Throughout this year, often feeling heavy with the pandemic hanging over us, the film club has developed into a safe haven, helping us to forget the worries of the world with a little bit of screen escapism every Friday afternoon.
In May, to link in with our ‘Rocks and Fossils’ topic in Science, we had the honour of welcoming the esteemed Dr René Bobe, Research Affiliate in the School of Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and co-director of the Paleo-Primate Project at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.
Although we were restricted in our Eco Committee activities this year, we have remained very productive.
Boys in Year 8 and 8S gained an insight into financial awareness with a course run by Helen Merrington- Rust.
Saturday Music School has continued throughout the 2020-21 academic year, albeit in a much-altered form in adherence to government restrictions.
This year we were delighted to be able to run our annual leavers’ dinner for our Year 8 boys at the end of a busy assessment week.
As part of their special subject, our Year 8 boys presented their year-long research in a series of ‘TED Talks’ at the end of Trinity.
Like pretty much everything else, Wykeham Day was reimagined this year.
The Earthshot Prize, launched in 2020 by Prince William and David Attenborough, invites innovative solutions to address Earth’s most pressing environmental problems.
Year 4 enjoyed two Zoom talks in Trinity to extend the work they had been studying in Great Civilisations.
