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Wellbeing HUB and Community Sessions
In support of Children’s Mental Health Week, the Warwick Independent Schools Foundation launched a Wellbeing Hub, dedicated to young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
To access Foundation-wide information relating to Pastoral Care, Wellbeing and Counselling, Blogs, News and External Resources on our dedicated Wellbeing Hub, click here.
In addition parents and staff were invited to get involved in weekly wellbeing activities, including a ‘singing stress buster’ session, fun dance fitness classes, a book group, and a ‘cook-along’ with Warwick School’s head chef.
The sessions were well received and enjoyed by all who took part, with evidence of some of the fabulous baking skills learnt below!
Lockdown Friday
Afternoon Baking
Eighteen Students from Year 9 to 13 enjoyed cooking and baking during lockdown on Friday afternoons. They made chocolate mug cakes, banoffee pie, millionaire’s shortbread, mini omelettes, egg muffins and orio cheesecake under remote supervision.
The boys showed fantastic
skills and we hope they will keep making things in their kitchens in future!
The Great Science Bake Off
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of the innovation that led the UK to excel in science and technology and this year ran from 5 - 14 March.
Warwick School ran several events and competitions, including The Great Science Bake Off.
Boys were asked to bake something with a science theme and send in a photo of their entry. Commendations were given to all and house points awarded to the top houses. On your marks, get set, Bake!
First Prize: Jack Kelly-Owen, 11L, Leycester
Careers Department Guest Speaker
Duncan Gunn ‘Aspiring Architects’
Our Careers department arranged for Duncan Gunn, Architect and OW, to talk to our 'Aspiring Architects' on Thursday, 18 March, via Teams.
Students from Year 11 and above were given an informative and enthusiastic talk which provided a real insight into the profession from Duncan who runs his own successful practice in London.
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EPQ Presentations 2021
This year, owing to the COVID-19 regulations, we took the reluctant decision to cancel our usual Poster Event and conduct the EPQ presentations in a different way. Pupils were required to design and deliver a ten-minute PowerPoint presentation and answer unprepared questions from a small audience consisting of two EPQ supervisors and two of their peers.
Boys spoke eloquently and with confidence on a wide range of subjects: the low reconviction rates in Norway, the impact of the Stephen Lawrence case on the British judicial system, the fall of the Roman Empire, factors influencing bird-song, cosmetic dentistry and the threat from quantum computing to the U.K.’s cryptographic infrastructure, to name just a few. There was clear evidence that boys had not only gained mastery of their topics but that they had also acquired and honed a variety of important skills: referencing, assessing the credibility of resources, time management and project planning. They will take these forward to enhance their future learning at university and in the world of work.
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