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Swimmers Compete In National Team Championships

Posted on June 26, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

On Saturday 15 June, 5 boys took part in the English Schools National Swimming Team Championships at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Pool.

Having qualified for the finals at the recent North West area Championships’ Merchant Taylors took their place alongside 96 of the top swimming schools in the country.  The competition was broken down in to 3 categories – Small Schools, Mixed Schools and Open.

We were competing on the Open Schools category along with the other top 24 ranked schools in the country.  Just getting to the finals was a brilliant achievement but the boys were not there to make up the numbers.

Z. Mukhtar, C. Kirby, J. Wake, S. Harave and W. Irvine did exceptionally well despite us not being able to train and prepare for the event like we are used to, finishing 2nd in the Mixed Medley B final to finish ranked 10th and 3rd in the Freestyle B final to finish ranked 11th nationally, Well done to all the boys!

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International Women in Engineering Day

Posted on June 21, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, some Year 7 and Year 9 students at Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School were set the challenge of investigating and building structures in their Physics and Technology lessons.

The girls had to work together to produce a a structure that could support a small weight, using only spaghetti and jelly babies as their materials. The girls are to be congratulated on their team working skills, resilience (as their towers collapsed repeatedly) and the range of ideas as they had.

There was some amazing work and the winning team was ‘Sticky Mess’ with a wigwam style tower reaching a height of 28 cm. Well done to all those involved!

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Year 5 Taster Day – Friday 28th June 2019

Posted on June 14, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

Year 5 Taster Day
Friday 28th June 2019
10am – 3pm

An opportunity for Year 5 boys and girls who are considering admission to Year 7 in September 2020 to spend a day at Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School or Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School. The Taster Day allows your child to experience fun lessons and activities throughout the day, with lunch provided. Free admission.

Online bookings are now closed. Places are still available via telephone booking. Please call the Admissions Team on 0151 932 2409 or 0151 932 2414 who will be happy to help.

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Biology Students Visit UoL School Of Life Sciences

Posted on June 12, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

On Wednesday 12th June, our Year 12 Biology students were invited to the University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences to take part in a practical. They spent the day in the laboratory learning how to use a range of specialist equipment including micropipettes, rocking platforms and protein gel electrophoresis.

The girls worked hard to separate the proteins found in the muscles of fish, in order to build a phylogenetic tree to show the evolutionary relationships between the various species. The girls worked well, in groups, using a range of equipment and techniques, that were new to them. Well done, girls!

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Merchant Taylors’ Hosts ‘Talking Minds’ Mental Health Conference

Posted on May 31, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

On Friday 24th May, Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School played host to a conference on mental health, entitled “Talking Minds”.

Educators from all over the country came to hear talks from mental health experts Natasha Devon MBE, Jonny Benjamin MBE, Dick Moore, and former England Rugby League International, Danny Sculthorpe. They told their stories and gave advice on how schools can improve the mental well-being of students. Staggered throughout the day were workshops sessions delivered by a range of experts from the University of Liverpool, ChildLine and Merseyside Mindfulness.

A proportion of tickets for the event were given to local primary and secondary schools, and it is hoped that more events like this can be put on in the future. Organiser, and Head of Middle School, Randal Yates said

It was a pleasure to host Talking Minds and we were extremely privileged to have the likes of Natasha and Jonny speak. If the advice given out by industry professionals to the teachers in attendance can help even one student, then the event has been a success. The well-being of our students is of upmost importance, and it is even more important in the age of end-of-course examinations to put strategies in place to help support pupils through their journey at school.”

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Students Win Trip to ESRF in Grenoble

Posted on May 28, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

Three Sixth Form students from Merchant Taylors’ have won an all expenses paid trip to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, after taking part in a national competition run by Warwick University.

The ESRF is the world’s most intense X-ray source and a centre of excellence for fundamental and innovation-driven research in condensed and living matter science. Located in Grenoble, France, the ESRF owes its success to the international cooperation of 22 partner nations, of which 13 are Members and 9 are Associates.

Samantha Harrison, Pippa Bailey and Maggie Nichols will all spend four days in Grenoble after winning the XMaS Scientist Experience 2019 competition. The girls were tasked with writing a two page essay on ‘What is the legacy of Dorothy Hodgkin, both in the study of structure on an atomic scale and in championing the cause of women in science?’, as well as why they would like to go on the trip.

Once in Grenoble all three students will experience what life might be like as an international research scientist. They will visit the ESRF and take part in the Synchrotron@School Programme. The programme is an innovative educational programme which originated in 2013 as a partnership between the ESRF and the “Académie de Grenoble”. It consists of a full day of scientific immersion tailored specifically for high-school students.

A massive congratulations to all three from everyone at Merchant Taylors’, we look forward to hearing all about the trip!

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Junior Boys Qualify for Chess Finals

Posted on May 28, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

A group of talented Merchant Taylors’ Junior Boys have made it through to the Northern Giga Final of the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge 2019.

The competition is the largest children’s chess tournament in the world and first took place in 1996. The event welcomes all-comers from across the United Kingdom and approximately 40,000 children will compete in 170,000 games of chess across the duration of the tournament.

7 boys took part in the Mega Final, Aaron, Abdullah, Jack, Joshua, Martin, Shamal and Sidharth all of whom competed superbly to secure their place in the next round, the Giga Finals. Shamal won all six of his games which saw him win the U11’s trophy, whilst Martin and Aaron came in 2nd place in the U10’s and U9’s respectively.

Having been victorious in the Megafinal, the boys have progressed through to the Gigafinal and if they are successful at this stage they will qualify for very final stage, the Terafinal.

The boys all practice their skills at Chess Cafe which takes place each Monday lunchtime, and everyone at Merchant Taylors’ is wishing them the very best of luck for the rest of the tournament!

 

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Eco-Club Awarded Local School Nature Grant

Posted on May 24, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

Merchant Taylors’ is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Local School Nature Grant, thanks to players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.

The project is run by Learning through Landscapes and funded by Postcode Local Trust, which receives funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Pupils in our Eco-Club will be benefitting from new equipment which will be used in future projects. In addition staff will receive training to help children learn outdoors. The pupils played an important role in applying for the grant and selected equipment that they felt would benefit themselves and their peers. All the members of the club are really excited with their new equipment and can’t wait to start using it.

The Eco-Club meets every Tuesday lunchtime at 12.40 and maintains their garden throughout the year. That can include insect investigations, planting and maintaining new seeds and ensuring the garden is a positive environment.

 

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Senior Music & Music Theatre Competition 2019

Posted on May 14, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

Year 7 and 8 pupils were treated to some wonderful performances at the annual Senior Music and Music Theatre Competition on Wednesday 8th May.

The senior girls performed a diverse range of music and the standard was very high. Angelina Dorlin-Barlow won both the Music and Music Theatre cups in piano, voice and violin categories and is a fitting end to her Merchants’ musical school life. The runner-up was Darcey Fleming with a confident and exciting performance. The adjudicator was Mr Kevin Gill from Birmingham who will also be judging the Middle School Music and Music Theatre Competition in June.

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Joint Lower Schools’ Production of “School of Rock”

Posted on May 13, 2019 by MarquesAdemir

You are warmly invited to our Joint Lower Schools’ Production of “School of Rock” which will be performed in the Williams Hall at the Boys’ School on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th July 2019 at 7.30pm.

‘School of Rock’ is based on the film starring Jack Black as Dewey Finn, an overly enthusiastic guitarist who gets thrown out of his band. Finn poses as a substitute music teacher, only to try and turn the class into a rock band, who will compete in the Battle of the Bands competition. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, this is a production you will thoroughly enjoy.

Tickets are priced at £10 (adults), £5 (concessions) and £25 (Family Ticket), and are available online, or from the Box Office at both schools using the tear-off slip below, or from Pritchard’s Bookshop in Crosby village.

To book your tickets, please CLICK HERE

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