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Recent Press Coverage

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Vicky Tuck, Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, has recently been published in several leading newspapers. To read a selection of articles, please click below.

The Spectator

Financial Times

The Daily Telegraph

The Times

A Level Results 2008

A Level Results 2008

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Cheltenham Ladies’ College pupils have achieved the best A level results in the county of Gloucestershire with an overall pass rate of 100% and 93.6% of results graded A or B. In an excellent set of results, Mathematics and Economics are particularly impressive with over 80% of candidates in these subjects achieving an A grade, further confirmation that girls’ schools consistently produce first rate mathematicians. 22 of the 23 students studying A level Government and Politics were awarded an A grade which illustrates the girls’ engagement with the political and economic challenges facing of the contemporary world.

A number of girls achieved results in the top ten with the Edexcel examination board. Gabriella Wyer was one of the top ranking candidates for Design and Technology: Food, Eleanor Austin for Spanish, Alexandra Walvis for Economics and Jasmine Xiao for History and Economics.

Principal Vicky Tuck commented, “These are stunning results reflecting the hard work by girls and staff. These girls are now moving on to their exciting university courses, including 20 to Oxbridge, and I am sure they will go on being fantastic students. I am very proud of the College’s consistent track record in providing a rewarding academic experience for all our girls and I look forward to the start of the new term when we shall be offering both A levels and the International Baccalaureate Diploma to girls in sixth form.”

For a full breakdown of our results, please click here.

Geography Expedition to Iceland

Geography Expedition to Iceland

Friday, August 15, 2008

In the first week of the summer holidays 40 girls and five staff spent five wonderful days experiencing the incredible geography found in Iceland. The country sits upon the Mid-Atlantic ridge, where the Eurasian and North American plates are diverging. As a consequence the girls were able to experience a huge variety of tectonic and geothermal features. They climbed volcanoes, walked along the rift between the two plates and wallowed in geothermally heated pools. Highlight of the first full day was a visit to Geyser, where features of the same name regularly erupt and certainly didn’t disappoint. Iceland also boasts vast ice-caps, numerous glaciers and, as a result, many thundering waterfalls. During the trip the girls visited two glaciers, both of which had markedly retreated in the three years since I was last there. Gullfoss, Seljandsfoss and Skogafoss waterfalls all amazed the group with their awesome power and provided some incredible photo opportunities. Being able to experience geography at such close quarters inevitably has enhanced the understanding and interest that the girls have in the subject. Thanks to all of the girls and staff for making it such a successful and enjoyable expedition.

Mr J Lawford, Head of Geography

Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival

Friday, August 01, 2008

The Drama Department are again taking a production to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Their production of Lust of the Eyes, a new short piece of theatre written and directed by Fiona Ross, will be performed daily from 19 – 23 August.

Passion, poetry, art and addiction – behind the myth of an iconic Pre-Raphaelite beauty. This new play looks at Lizzie Siddal, muse and wife to Rossetti and her struggle to establish herself as a creative artist.

The nine cast and crew members will be performing daily in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh at St Augustine’s Vault. Tickets are available by contacting the box office on 0131 510 0022 or follow the success of the show on the Edinburgh Fringe website at www.edfringe.com.

Science Summer School

Science Summer School

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Gloucestershire schools celebrate the success of the first Science Summer School.

From the 7th – 11th July, 48 girls and boys from schools across Gloucestershire gathered at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College to attend a week-long residential Science Summer School.

During the week pupils heard presentations from outstanding and well-known scientists on the Life and Death of the Dinosaurs. They participated in fossil hunting, whilst wearing hard hats and protective clothing; built solar powered cars; explored science through Drama; observed late night moth collections and visited the Chemistry Department at Bristol University. The Summer School drew to a close with a ‘Whiz Bang’ presentation from “the Nigella of Science”, Dr. Laura Grant. Keeley Meredith, aged 13, of Pittville School says, “I really enjoyed the Drama workshop where we acted out the theories of evolution, it was great because everyone got involved and it made more sense after we’d done it”. Whilst Steven Oldroye, aged 12, of Christ College, says, “My best bit was building the solar powered cars. I liked it because it was fun and hands on – much better than the science you do out of textbooks!”

Simon Kettle of Gloucestershire Local Authority was part of the team who successfully applied for an Independent State School Partnership Grant (ISSP) to run the cross-school project. Simon says, “The week has been 110% successful, we have achieved everything we set out to do and more. We couldn’t have done it without the dedication, enthusiasm, energy and time of everyone involved, including the children. They have thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it has really changed their attitudes to the topics we studied. And despite the weather we even managed to see Saturn and Jupiter!”

Ro Kaye, a physics teacher at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and one of the key organisers of the project says, “This is a true example of schools working together, sharing ideas and discussing ways of engaging the pupils to ensure they develop a lifelong love of science. Every teacher working on this project is passionate about science and we have all learnt so much from each other, it’s been really rewarding”.

Independent Schools Golf Open

Independent Schools Golf Open

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

On Wednesday 2nd July Holly Marven was runner up in the Independent Schools Golf Open held at The Shire Golf Course in London. Holly played extremely well on a very tough course. She scored 79 on a tuff par 72, meaning she was 7 over par. Many congratulations to her.

Project Week

Project Week

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Monday 23 June sees the start of Lower College Project Week which this year will be taking the form of an Arts Festival.

LC1s are spending the week producing a play based on the Greek myth Persephone. The girls are getting involved in all areas of the production including set building, costume making, lighting and music composition as well as performing in it too.

LC2s will be producing original works of art through the mediums of music, writing, art and drama. They will be taking their inspiration from the four natural elements: Fire, Earth, Water and Air.

The LC3s will be bringing a carnival atmosphere to College as they learn the art of Samba dance and music. All LC3s will also be spending part of the week on camp, taking part of activities including windsurfing, climbing and kayaking.

Project week comes to a close on Saturday morning with finale performances from all years in the Princess Hall.

Make 24

Make 24

Monday, June 23, 2008

On Tuesday 16 June, Mr Davies and Mrs Cassar-George took four girls from LC1 and four girls from LC2 to Chosen Hill School in Churchdown for the ‘Make 24’ game competition. This was the first year that we had ever been and we were all very excited.

We entered the hall that the game was being held in and chose our tables and gave ourselves team names. We were called ‘CLC1s’ and the LC2s called themselves ‘CLC2s’, both highly original names! The game is a card-game, where there are four numbers on each card, and the objective was to create the number 24 using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and brackets, using all the numbers only once, in the shortest time possible.

The CLC1s scored very highly, coming first with 108 points, just 2 points ahead of the runners up. The CLC2s also did well, with Elizabeth Riach winning the individual round.

Overall, the event was highly enjoyable and we would like to thank Mr Davies and Mrs Cassar-George for making the trip possible and enjoyable.

Alice Mingay and Yin Ting Lau (LC1)

World Environment Day – 5 June

World Environment Day – 5 June

Friday, June 06, 2008

World Environment Day is an annual event planned by the United Nations to raise awareness across the globe about environmental issues. This year the theme was A Low Carbon Economy, girls spoke in Prayers about “The Curse of Carbon” on Tuesday to initiate some thought about the problems we face as a result of our addiction to carbon and what we can do to positively influence the environment. This was followed on 5 June, World Environment Day, by green-coloured icing on buns for staff and girls at break time. Lunch was planned by the Catering Department to save fuel by consisting entirely of uncooked food, like salad, or items which had been cooked the day before (using ovens already in use for the preparation of other meals) and served cold on World Environment Day. We hope that the vibrantly coloured cakes and cold menu caused some discussion and thought around College and the Environment Group will meet later in June to discuss future events where we can show that CLC really does want to be ‘greener than ever’.

CLC Environment Group

Chess Finals

Chess Finals

Friday, June 06, 2008

Five Lower College girls represented CLC in the Area Chess Finals at St Edwards School having qualified in the College chess championship. On arrival they discovered that the tournaments would be mixed which made for a very competitive day. Cicely Proudlock and Amabel Clark played a number of very close games and were unlucky to finish with 2/6. Emily Hopper, who had qualified for this event for the first time, scored a creditable 3/6 and Frances Mills, who was area U13 champion last year, also scored 3/6 and became area U14 champion. Imogen Stables qualified for this event as College champion. She lost in the first round to the eventual winner of the U12 tournament but then went on to win the rest of her games and finish with an excellent 5/6, becoming area U12 champion. Frances and Imogen both qualify for the Megafinal which will be held in July at Manchester.

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Recent Press Coverage

Recent Press Coverage

Vicky Tuck, Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, has recently been published in several leading newspapers. To read a selection of articles, plea...

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A Level Results 2008

A Level Results 2008

Cheltenham Ladies’ College pupils have achieved the best A level results in the county of Gloucestershire with an overall pass rate of 100% and 93.6% ...

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Geography Expedition to Iceland

Geography Expedition to Iceland

In the first week of the summer holidays 40 girls and five staff spent five wonderful days experiencing the incredible geography found in Iceland. The...

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Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival

The Drama Department are again taking a production to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Their production of Lust of the Eyes, a new short piece ...

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