News From Chigwell | Autumn 2016
ACADEMIA
Howard & Mitchell Essay Presentation Evening Nearly a hundred Chigwell pupils, staff and parents attended the annual presentation of the winning essays in the Howard and Mitchell Essay competition. This competition is open to Year 12 students whose essays, chosen, researched and written independently, enter either the Howard (arts and humanities) or Mitchell (maths and sciences) contests. This year’s winners were (Mitchell) Lara Hobbis, on ‘Should the germ line genetic
modification of humans be allowed in order to treat or prevent disease?’, and (Howard) Autumn Foord, on ‘To what extent has the portrayal of mental illness in literature differed in representation over time and how has it impacted modern perception?’. Both talks were expertly prepared and confidently delivered – as evidenced by the wealth of perceptive questions which followed each. The presentations were followed by a dinner, which included a talk by former Howard winner, Isabella Bird. n
Top Biology Awards for Chigwell Students The Biology Olympiad is an online quiz run by the Society of Biology for students in Years 12 and 13. Approximately 7,200 pupils took part in the competition this year including a team of 21 from Chigwell. The results were very good with eight of the team achieving medals. Congratulations and well done to Anna Chelchowska and Julia Kotowska who came in the top 6.6% so were awarded gold medals; Lauren Keiller who gained
a Silver Medal by coming in the top 9.5% nationally; Jada Coker, Michael Scott, Emma Cadman, Andrew Voong, Kayden Chahal who came in the top 15.5% and achieved bronze medals. Zuzanna Borawska, Rohan Chandra, Tanu Kugathasan, Rahul Aggarwal, Kian Nikookam, Zayan Uddin were highly commended (top 16.7%) and Evey Zheng, Tamra Paul, Iva Mohora, Anatoliy Tiavlovsky were commended (top 16.7%). Mr Eardley, Head of Biology, commented that he was particularly pleased that students achieved two gold medals this year. n
Biology Challenge
Leavers 2016
Meanwhile, the Society of Biology Challenge is for pupils in Years 9 and 10. Over 30,000 pupils took part in the competition this year including a team of 14 from Chigwell. There were some very commendable performances, particularly from Poppy Bradley and Suli Scatchard who both achieved Gold Medal standard. The full team was Aine
Nikookam, Poppy Bradley, Leon Raj, Zoe Wright, Deetya Patel, Stella Kearin, Radia Ar-Rumi, Catherine Liyanagama, Suli Scatchard, Cayley Cochrane, Venetia Bailey, Jasmine Iley, Justine Voong and Charlotte James-Pajwani. Overall the team achieved 2 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals, 6 Bronze Medals, 3 Highly Commended and 1 Commended. Congratulations to all who took part and well done for maintaining the school’s high status in the competition. n 04 | 05