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Hitchin Girls’ School each challenge. Winning teams from most of the schools attended the Roadshow Finale here at Hitchin Girls’ School and were set even more complex challenges. They worked solidly for over 90 minutes on a very warm afternoon and the competition was fierce! Congratulations to Purwell School, who were the winning team to the MFL department for organising and co-ordinating this. We have made significant and important progress during this academic year to the international work that we do and with our participation in the SGLI this summer and the collaborative work we plan to establish with Miss Rai when she has settled in Malaysia and Miss O’Reilly when she is settled in India. We know that it will only be a matter of time before we secure the Full International School Award from The British Council. MATHS DEPARTMENT THE HENDY CUP This year sees the inauguration of a Mathematics Award, The Hendy Cup. It is presented to a student who has not only distinguished themselves mathematically, but has contributed to the promotion of mathematics within school. Mrs. Hendy is a former Head of department who has spent her entire teaching career at Hitchin Girls’ School. She has had an incredible impact on the school, the Mathematics department, and the thousands of students whom she has taught and supported through their mathematical studies and examinations. This year the cup has been awarded to Sasha Gatselyuk in Year 13. THE MATHS ROADSHOW The Maths Department have again been visiting local primary schools with the Maths Roadshow. Year 5 and 6 students have been set many problems to solve, including tangrams, code breaking and number puzzles and have felt a real sense of achievement when they have completed MATHS CHALLENGE This term we have had great success with the UK Maths Challenges that we have undertaken. These test the girls’ problem solving skills and mathematical abilities, stretching and challenging some of our most able students. Firstly, in the Junior Maths Challenge, the girls achieved 20 Bronze Awards, 21 Silver Awards and a special mention goes to Charlotte King, Florence Allard, Violet Pritchard, Priya Mann, Fiona Burn and Emily Brewis, who all achieved Gold Awards, with Shannon Fang gaining best in Year 7 and Isolde Pryle best in School. Secondly, two teams from Year 7 were entered into the Hertfordshire Team Challenge. One team was selected to take part in the County Final, they came a very close fifth. Mr. B. Allison, Head of Mathematics ... for an Ace Deal! Tennis, Gym & Squash for just: Senior 65+ £34 per month Adult 26+ £42 per month • Young Adult 1925 £29 per month Junior 1118 £19 per month For all membership benefits visit www.letchworthtennis.co.uk Enquire for more Informaon 01462 675444 Info@LSTC.org.uk COMMITTED TO QUALITY Action Doors Automatic & Manual Doors / Automatic & Systems Installations, Servicing and Repairs Across the South East, London & Kent 01462-624555 sales@action-doors.co.uk Unit 13, Wilbury Court, 29 Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Herts SG4 0TW www.action-doors.co.uk -8-
Hitchin Girls’ School Have a go at the following puzzles: 1) In a certain family, each girl has as many sisters as brothers but each boy has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many children were there? 2) Betty and Belinda’s combined age is 91. Betty is now twice as old as Belinda was when Betty was as old as Belinda is now. How old are they both now? ANSWERS ON PAGE 11 SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHEMISTRY ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY ANALYST COMPETITION This term we have entered two practical Chemistry competitions. In the Analyst competition, two teams of Sixth Form students carried out detailed chemical experiments which were designed to show how accurate and precise they could be. They competed against several public schools and finished creditably in fifth and sixth places respectively. SALTERS CHEMISTRY CHALLENGE We also entered a team of Year 8 students for the Salters’ Chemistry Challenge. This was a practical, problem-solving day held at the University of Bedfordshire with a dozen other teams. Congratulations go to our team of Dora Housham, Isolde Pryle, Katharine Morley and Hannah Croft who beat off stiff opposition to win first prize! BIG BANG SCIENCE FAIR As I write we are just about to send off three teams to the Big Bang Science Fair at Duxford. This is an opportunity for the winning teams to display the work they did for the school Science Fair in March with up to one hundred schools from the Anglian region participating. OTHER NEWS.... Finally the Summer term would not be the same without our visits to local junior schools to present ‘The Potions Roadshow’. This is a chance for us to show off our best experiments and to stimulate young minds to the wonders of Science. If you have not seen it yet, make a date to come to next year’s Science Fair in March. Mr. P. Jackson, Head of Science PHYSICS CERN, GENEVA On the 12 and 13 July, Miss O'Reilly and I will accompany a group of 11 A-level Physics students to CERN in Geneva, host to the largest particle accelerator in the world. Relevant to the A2 Physics course where Particle Physics forms an important part of the syllabus, this will be a useful opportunity for the students to study and learn about one of the top research facilities in the world, currently engaged in the search for the illusive Higgs Boson or 'God particle'. This is one of the so far undiscovered fundamental particles which is expected to be found by CERN if our ideas about Particle Physics are anywhere near correct. There will be opportunities for the students to question Research Physicists about their work as well as having a tour of the laboratories, detectors and computer facilities in this huge complex that stretches across the French-Swiss border. Over lunch the group will also meet Ph.D. and Post- Doctoral students working at CERN with a chance to ask about their research projects in a more informal setting. Mr. Adrian Jackson, Head of Physics •GCSE/AS and A2 LEVEL TUITION IN FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN AND SPANISH •ENGLISH FOR AU PAIRS •INDIVIDUAL TUITION/SMALL GROUP CLASSES •OVER 20 LANGUAGES TAUGHT Paynes Park House, Paynes Park, Hitchin, SG5 1EH, Tel 01462 431804 • enquiries@hitchinlanguagecentre.co.uk www.hitchinlanguagecentre.co.uk Classes: Mon 7.30pm - St Andrews School, Hitchin Tue & Thur 7.30pm - Grange Junior School, Letchworth Call Kathryn 07704 811670 for more details Classes also in other areas -9-
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