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ACADemIC HIGHLIGHTS
Chemistry
Once again there was considerable success in the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge with Florence Ji receiving the Gold Award and Chloe Cox, Charlotte Imbert, Ciara Ings and Anastasija Timofejeva winning Copper Awards. Year 12 pupils Cody Chan, Anda Kadia,
Dance
Amy Shi, A-level dance
Isobel Mitchell, Arnold Shum and Mayuri Tambyrajah competed in the inaugural Cambridge Chemistry Race at the University of Cambridge against pupils mostly from Year 13. Eliza Jones, Zain Radwan, Wilson Zhang and James Zhou took part in the Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench regional competition, finishing fourth. This national chemistry
Eliza Jones and Zain Radwan at Royal Society competition attracts the best of Chemistry Top of the Bench competition minds in the 14–16 age range.
Classics
Pupils have continued to study Greek, Latin and classical civilisation throughout the school. Strong numbers studied Latin in Year 9, and 14 of these pupils also studied ab initio Greek.Years 10 and 11 pupils attended the Troy: Myth and Reality exhibition at the British Museum. Sixth form pupils benefited from study days in London on Greek theatre and love and relationships in the Ancient World.
James Cousins Company workshop
A-level pupils produced a quartet piece with American Jazz practitioner Mel Simpson, and pupils also took part in workshops with the Royal Ballet, James Cousins Company, Rambert Dance Company and street dancer Bismark Anobah. Pupils attended West End productions such as Evolution by Acosta Danza, Rambert Event by Rambert and 3 Fall Dance Company.
Debating
Yasmine Abi-Hanna with Zain Radwan, Missy Richardson and Oliver Tutt, runners-up in the Ian Gow Memorial Cup
Jake Ellwood (second from right) at MUN
Debating at Eastbourne College continued to flourish under the guidance of American Debater- in-Residence Yasmine Abi-Hanna. Seventeen pupils travelled to the Oxford Global Model United Nations attended by over 750 delegates from Asia, Europe and North America. Jake Ellwood received an honourable mention for Best Position Paper in the final General Assembly in the Sheldonian Theatre, and Karina Matei passed her resolution. William Brown, Lewis Buckle and Oliver Wright advanced to the regional final of the English Speaking Union Mace debate. Senior debaters attended tournaments at the London School of Economics as well as
at the Cambridge and Oxford regional rounds.The junior debaters Zain Radwan, Missy Richardson and Oliver Tutt finished runners up in the annual Ian Gow Memorial Cup.
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