FIRST ELEVEN MAGAZINE’s round-up of news from the independent schools sector
SCHOOL NEWS Felsted tunes up for award
Mr Mike Sugden, Felsted Housemaster, playing the fl ute with his daughter
Felsted School, Essex, are raising money for In Harmony by taking up new instruments in their Grade 1-a-Thon event. At least 70 members of the Felsted community plan to take a Grade 1 music exam on an instrument that they have not played before. Budding musicians will gain sponsorship and be taught for no fee. In Harmony provides instruments and tuition free of charge to children in very deprived areas. Further congratulations are in order as Felsted was voted Best Prep School in the UK at Good Schools Show Awards. Mr Tom Parker Bowles presented headmistress Mrs Jenny Burrett with the award after the school received the most votes of confi dence by its parent body, alongside three other shortlisted schools.
It’s good to talk Cheltenham Ladies’ College
Student Stephanie Payne has been awarded the second highest mark in the country, along with one other candidate, in the Salters- Nuffi eld Advanced Biology examination. Stephanie has just started at Cambridge University reading Natural Sciences.
Serious about science
● Latymer Upper School celebrates as Natasha Rachman and Toby Nonnemacher claimed the title of the Dulwich College Debating Competition. Natasha has also been selected as one of the four members of the England team for the World Schools Debating Competition to be held in South Africa in January 2012. The team debated motions on whether the House would assassinate Colonel Gaddafi , allow people to use lethal force in defending their homes and reintroduce corporal punishment.
Bryanston School has released a new eChart app, a powerful interactive system for assessing pupils’ progress. The app is used to mark pupils for eff ort and achievement and is a unique way of keeping pupils, personal tutors, heads of department, housemasters, housemistresses and the head in a close-knit network. Teachers comment and pupils are encouraged to respond and raise any concerns. Parents cannot comment, but they can instantly see everything written on the system by, and about, their child. The wall mimics social networks, such as Facebook, and allows technological advancement to take a pupil’s academic progress to a new level.
4 FirstEleven Michaelmas 2011
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