Heads Newsletter 11 March 2022

HOUSE UPDATE

MATHS CHALLENGE

SUCCESS

2022 has seen the House calendar march on relentless with a broad spread of events and a number of students across the school working hard to compete for their House. On the Basketball court, Darwin - Wilberforce have taken an early lead in what is normally a favoured event of theirs. Darwin - Wilberforce also secured the win in the set - piece event of the spring term, House Signing, fending off tough competition from Drake. Badminton also had its finale with Livingstone's Yr8s just doing enough to edge out Churchill - Gordon to take the overall win. And lastly Public Speaking saw the tireless work of head judge Mr. McCann, working over several weeks and hearing speakers from across the age spectrum, resulting in a dominant win for Kingsley - Montgomery with Raleigh edging into 2nd just half a point ahead of the chasing pack. With a number of events taking place before Easter including Debating, Number Brain and Bridge, the House Competition remains anyones to win, though reigning champions, Darwin - Wilberforce, will take some beating having already secured two wins and a strong lead in the table.

Congratulations to students in Years 8 to 11 who achieved fantastic results in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge last month. They are the best results for Tiffin by a huge margin. Nationally, only 50% of participants receive a certificate but a whopping 89% of Tiffin students did. This includes 194 Golds, almost double the number achieved in 2020. A staggering 255 students have qualified to compete in the follow - on rounds on 17 th March including 20 for the prestigious Olympiads. We wish them the best of luck.