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THEFRIDAYFLYER ISSUE
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Y O U R S O U R C E F O R T H EL AT E S T N E W S AT E C i M
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MESSAGE FROMTHE HEADMASTER
SIXTH FORM
YEAR 11 NEWS
ROUNDSQUARE
ART
BIOLOGY
DRAMA
ENGLISH
GEORAPHY
MUSIC
SPORT
NEWS FROM THE BOARDING HOUSES
PROPERT
GRANVILLE
CARR
ROSEBERY
CRAWFURD
WILSON
Last week we received our latest set of AS examination results which were especially pleasing. Details are included later in this edition of the flyer, but congratulations to those students who received their results, as well as to those in the Lower Sixth who recently received their SPM results.
A number of staff changes will take effect next academic year as follows (some have already been published but are included here once more).
A number of vacancies (both internal and external) are still to be filled. Details will be published in due course.
There are a number of events coming up in the next few weeks to which I would like to draw your attention. Tomorrow the English department is having a trip to see ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Our College musical, ‘Olivia’, will be performed on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th March. Tickets are now available from Reception. The children have been doing a huge amount of work in preparation so I do hope many of you will be able to join us. On Friday 18th March we will host our Sixth Form Parent-Teacher Consultation. On Saturday 19th March we have an Open Day- please do spread the word! On Tuesday 22nd March we will be having and end of term concert.
You can see that it is a typically busy time for staff and students. Once again I commend them for their dedication and commitment.
Mr Martin George
MessageFromTheHeadmaster
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Olivia17th & 18th March 2016
Open Day19th March 2016
End Term Concert22nd March 2016
Sixth FormParent-Teacher
Consultation18th March 2016
Head of Sixth FormDr Julia Parker
Director of Studies (Data and Innovation)Mr Mike McDonnagh
Director of Studies (Learning)Ms Charlotte Punter
Head of Design & TechnologyMr Jamie Twinney
Head of Modern LanguagesMrs Veronique Hanique
Housemistress RoseberryMrs Julie Carman
Assistant Housemistress CarrMs Katie Bourne
Second in Department (Maths) Ms Emma Farmer-Wright
Reception / Year 1 Class TeacherMrs Leona Squires
Prep School EAL & Learning SupportMrs Laura Tanna
Dr Nicola Brown
Sixth Form
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Epsom Students Receive Perfect Scoresfor January Examination Papers
We are proud to reveal that four of our current Y13 students received perfect scores in the January 2016 sitting of Edexcel International Advanced Level Examinations. Fifteen students sat for examination papers in mathematics and the sciences
Li Min Ng scored 60/60 in Chemistry Unit 3. As Deputy Head of College Li Min is a valuable role model for our younger students. Dr Brown said, “Li Min is a brilliant example for fellow students to follow. She is applying for Medical School and this amazing result will certainly set her up for success in her university application.” Well done Li Min and good luck.
Sabrina Ting scored 120/120 for Biology Unit 2. Sabrina is a dedicated student. She is a Prefect and a source of support and guidance for younger students. She really deserves the recognition this perfect score brings. Mr Aden said, “Sabrina’s perfect score proves that with hard work and sustained effort even the seemingly hard to achieve becomes achievable. Well done.”
Carol Tock scored 60/60 for Chemistry Unit 3. Dr Brown said, “This paper often presents a major challenge for students. The questions require the application of knowledge and an in-depth appreciation of practical skills. We are very proud of our budding chemistry student.” Carol has been offered a university place at Imperial College, London, for Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry. We wish her every success.
Khairul Danial Imran scored 120/120 for Physics Unit 2. Danial joined us in January 2015 and has worked incredibly hard from his very first day. His work ethic is formidable and his cheerful demeanour infectious. His diligence was rewarded with a maximum score in Government and Politics in June last year, so perfect scores are becoming a habit. Mr Bumbacco said, "We are really proud of his achievement. His perfect score on Paper 2 is a testament to his hard work and persistent pursuit of perfection."
Mr Robert Hopkin
Year 11News
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Friday 4th March was a combined event in school for Year 11, with the PTC taking place, alongside the A-level options information afternoon. Pupils should now be starting to make the important, but exciting choices of their next steps in education. All Year 11 pupils were given an options form to fill in and discuss with parents over exeat weekend and we would like to ask for all of these to be returned as soon as possible, in order to begin the next stage in the process.
If you have any questions or queries regarding this, please contact:
A special mention in particular to Noratisha for coming out top in the year and to Imogen Cory, for being the most improved pupil from the last report in March.
Year 11 also recently received their reports. Having worked out the average effort score for all pupils, those listed below achieved an average effort grade of “good” or better across all of their subjects. An excellent achievement from all involved – well done!
Year 11 [email protected]
Head of Higher Education
Noratisha Abdullah
Ashyka Kaur
Ye Zea Hew
An Heng Ooi
Zarif Rizlan Bin Mohd Nazri
Shannon Mary Reilly
Sean Ng
Nur Atiya Binti Junaidi
David Wong
Naomi Atiqah Binti Mohd Ali
Nor Dania Ridzaura Binti Ridzuan
Imogen Cory
Rou Jing Tham
Mrs Suzanne Kuster
Round Square
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Mayumi's Exchange
Mayumi has almost finished her 6 week exchange. She spent her first 3 weeks up in Scotland at Beaconhurst School and has been at Epsom College, UK for the last 2 weeks.
Here is a quick note from Epsom UK on what Mayumi has been up to:
"I thought you might like to see the attached photo of Mayumi enjoying one of our ‘family’ dinners. We have 9 ‘families’ in Wilson made up of 4-5 girls from each of the different year groups. On Friday nights they take it in turns to cook a meal for another family, with a different theme each week chosen at random on a Monday morning. Mayumi took part in helping to cook a Russian meal for another Wilson family this evening (thankfully there was a Russian girl within her family who came up with the recipe!). Lots more to look forward to in her final week; she is going up to London on Sunday, we will have a year group dinner for her on Monday and will then see our school musical, ‘Cabaret’, on Wednesday. " Mrs Kirsty TodSenior Housemistress – Wilson
Over the weekend of February 26th, Mr George and Mrs Kuster, travelled to Tamagawa Academy in Tokyo to attend the Australasian Round Square Heads and Reps Meeting.
The meeting is held once a year for all the Round Square schools in the region to discuss the progress of Round Square and to put on the calendar upcoming events.
At this meeting, we put forth the Epsom Edge Festival and offered to host a Regional Young Round Square Conference for 10-12 year olds. The tentative dates will be November 11-14, 2016 and will involved our current Year 5 and 6. More information will follow shortly.
The next Global Conference will be held at Louisenlund School in Germany, October 10th-16th, 2016 where over 1000 students from around the world meet for a week and will have events based on the IDEALS - Internationalism, Democracy, Environmental Stewardship, Adventure, Leadership and Service. We are in the process of selecting our 5 pupils who will represent the College at this annual event - more details can be found on conference website www.rsic2016.org and as always please visit the Round Square website for more information - www.roundsquare.org
Mrs Suzanne Kuster
Round Square in Tokyo
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Mr Shilen Tanna & Ms Katie Bourne
Art
As artists we get inspirations from all kinds of sources. The Eco assembly made us think about some environmentally friendly improvements we can make in our department. We decided our main waste is paper. Here is a photograph of Gabriel a year 12 student making some recycled paper. This is a system we intend to continue in the art room by creating our own recycled paper resource bank. So far we have used the paper for printing, embossing and a hand made sketchbook.
Year 8 has been turning their 2 dimensional designs of cakes and sweets into 3 dimensional ceramic final pieces. Students faced many barriers in the making process. Ensuring the object was hollow and trying to keep a consistent thickness so the object would not crack in the drying process. As you can see the whole of year 8 made an outstanding effort and developed some impressive forms.
Year 9 has had a challenging half term as we have been focusing on portraits. We regularly commend students for their out of hours study. Here is an example by Alea, Wilson House. She has captured the facial features and expression with excellent precision which results in an outstanding piece of homework.
After a recent assembly by our eco warriors in the ECiM Eco club, a competition was held to design our Eco Warriors logo. Miss Bourne, one of our Art teachers designed a logo to meet the entry requirements based on our Carbon Footprint. It also contains the 6 values that the eco club intends to focus on. Can you guess what they are from her logo? Competition is strong by our students. Let’s hope it’s the winner.
Mrs Julie Carman
Biology
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Our journey began at eight in the morning when thirty five of our year group, together with four members of staff, departed by coach from Epsom College. A one hour bus ride later (during which time we started watching a lovely and strangely appropriate movie called ‘We bought a Zoo’) we arrived at the rather beautiful Tamin Chalet, in picturesque Lenggend. We were greeted by friendly staff and a very experienced Professor (Dr. Noraini) who, amongst many other places, had taught at Oxford University.
Following an introductory talk, we were split into groups and assigned numbers which would later determine our roles in data collection. Briefly the Professor and some other members of the team spoke about the sampling techniques we were going to use in the field: using quadrat sampling and transect lines we would systematically, or randomly sample an orchard to estimate biodiversity, distribution and population sizes of plant species growing there.
We then had a short tea break and some very tasty snacks before setting off on the short walk to the orchard. During the walk, the facilitators pointed out to us some of the effects humans have on the natural environment. There was deforestation to build roads and homes, and for growing crops. Agriculture exists in order to produce our food but it has dire consequences for animals such as loss of habitat and even extinction. It also causes depletion of minerals in the soil, leading to soil infertility and barren land. There was secondary forest containing ferns and bamboo, fast growing plants that colonise land previously cleared by humans; and there were
Year 11Ecology Field Tripto Lenggend
rubber trees being ‘milked’ of their rubber on a daily basis by patient farmers who score the trees each day at around five am, so that the sap slowly oozes out and is collected in small pots attached to the trees. They return a few hours later to tip out the ‘plug’ of rubber onto the forest floor where it dries and is collected in the evening. Rubber plantations appear at first a good way to maintain the forest but it turns out that only 20% of the organisms that live in natural forest here can live in rubber tree plantations, the rest need a plethora of other plant species to grow in order for them to survive.
After arriving at the surprisingly windy orchard some of us used string to lay out ten metre by ten metre grids that would enable us to systematically sample the area using quadrats. We used random number generators to choose coordinates that would determine where we placed our quadrats within the grids. Other people ran twenty metre transect lines through the area, the unluckiest of whom had to extend their lines down through the boggy stream area: those who had brought their wellies were feeling pretty smug. We used identification keys and the expertise of the facilitators to identify and record all plant species growing along the transect lines. In this way we could estimate biodiversity in the orchard site.
Although by now the sun was blazing down on us we carried on (adequately protected by the sensible clothing, hats and sun cream that we were wearing at the advice of our teachers) with a thirst not only for water but for knowledge (some of us didn’t follow the advice of our
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teachers and bring water bottles).
Upon completion of our sampling tasks we gathered at a composting site on the hilltop where the facilitators talked to us about the importance of decomposers as part of the carbon cycle, returning carbon to the atmosphere in the form of gaseous carbon dioxide, and how the use of natural fertilisers helps to return nitrogen in dead plants to the soil, to be absorbed and used again to make new plant proteins. We had a sneaky peek inside a termite mound too: termites are detrivores, breaking up leaves and woody tissue into small pieces to help decomposition happen more quickly. But what we did not know (and neither did our teachers) is that termites form a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen fixing and nitrifying bacteria in their guts that supplements their nitrogen deficient diet of wood. That’s what is great about field work: there is always something new to learn!
The last part of the morning was spent visiting a goat and sheep farm on the hillside and thinking about how these animals and their activities fit into the carbon and nitrogen cycles, and how their farming contributes to human influences on the environment.
After a long and tiring morning in the orchard we headed back for lunch. There was white rice, crunchy fried chicken, sweet and sour fish and loads of stir fried veggies. It was delicious! Having stuffed ourselves full we reformed into our groups from the morning to collate our data, draw some graphs and present our findings to our facilitators, and then to other groups. Our teachers claimed to
Mrs Julie Carman Biology
be very impressed by the large range of correctly applied ecological terminology they could hear being used during these tasks.
And then it was time to wander out into the wilderness to hunt! Well, we searched around the stream and the pond for any organisms we could capture using nets and fishing lines. Sadly we had to release all that we found back into their natural habitat before we left, but it was fun seeing the small (and one rather large) fish, dragonflies, frogs and various bugs up close. The teachers also spotted three young monitor lizards by the stream as they were sitting quietly there after lunch, but the lizards made a hasty retreat as the masses of students approached, so none of us managed to get a glimpse.
We used our results from this task to create food webs and food chains for the ecosystem. Then we created pyramids of biomass and pyramids of numbers and discussed the similarities and differences between the two. In our final presentations of the day, we communicated our findings to other groups, then enjoyed a last well-earned snack (the food really was great) before posing for group photos, extending our thanks to the team and saying our goodbyes. The trip home was made to feel short as we watched the final half of ‘We bought a Zoo’ (though we didn’t get to see the predictably happy ending). We thanked the teachers for a good day out and headed to the dining hall for some more fantastic food.
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People argue everyday about everything that happens around them. They argue about what food to eat, what’s wrong with their relationship and why is politics sooo… confusing these days. But the notion that I’m trying to put forward today is a more intellectual manner of arguing, that is, Debating. Debate is the epicentre of discussion these days. For example almost all political discussions take place in a form of debate i.e. Presidential Debates, House of Commons Debates and Senate Debates. Debating is an elite sport among colleges and universities where prominent universities such as Oxford and Cambridge have huge and strong debating unions that have been established for hundreds of years. Most notably the Oxford Union is a debating club that discusses important public policies, current issues and political matters. Celebrated leaders and intellectual figures from all around the world, Ronald Reagan, Malala Yousafai, Hamid Karzai, Stephen Hawking and Tariq Ramadhan to name just a few, once debated and gave their ideas in that very chamber in Oxford. This just shows how debating is an integral part of an elite institution.
Debating is where you have two sides opposing each other on a particular topic of discussion. But there is more to that; students exchanging views, analysing critical points and constructing substantive rebuttals provides a broader perspective on the topic and establishes an intellectual discourse among peers.
How does debating help you? It is an educational tool and a vital device in developing a more holistic perspective among students. It teaches students
how to form valid arguments and provide points in a more constructive, clear and persuasive manner. Through debating it guides us to analyse ideas, contribute opinions and summarise a huge notion into simple understandable points. For example, there is a technique in developing an argument called the '7-stage analysis’, a technique used by debaters to break down thoughts into 7 stages so that in this way a speaker is able to think clearly and have a smooth train of thoughts. Also, it provides broader aspects and addresses wider range of issues so that the speaker is able to deliver a stronger and more extensive point. It stimulates the speaker to think further and guides the mind to explore new areas of the argument by thinking counter-intuitively.
Debating helps us to sift through ideas and eradicate those filled with fallacies. People are easily persuaded by flawed arguments that are filled with fallacies such as ad hominem (attacks the person instead of the argument, such as name-calling), bandwagon fallacy (agreeing because it is the majority belief) and my favourite non sequitur (a compelling but irrelevant conclusion). Debating then will guide you to think rationally and make sense of what you are arguing through facts and logical analogies. Hence, these common fallacies will begin to fade away through the power of rational-thinking that is promoted through debate.
It is also very informative. Students that join debates are incentivised to read more on current issues, domestic and international. This is arguably because most debates circulates around current
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Mr Neil McKelvie
English
DEBATING:
The Powerof Words
By Zulharris Mohd Annual (Year 12)
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Mr Neil McKelvie English
issues, tough motions such as ‘THBT (This House Believes That) the decline of Pan-Arab nationalism is good thing’, ‘THBT humanitarian aid for Syria should be compulsory for all nations’ or ‘THBT International Court of Justice is obsolete’ requires the students to understand the issues in depth in order to argue extensively. Hence for a debater to perform well he or she must read and be aware of the news around them .This can be done through reading and watching news from famous news portals such as Guardian, Bloomberg or magazines such as The Economist (highly recommended) or The Times. In this way, it creates a society which is more informed and aware about the world. In addition, the students now can also provide their own views, ideas and perceptions on various issues, fostering a more intellectual society and creating a bigger and broader discourse within the students, progressing them further.
Debating also helps the students to be more connected to the world around them and raises awareness about the issues that are happening in the world such as poverty in Third World countries, the rise of crimes related to social media and the economic conditions of countries such as Greece and Spain.
Most people say that charisma and confidence are skills that are hard to master. However debating helps you boost confidence and charisma. By giving your own thoughts and ideas, presenting them to the people and trying your level best to persuade them to agree with you, is a good practice of building your charisma and confidence. Charismatic leaders such as Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and the great Abe Lincoln were all debaters during their time. Debating has provided them with a set of skills needed to persuade the mass to agree with them and follow their cause. Take Tony Blair as an example, his unrelenting charismatic style, gained from debating during his graduate years in Oxford helped him gain the majority support of British
people for three elections despite his questionable public policies. An expert in charisma and confidence who is also a consultant, Dr Olivia Fox Cabane,, said that Debating is ultimately the most imperative tool used in training and building the charisma of leaders and influential figures.
Debating is now a trend in Malaysia especially within colleges and universities. Malaysia is now considered as the heart of debating in Asia. This is arguably because our institutions have been winning countless of tournaments all around the world and we are the reigning Champions of Asian Debating for both varsity and high school level. Given the tremendous amount of achievements, the Government has given their full support in making debating a culture in Malaysia and nurturing the young minds to join debate because there are thousands of benefits that we can derive from debating. The Nous Academy dedicated to training young debaters to reach new horizons has been established and thriving. The Government has also given a huge amount of funding to the Malaysian Institute of Debating (MIDP) to help them achieve this goal of building learned and versatile youths. There are countless national tournaments that Epsom College can participate such as IIUM Debate, KDU BP debate and lots of other tournaments of international standard.
Our school's debating union is adamant in stretching its wings and achieving our goals in making a mark in the debating arena in Malaysia. We are hoping for the support of fellow Epsom students to join and support our debating union. Debating is an essential component of a world-class and erudite society. Let's make debating our culture here in Epsom and we can do that by taking part in Epsom's Debating Union that is dedicated to generating a bold, elite and top-notch institution.
The Year 12 geographers along with Mr Barker and Mr White recently had our first fieldwork trip to Langkawi. The fieldwork we conducted here compliments ‘Crowded Coasts’ and ‘Rebranding Places’ in AS Geography. We were fully equipped throughout the trip with Mr Barker’s beautifully-put-together-92-paged booklet as well as our rather bad senses of humour to fill in the gaps between conducting fieldwork.
Upon arriving at our hotel in Kuah, we dropped off our bags and went straight out onto the streets to conduct our land use surveys. As we walked along the streets of Kuah, we made note of every land use we saw, getting especially excited whenever we spotted ‘signal crime’. We also took traffic and pedestrian counts at different points along our respective routes.
On our way to the northwest of the island, we witnessed firsthand the effects of coastal erosion and the risks of developing property too close to the shoreline. Once we arrived at the Oriental Village, we immediately got on the 2.2km long ‘Langkawi SkyCab’. As we swayed through the sky with a window that didn’t shut properly, the tension in the capsule built up quite quickly. Yongie, renowned for his ‘hardcore parkour’ attempted to console us by pointing out the fact that the cable car, although operated by Malaysians, was manufactured by an Austrian-Swiss company. The cable car ride included a lot of screams of ‘don’t look down’ at each other amidst a general state of panic.
From the top station, we walked down a mountain path to the 125m long Langkawi SkyBridge, ‘the world’s longest curve suspension bridge on a single pylon built in 2004’. It was a rather windy day and that was made more obvious as the bridge swayed slightly as we walked. Our knees were slightly shaky but the aerial view of Langkawi was spectacular! It was also a great place to observe tourists taking really odd photos on the glass floor panels. Mr White almost lost his precious blue cap to the wind but thanks to Lili’s incredible reflexes, she managed to catch his cap immediately! The journey back down wasn’t quite as frightening with Mr White singing as we descended.
After a long day of fieldwork and travelling, we were all very much exhausted! When Mr Barker and Mr White announced that we would be spending time after dinner gathered together to discuss the day’s fieldwork and go through more pages in our booklets, our jaws dropped, and then we nodded off to the sound of Mr Barker.
Mr Jon Barker
Geography
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Sarah Tan (Rosebery, Year 12) Langkawi Trip
Day 1, 26th February 2016
Our second day started off very amusingly with Gabe almost jumping in the wrong car! As we headed to our boat tour of the mangroves, Mr White gave us our first not-so-fun fact for the day, which was that 8% of mangroves in Langkawi have been lost in the last 14 years!
With that in mind, we hopped into the boat, got our life jackets on and set off on our ride through the mangroves. We managed to do some eagle spotting where Mr White got a bit too excited, exclaiming that we were looking at Brahminy Kites! After feeding some colourful fishes and visiting a private beach, we stopped at a floating restaurant for a quick lunch before continuing to the bat cave to see bats in their natural habitat as well as stalactites. Clearly there’s something the wind has against Mr White as his cap flew straight out of the boat, making him almost lose his cap once again although we managed to retrieve it!
The car journey to Cenang Beach was relatively long but we entertained ourselves with the radio. Little did we
Mr Jon Barker Geography
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Day 2, 27th February 2016know that Selena Gomez’s ‘Hands to Myself’ would soon become the trip anthem with it being on the radio far too many times! When we got to the Cenang area, we stopped at a stretch of beach by the roadside where we were able to see a breakwater. The teachers then decided that we needed a better view of it, so we hopped back in the car and successfully sneaked onto the beach of the Langkawi Lagoon Resort.
In Cenang Beach, we conducted a bi-polar analysis of Pelangi Resort’s successful use of pile rows as a coastal defence as well as a tool for land reclamation. As we carried out beach profiles, we got a few weird looks from tourists and locals on the beach with the four of us standing in a line on a tape measure, using a clinometer that looks like a plastic gun, as we shouted our results across the beach from the vegetation to the strandline.
We ended off the day fantastically with a very touristy panoramic photo as the sun set!
We began our final day with a trip to the Geopark office where the Geopark staff gave us loads of information on the history, status and efforts of Langkawi as a UNESCO Global Geopark. Mr Barker got a little bit too excited about rebranding when the lady announced that they were launching a new logo that day!
Our Langkawi fieldtrip ended in the same way that it had started, with land use surveys, but this time in Cenang. We decided to do one last beach profile with Gabe standing at the strandline. It wasn’t very long until Gabe came running out of the water with bright red feet, exclaiming that a jellyfish had stung him. Our rather calm Geography trip took a dramatic turn then with us applying vinegar and calcium from the dive school before rushing to the local clinic up the road. Thankfully, the lady at the clinic said that he wasn’t the first case of the day and was definitely not the worst.
Mr Jon Barker Geography
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Day 3, 28th February 2016
Overall, the trip was a great fieldwork and bonding experience between our teachers and the four of us! Highlights were our car singing sessions; our insanely random pun-filled conversations over meals and banana milkshakes; discussing our pet peeves; teaching the teachers Malay slang words; taking super cheesy tourist pictures; watching Yongie run against the airport travelator direction; mispronouncing words to annoy Mr White; hearing Yongie’s legitimate pronunciation of the word ‘southern’ and mine of ‘hotel’; and going against the flow of people as we squeezed through to get to our plane seats. The whole weekend was an incredible opportunity for us to become an even more closely-knit class! By the end of the three days, we decided that Mr Barker and Mr White were an old married couple and our dads in this beautiful Geography family. To sum it up in Mr White’s words, the trip was ‘cray cray’ and ‘totes amaze’.
Carr and Wilson house, the College's two transition houses, staged their own concert in the Auditorium on Friday 4th March. This was an excellent opportunity for the years 7-9 students to have their own platform to perform solo, ensemble and curriculum work as well as present whole house items and joint items.
Year 7 performed examples of pentatonic compositions with students who learn an instrument in addition to curriculum music having the opportunity to perform. Year 8, joined by year 9 girls, performed three Spirituals from their work on the Blues accompanied by Aquiel (Piano), Huang Chuen (Bass), Su Lin (Tenor Saxophone) and Patrick Chen (Trumpet). We listened to solos from: Mikael, Rohan and You Cong (all Piano) and Yi Chen (Violin).
Some students were busy in their own time creating bands or small groups. Wilson house presented two vocal features. Jordan and Dayana sang "Valerie" accompanied by Chanel and India performed "Ex's and Oh's". The audience were treated to a Carr House band performance of "Someone like you" with You Cong and Clement singing accompanied by Mikael, Huang Chuen and Edmos.
The Carr and Wilson string group performed "Call me maybe" and then accompanied the finale involving all the students: Wonderwall which began with a solo from Sean Doyle.
Thanks go to all the music teachers, house staff and the support staff involved in rehearsals and organisation of the concert and to all the parents who were able to come and listen. Congratulations are due to all of Carr and Wilson house on an excellent concert.
Many of the students are now in the final stages of preparing for next week's production of Olivia, tickets for which are available now.
Mr Robert Corringan
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MusicCarr and WilsonHouse concert
Carr and Wilson house string ensembleperforming “Call me Maybe"
Wilson House perform their 2016 House song:Some Nights
Boys of Carr House performing "Someone like you"
Upcoming Event26 April 2016Senior School End of Year Concert- 3.30pm
Mr Robert Corringan Music
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Congratulations
Jaclyn Choi
All at Epsom give our congratulations to Jaclyn Choi (Y12 Crawfurd) who has been awarded the Associate of Trinity College London Diploma in piano performance (ATCL) with Distinction (the highest level). This post grade 8 qualification is rated at the same level as the first year of study in a music performance degree. Jaclyn is now entitled to wear academic dress and append the letters ATCL after her name.
Jaclyn says:During the process, I found practicing a much longer recital physically and mentally tiring. I learned to manage my time effectively and to have the self-discipline to practice. I learned to concentrate on the sections of pieces I most needed to as there was not enough time to play through whole pieces I could already play in some practice sessions.
I had the opportunity to play my whole recital in front of an audience in school which was nerve-wracking but prepared me for the real day. I felt I was more nervous in my performance at Epsom than in my real exam! My examination was in KL in December and was on my Birthday; finding out I passed was a great late birthday present.
I’m now looking forward to playing the piano for relaxation, as I concentrate on my A-level examinations.
Mr Steve Brenchley
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Sport24th February 2016
26th & 27th February 2016
27th February 2016
2nd March 2016
12th March 2016
Girls Netball v Alice SmithU19s lost 10-12, U16s won 11-9
KTJ Football Tournament v Garden, KTJ and Jerudong BruneiGirls U13 lost v JIS, drew v KTJGirls U15 lost v KTJ, lost v JISGirls U19 won v JIS , won v KTJBoys U13 won v JIS, won v KTJ
Hockey Tournament at Epsom CollegeU16 and U13 Boys v Nilai Poly and KLIA HC
U19 and U15 Netball TournamentU19 Girls - 1st Epsom, 2nd AISM, 3rd KTJ, 4th Tenby Ipoh, 5th Taylor'sU15 Girls - 1st AISM, 2nd Epsom, 3rd Taylor's/KTJ/Tenby Ipoh
TriDEM Tournament
For all up to date sporting information @sportsECiM
Firstly, the Friday Flyer gives me a chance to say welcome to our newest Propert boarder, Felix. He is our third Singaporean, via Indonesia, who has quickly settled into Year 12. The key to Felix settling so quickly has been his willingness to get involved, particularly in sport. This is always a sure fire way of integrating into Propert. Even more pleasing is that he is a basketballer, an area in which we are a little weaker. That is not to say we are horrendous, but the level does drop a little from our normally high standards. Even so, we are still reigning House champions so it is all relative.
Talking of sport this week has seen a first, a football shirt in the House that was not representing either Manchester United (I can barely type the name), Liverpool, or Arsenal. I would like to say the Newcastle United shirt was being with with pride, but the picture attached suggests otherwise. Ben can join the strong contingent of Newcastle fans within the staff body – three poor souls and counting.
We have a few weeks left of this half term and the summer examinations are looming. This brings its own challenges and thus the most recent topic in PSHE was is the importance of ‘Well Being’. Now the boys are certainly ticking the exercise box on the Well Being agenda. The House gym is regularly used and a new bench and some bigger dumbbells are in the process of being added to the facility. A healthy body will hopefully go hand in hand with a healthy mind.
Finally, well done to those boys in Year 13 who have received some fantastic offers from UK based universities. This is great to hear and the boys really have worked very hard to get to this point. However, we still have a way to go to turn those offers into confirmed places and flights to England in September. Hard work will be the key and the boys are already showing they have the appetite for the slog ahead.
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PropertMr Ian Squires • Housemaster
I thought this week, I might take a look at one of the College’s Core Values, and see how it has been demonstrated by the students in Granville. At this time of the year, with exams looming on the horizon, it would seem prudent focus on the core value of ‘Hard work’.
‘Hard work’ is one of those terms bandied around constantly by teachers to try and get students to achieve something greater than they already have. It is unfortunate that often the dividends of that hard work are not realised until after their final external exams, by which time they have all left school. So, in today’s Friday Flyer, I wanted to focus on a few of the Granville U6 and their ‘hard work’ in order to gain entry into some of the best University and College’s around the world.
Firstly, Amer who has been offered a place, amongst others to study Actuarial Science at LSE, Warwick, Kent and London City University. Danial has had offers to study Economics at UCL, Warwick, Bath and Surrey. Isaac, who along with offers to study Illustration at UCA has had 2 unconditional offers from the California College of the Arts and The Art Centre College of Design – no easy feat. Isa has had offers to study Economics at City, Kent, Sussex and Reading. Riki, who has balanced an elite athletics career with gaining offers to study Product Design at Loughborough, Bedford and UCA. Suraj has gained offers to study varying forms of International Law at Kent, Sussex, Warwick and Surrey and Maaz has had offers to study Mechanical Engineering, one of the highest applicant to ratio courses, at Surrey, Birmingham, Exeter, Glasgow and Loughborough.
With between 3 and 25 applications to places at the best universities worldwide, competition has never been greater. I cannot therefore overemphasise the level of hard work that the U6 Granville boys have put in to both their University applications and their studies this year, to have got them to this stage. They are a credit to Granville House and Epsom College and I wish them all the best in accomplishing what they have set out to achieve.
As ever, there are photos and comments from all the weeks’ activities on our Twitter page at @GranvilleECiM.
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Mr Richard Castle • Housemaster
Granville
You may have read or heard of the College values: hard work, selflessness and good manners. They are the key ingredients of an Epsomian, the recipe for a successful education. However, I do feel that hard work is too often the one that is under the spotlights, the value that pupils, parents and teachers alike focus on.
Therefore, in Carr we have decided to celebrate all of them and we even agreed to add two others that we have called ’House values’: trust and respect.
Each value has a specific colour, and every time they show evidence of good manners, hard work, etc., they receive a sticker of this specific colour. 3 weeks after we started, the results are very encouraging with some of the residents en route to reaching the 20 sticker benchmark before the end of the week. The more colours that there are, the better it is.
If they get 30 before the end of the term, they will receive a certificate. Who will be the first one? Tough question. Come on boys, you can all do it!
On Friday 4th March, Wilson and Carr pupils treated their parents, carers and tutors with a wonderful Transition concert. It was the opportunity for both Houses to sing their Unison song from the House Choral competition, but also to see all the musical talents that can be unsuspected by some: Mikael, Rohan and You Cong on the piano; Joe, Kayshean, Bryan and Aaron in the Strings ensemble; Huang Chen on the guitar, Sean doing a solo, Edmos on the drums, etc.
The boys spent hours practising over the last few weeks under the guidance of Mr. Corrigan. I now look forward to seeing the numerous actors from Carr who will take part in the musical Olivia! next week.
Another victory for the U13 team! One week after their victory in the home tournament, they won at KTJ where they played against the hosts (victory 2-1) and against Garden International School (victory 5-4). Well done to all of them and to their coach, Sam. Every time I have the opportunity to watch them, I am always pleased to see the way they support each other and the camaraderie that transpires. A great team!
Haikal won the SEA football tournament with his team last week in Singapore. A fantastic achievement for him, especially as he scored 5 goals. Congratulations from all of us.
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Mr Fabien Hanique • HousemasterCarr
Value
Transition concert
Successes
We have seen such a huge contribution and commitment to College sport from the girls. They have shown enthusiasm, dedication and a competitive drive both personally and in their teams. In recent tournaments the results have been outstanding and I am so proud to watch from the side-lines and see them enjoying their sport and team camaraderie.
We had a lovely evening with our year 13s last week, sharing funny stories over cheese and nibbles. Mr Chick, Miss Farmer-Wright and myself enjoyed their company very much. This week we look forward to supper with our year 12s.
New furniture has arrived making our patio area, a lovely place to sit and chat. The balcony garden now has two swing chairs, providing a quiet area for the girls to sit, relax and watch the clouds go by. Plans to create a quiet area inside are developing with the aim of creating different zones around the house.
We had some amazing exam results last week, with Siti and Geraldine gaining outstanding SPM results. Carol, Kai Xuan and Li Min achieved fantastic AS results. Well done girls.
We have had lovely news from Epsom UK that Mayumi is having a great time and explored London with some of her new friends last Sunday. We can’t wait to see her in a few weeks and find out about her big adventure.
Finally, well done Amy and Kai Xuan who participated in the Business and Economics department assembly on Monday. They spoke with confidence and eloquence- it was great to see them on stage.
Follow our house twitter highlighting the girls’ achievements and my favourite retweets from Action for Happiness @RoseberyECiM
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Mrs Lucy Chick • HousemistressRosebery
After an extremely successful ‘Take a compliment’ week, the House is gearing up for our next Happiness Challenge! This will involve students carrying out acts of kindness for other people in the House. The students will be allocated a house member for which they must choose an act of kindness for. They will have the choice to reveal their identities or keep it a secret. The acts of kindness need not be elaborate or involve expense. It may be making somebody’s bed for them, leaving a treat on their pillow or the more creative students could even produce a piece of art for somebody. After seeing how enthusiastic and considerate the girls were with our last challenge, I can hardly wait to see what lovely ideas they come up with next week!
Our Y12 girls have been excitedly discussing plan this week to run a student led publication aimed at giving students the chance to showcase their talents such as Art and Photography without necessarily having to be studying them here at the College. The girls are working on their ideas with Mr Moore and it certainly has the makings of another important medium through which the students can express themselves.
We have some exciting events coming up within the House, which include a whole House outing before the end of term (more details to follow) and a Crawfurd hosted event after the Easter holiday. The Y13 girls came up with the fantastic theme of ‘The Amazing Race’, based on the TV show where teams race around the world, completing challenges as they go. The event will be held on Saturday 7th May and will be open to day and weekly boarders to attend, as well as the full boarders. Afterwards the plan is to have a BBQ and ‘open mic’ evening outside of Crawfurd House and we are hoping to attract singers, poets and maybe even some stand-up comedy!
There was also great excitement on Wednesday morning for the Lunar Eclipse that took place during registration time. It seemed that the whole school was outside to try and safely view the eclipse through filters or via the ‘selfie’ function on their phones! I have attached a photograph of Cindy, Imogen, Shanza and Jenny enjoying the moment!
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CrawfurdMrs Kelly Cunningham • Housemistress
What a lovely last couple of weeks in the house. We were busy practising for our wonderful Wilson/Carr concert which had the house alive with music. Well done to all the girls and to Dayana, Jordan, Su Lin and India on their solo performances....still think our house song should have won the full House competition..not bitter.
Last week, was Japanese Girls Appreciation Day and I took out Rika, Hinata and Marin out for a lovely sushi meal. They were so excited and thorughly enjoyed having their favourite food.
The Year 9's had a night of bonding making pizzas and salads. Thanks to the Year 9 tutor team of Mrs Barker, Miss Coleman and Mrs Cory for organising.
We have also welcomed a new Year 9 weekly boarder, Letisha to our house and already it has felt like she has been here since the beginning.
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Mrs Suzanne Kuster • HousemistressWilson
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