Congratulations to all girls who entered this year’s competition. The standard was extremely high.
Criteria used was in 4 areas:
1. Adherence to subject – in this case ‘mother nature in my local environment’ (40% weighting): looking for things occurring naturally and found locally.
2. Not ‘just another cat’ – does it show something a little bit unusual (20%):
3. Composition – is the picture framed well with no unnecessary distractions (20%)
4. Focus & lighting – is the picture in focus and displayed with good/appropriate lighting (20%)
1st: Izzy McLoughline Year 7 Selene
2nd: Molly Dean Year 11 Gaia
3rd=: Eleanor Mercer Year 8 Minerva & Lucy Showering Year 8 Minerva
The following girls are all commended:
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- Lily Ashworth
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- Eve Bainbridge
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- Udita Singhal
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- Sian Edney Reay
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- Amani Maqsousi
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- Ujjwala Singhal
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- Sadie Holt
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- Rachel Curzon
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- Philippa Rowlands
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- Medha Pullagura
All entries gained points for their House with Selene on 120 points, Minerva 100 points, Gaia 60 points and Thalia 20 points.
Special thanks to Ollie from Ollie Gyte Photography for judging the entries and also for donating the 1st place prize of a voucher worth £90.00 for a photography shoot and print. Ollie is also for giving up his time to come into school to allow the prize winners the opportunity of a working lunch where they can learn more about photography.
Entries will be displayed in Reception and available to view on Facebook and Instagram. Well done to all, beautiful pictures and a superb display of talent!
2018 Leaver George Lavelle has signed with Lancashire Cricket, having featured for their second XI this season and winning the T20 final with the team against Essex. Lavelle, a wicket keeper batsman who plays for Ormskirk Cricket Club, travelled to Dubai with the Lancashire First Team on this year’s pre-season tour and his good form earned him a call-up to the England U19s, making his debut in the Test Match against South Africa in July.
Earlier this week, 1st XV Captain James Harper committed his future to Sale Sharks, signing his first professional deal with the club. Having trained with England U-18s earlier this year, as well representing the School and Southport RUFC, the deal will see James progress into the Senior Academy at Sale.
We were invited to don our safety goggles, whilst the Senior School teachers helped the children to understand the effects of burning different materials, whilst exploring different methods to extinguish a flame. We concluded that water can be used to extinguish a fire and that flames needs oxygen to burn. We were able to watch a super experiment showing how fire spread along a row of connected houses and how a fire break can stop this.
You are warmly invited to the Merchant Taylors’ School production of ‘Fame’, running from 28th November – 1st December 2018.