Mr Bolderow’s Blog 09.10.20

The Sixth Form lecture series has been running for a few weeks now – the speaker either visits us or Francis Holland – and the lecture is filmed to be shared with those that can’t be there in person.  The Drama Studio hosted something a little different for the Year 12 on Monday.  Harry Baker, a Bristol Maths & German graduate and the youngest ever World Slam Poetry Champion, talked to the boys about his love of language, shared some of his poetry including the first poem inspired by an idea he had on his paper round, and the poem he wrote on his favourite prime number (59).

The School has today focussed on mental health and wellbeing as it is World Mental Health Day tomorrow.  It was the focus for this afternoon’s PSHE session and also for this afternoon’s assembly which was done by Section so that age appropriate advice and information could be shared.  The Year 13 have also produced a video on their techniques for coping with pressure.  It is impressive that they have found the time to do this at a point in the year when they are juggling competing academic demands.

The Year 13 are focussed on their applications to university at the moment and for some the application deadline is the end of next week.  Those applying to Oxbridge or for medicine and dentistry are pulling the final pieces together.  The medics have all recently sat the UCAT and there are tests coming up in early November for Oxbridge.  It is a challenging time for them, and with such competitive applications there are more challenges to come but I congratulate them on all they have done so far.