Regents Review Summer '16

The Regents Review Summer 2016

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

‘The Lie’ A preivew of the story by Taylor Thompson

Mathematics Junior Maths Challenge no idea if her parents would go through with it. Sara’s friends told her to join in for once, to skip school – somebody else would stay behind to cover for them. For once, Sara said yes: she was sick of being stuck behind, alone at school while her friends were out having fun. Not to mention there was the dreaded science test today. God, how she hated science. The Maths department welcomed a new addition to the team, Mr Chiramal, who joined us at the beginning of the summer term. He has settled in well and is very much enjoying life at Regents Park. In September Miss Bateson, who has been carrying out her teacher training with us, will be joining the Maths team full time. Our Year 11s, came to the end of their GCSE course and have all studied hard. Pi Club continued to be well attended and provided a calm, supportive atmosphere for them to revise. It was surely the revision and not the hot chocolate and pastries that attracted them! One lie led to another lie. And another, and another. Now where was she? Grounded, with threats of the police being called hanging above her head. She had In other news we had some notable successes in the Junior Maths Challenge. Our congratulations go to the following students: Everything possible to help support our students is being done and by the publication of this newsletter, Year 11 students will have completed their exams and be patiently waiting the results in August, as will we!

That morning, before school, she had shoved some clothes in her bag and dashed out of the house. They – well, her friends – had the plan set in stone: meet up around the back of the school but let no-one see you. Harder than expected due to the fact she lived about two minutes away from the school. But she had made it. She was bursting with anticipation. It was the first time she had ever done this and she was savouring the thrills.

Bronze Award

Year 7

Caitlin-Rose Harnett Evie Burnage Benjamin Crouch Ayaz Ahmed Klaudia Szymczyk Rebecca Walters Mikayel Kabir James Phippard Taylor Brindley-Dymott

Bethany Hurst Tiger Needham Ethan Whybrew

Year 8

Marek Ladkowski William Greenacre

Ernest Tkaczyk Connor Earney

Silver Award Bailey Freeman Thomas Kelly Kate Osman Emily Fraser Konur Bilgic Karol Kaczmarski

Year 7

Year 8

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