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The Olympiads Chemistry
Physics
German
Three Sixth Form students made it through to the UK final of the Royal Society of Chemistry Olympiad, taken by more than 4,500 students around the UK; six MGS students have made it to the final in the last 20 years. The three boys were each awarded a Gold medal for their achievement.
Ivan Paul, Sam Tate and Heval Turel were all awarded Gold in the Physics Olympiad, placing them in the top 50 UK students within their age group; they are now looking forward to this year’s Olympiad competition. MGS has had considerable success in the past with our boys making it onto the national team.
Sixth former James Wills was runnerup in the first ever German National Olympiad. James rewrote the Grimm Brothers’ tale of Hansel and Gretel for the competition which was held at the Bodelian Library, Oxford.
Linguistics Sam Heath beat more than 1,200 other entrants with his talent for decoding and interpreting both modern and ancient languages. He became one of only eight UK finalists to take part in this year’s International Linguistics Olympiad. The final, hosted by MGS, required Sam and his competitors to undertake both an individual event and a team challenge.
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Mathematics Matthias Hoffman-Vagenheim became one of the highest-scoring boys in the country on the Maths Olympiad paper, scoring 50 marks out of 60. The result places Matthias within the top 50 in his age category for the competition; this achievement is all the more impressive as he was competing against those who were a year older.
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World Success Christian Owen fought off competition from thousands of children around the globe to become the top UK entrant in the World Literacy Day spelling competition. He battled through five rounds of spelling and was ranked 18th in the World, the only pupil in the UK to reach the top 20. The event was organised by Unicef, Spellodrome and the World Education Games.
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Chess Hat Trick
Scholarship
MGS Chess team won the National Schools Championships for the third year running, which has equalled the best performance by any school in the history of the competition. Key players were Andy Horton, Daniel Abbas and International Master Daniel Fernandez, who won every game they played in the competition.
Luke Tyler won a scholarship worth £2,000 to study Conservation and Forest Ecosystems at the Bangor University after sitting an entrance exam, competing with other students across Britain.