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| Curriculum |
Form 3, 4 and 5 (Years 4, 5 and 6)
English, mathematics, French, biology, chemistry, physics, history, geography, religious studies, music, drama, art, games and swimming. (Latin and Astronomy are added in Form 5)
Senior 1, 2 and 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9)
English, mathematics, French, German, Latin, chemistry, physics, biology, history, geography, religious studies, music, technology, ICT, art and games.
Senior 4 and 5 (Years 10 and 11)
GCSE courses: English language, English literature and mathematics plus options from French, German, Spanish, Latin, Classical Greek, chemistry, physics, biology, electronics, history, geography, religious studies, ICT, art and music.
Sixth form
GCE A level options from English language and literature, English literature, mathematics, further mathematics, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Classical Greek, chemistry, physics, biology, electronics, economics, history, geography, art, music, theatre studies, classical civilisation, critical thinking and general studies. Computer courses are also available including programming, assembly language, websites and databases and computer architecture.
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A level and GCSE results 2011
A level results summary:
21% of entries achieved A* grade
64% of entries achieved A*/A grade
10 students achieved 3 or more A*/A grades
GCSE results summary:
40% of passes were at A*
78% of passes were at A*/A
100% of students obtained at least 5 A*-C GCSE passes including English and Mathematics
16 students obtained all A*/A passes The students, parents and staff of Twycross House School are celebrating these exceptional results which are the culmination of enormous commitment and endeavour over a number of years. Nine students achieved at least three A grades and one in five passes were at the very highest level of A*. Achieving four A levels at the top grade will enable Alice Arnold and George Roberts to read Physics at Durham and Nottingham University respectively and Adnan Malik, Amy Samson and Stephen Parkes to go on and study medicine at Nottingham, Bristol and Leicester. In addition to these, a special mention must be made of Tanya Pankratova who has the distinction of collecting nine A levels, all at A and A* in: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, French, Russian, Latin and Greek - Classical and Modern. Tanya’s extraordinary breadth of talent could have taken her in any direction, but she has chosen to pursue her passion for Chemistry at Merton College, Oxford. At GCSE there were many very creditable performances, but Max Poynton deserves particular mention for achieving 10 A* grades from electronics to classical Greek. Congratulations to him and to his fellow-students William Arnold, Ben Collins, Sophie King, Kate Mortiboy and Danielle Newey who were awarded 8 or 9 A* grades.
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The Numismatist
On Thursday 4th November Mr P Warren, a coin expert, showed us a fascinating range of coins he has collected from the quadrant to the aurius. He explained the value of the coins. He also told us about the Roman Empire, even going back as far as Romulus and Remus! Many of the coins had the faces of Gods and the Emperors. By George Arnold Vivek Tailor 4X added:- The whole class was amazed how long the coins had lasted. Best of all, he allowed everyone to handle the coins. His amazing lecture left everyone talking and several wanted to start their own coin collection.
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German Christmas, culture and food!
In our German lesson on the last Tuesday of term, both classes gathered in the New Hall to give our presentations on German Christmas traditions.
The idea was initially that of Susi the German student teacher, who wanted us to learn more about German Christmas traditions. All the presentations were interesting, informative and colourful. We learnt about German Christmas markets, St Nicholas, Advent and Christmas fun.
Following our presentations Susi spoke about her home town’s history, her favourite traditions and food.
We found out that they open their presents on Christmas eve, go to church every Sunday during Advent and eat lots of chocolate – as we do over here!
After Susi’s presentation, we tried some German Christmas sweets and Susi chose the winning presentations. The winning presentations were from Sebastian Considine’s group and Dan Samson’s group.
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History Relics
It’s not often that archaeology can be practised indoors, in fact, in the comfort of the New Hall. That’s exactly what happened when archaeologist Susie McGraw visited the school and challenged all Form 5 historians to use evidence and think. They dated pottery, assembled two dog skeletons (or tried to!), worked out the uses for different bottles and matched artefacts to their owners from a nineteenth century Appleby census. The morning’s session made learning fun, (but then, history is!). |
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