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Egg-cellence is not an Accident
This summer a team of five Year 12 pupils, Niels B, Paul E, Zayan H, Luigi G, and Ferdinand B, known as the ‘Malvernauts’, attended the national final of the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge at the British Model Flying Association’s headquarters. The Malvernauts were set the challenge of launching an egg 250m into the air and bringing it safely back to the ground without breaking it. The team successfully launched their egg 253m into the air but unfortunately were disqualified as their parachute became entangled and did not fully deploy. Despite this, the Malvernauts’ performance at the national final demonstrated a great achievement as they have been designing and testing their rocket throughout the school year. Furthermore, during the final our students had to present and justify their design and engineering choices, and their presentation was awarded full marks!
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Cell-ebrating Biology Success
Arthur L, Year 12, is among the top 0.5% of the world’s contestants for the British Biology Olympiad 2024. The BBO is one of the longest running and most influential science events in British secondary schools and has over 10,000 entries per year. Arthur won the global gold medal with an outstanding score, 32 points higher than the gold medal line, and was invited to participate in the BBO China training camp! Here, Arthur will be coached by Dr. Treharne, the Head Coach of the UK Biology Olympiad National Team, and will connect with top international bioscience educators and peers.
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Malvern Award Gold Winners
The Malvern Award recognises outstanding levels of pupil achievement and performance across a wide range of activities. Launched in 2022, the award has Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels, and places a significant emphasis on leadership and role model behaviour. Success criteria include exceptional contributions to school sport, the arts, leadership positions within Houses, Super- and Co- Curricular programmes as well as community work. Year 13 pupils Nadezda M and Daniel B were awarded the Gold Award this summer, and since then, Daniel has continued to prove himself a worthy recipient and true role model as he spent the summer volunteering in Ghana for the charity ‘Village by Village’, partially funded by a Malvernian Society grant.
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