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PRESENTATION EVENING
We were delighted that so many of last year's U6 were able to
return from university last month to receive their GCE certificates
alongside those receiving their GCSE awards. It was an added
pleasure to welcome Mr Jonathan Bevan as our guest speaker for
the evening. Many of the current staff remember him as a gifted
and genial pupil at Twycross and heartily agreed with Mr
Assinder's description of him as 'a scholar, an athlete and a
gentleman'. After reading Engineering Science, Economics and
Pictured here left to right: Victoria Thorp,
enjoying her first term at Leeds University
reading medicine and Alexandra Weatherdon
reading law also at Leeds. Our guest speaker
and past pupil Jonathan Bevan. Joanna
Barnwell who is enjoying a gap year working
for BT in Birmingham; she will head off to
Newcastle next year to read law.
Hannah Burns is also taking a year out and
she is spending her time working for a youth
charity in London which helps disadvantaged
children. She has been helping to organise
lunch and after school clubs and is
coordinating an arts show. She has an
interview at Kings to read medicine and has
applied to Cardiff and Bristol.
Pictured here left to right: Victoria Thorp.
Emily Field-Lucas is taking a gap year and has
enjoyed trekking through Morocco. She has
been offered a place to read Natural Sciences
at Durham University and also has an
interview at New College, Oxford. She is
off soon to row in Brisbane and then to tour
the southern hemisphere. Francesca McEvoy
is at Sheffield University reading
environmental science and has just been
to St James’ Palace to pick up her Duke
of Edinburgh Gold Award from HRH Earl
of Wessex. Hannah Burns.
Pictured here: Kimberley Low who is in her
first term at Oxford (Exeter College) reading
law. Kimberley was awarded the Kirkpatrick
Award for the best A-level certificate as she
achieved A-level A grades in English
literature, mathematics, biology and French
and AS-level A grades in further maths and
chemistry. Loren Oakley is greatly enjoying
university life at Sheffield where he is reading
accounting and financial/business
management.
Pictured left to right: William Gault who is in
his first term at Oxford (The Queen’s College)
reading chemistry. William achieved A-level
A grades in English literature, mathematics,
physics and chemistry. Oliver Bird is taking a
gap year and is reapplying to study medicine.
He is sending time working at a doctor’s
surgery and is spending the rest of the winter
season as a ski chalet host in Europe. Michele
Richichi is in his first term at Birmingham
University reading biological sciences.
Pictured left to right: Oliver Calder is studying
management and economics at Sheffield,
Daniel Maudsley is at Liverpool reading
German and business studies and Christopher
Hunt also at Liverpool reading politics and
international business.
Samantha Gummery and Victoria Thorp.
Samantha achieved all A grades in
mathematics, chemistry and biology and is
reading biomedical science at Sheffield.
Management at St John's College, Oxford (where he captained
the U21 Rugby team) he worked at Ford's research centre before
joining a management consultancy in the City. After a spell in
Amsterdam he has taken on further managerial responsibility with
UK Logistics in Ashby, from where he travels extensively in
Europe.
Jonathan was generous in his praise for the fine results achieved
last year and acknowledged the hard work put in by students and
teachers alike.
Presentation evening also gave the
opportunity for parents and pupils to view
a new work of art in the study. This
picture shows the oil painting of Mr and
Mrs Assinder (and Mott and Doodle)
completed during the summer holiday by
Kennis Chan (Lower Sixth). She worked
on the painting for two or three hours
each day over 6 weeks. The painting was
inspired by the Gainsborough portrait of
‘Mr and Mrs Andrews’. It shows different
effects such as those of the Impressionists
and for the final composition Kennis
worked from several photographs that she
had taken.
Pictured above: Fran McEvoy just after
receiving her Gold Duke Of Edinburgh
Award.
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