 years service at the school and significant contributions to the improvement of the infrastructure at Tiffin, as premises manager and subsequently premises consultant, Ian Sedgley is finally taking well-deserved retirement. We thank them all and wish them all the very best in their futures. As we continue to move back towards normality I’m delighted that we are able to hold our Rowing Regatta on Monday, and Sports Day next Tuesday at the Kingsmeadow stadium. We have also been able to have our first overnight trip since lockdown began, with the Year 12 Biology Field Trip to Devon, and I’m very pleased that 15 students have represented Tiffin as ball boys and girls at Wimbledon this week! There are lots of achievements to report on in this newsletter, and I will draw particular attention to the very successful Diversity Week that was held in school to celebrate Pride Month. It was great to see how the students engaged with the week, embracing diversity, toleration and a respect for others. A separate letter will be sent to parents in due course detailing the start of September term including changes and different arrangements. I would like to thank parents for their continual support in what has been a very difficult year, and I wish all students and their families an excellent summer break. Yours, M D Gascoigne, Headteacher

IMPORTANT DATES

Sports Day

Tuesday 13 July

Last Day for Students—School finishes at lunchtime

Wednesday 14 July

Staff only (PDD) Staff only (PDD) Staff only (PDD)

Thursday 16 & Friday 16 July

Tuesday 31 August

Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Monday 6 September

Year 7 and Year 12 only Year 7 and Year 12 only

All other year groups return from 6 September—please see separate letter for timings.

School Diversity Week 2021

Enzo Brown 8MRL

In recognition of Pride Month, Tiffin School joined with over 2 million other students and staff across the UK to celebrate School Diversity Week 21-25 June, a nationwide initiative started by the charity Just Like Us as a way to encourage LGBT+ equality in education. Alongside our anti- bullying and safeguarding policies, taking part in School Diversity Week is an important way of actively supporting LGBT+ young people in our school, and of demonstrating our commitment to an inclusive school environment where every young person can be themselves and thrive. It is also a chance to explain to all our pupils the importance of diversity in the world we are preparing them for.

Throughout the month of June, rainbows started brightening up the school--in the bunting hanging in the hallways, on colourful notice boards and most importantly, around the necks of staff wearing rainbow lanyards as a powerful show of support for our LGBT+ students.

Haruki Noonan 8FA

With the goal of raising awareness and fostering greater understanding of LGBT+ issues, Tiffin’s LGBT+ Society staff organised a series of Assemblies followed by daily tutor time sessions on a range of topics designed to educate students and spark discussion throughout School Diversity Week. Students were also invited to submit entries for a Diversity and Inclusiveness Art & Writing Competition which revealed some incredible talent at Tiffin--in fact the submissions were so good that each entrant will be receiving a merit for their efforts. The LGBT+ Society members then had the unenviable job of choosing the finalists before the whole school was given the opportunity to vote for the winners in each category. Both Caleb Connor in Year 7 who won the Writing Competition with a brilliant short story about a transgender girl, and Haruki Noonan in Year 8 who won the Art competition with the fantastic ‘Be Proud’ manga artwork shown, took home a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts each as their prize.

School Diversity Week 2021

The week culminated with RAINBOW FRIDAY , when students and staff sported a colourful range of rainbow accessories from masks to flags, facepaint to ties and enjoyed 35 dozen (!) Krispy Kreme doughnuts as part of our fundraising campaign for LGBT+ charities. Our very first School Diversity Week was a real success: celebrating the wonderful diversity at Tiffin; raising almost £450 for the two LGBT+ charities chosen by our Society members: Just Like Us and Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons’ Trust; and starting some really important conversations in our classrooms. Many thanks to all the staff, students and parents who supported our efforts--and special thanks to Krispy Kreme for their generous fundraising programme!

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Your LGBT+ Society Staff: Mr. Edwards, Mr. Atkinson, Mrs. Jones, Miss Bradley, Miss Dharmawardhene and Mr. Fletcher (rainbow masks off for photo only!)

YEAR 13 SCHOOL PRODUCTION

From Monday 5th-Thursday 8th July, members of Tiffin's Upper Sixth Form performed Norm Foster's comedy 'Office Hours'.

It's a Friday afternoon in the big city and, in six different offices, six different stories are unfolding at the same time. However, they are all connected somehow, from the figure skater on the ledge, to the novelist in the closet. A madcap race towards quitting time.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

On Tuesday 29 th June, thirty-five different acts, bands and soloists, performed in the Battle of the Bands competition. Our audience enjoyed a wide range of covers presented by the bands, from Uptown Funk and Sultans of Swing, through Eleanor Rigby and Old Town Road to So Done and All of Me, as well as original songs such as Summer Perfume Girl. Following the preliminary round, twenty acts were chosen to go through to the final. Our finals adjudicator, Old Tiffinian Zac Pajak, a musician who has worked with bands as diverse as McFly and Major Lazer, and whose music has been performed at Glastonbury and on the show Love Island, gave special mentions to some performers. These included Y13 band fronted by Ryan (13LG) and Gaia (13LMO) performing Superstition, as well as the Y9 band fronted by Jasper (9TW) performing Sunday Best. Nonetheless, only three acts could win the coveted prizes of Best Year 9 Band, Best Soloist and Best Band of the competition. These were respectively Arya’s (9CB) band, performing Best Part, Daniel (11JXE) performing his original song Summer Perfume Girl, and Groovant, featuring Hamza (10PD), Kavin (10PD), Jack (10KH), Elliot (10MJG) and Amadeus (10PD).

INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHY ESSAY COMPETITION

We are pleased to announce that Mujaahid Arian (12HB) has recently been awarded second place in an international philosophy essay competition. The competition was run by Minds Underground with the explicit task of stretching students beyond the confines of the A Level curriculum. Mujaahid's entry was on the philosophical problem of personal identity and where is such to be found (in a part or totality of the body?). His answer made reference to cotemporary ideas in the philosophy of mind and neuroscience. Mujaahid's essay extended what he was taught in his ancient Greek philosophy lessons at Tiffin and was composed to support his application to read undergraduate

philosophy, theology and jurisprudence, ideally at Oxford.

HISTORY ESSAY COMPETITION

On 24 June, two Tiffin historians attended the Polish Embassy where they were recognised for writing outstanding essays on Polish WW2 hero Witold Pilecki. The essay competition was organised by the Foundation for the History of Totalitarianism a new education charity aimed at promoting understanding of the nature of totalitarianism. Its main donor is Lord Vinson and it has the historian Roger Moorhouse among its trustees. Below is a photo of the award winners with Ambassador Rzegocki. Ben Luca Quinton Atassi (Y10) is on the far left and Austin Taylor (Y12) is immediately to the right of the ambassador.

MORE POLISH CONNECTIONS!

Enzo won History Award, Form Award and Award for the most merits in the Year 8 Award Ceremony on Wednesday. He then went from School to Wimbledon to watch the tennis and ended up being interviewed by Polish TV on his opinion of Federer and Hurkacz.

WIMBLEDON BALL BOYS & GIRLS

Here are a couple of pictures of our students helping out with the Tennis at Wimbledon this week.

ROYAL HOLLOWAY BIOLOGY MASTERCLASS

AND SYMPOSIUM

Back in early January, the Biology department signed their Year 12 cohort up to partake in an Online Biology Masterclass run by Royal Holloway University of London. This consisted of 13 weekly lectures delivered by the Biological Sciences Faculty at the university. Lectures covered topics such as “Surgical Site Infection”, “ Tuning Chloroplast Development” & “The Ocean from a Geological Perspective” as well as a topical lecture on “Biology of Covid19: how the different new vaccines are made and work”. The broad range of lecture topics across all aspects of Biology have not only been a great source of information and interest for the Year 12s, but has also opened up new potential areas of study. Despite being many years past my own degree, I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the lectures and learning about new aspects of biological technology. Each lecture session also started with a 15 minute Q&A from the previous talk, encouraging students to engage with the topic matter and explore any areas of significant intrigue further. At the end of the lecture series, all students involved from the 29 participating schools were invited to partake in a symposium. Students were asked to form groups of up to four, and write an abstract on a chosen topic of scientific breakthrough. The 10 best would be chosen to perform a viva on their topic area, whilst other groups would be invited to produce a poster. Both similar to that which would be presented for a dissertation. It was hoped that the symposium would take place in person but unfortunately that was not able to happen, but we are hopeful for future years. However, on the evening of 22nd June, all 4 groups that submitted an abstract were all chosen to give a talk on their area of special interest. A huge congratulations to Ahsan Asghar, Keshav Chhibba, Jasmine Gilmore, Antonia Hristova, Sam Jones, Sean Kim, Lia Leonard, Roman Nicholas, Emily Offer, Martha Old, Aleezah Rahman and Sophie Stomarivska [pictured above) he presented their talks with eloquence and ease. They were also able to discuss follow up questions intelligently and with ease. If you wish to watch their talks, as well as those presented by the other participating schools, you can do so here. Antonia, Martha and Sam were also awarded 3rd prize for their talk, and were gifted a book each by Professor Laszlo Bogre, with a note that stated those were his favourite biological books and he hoped they brought as much intrigue and enjoyment to the three of them as they did him. All the participants have represented themselves and the school wonderfully; as a department we are incredibly proud. Well done all.

COMPETITION WINS

BAFTA YOUNG GAMES DESIGNER AWARDS

2021 WORLD TODAY ESSAY COMPETTION

The globally renowned policy institute Chatham House and the Financial Times received over 200 entries from Sixth Form students world-wide for their 2021 World Today essay competition. This year's winner was Thomas Cowan (12LL) whose essay on the topic of What Makes a Good Leader drew on Max Weber’s two archetypes of leadership, the magician and the warlord, to compare Steve Jobs of Apple and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. The panel of judges comprising Lord Jim O’Neill, Chair of Chatham House, Sophie Daud, Chief Executive, Future Leaders Network, and Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor of the FT praised Thomas's work for its "originality of approach" and described his piece as "well researched and written" and "easily the most stimulating" of the submissions. This is an outstanding achievement and Thomas deserves our warm congratulations. His essay has recently been published in the Financial Times (click here to read it) and he will receive his winner's certificate at Chatham House later in the year.

Congratulations to Mattia Scalzo, Benjamin Samyani, and Jules Wray who have been selected as National Finalists in the BAFTA Young Games Designer Awards. They are the youngest in their age category of 15 to 18 years. They designed and coded a beautiful platform game called Déjà vu using the Phaser Javascript framework. The gameplay is totally unique, with retro graphics and range of addictive levels. Play it here: https://deja-vu.shrike7921.repl.co. The full BAFTA article is here: http://ygd.bafta.org/competition/competition- news/2021/déjà-vu.

We wish them all the luck for the online awards ceremony.

BIOLOGY FIELD TRIP—SLAPTON LEA

Devon. Home of the Jurassic Coast, Dartmoor, miles of picturesque beaches, and the renowned site of the Tiffin 2021 Biology field trip. After a long coach journey from school, we reached our home for the next four days. The centre sits right in the middle of the Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve, with cattle fields and foxgloves as far as the eye can see. Upon our arrival, we met our first member of staff - Radish the dog. After settling into our rooms, we set off to explore the area, taking the short walk to Slapton Sands. The beach is a key feature of a huge bay, ending in imposing headlands and peppered with rock formations. A thin bar separates the ocean from the equally impressive namesake of the reserve- Slapton Ley, a winding freshwater lake humming with rare birds and other wildlife.

Tuesday, our first day of practical fieldwork, began with a walk down to the shingle ridge. We took part in group discussions describing how the ecosystem and the microhabitats seem to change with increasing distance from the sea due to succession, learning about how changes in ecological communities are brought about by cycles of facilitation and competition which all start from colonisation of an ecological gap by pioneer species and identifying how both abiotic and biotic factors contribute to these changes. Our morning consisted of collecting data including plant abundance and plant height in addition to monitoring several abiotic variables such as light intensity and soil moisture. To collect this data we not only had to think critically about controlling certain measures, but also the sampling techniques used. Applying classroom knowledge, we were able to accumulate representative results through the use of point quadrats and a tape measure for a transect line. Following this, in the afternoon we had to analyse our gathered data using a suitable statistical test and thus draw and evaluate the conclusions made using our own scientific reasoning, as well as what we learnt earlier that day. Later, in the evening, we had the opportunity to take a walk by the ley where our coordinator Chloe spoke on the numerous fascinating conservation strategies in use in the area such as coppicing in the woodlands, which is a traditional practice of harvesting wood benefitting the wildlife by opening up the woodland floor to sunlight. We also learnt about the species recovery programme for Strapwort, a very rare species of plant that only occurs on the shore on Slapton Ley. In addition to this, we had the amazing chance to go bat watching. With there being fourteen species recorded on the reserve, out of eighteen found in the UK, Slapton Ley has one of the highest population densities of Soprano Pipistrelles and has the second largest maternity roost of Lesser Horseshoe bats in Devon, which we were lucky enough to get close to. Using echo meters we learnt about the communication of bats and the frequencies at which they do so through their echolocation calls.

BIOLOGY FIELD TRIP - SLAPTON LEA

Wednesday began with our now staple English breakfast and a short walk down the hill, nets and identification keys in hand, to Slapton Ley. As the largest freshwater lake in the South-West, it was unsurprisingly the dominating feature of the landscape. Despite the scorching heat, the protected status of the site meant that swimming was a swans-only activity. Our fieldwork for the morning involved taking sweeping figure-of-eight samples from a platform on the ley and identifying the invertebrates we caught. The species were categorised in a bid to determine the water quality based on their tolerance of pollution. The result? Poor - the consequence of agricultural runoff, and a pervasive problem in the UK, with only 36% of surface water bodies classified as “Good”. In the afternoon, we took a bus along the coast to investigate rock pools. We first stopped on a steep hill overlooking the coast, with sweeping views in all directions, then clambered down a narrow lane to our site for the day. Starfish and Beadlet anemones hid in every crevice, hidden by thick carpets of seaweed. We began by surveying the species present and setting up our equipment. Wave action had created bands of microhabitats, which formed a gradient of differently adapted species from the crumbling cliffs all the way to the very edge of the lower shore. We investigated these microhabitats by observing the change in distribution of seaweed and molluscs. Each species had fascinating adaptations, enabling survival in the harsh heat of the upper shore, the rolling waves of the middle shore or the darker depths of the lower shore. After a few hours of collecting data and getting only slightly distracted by hermit crabs, it was time to get back. We just had to climb up that hill again first...

Thursday, we were planning and carrying out our own individual ecological investigations analysing the effect of a named environmental factor on the distribution or morphology of a species of our own choice. Using our independent thinking skills, research skills as well as the use of sampling techniques in field work, which we developed over the course of the week, we had to arrive at a hypothesis that we could investigate. We had the opportunity to choose where our planned investigation was going to be carried out, at the shingle ridge or the ley and also had the choice of picking from numerous bits of equipment including nets, quadrats, choice chambers, as well as hygrometers. We spent most of midday collecting data at our chosen locations, then upon coming back later in the afternoon we logged our results and observations in suitable tables and began our analysis, calculations and evaluation. This day in particular, gave us experience like no other, as rather than being limited to only certain fields of study, like we are in the classroom, it gave us the opportunity to explore a far wider range of areas in ecology which interest us. Overall, the trip allowed us to get a taste of life as an ecologist, and to explore some of the methods we may use at university and beyond. The range of habitats we investigated not only showed the huge variety of life present in the UK, but allowed us to learn about the importance of conservation techniques and their uses. Biologist or not, a visit to Slapton Ley illustrates exactly why we must do our utmost to protect the fragile habitats we coexist with. Not only for their natural beauty, but for the millions of inhabitants, big or small, which make those very ecosystems a possibility. Very many thanks to Mr Leeves for organising and leading the trip, and to Mr Gibbs and Miss Dharmawardhane for accompanying us and supporting our learning.

MUSIC EVENTS

You are invited to the School Summer Concert ‘Tiffin in the Garden’ taking place this Friday 9 th July programme below. School Summer Concert ‘Tiffin in the Garden’ Programme, Friday 9 th July 2021 5:30pm Battle of the Bands prizewinners performance 5:45pm String Orchestra performance

6:00pm Swing Band performance 6:30pm Wind Band performance 7:00pm School Orchestra and Year 7 Chorus performance 7:45pm approx. Performances end

Founder’s Day evening service — Tuesday 13 th July, 7pm Kingston Parish Church Small service (capacity c.80), led by the vicar, with choir of 24 Boys’ Choir Concert Thursday 15 th July, 7pm St Luke’s Church, Gibbon Road The Boys’ Choir performs a concert ahead of their Northern Cathedrals tour which begins the following day.

Indoor concerts are still difficult but open air brass playing is the new novelty for lunchtimes

Year 13 socially distanced concert in main hall

YEAR 7 ONLINE COOKBOOK

YEAR 10 RIVER TILINGBOURNE TRIP

Year 10 geographers braved the Surrey countryside in late June to complete one of their GCSE fieldworks. Over three days 130 pupils performed measurements alongside and sometimes actually in the River Tillingbourne. They had been tasked to find out if the ‘Shape and Characteristics of the river changes downstream’. A massive thank you to the Geography Dept for enduring the inclement weather, whilst the biggest thanks is reserved for the year 10 geographers for making the three days a massive successes.

Sadly, the International Food Fair is again not being held at ‘Tiffin in the Garden’ due to restrictions. Instead, Year 7 Parents, on behalf of the Tiffin Parents’ Association, would like to share their favourite recipes with Tiffin Community. We warmly invite you to download the 'Year 7 Online Cookbook 2021' via this link for a small donation. The recipes are delicious, simple to repeat and could be enjoyed at home after the ‘Tiffin in the Garden’ live performance and throughout the year. All profits will be split equally between Friends of Tiffin Music and the Tiffin Parents’ Association to support our fantastic school. To donate to the TPA and FoTM, please text GARDEN plus your donation amount to 70470 (for example text GARDEN 5 to 70470 to donate £5). This text would cost you £5 plus one standard rate message.

TIFFIN BOYS LA BOHEME AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

After a challenging time for the Performing Arts it was with much excitement that 10 Tiffinian choristers were engaged to perform in La Boheme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The celebrated Richard Jones production returned to stage with a reduced capacity audience and an altered staging. Fortunately the boys were still able to perform on stage whilst most of the ROH chorus were offstage. A technical feat to relay the offstage voices in real time combined with the onstage singers was another unusual experience. Three boys were also chosen to perform the famous ‘Trumpet boy’ solo; Xavier Flambert, Oscar Crivellari and Leo Bullinger. La Boheme has become a regular feature in the Tiffin calendar and this performance, whilst different, achieved acclaimed success. The performance forms part of the ROH Live Stream and will remain available to watch for the coming months. After such an extended period of absence from the professional stage it was a joy to be back performing at the ROH once again. Two accounts of the La Boheme experience from our yr 8 choristers: Masks. Sanitiser. Distancing. La Boheme, arguably the most famous opera of all time, was put on during the COVID-19 pandemic! How could we have accomplished such a feat, with such exasperating limitations holding us back? Funnily enough, it was not as difficult as I thought it would be. The enjoyment, energy, and experience wasn't flooded with hand gel or sprayed with disinfectant... I loved every bit of it! The acting, singing, rehearsing, performing (and eating!). The part I enjoyed the most was witnessing all the "behind the scenes" magic. I still wonder how the director, actors, stage workers and singers pulled it off! At first the costumes, loud music and gruelling coach trips tired me out, but I soon fell into the rhythm of it all. As a group we played games, chatted, and made jokes. I was lucky, in that, I got some new friends too!

Fortunately, COVID couldn't hold us back from making La Boheme the best it could be. Teachers, students, and chaperones, we all worked in it together. I will always cherish this memory. Thank you, Miss Smith, Mr Day, Ms Cadogan, and everyone who helped us for giving me this opportunity. Written by, Suhaas Karthikeyan 8MMB La Boheme is one of the most fun things I have ever done. It is absolutely fabulous. This year it was slightly different. It was quite awkward to get used to as I did perform in this production last year. One thing I really did miss was the lamp posts and the actual marching band coming down the middle at the end of Act 2. However, like last year, it was so much fun and I cannot truly express my sadness that my voice will likely change before the next one. One of the nice things about this year is that because there were less people, every detail was thoroughly ironed out because people could see it. All in all this is definitely one of the most fun things ever and I can not put into words how much I am going to miss it. If I had a time machine I would go back in time and do it again and again and again. Although, if I was to pick which Boheme I preferred, this one or last year’s, then last year’s would win. It is both because of a combination of both who I was doing it with and the atmosphere when I was on stage with more people. Either way, Boheme will still hold a special place in my heart. Written by, Xavier Flambert 8SPM

SPORTS CENTRE

We have been putting finishing touches to the sports centre with our fantastic new logos

SPORTS DAY IS COMING HOME (AND SO IS FOOTBALL)

Preparations for the annual Sports Day are in full swing this year and excitement is building towards the biggest school sporting event of the year. This year we have high hopes for new school records to be set, and more importantly for an amazing day for everyone involved!

Cricket, Cricket and more Cricket!

The sound of bat and ball has been unrelenting from the crack of dawn every morning at Tiffin. This year has seen record numbers for participation at morning nets session and at training, and all of that practice is paying off! The first XI are currently on a four game winning streak after impressive performances against Wilson's School, Lord Wandsworth, Kings College Wimbledon and Kingston Grammar School. A special mention must go to first XI captain Dru Shori who has earnt his place up on the honours board at Grists for hitting his first century for the school. Dru made his century by hitting a six from the very last ball of the game in the win against Kings College Wimbledon. This century means that Dru follows his older brother Sami onto the honours board - a great achievement for himself and the family. Everyone’s thoughts now turn to without doubt the most important fixture of the year - the Widger match. The annual first XI vs. Staff XI fixture will be held at Grists this Wednesday (14th July) with everyone welcome to attend to witness a masterclass from the staff team.

VOLLEY BALL INAUGURAL MATCH

On Wednesday, 23rd July the newly founded Tiffin Volleyball team faced off against the Royal Alexandra and Albert school. In the build up to the fixture the excitement from the students on both sides of the net could be felt, as for many this would be the first chance to put their hard-earned skills to the test in a game situation. The starting team quickly showed their dominance in the first game, but some creative shots from the opposition had them trailing closely behind the whole way. The level-headed thinking and teamwork from our players allowed us to clutch the game in the final moments and build a more comfortable lead, successfully taking the win. Outside on the grass courts, the second team faced a tough opposition, leading to a much more even game with both teams playing some strong volleyball. In the end, with just a few points in it and despite a great effort from our team, the Royal Alexandra and Albert school managed to secure the victory. Overall, the enthusiasm from the players led to a fun and exciting afternoon, where everyone was able to play in multiple games and have a great time exploring the game of volleyball. Hopefully this success will lead to more fixtures in the future, and a chance to get even more people playing the sport. Well done to everyone from both schools!

SPORTS UPDATE

With this being the final newsletter of the year it is important to recognise some of the stand out performances from this season across all age groups.

Leading Performances 2021

BATTING

K. Syed

137 v

Hampton

U13 XI

1 st

A. Cormack

104* v

Emanuel

XI

A. Cormack

92* v

Lord Wandsworth College U16 XI

1 st

D. Shori

92 v

Kingston Grammar

XI

2 nd

R Talman

74 v

Tiffin U15

XI

D. Shori

72 v

Emanuel

U15 XI

Lord Wandsworth College 1 st XI

A. Bose

67* v

R. Mistry

66* v

Halliford

U13 XI

Z. Abbas

65 v

Emanuel

U13 XI

1 st

R. Rafiq

61 v

Incogniti

XI

A. Ghag

61 v

Hampton

U15 XI

D. Shori

60* v

St.George’s Weybridge

U15 XI

1 st XI

D. Vasireddy

58 v

Whitgift

U. Jolly

55* v

Wimbledon College

U14 XI

P. Sharma

53 v

Wimblwedon College

U14 XI

Z Abbas

52* v

Emanuel

U12 XI

1 st XI

S. Tamilarasan 51 v

Emanuel

Z. Abbas

51* v

Halliford

U12 XI

Z. Jamaluddin

50* v

Tiffin U13

U12 XI

Kingston Grammar School 1 st

A. Cormack

49* v

XI

With an even more vibrant sports day happening this Tuesday 13 th July at Kingsmeadow we are delighted to announce the school bests for the U20 ladies events. School records are set in formal competition e.g. sports day, county champs inter school matches. The bests have been set in informal competition over the year. Unfortunately the circumstances dictate that no adult spectators are invited this year though a film of the event technology willing should be up for viewing in the fullness of time . Ladies events with bests

BOWLING

S. Shah 5-15 v Wimbledon College U15 XI P. S’undaram 5-31 v K.C.S. Wimbledon 1st XI S. Jenkins 5-48 v Tiffin 2nd XI U15 XI T. Latimer 4-9 v St. George’s Weybridge U15 XI T. Latimer 4-9 v Wimbledon College U15 XI

P. S’undaram 4-10 v Wilson’s 1st XI T. Latimer 4-14 v St. Benedict’s U15 XI E. Patel 4-15 v Emanuel U14 XI A. Cormack 4-16 v Emanuel 1st XI Y. Agarwal 4-20 v Emanuel 2nd XI

100m 13.2 s Freya John 800m 3.43.1 Sarah Kenny High Jump 1.15 Sarah Kenny Long jump 3.32 m Freya John Hammer 9.68 m Sarah Kenny Javelin 9.45 m unofficial mark

100 PARTNERSHIPS

D. Shori & R. Rafiq 121 v K.C.S. 1st XI

A.Cormack & Iain Westbrook 119 v LWC U16 XI

Amazing Athletics

K.Syed & Z Shaida 122 v Hampton U13 XI

John Barnes once sang “ You can be slow or fast but you must get to the line ” and in the case of this performance it was definitely fast! Congratulations to Y10 student Connor Foley who won the 800 metres sprint at the Schools County Athletics meet. Connor won the race with a time of 2:07.1, a fantastic time which will come close to the current 800 metre sports day record of 1:59.5 if he can repeat this effort at sports day!

A.Cormack & Suhi Tamilarasan 140 v Emanuel 1st XI

P.Sharma & U. Jolly 108* v Wimbledon C U14 XI

HAT TRICKS

Y. Agarwal v Emanuel 2nd XI

S. Shah v Wimbledon College

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS OLYMPIAD

Between 19th - 25th June, Year 12 student Benedek Szilvasy represented the UK in the International Informatics Olympiad, hosted this year (remotely!) by Singapore. Benedek was selected for the team of 4 after his high score in the first round and subsequent excellent performance in the National Final. The IIO consisted of two sessions across the week, each consisting of a gruelling 5 hour exam, involving extremely challenging programming tasks. Scores for each entrant in each national team were determined by automatically testing the program against a variety of inputs and seeing if the expected output was obtained. Benedek scored particularly well on the second day, scoring within the top half of entrants internationally, which under new rules, would be awarded "Honorable Mention". He scored 100% on one of the 6 tasks, on 'mutating DNA'. This is a phenomenal achievement, with Benedek being the first Tiffinian in history to represent the UK on the Informatics team. Congratulations to the formidable Chinese team, who ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world respectively!

ART SUCCESS

We are delighted to announce that Stan Luo’s (Year 12) sculpture was selected by the Royal Academy, as part of their forthcoming exhibition ‘Young Artists’ Summer Show 2021’. Stan’s work was judged by artists and arts professionals, with selected artworks displayed online and onsite at the Royal Academy.

Stan’s sculpture reflects his innate talent for spatial manipulation, as well as his highly imaginative connection with the aesthetics of Russian Constructivism. Congratulations to Stan for this outstanding achievement.

HOUSE NEWS

The second half of the summer term is crunch time in the House Championship. The first big winners of the term were Livingstone who, in winning the Yr8 competition, sealed the overall win in House Number Brain. This was recently followed by Raliegh who, in winning the Yr10 competition, similarly completed their impressive overall victory in Cricket. All the while Tennis competitions have been taking place at New Malden Tennis Club with Drake winning Yr8, DW winning Yr9 and Scott winning Yr10. With Yr7 and Seniors to go, DW hold a decent but not insurmountable lead. Sadly House Swimming was cancelled by ongoing COVID restrictions but the final week double header of House Regatta and Sports Day remain in place. DW currently hold a 32 point lead over KM and 42 over Raleigh, with CG and Livingstone close behind. With so few events to go things are looking good for their first ever House Championship and indeed a first Championship win of the two new houses. However, KM in particular remain a serious threat with an impressive record. In the past 3 rounds of the summer events KM have won 7 out of 12 competitions meaning a similarly strong performance could see them snatch the championship from DW's grasp. All eyes are on Monday and Tuesday next week! You can keep up with events via the House System's own social media accounts (Twitter and Instagram), just search @tiffinhs.