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  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Middle School Concerto Competition Winner Last Thursday, Purcell’s staff and students were treated to an exciting evening of live music in the hotly contested Middle School Concerto Competition. All players performed extraordinarily well but it was Year 10 violinist Dominic who triumphed as the…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   UK Mathematics Trust: Individual Competitions for Years 9, 10 and 11 In recent Weekly Highlights, we have shared news of how well Purcell students have progressed through the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, and are now able to confirm that some of our young mathematicians were…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Senior School Concerto Competition Finalists We are delighted to be able to announce the names of the finalists in the Senior School Concerto Competition. Strings: Laura (violin, Year 12), Jayden (cello, Year 13), Elsa (viola, Year 12), Dorian (guitar, Year 12), Catherine (viola, Year…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   2020 BBC Young Composer Competition Last year, Purcell student Rowena (Year 11) was one of 6 national winners in the 2020 BBC Young Composer Competition – a triumph that she shares with alumna Jasmine Morris. This week, on Wednesday 24th March, she met her…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge 2021 Last year, over 250,000 students from more than 3,000 schools across the UK participated in the Intermediate Maths Challenge aimed at Years 9, 10 and 11. Students had 60 minutes to answer 25 varied multiple choice mathematical problems. Those…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Juniors Problem-Solving with Sweets and Spaghetti This week, our Juniors have been solving mathematical problems using only spaghetti and sweets! Having been challenged to make 2D and 3D shapes with only these tasty treats, their hard work more than paid off with some fantastic…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Teatime Concerts Our series of teatime concerts for Purcell students and staff came to a close this week with two fabulous online offerings from students in Years 7, 10, 11 and 12. The programmes covered pieces from Fauré and Britten, to Rae, Debussy, Bach…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   International Online Composition Academy The second term of the School’s newly formed International Online Composition Academy took place over the half term break. Throughout the three day session, 12 young composers aged 8 to 18 from around the world participated in a programme of…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   International Day of Women and Girls in Science:Thursday 11th February 2021 To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Purcell’s Head of Science Dr Margaret Brooks has shared the following fascinating insight into what this day means to so many, particularly in…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Choral Conducting Masterclass with Toby Purser Last week, as part of Purcell’s series of virtual Festival Masterclasses, Aural and Conducting teacher Irina Walters organised an outstanding online Choral Conducting event with renowned conductor and Head of Conducting at the Royal College of Music Toby…