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CIFE Award Winners

Bosworth Independent College is very proud of ex students Hannah Ye and Oi Yean Wong. Both are worthy winners of this year’s CIFE awards.

Hannah Ye – Award Winner (Bosworth College CIFE prize)


Hannah did exceptionally well in her A Level exams, gaining 6 A grades in Maths, Further Maths, Economics, Business Studies, Accounting and Chinese. Hannah has progressed to the University of London where she has chosen to study Economics and Business with East European Studies.

Hannah’s mother and brother (also an ex Bosworth student) attended the award ceremony and expressed their pride at her achievements.

Hannah had many interests whilst at Bosworth she: qualified as a First Aider, volunteered for Cancer Research UK and passed an Open University Course on Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis.

Hannah with her Mum and Brother Hannah receiving her award
Hannah with her Mum and Brother (above left) and Hannah receiving her award (above right)

Oi Yean Wong – Award Winner (Achievement in Science)


Oi Yean within her Science A Levels gained the highest marks possible in 17 out of a possible 24 units, a truly gifted scientist. From studying on our 18 month A Level programme, Oi Yean went onto achieve 4 A grades in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths as well as a grade A in Chinese at AS Level.

Along with her talents for Science, Oi Yean is a gifted musician and middle distance runner. We wish her continued success at Newcastle University where she is studying Medicine.

Oi Yean and Mrs Carter (Vice Principal Oi Yean receiving her award
Oi Yean and Mrs Carter (Vice Principal) (above left) and Oi Yean receiving her award (above right)

Students take up mathematical challenge

Maths

Minh Trang Nguyen pictured with her Olympiad award – an exceptional achievement


Currently at Bosworth Independent College 174 of our 192 A Level students choose to study Maths at A Level, with many of these students also opting for A Level Further Maths. Last year, our students achieved a 100% pass rate at A Level in these subjects, with 73% of students gaining an A grade and a further 18% a B grade.

Therefore, it is fair to say Maths is a core subject at Bosworth, and because of the number of students we have studying this subject at A Level we are able to offer 16 different units out of a possible 18 available.

To incorporate this number of units we actually have 51 different A Level groups with an average of 8 students in each group. Which obviously means timetabling this subject in itself proves a mathematical challenge! However, having 18 maths teachers on hand helps.

The students can choose statistics, mechanics or decision maths to go alongside the compulsory pure maths units and with students from 22 different nationalities opting for maths each Bosworth student has a very unique learning experience.

Furthermore, this year we entered a number of students into the Maths Challenge competition which is set for AS Level students. Of those who participated; eight students achieved gold, thirteen silver and four bronze medals.

Three of our gold medal winners qualified to enter the first round of the Maths Olympiad and one of these students, Minh Trang Nguyen, won a place in round 2 of the Olympiad from which the National team is chosen. This is an exceptional achievement and we are eagerly awaiting her results.

Northamptonshire County table-tennis under 18 champion

Cavan photo

(Pictured above: Cavan Tian Vun Foo winning the County title at his first attempt)

Under 18 Table-Tennis Champ

Bosworth Independent College is very proud to announce that student Cavan Tian Vun Foo, from Malaysia, has just won the Northamptonshire County Table-Tennis (Single) Under 18 Championship 2010. Cavan joined our 18 month A Level programme in January 2010. He joined the local Table-Tennis club three months ago and currently trains with them two evenings a week.

For the Singles title, whilst Cavan was seeded number one, in the Final he had to fight off competition from the Two Time Defending Champion, a true challenge. With a 2-0 lead his opponent fought back to 2-2 but he finally clinched it 3 sets to 2 to take the Under 18 Single title.

Cavan also competed in the Under 18 Doubles title, seeded number two for the doubles his partnership managed to beat the number one seeded pair. With his partner Aaron Ark he managed to hold off the competition in 3 sets to 2.

Every week Cavan will also take part in a League match and currently he is ranked 21/500 in this League.

Well done Cavan on your superb achievement within your first 4 months at Bosworth! We wish you continued success with the Northamptonshire County Club.

'AS' Physics Olympiad 2009/2010

Over the past few months THIRTEEN 'AS' Physics Students have voluntarily given their time to study for the Olympiad. They spent a number of lunchtimes working with Dr. Sweetland who helped them prepare for this really tough event --- open to all Schools and Colleges in the UK ---- and who organised the entries on behalf of the College. (Big 'Thank You!')

The Exam was taken some weeks ago and the results for our students are as follows:

Foo, Tien Vun Cavan
Tang, Tsz Ho (Kevin)
Aghoghovbia, Vome
Sze, Chun Yian

ALL RECEIVE PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES


Cheung, Hoi Man (Ariel)
Chang, Jun
Tran, Ngoc Lan
Nguyen Viet Tien
Tran, Yen Ngoc

ALL RECEIVE BRONZE AWARDS (40% -- 60%)


Lai, Ka Chun

RECEIVES A SILVER AWARD (62%)



Thai, Son Dang

RECEIVES A GOLD AWARD (78%)


WELL DONE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS. REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT ON YOUR U.C.A.S. FORM NEXT YEAR!

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Bosworth student Krupesh presents a cheque to Romeo and Cinderella

This year the College is running for the first time the Duke of Edinburgh Award. This is open to all of our students and has three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The participants choose to develop their skills in three areas: Skills, Physical Activity and Service. The awsard is a great way to pick up new experiences, friends and talents that will stay with them for life. This award is highly valued by both universities and employers, and can benefit students when submitting the UCAS applications.

Those on the scheme have been working with ‘Young Creations’ a voluntary organisation made up of able and disabled participants. The aim of the organisation is for young people to express themselves through the arts. Pictured above in this year’s Panto Performance! Bosworth student Krupesh presents a cheque to Romeo and Cinderella otherwise known as Jacob and Laura. Bosworth students raised the money through holding fundraising events.