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As a College that focuses on trying to ensure the best result for every individual, and knowing that all our studentsand teachers have worked exceptionally hard in preparation for examinations. A-level Results Day is always anervous wait. Therefore we were delighted to report this year’s results have yet again outperformed the UKnational average with 71% achieving A* to B grades and 86% achieving A* to C grades. Fiona Pocock, Principal atBosworth believes, “The national press and public bodies can react to exam resultswith statistics and point towards trends but for us, the results are aboutindividuals! We’ve worked with them usually over several years and haveshared their challenges and witnessed some of the hardships they haveendured so as to reach their full potential. Our whole staff share in thesuccess of our students and we are thrilled now to have evidence that effortand dedication pay off.”We offer huge congratulations to all of our students who have now moved tothe next stage of their careers, they are all success stories in our eyes, but

highlighted below are four students who gained places atCambridge and Oxford:

Nicole Gray (British) A*A*A*a achieved in Biology,Psychology, Geography and Maths and is nowreading Human Sciences at the University of Oxford.Nicole describes her experience, “To sum up my timeat Bosworth in 5 words; diverse, friendly, comfortable,focused and relaxed.”

Toyin Ihinmikalu (Nigerian) A*AAB achieved inPsychology, Government & Politics, Biology and EnglishLiterature and is now reading Law at the University of

Oxford. Toyin told us, “It was interesting beingtaught by such amazing and experienced

teachers. The smaller-than-average class sizesand the individualised interactions between teachers

and students made it highly enjoyable.”

Debbie Ifeobu (Nigerian) A*A*A*Ab achieved inChemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, and

Economics and is now reading Engineering at theUniversity of Cambridge.

Son Olszewski (Polish) A*ABBab achieved German,Maths, History, Economics, Further Maths and EnglishLiterature and is now reading Law with German Law atWadham College, University of Oxford. Son told us, “The College providedgreat preparation for university life.”

The individual care and attention each student receives at the College will continueto ensure that each student can fulfil their academic potential and we will remain

proud to follow this year’s cohort as they progress and grow in their chosen fields.

Nicole Gray

Toyin Ihinmikalu

Debbie Ifeobu

Son Olszewski

You will find all the latest news on our website: www.bosworthcollege.com

We were delighted to welcome Faria Jan back to Bosworth. Faria is just aboutto start her second year of a degree in Medicine at Imperial College London. She described how her course was structured, and explained how Problem-BasedLearning (PBL) was used to bring theory to life. PBL sessions start with discussing apatient and their symptoms, the medical students then have to research and findout about the disease, learning about anatomy, physiology and biochemistry along theway! She gave advice about writing personal statements; admissions tutors want to get anall-round picture of candidates. Medical applicants should be clear about why they want to study medicine,and convince the admissions tutors that they have the motivation and resilience to finish the course.

BridgeU - Smarter UniversityApplications Bosworth students attended a presentation given by OscarWebb on the university application management systemBridgeU. This system is now on offer to all our futureuniversity applicants. It will allow students to streamline theiruniversity choices across several countries, by inputting theiracademic, professional and social preferences as well ashelping them to build their ideas for their personal statementin the AS year. It also enables us to track eachindividual's progress along their journey.Our aim, as always is to aid students'to make more informed choices.

Thank you to Jess Heaney from Leeds University who came in to talk toour future university applicants. Her presentation, "Making the most of Year 12"

gave students a comprehensive insight into what universitiesare looking for and how competitive places can be.

A-level students wishing to apply for Medicine met withClaire Church from Keele University. They intentlylistened to her presentation “An overview of the School ofMedicine” in which she provided a really interesting insightinto the course options at Keele and theapplication process, including an outline of themultiple mini-interviews. Claire also advised

students to look at the values of the NHSConstitution and consider their importance.

Former Bosworth student Baba (who we mentioned recently forachieving first class results in his exams) kindly visited today tospeak to A-level students about making an application toCambridge. He outlined in detail the application andinterview process for Engineering at St. John’s College. Now inhis final year, he also talked about the importance ofinternships during his degree course, both for future prospectsand depth of knowledge.

Baba with Mrs Lewis

Luna, a Chihuahua puppy, helped raise funds forChildren in Need. Donations were given for apetting session with a very patient Luna.

Bake Off - lots of students baked deliciousgoodies in aid of this year’s Children In Need charityand we were lucky enough to have Mary Berry andPaul Hollywood (from the Bake Off) judge the winning

bake, which went to Laura (pictured here with her cook bookprize). Thanks also to everyone who dressed up and entered into the spirit of it!

The UKMT Maths Challenge took place at AbbeyfieldSchool, with sixteen schools taking part. Our teamhappened to be an all-girl team (pictured here in order):Chloe Phan, An Nguyen, Khanh Vu and Max Zhang. MsCoulter who attended the event, assisted in theadministration and marking but she could not help orsupervise the team. She explained, “The girls workedwell as a tight team to a very demanding set ofquestions. The competition was fierce and they werenarrowly defeated by Rugby School to finish in secondplace. An excellent result and we arevery proud of the girls’efforts, they wereabsolutely awesome.”

Our Halloween fancy dress party proved to be veryspooky indeed! With lots of interesting outfits andcreative make up..... More spooky antics with aHalloween supper at Lime Trees Boarding Houseand creative pumpkin carving!

MPW Birmingham visitedthe College this term for areturn football match.MPW initially took thelead, but after a slowstart the Bosworth teambegan to dominate. MrTatar is pictured here, farleft, he gave a half-timeteam talk which workedas Bosworth went on towin the match in thesecond half. Final Score: Bosworth 5 v 3 MPW Birmingham

In November, Bosworth students attended the SI-UK LondonUniversity Fair at which over 100 universities are present. This givesstudents the opportunity to quiz the universities about degreecourses and gain top tips on how to write a personal statement.

Remember, rememberthe 5th of November...

A trip to Alton Towers theme park, with a firework display thrown in!

Isle of Wight Over the October half term some of our students had theopportunity to spend a few days on the Isle of Wight with theUnited Kingdom Sailing Association, they spent their time trainingwith fully qualified instructors learning how to kayak, paddle boardand how to sail a dinghy.

Oxford and Cambridge This term, students had the opportunity to visit both famous university cities.

In Oxford they took part in a walking tour and gained entry into one of theuniversity colleges. In Cambridge they went for a punt along the river Cam and then headed to the city centrefor a chance to go shopping or to visit the famous Fitzwilliam Museum.

National Biology Week For National Biology Week, Moulton College invited our GCSE students to attend the ‘Big Biology Day’showcasing Biosciences and celebrating Biology. The activities included:

• Sport Science: a series of fitness tests to gauge an individual’s strengths and weaknesses in sport – with theaim of helping them to improve

• Ecology: taking water samples from the campus stream to investigate theinvertebrates and other wildlife – to better understand the localenvironment

• Behaviour & Adaptation: studying the behaviour of the meerkatsin their habitat – to understand their routine and habits

• Anatomy & Microscopy: dissecting sheep hearts – to see theinner workings/functions of the hearts, as well asusing professional binocular microscopes toview prepared slides

Being hands on with each activity as theseimages show really captured our students'interest and enthusiasm. For those whomay wish to take Biology beyond A-level,it gave them an insight into futurecareer/degree options.

Go Karting and Ice SkatingBoth activities always prove popular, students love competingagainst each other to race around the go-karting track,however the ice-skating proved a little tricky as many werebeginners.

GCSE Geography Field Trip Students recently visited London to study sustainability.Looking at sustainable urban communities which is a topic onthe exam syllabus. The visit started by looking at measuressuch as congestion charging and cycle hire to reduce the harmdone by traffic in the city centre. Using sustainable transportmethods, including the Dockland Light Railway, the group travelledto the East End of the city where they had a tour of The Crystal, asustainable cities initiative by Siemens, the leading global engineeringand technology services company. The Crystal is home to the world's largest

exhibition on the future of cities, as well as oneof the world's most sustainable buildings

and events venues.

The third stage of the long and activeday was to research GreenwichMillennium Village. This is a newcommunity built on a brownfield site onthe banks of the Thames. The apartments have large south-facing windows to reduce energy use and cut carbonemissions. There is plentiful public transport as well as anEcology Park to reduce flood risks and increase biodiversity.

On Saturday students visited Buckingham Palace and tookpart in a sightseeing tour of London via a duck boat on theRiver Thames. Students had the chance to experience the

palace from the inside and take photos of all the famous sightsalong the river.

At the end of October the SMENorthamptonshire Business Awards 2016took place, hosted by Vick Hope a CambridgeGraduate and presenter on 4Music and ITV2.The awards are in recognition of all the smallto medium enterprises in the County andthe hard work and drive of local businessesto continually improve their services.

In total 57 companies were shortlisted asfinalists for 17 separate awards rangingfrom Business of the Year to YoungBusiness Person of the Year. In ourcategory for Service Excellence there were8 companies as category finalists. In eachcategory there was a runner up and awinner, obviously we were surprised anddelighted when Bosworth’s name wascalled as the winner!

Our host Vick went onto say, “Bosworth were head andshoulders above their competitors in this category.” An extremely flattering statement,

considering the successful businesses we were up against and one of which we are immensely proud.

Whilst we normally celebrate our successes via student results and university destinations / competitive degreecourses it was refreshing to also recognise we are a business that takes very seriously the customer serviceangle of what we do.

Fiona Pocock, Principal at Bosworth believes, “With 33 different nationalities in our student body ofwhich a large majority board with us, the student experience has to be at the heart of what we do, notonly do we expect that students in our care achieve their very bestacademically but that they also develop into confident and well-rounded individuals, enriched by their time in our culturalenvironment. This starts from the very first phone call oremail with the Admissions Team right through to thepastoral/boarding care on offer, our Personal Tutorscheme and the vast array of extracurricularactivities students can join. We always aim to goabove and beyond to offer a personal tailoredservice to each individual in our care.Our students’ wellbeing is always first andforemost and it is extremely rewarding to receivethanks and praise from both parents andstudents each year as they depart to topuniversities with bright futures ahead. We havea great sense of pride and satisfaction in all ourstudents’ successes, especially knowing the time,effort and dedication of our staff will make adifference on the international stage.”

Sue, Fiona & Vick (Presenter)

Sue (Admissions), Fiona (Principal) & Mary (Marketing)

Bosworth AS students sat a Chemistry Challenge whichis supported by St. Catharine’s College, CambridgeUniversity during their summer mini-term. From thisAS group we are proud to report we have achieved 1Roentgenium, 2 Gold and 6 Copper Awards.

The aim of the competition is to stretch and challengestudents interested in chemistry, and it provides anexcellent experience for anyone considering takingtheir studies further. It is set by an experienced teamof teachers and university chemists and it is designedto be accessible to Year 12 students but ensures totake them significantly beyond the syllabus andencourage them to think about science in the waythey would at university.

The 2016 Paper was completed by 7,229 entries!The Award boundaries are: Roentgenium Award 48-60,Gold Award 33-47, Silver Award 26-32, Copper Award 16-25, No Award 0-15 and allwinners receive a certificate along with a report on the paper and a question commentary.

Overall, 55 students won Roentgenium awards (less than 1%), 541 students won Gold awards (7.4%), 992students won Silver awards (13.7%) and 2,631 students won Copper awards (36.4%). So we are pleased toreport we have 1 student in the top 1%, 2 students in the top 7.4% and 6 students in the top 36.4%! Details ofthis year’s award winning students are listed below.

Mrs Maria Johnstone (pictured above)believes it is important for students tobe tested beyond just the syllabus andtells us, “Every year since the start ofthe present competition, our ASChemists participate in the C3L6Challenge. The latest cohort had arecord number of students takingpart. In an increasingly competitiveenvironment for the studentsapplying for a university course intheir A2 year, it is imperative thatcandidates show involvement in

Olympiad-style exams and prove enthusiasm forchemistry beyond the taught topics.”

We are also proud to report Minh Quang Dang (picturedleft opposite) was then subsequently invited to take partin a residential Chemistry Camp at the University ofCambridge this summer. In total just 55 out of a possible7,229 students were eligible. He attended a combinationof lectures where the key theories of Chemistry werereiterated but taken beyond the A-level syllabus, alongwith recreating tests and experiments based on previousinternational Chemistry Olympiads. The students werealso given a tour of the Chemistry Laboratory at St.Catharine’s College, which is one of the mostprestigious and leading laboratories in Europe.

STUDENT NAME AWARD PICTURED ABOVE OR BELOW

Dang Minh QUANG Roentgenium Below left

Gary ABBASS Gold Below right

Kelvin CHOO Gold Below middle

Lois BOYES Copper Above right, front row

Ashkan MAHMOODIAN Copper Above middle, back row

Corey Markie Copper Above middle, front row

Siu Fung SUN Copper Above left, back row

Hossein TAJDINI Copper Above right, back row

Yufan YANG Copper Above left, front row

Working with students from 14 to 19 years of age we have arange of flexible options including; one or two-year GCSE,BTEC, UFP & A-level programmes. We have a strong trackrecord of placing students on competitive universitycourses and experienced staff are keen to share theirknowledge with you.Find out more about what certain subjects entail, whichcombination of subjects work well and how the choicesyou make now can steer you closer to your longer-termgoals. You will also have the opportunity to talk to some ofour current students about their experience of Bosworth.In addition our UCAS experts will have a stand at the eventand you will have the opportunity to ask questions. Open forALL and please bring a friend!

Join us from 7pm on Thursday26th January at Bosworth

Hall, 33 St. George’s Avenue,NN2 6JA. To register please contact Admissions on 01604 235 090

follow us on @bosworthcollegeBosworth Independent College • Northampton • 01604 235 090 • info@bosworthcollege.com

Former student Jun Wei kindly came back to see us and we weredelighted to catch up. Jun Wei left us in the summer of 2009 tostudy Medicine at Dundee University. Mrs Hills, Mrs Johnstoneand Mr Fang enjoyed hearing all about her training and futureplans, indeed she had come from Warwick, where she had beenfor an interview for a possible post. Once her general training iscomplete, she hopes to specialise in hip and knee replacement

surgery. We hope Jun Wei will keep usupdated as she moves into the next

phase of her medical career and wecontinue to remain proud of her work!

Bosworth Hall has had further refurbishmentover the summer and students now have adesignated Coffee Lounge. We wanted to createa peaceful chill out area, where students couldrelax with friends or study at their leisure. Wehave created a book swap area as well toencourage them to share their favourite books.