Oxbridge Joint Presentation

Fifty students from Sherborne School, Sherborne Girls and The Gryphon took part in the Lower Sixth Oxbridge Joint Schools’ Presentation Evening, which was the culmination of a year-long faculty-based Oxbridge extension programme.

In the Michaelmas term, students from the three schools met in faculty groups to discuss articles and problem-solve. This fed into working on faculty projects to research one area of academic interest amongst the group. The presentation evening demanded that the students presented their findings to their peer group with the Heads of Sixth Form from the three Schools acting as judges. Use of academic formal language was important, as was the quality of research and presentation. Scientists researched the societal effects of the AIDS pandemic, the morals of animal testing and revolutionary ideas that have influenced modern day physics. In Arts and Humanities, the topics focused on the failures of Esperanto, the effectiveness of demokratia in ancient Athens and foreign intervention in humanitarian crises. The top three projects named below impressed the judges with their academic rigour, individual and team contributions and fluency of delivery when presenting academically to the audience. Congratulations go to the winning team from the music faculty comprising Maxim Lewis (L6a) and Angus Williams (L6c). In second place the Economics team included Hugh Deery (L6a), David Chen (L6e) and Hendrik Ashbrooke (L6g). The English/Classics group with Robbie Foster (L6a) and Barney Crawford (L6b) took third prize.  

• First Prize:  

• Music: Why has historically invoked performance practice invoked so much controversy?   

• Second prize: 

• Economics: The cost-of-living crisis  

• Third Prize:  

• English/Classics: How have classical ideas of heroism influenced both the ancient and modern world? 

Judy Thurman, Head of Specialist Higher Education