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King Edward’s pupils gain awards at Bristol Model United Nations Conference

Pupils from King Edward’s School, Bath were delighted to receive awards at the Bristol Model United Conference which took place over the weekend of the 4^th and 5^th of February at Bristol Grammar School.

For all but one of the twelve King Edward’s School delegates this was their first Model United Nations Conference. The KESBath pupils, from Years 9 and 10, were competing against twelve other schools from Bath, Chippenham, Bristol, Exeter and Taunton.

King Edward’s pupils received the following awards;

Jim Brennan, Year 9, was awarded Best Young Delegate in the General Assembly, and his contribution to the Environment Committee was noted by the chairs.

Ella Schofield, Year 10, was awarded the prize for Best Delegate on the Security Council, an award which is always hotly contested.

Alex Musselwhite, Rory Whybrow, Ella and Jim, who collectively represented the United Kingdom, were awarded the prize for Best Delegation in the General Assembly debate.

Ms Rich, Model United Nations Co-ordinator, commented: “A huge well done to all pupils who took part in the Bristol Model United Nations Conference. It was a delight to see every single pupil participating with confidence and insight in their respective committees. Several KESBath pupils submitted successful resolutions, and all engaged with the issues debated with maturity and eloquence. We wish them every success at future MUN events.”

Mums & Daughters brave the cold for Netball Tournament

The weather on Saturday 4^th February was frosty but that didn’t deter mums and daughters from taking part in the annual Mothers’ and Daughters’ Netball Tournament.

The morning began with girls’ warm up matches for Years 3 – 7, which provided a good opportunity for parents to re-cap some rules and cheer on their daughters.

At 10.00am it was the mothers’ turn to play in a round robin format of all mum teams playing alongside mixed teams of Year 8 – 13 girls.

The day was great fun, a few cold toes and fingers but lots of smiles.

King Edward’s School Cadets tackle an emergency to gain First Aid qualification

Over 20 cadets from King Edward’s School’s Combined Cadet Force spent the weekend of the 4^th and 5^th February working towards the St John’s Ambulance First Aid qualification.

The first day was spent covering the basics of first aid. On the Sunday Cadets had to put everything they had covered in the Saturday training sessions into practice during some realistic emergency scenarios.

The Cadets were confronted by the scene of traffic accident with two casualties. Working in small groups they set about assessing the situation and preparing to administer relevant first aid help. Then suddenly, ‘CRASH!’ the Head of Maintenance falls off his ladder, now there are three casualties but wait, ‘BANG’, Lt. Drury staggers out of the range, a cadet had shot him by accident, four casualties.

The Cadets were now dealing with a crisis emergency situation where they had to think fast and work hard organising and distributing first aid to all, not forgetting to contact the emergency services to summon help.

Commanding Officer, Captain Holdaway, commented: ’The Cadets kept very cool under pressure, reaching the standards required of the First Aid qualification with ease. Congratulations to all Cadets who passed their First Aid qualification with flying colours. A great, enjoyable weekend was had by all.”

Congratulations to King Edward’s British Schools’ Biathlon competitors

Twelve pupils at King Edward’s Senior and Junior School were delighted to be selected for the first of four Schools’ Biathlon Championship Semi Finals which took place at Bath University on Sunday 22^nd January.

Selection was tough. Schools were asked to submit run and swim times and only the top 50 out of a total 6,000 entries were invited to compete in each class.

The event saw pupils from Years 5 to 7 tackling a 50m swim and 500m run, while Years 8 to Year 13 pupils had to complete a 100m swim and 1000m run for Years 8 to 12/13. Points are awarded for each discipline and final positions are decided by the total number of points achieved after both disciplines. There was also a team element to the competition as the three top scoring individuals from a School in a class will count as a team.

Schools’ Biathlon Championship results for King Edward’s School were as follows:

Year 5 Boys
Overall team position	6th
Bertie Walpole	9th
Duncan McAllister	29th
Sameer Mahmood	36th
Total in category	64th

Year 6 Girls		Year 6 Boys
Dulcie Walpole	15th	Ben Rhydderch	23rd
Lali Rhydderch	21st
Total in category	56th	Total in Category	58th

Year 7 Boys		Year 7 Girls
Oscar Warren-Fisher	26th	Kara Hughes	29th
Oliver Penney	46th

Year 8 Girls
Claudia Blofeld	44th

Year 9 Girls
Emily Daulby	25th
Elen Lindsay	30th

Helen Earle, King Edward’s School Sports Department, commented: “Well done to all pupils who took part in the Schools’ Biathlon Championship. They showed great commitment and worked incredibly hard with their training and gained a great deal from the experience and deserve credit for their achievement.”

Dulcie Walpole is waiting for the results of the other two Semi Finals to see whether she has got through to the Finals at Crystal Palace.

King Edward’s School tops new GCSE league tables

Pupils receiving their GCSE results

The latest Government league tables, based on 2011 exam results, have just been released and place King Edward’s School as the leading school in Bath and North East Somerset at GCSE.

An impressive 100% of King Edward’s pupils achieved 5 or more GCSEs (including Maths and English) at grades A* - C.

Deputy Head Academic, Mr Tim Burroughs, commented: “We are delighted that the league tables reflect the hard work of both the pupils and teachers. More than three quarters of entries graded A* or A and almost 41% at the prestigious top grade with a third of pupils gaining 6 A* grades or better, with the top performers achieving 10, 11 and, in one case, an astonishing 12 A* grades.”