A Chemistry Olympiad

by tl | Apr 19, 2024 | Academic

Sixth Form Chemistry students took part in this year’s Royal Society of Chemistry’s Olympiad. This was an exceptionally challenging paper, with over 1,000 schools taking part. The 2024 paper covered topics such as the composition of the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup...

Powerful Performance at Public Speaking

by tl | Mar 22, 2024 | Academic

The Cokethorpe Public Speaking Team put in a performance to be proud of at the English Speaking Union’s regional final. The team, comprising Evie (Fourth Form, Swift), Eylül (Third Form, Swift), and Sofia (Third Form, Feilden), competed against six highly...

Countdown to the Conundrum

by tl | Feb 27, 2024 | School Life

There were anagrams and puzzles aplenty, as pupils faced off in the annual House Countdown competition. The first heat saw Queen Anne take an early lead, and, despite Feilden and Harcourt narrowing the gap, Queen Anne maintained their lead to make it through to the...

Inspiring a Love of Languages

by tl | Feb 20, 2024 | Academic

Head of School, Dee (Upper Sixth, Gascoigne), and Head of Harcourt, Tara (Upper Sixth, Harcourt), shared their passion for languages with pupils across the School in the first student-led Modern Foreign Languages Day. They organised an array of linguistic and cultural...

Chemistry Conference was Out of this World

by tl | Nov 24, 2023 | Academic

The Oxfordshire Youth Chemistry Conference, held at Wychwood School, had the topical theme this year of ‘Out of this World – how chemistry contributes to space exploration’. The conference aims to inspire and showcase excellence in science across the county. The...