Lessons from Auschwitz
Par ticipating in the Lessons from Auschwitz Project (LFA) along with Edward Stein (6O), Katie Harney (6H) and Navin Raess (6C) was one of most valuable and eye opening experiences I have had. Before the vizif we met to discuss pre-war Jewish life as well as hearing a fir st-hand testimony from a sur vivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Zigi Shipper. Four days later we boarded an early flight to the small town of Oswiecim – known by its Germanised name: Auschwitz. There we visited many infamous sites, as well as haunting museum exhibits. On our return and given time to recover, we had a follow up seminar at which we reflected on the visit, explored the relevance of the lessons of the Holocaust and reviewed practical ideas in order to spread the word to our school and communities. The experience gave us the oppor tunity to broaden our knowledge of the Holocaust, as well as providing a fantastic chance for us to work with the Trust in furthering Holocaust Education in our community.
Royal Institute Engineering
Tomas Fernandez-Cuervo (6M)
Third Form pupils, Adam Mather (3M), Nicholas Mbugua (3F)and Thomas Doyle (3S) have successfully attended a series of masterclasses in Engineering and ICT organised by The Royal Institution. The classes were run over a sequence of Saturday mornings and held at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London. Each Saturday morning consisted of a presentation by either a professional engineer or software programmer from industr y, followed by a hands-on workshop where pupils could apply their new-found knowledge to the tasks set. London Orator y pupils were treated to workshops exploring the biomechanics of hips, wind turbines and car crash testing, whilst also developing their team building skills with other pupils from across the countr y.
National Museum of Computing
Miss Celentano - Head of Physics
The Fifth Form GCSE Computing class set off to The National Museum of Computing, located in Block H at Bletchley Park. It was a whirlwind tour of the histor y of computing, star ting with Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic computer. Its single purpose was to help decipher Lorenz-encr ypted messages between Hitler and his generals in WWII.
Then we moved on quickly to the Harwell Dekatron, the oldest working computer in the world, punch card systems, mainframes, the histor y of the personal computer and the old PC games room but by far the favourite stop was the room full of BBC Micros, where the boys created their first game in BASIC . Not forgetting George, a walking, talking robot made from using metal from a crashed Wellington bomber built in 1950. Mrs Alderton - Director of ICT & Learning Technologies
Katie Harney, Navin Raess, Tomas Fernandez-Cuer vo and Edward Stein.