Year 12 Students should arrive by 10.30am for an assembly in the Schoolroom.

Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 should be in their Form rooms by 11.15 for extended Form Time; a notice on arrival will confirm form rooms. Lessons will start after lunch, so no students in year 7-11 will need PE kit on the Wednesday.

Please note, only Senior and House Prefects are expected to attend from Year 13 on Wednesday, with normal lessons resuming from Thursday for all Year 13.

For each class, our German teachers selected the best translations and they were sent to Oxford University for further judgement. Every class winner received an award!

On the 11th July, we and other winners were invited to the school library to celebrate our results that had come from Oxford. We were given certificates and various sweets like Haribo. Finally, we took a group photo and shouted “Käse”, which is “cheese” in German! We have thoroughly enjoyed participating in the competition.

Kerem K & Ben G in 7S

Second place: Oliver M in 8B

Third Place: Huxley in 8S 

We look forward to facilitating more events like this in the next academic year. 

• Roentgenium: 1
• Gold: 7
• Silver: 12
• Copper: 37

The idea stemmed from personal experiences with existing period trackers on the market. They are purely software-based, meaning they make baseless, generic predictions about when a woman’s period will start. Through market research, we found that millions around the world struggle with irregular periods, especially teenagers, perimenopausal women and women with health conditions, such as endometriosis. The uncertainty around when their menstrual cycle starts causes a fear of leaking and a waste of sanitary products. An unexpected period can also force a change of plans, such as not going swimming on holiday or wearing light-coloured clothing. These problems inspired us to consider how we could personalise period tracking to save women from the stresses of an irregular cycle. Hence, CycleSense was created.

Measuring hormones through saliva testing is not a new invention. In fact, there are many products out there that make use of this concept to track ovulation, helping couples who are trying for a baby. However, no-one has applied these techniques to simply help women know when their period will start. This gap in the market highlights a lack of research and investment in women’s health, making us realise that a product like CycleSense could make a huge positive impact for people.

The full-day programme was packed, with the Track & Field as ever taking centre-stage. Several new records were broken, especially in the High Jump, where the move to the artificial cricket net surface seemed popular with the athletes - Josh Jukes (1.61), Victor W(1.65) and Toby G(1.81) all soared over the previous best performances. For star-man Toby, this was parti