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22 August 2019

Students achieve fantastic GCSE Results in 2019

CONGRATULATIONS to students and staff at St Ignatius College on achieving superb GCSE results again this summer.  We are delighted that all the hard work has paid off and are very proud of our students’ achievements: We are incredibly pleased with our current headline: 72% grade 4 and above in both English and Maths 56% grade 5 and above in both English and Maths English 83% achieved grade 4- 9 66% achieved grade 5- 9 Maths 74% achieved grade 4- 9 63% achieved grade 5- 9 We are especially pleased with the number of higher grades across a range of subjects with 23% of our grades overall  at 7-9.   Students achieved grades 7-9 as follows: Maths, 29% of students achieved grades 7 – 9 English, 23% of students achieved grades 7 – 9 Physics (64%), Chemistry (61%), Biology (51%), French (27%).   The following students achieved grade 9 in maths: Darwin Clark, Mihir Hurwanth, Sanjay Karunakaran, Denzel Kesse, Leon Srikantha The following students achieved grade 9 in English: Andrei Antenor, Piotr Chilinski, Kene Chukwuma, Jaden Diaz-Ndisang, Ethan Fellows The following students achieved grade 9 in English Literature: Abin Anil, Ashley  Dougan,  Kesse Denzel Kesse, Ayman Khalil, Daniel Shaw A huge congratulations to students with exceptional performances as follows: Students achieving grades 7 – 9 in all their subjects: Antenor Andrei; Jaden Diaz-Ndisang; Ashley Dougan; Ethan Fellows; Max Getling; Sanjay Karunakaran; Sean O’Brien; Daniel Shaw; Gabriel Sigua; Leon Srikantha We are very proud of each individual child and their own personal achievements. Today we celebrate the hard work and commitment of students and staff. This success is testament to the high quality teaching, support and pastoral care that students receive and to our partnership with parents.  The Headteacher Mary O’Keeffe, said “I am delighted that so many individual pupils have achieved outstanding personal performance.  I congratulate them and I thank all the staff who have worked tirelessly to make this possible.  We thank our parents for their continued support of their sons.  It is only by working in partnership that we achieve such success.”     

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And they're off! Sports Day has got off to a wonderful start with students participating in a range of games and track and field events. It's great to see the competitive edge alongside teamwork and sportsmanship and everyone with a smile on their face!#AMDG pic.twitter.com/f8FuG5Uvk9
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China Trip Our year 9 students also made bookmarks using traditional bamboo weaving techniques. Many of them wrote some sentences in characters to thank their family and friends. Ready-made souvenirs to bring back!#AMDG pic.twitter.com/RyFkHqDaZO
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China Trip Students also learnt about Chinese medicine. They made their own sachets with Chinese herbs and 🌺 flowers. The majority of them went for the study and relax sachets because they wanted to sleep well and be focused in their Mandarin lessons. pic.twitter.com/kzZjqHjECf
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China Trip updated In the afternoon, students learnt how to use and play the traditional Chinese instrument Hulusi. Some even enjoyed making their own tunes!#AMDG pic.twitter.com/Bpl3gnz4kT
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China Trip updated In today’s language lessons, students learnt how to describe their school in Mandarin which they then presented to their Chinese peers. pic.twitter.com/PG6jo6bXZu
@st_ignatius Jul - 9
We were delighted to welcome over 80 pupils from local primary schools for our Year 5 Taster Day. They spent a day in the life of an Ignatian with lessons in Music, PE, Science and Mandarin (delivered by some very capable Year 10's while Ms Li is on the China trip!)#AMDG pic.twitter.com/qLvF1e0NiH
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China trip- During our visit to a local school, our students played traditional games with their Chinese partners. We also saw how they do the perfect line up!#AMDG#Chinatrip pic.twitter.com/XjDajEBxMD
@st_ignatius Jul - 8
A massive congratulations to Adam, for winning the GRAND FINAL last night To win the Grand Final of this massive competition, with over 30,000 children taking part in the initial workshops, really is an unbelievable accomplishment#AMDG pic.twitter.com/Yr5Qit5txR
@st_ignatius Jul - 8
Our Year 12 Geography students have just returned from a busy week in the Lake District, where they have been learning new fieldwork techniques and collecting data. Students investigated coastal processes, sand dunes and coastal management at Silloth on the Solway firth.#AMDG pic.twitter.com/Kf9A00Hh3F
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Day 3- China trip: Yesterday we had an exciting trip to the stone forest and was able to see some unbelievable views and tourist destinations- Joshua 9L#AMDG pic.twitter.com/m8XMhFhtH2
@st_ignatius Jul - 8
We visited a secondary school (Shiji Jinyuan) to take part in activities with the Chinese students. We had a go at Chinese printing, which was very enjoyable, and turned out pretty good. - Berat and Andrews. 9L pic.twitter.com/R6qbT06JzY
@st_ignatius Jul - 8
“I really like the school because the Chinese students are really friendly and kind especially Huang Zirui. The seal caving was very difficult at the beginning, but I have done it at the end.-D’Lani King 9L pic.twitter.com/ZJW0OOca2J