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DT STUDENTS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE
Two teams of M4 pupils representing the
College’s Design Technology Department
were awarded second and third places at a
recent technology tournament organised by
the Rotary Club.
Held at Warlingham School,Technology
Tournament 2012 involved teams of four
students from local schools, who were set
a technology task to solve.The competition
provided an opportunity for team-building
and practising communication skills, as well
as problem solving.
This year’s event involved designing and
making a coin sorter, based around a
charitable theme, to sort 21 coins – 7 lots of
5p, 10p and 20p pieces.All the teams had a
set bag of materials and were instructed to
bring along specific tools and the competition
was judged on both the success of the coin
sorters and the design folios each team had
to complete.
Epsom College Team 1, comprising William
Hornby,William Murdock, Frances Payne and
Dilys Tambini-McGee, came a very close
second with their design based on the Help
for Heroes charity, equalling the number of
The two College teams with their designs (left to right):Thomas Egan,William Butterfield,William
Slough, Rebecca Nesbit, Frances Payne, Dilys Tambini-McGee,William Murdock and William Hornby
coins sorted by the eventual winners, which
was the maximum of 21.
Epsom College Team 2, made up of
William Butterfield,Thomas Egan, Rebecca
Nesbitt and William Slough, managed to sort
15 of the 21 coins successfully with their
design, based around a Breast Cancer
charity theme, and took third place.
The winning team came from Robert
May’s School in Odiham, Hampshire, which
specialises in Science, Mathematics and
Computing. Other schools competing included
Whitgift (two teams), Oasis Academy from
Enfield and Wallington High School for Girls.
LEFT: There was a large turnout for this
year’s Junior Dodd Speaking Competition
ECLECTIC TOPICS AIRED AT
JUNIOR DODD SPEAKING COMPETITION
This year’s Junior Dodd Speaking
Competition, once again offered younger
members of the College the opportunity to
develop and hone their public speaking
skills in front of a packed house of staff,
parents and peers.
Each team comprised three speakers –
one to introduce the chosen topic, one to
deliver the body of the argument and one
to sum up, with the objective being to
communicate their ideas in an effective,
engaging and informed manner.
The teams had dreamed up a somewhat
diverse set of topics, ranging from the
serious matter of Sweatshops to a lighthearted
exploration of Happiness, but every
group had clearly made a real effort to rise
to the challenge of the evening.
Amongst the M4s, some nerves were
understandably evident, but special
mention must go to Jonathan Pollard and
William Slough for their mature and
confident efforts. It was not easy to pick a
stand-out group, however, and although a
talk on Exploding Pigeons raised a few laughs,
the Headmaster, in his role of adjudicator,
ultimately settled on a rather provocative
effort by Juyeon Oh, Astrid Molke and
Catrine Gillies on the theme of Nudity.
The U4s certainly built on the successes
of last year and, again, it was difficult to
decide on a clear first place. George
Hancock delivered a masterful presentation
on Fundamentalism but the deserved winners
were Amy Bramworth, Aidan Smith and
Lewis Bizaoui for their impassioned plea to
parents to fix the economic mess the
country finds itself in.
“Congratulations go to all participants
for their hard work and impressive efforts
on what was a most successful evening,”
said English master Mark Zacharias, who
organised this year’s competition.
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