First Eleven Spring Issue

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WESTONBIRT ROYAL VISIT
Westonbirt School received a
royal visit from The Duchess of
Cornwall when it opened its new
Rose Hill Westonbirt Preparatory
School a merger between Querns
Westonbirt and Rose Hills Schools.
The Duchess chatted to pupils
and was entertained by the school
choir. “The Duchess is part of our CHINA LINKS
community, she lives just across Eltham College in London, which
Revision
the road, so it’s great to have that has been teaching Mandarin for
‘app’
support and she knows the school four years, embarked upon a
inventor
well,” said headmaster Mr Shaw, bridge building trip to China. The
George Burgess of
www.westonbirt.gloucs.sch.uk headmaster, Paul Henderson,
St Paul’s School,
visited the Experimental Primary
London, has
School of Beijing Normal
developed a new
University school and the Anglo-
student friendly
Chinese School of Tianjin in north
‘app’ for the
China, where past pupil and 1923
i-Phone. George’s
Olympic gold medallist, Eric
Geography
Liddell, had taught science. The
GCSE revision
Head hopes to build on these
application
foundations to establish future
‘GeoRev’ consists
visits and language exchanges.
of 600 multiple-
www.eltham-college.org.uk
choice questions,
separated into 15
DEVON SCHOOL CHOSEN RUSSIAN TRIP OF LEARNING
diff erent topics for
BY SAATCHI
A group of Oundle School students
Grand Prix
both foundation
Blundells School, Devon were visited St Petersburg in Russia
and higher levels
proud to announce that two of
hopefuls
for a ﬁ ve-day trip of learning and
designed to help
its students were winners at the reﬂ ection last December. The
students learn and
Eleven Bedford schools are
The Saatchi Gallery and Sunday students saw the Kirov Ballet and
test themselves
Telegraph Art Prize Competition.
gearing up for the fi rst ever
attended a remembrance service
for their GCSE
Zia Ferris and Maggie Wong in Catherine Palace gardens for
Schools Grand Prix set to
exams. This
entered the competition, which former pupil Thommy Purbook,
take place on May 9th 2010 at application is the
took place in December 2009 as who sadly died from meningitis
Thurleigh Airfi eld. The race
ﬁ rst of its type and
part of the Gallery’s education whilst on the trip in 2008.
is hosted by ex-Formula One
can be accessed
programme to introduce younger www.oundleschool.co.uk
driver Dr Jonathan Palmer,
online at:
audiences to contemporary art.
who has drawn up the rules
www.
Schools from around the world
educationapps.
and provided the schools with
entered pieces, ranging from
co.uk
£1,000 kit to buy the essentials
paintings and photography to
like batteries and axels. He has,
collage, ﬁ lm and installations. 20
pieces of work were chosen from
however, left the car design to
22,000 entries and judged by
the schools.
Anthony Gormley. £10,000 was
The cars will be judged on
awarded to the winning school’s
a host of credentials including
art department and £2,000 to the
reliability, innovation, pit
winning student.
stop effi ciency and ultimately,
speed. The head of Rushmoor
We would like to hear about special
School believes it will
events on your school’s calendar.
showcase pupils’ design and
Please contact editor@firsteleven
magazine.co.uk or The Editor,
engineering talents.
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