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Do you or does someone you know have a talent for
managing people and a desire to help young people
in your community?
5th Caterham Scout Group is a thriving, dynamic and very well-structured
organisation of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, based at Sacred Heart Church
in Caterham. The success of our group is thanks in no small part to the
work of our late Group Scout Leader (GSL), Paul Lovell, whose passing
has left a need for someone to help co-ordinate the volunteers who
run the group’s three sections. The voluntary role is highly flexible
and requires someone, male or female, who can liaise with: the Scout
Association at District level, the group’s executive committee, the
section leaders and with the church, which sponsors the group. The
successful candidate would not need to attend the weekly Beaver,
Cub and Scout meetings and would receive comprehensive support
and training from the District. If you are interested in finding out more,
please contact Peter Lovat on 01883 345749 peter_lovat@yahoo.com
or Tim Evans on tim201@icloud.com
Target 2.0 Article
On Friday 25th November, Sixth Form Economists, Niall Jukes, Charlton
Desouza, Tom Buckland and Eddie Tucker, were given the opportunity
to compete in a national economics competition, Target 2.0, at the Bank
of England. The students, along with six other teams from schools within
London, had to assess the current economic conditions in the UK and
the outlook for inflation, advising a panel of judges on the direction that
monetary policy should take in the United Kingdom in order to achieve
the Government’s inflation rate target of 2%.
The team captain, Niall Jukes (Year 13), had the following to say:
“After extensive research, we decided to alter monetary policy by
increasing the Base rate to a level of 0.6% from its current, historicallylow
rate of 0.25% in order to counteract growing inflationary pressures
in the UK. We were given 15 minutes to present our case in front of an
audience and a panel of 3 members of the Bank of England committee
who directly advise Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England.
After working together to present our view, the judges then asked our
team a series of questions regarding the presentation; although the
questions proved to be challenging, we answered them sufficiently.
Overall, it was an insightful experience, helping to develop our
understanding of macroeconomics and allowing us to learn from likeminded
economics students from neighbouring schools.”
Although the team did not progress to the next round, the boys gave a
respectable account of themselves with the school finishing 3rd out of 7
teams.
ASPIRING FOR ACADEMIC, CULTURAL & SPORTING EXCELLENCE
ASPIRING FOR ACADEMIC, CULTURAL & SPORTING EXCELLENCE
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