Regents Review Winter '18

The Regents Review Winter 2018

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Business and Maths Visit to London On Tuesday 10th July, 22 Year 9 students boarded the train to Waterloo London followed by the tube to see the Bank of England Museum’s history, lifting a gold bar, cracking safes and authors who worked at the Bank of England. We visited Guildhall Square for lunch where we were lucky enough to witness the fly past of past and present RAF fleet as they celebrated 100 years of the RAF. After this, we visited the Guildhall West Wing - where the Great Hall was built in 1411 and having survived both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, the original imperial standards of lengths are on display along with statues of Winston Churchill and Admiral Lord Nelson. We visited the remains of Londinium’s Roman Amphitheatre, discovered in 1988, where more than 7,000 spectators sat on tiered wooden benches in the open air to watch wild animal fights and the execution of criminals. As we continued our tour of London we walked to the London School of Economics via St Pauls Cathedral to see their impressive libraries and Student Union services, followed by a short visit to Covent Garden for a spot of shopping, before walking back along the Thames to Waterloo Station.

Pi Club Year 11 students have attended mathematics breakfast revision sessions, fondly known as Pi Club, following the half term, to prepare for their mock exams. The focus has been on getting Grade 5 and support has been offered in key mathematical areas. Now that the lead up to the summer examinations is now in full swing, we are expecting to see lots more students, in the new year we will also be offering a separate Pi Club session for higher students aiming for Grade 7 or higher. Students can come along to room 32 from 7.50am on Thursday mornings to benefit from this extra help, hot chocolate and brioche are also on offer. In addition, we also have the Wednesday after school club to help Year 11 students achieve their target grades. We are also expecting Year 11 students to be revising independently at regular intervals at home, reviewing an array of topics covered over the past four years with particular attention given to those highlighted in their recent mocks. Students can use resources available on and downloadable from the student drive, check out Google Classroom code: il61qu for extra revision resources. Each student will be receiving an individual feedback sheet based on their performance in the mock examinations to indicate areas of strength and weakness. Students can then use resources available on and downloadable from the student drive.

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