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Mid-Autumn and Spring Festival celebrations. A
highlight was the Chinese New Year trip to London’s
Chinatown. French students enjoyed a trip to see
Les Misérables in November, while Spanish students
visited Madrid in February. Over 40 students tackled
linguistic challenges in our inaugural House Linguistics
Competition. Additionally, 29 students entered the
UK Linguistics Olympiad, winning multiple medals
including our first ever gold. Congratulations to Year
9 Ana who achieved gold foundation level, Sophie
who achieved a bronze foundation level and Upper
Sixth George and Alex who achieved bronze medals
Advanced Level. Two Millfield Prep pupils achieved
bronze medals in the breakthrough level too.

Maths
01 It has been another great year for participation in
maths competitions, with over 200 students taking
part in ten different Olympiads and competitions.
We also hosted a junior team competition for local
primary schools for the first time, which was a
resounding success. There have been too many great
results to feature them all but the highlights include:
a gold in the Senior Maths Challenge aimed at Sixth
Form students for Year 10 Woody, his was also the
3rd best result in the school. A distinction for Lower
Sixth Angela in the Mathematical Olympiad for
girls, along with Merits for Rebecca, Jinghan, Emilia,
Maisie, Goksu, Obie and Olivia. Merits in the British
Mathematical Olympiad for Freddie, Jeffery, Gilad,
Alex and Nidal and a Distinction in the intermediate
Olympiad for Jose, alongside Merits for Christopher
and Woody. Seb and Tapi represented Millfield
admirably in the UKMT Team Maths Challenge. We
02 also hosted the Millfield Team Maths Challenge for
Year 10 and 11 students.
01 Upper Sixth Connie and Media Awards
Cari at the Media Awards
02 House Linguistics In March, the Media Awards celebrated the end
of A level Media coursework with a glamorous Plymouth Uni Geography trip
Oscars-style event. Held as an end-of-term A group of Lower Sixth students attended an A level
highlight, the evening recognised the creativity, Geohazards Student Conference held at Plymouth
commitment, and talent of students across all University.
coursework components. Awards were presented
in categories such as Best Film Opening, Best The day involved a series of inspiring talks focusing
Portfolio, and Best Music Video, alongside several on causes, impacts and responses to mass
special mentions. Students dressed to impress movements, earthquakes, and tsunamis. The day
and enjoyed seeing their work demonstrated on began with a discussion around the Chamoli flood
the big screen in front of staff and peers. The disaster in 2021 where 27 million cubic meters of
event was a fitting tribute to their hard work and rock and ice approximately 10 times the size of the
a memorable send-off for an exceptional year of pyramids of Giza crashed down the mountainside
media production. releasing energy comparable to 15 Hiroshima
bombs. Students were in awe of this event and the
Languages devastating impacts that followed.

The Languages Department has enjoyed a The students also heard from eminent Professor
fantastic year of cultural and linguistic enrichment. Ian Stewart who discussed the science behind
Our Chinese team built local partnerships with earthquakes, their impact on society, and how we
weekly classes at four local schools, plus vibrant can better prepare for future disasters. The students

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