Gold Awards in Cambridge Chemistry Challenge

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20160915 Cambridge Chemistry Challenge Winners 002Pupils from Oundle School recently took part in the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, an annual competition launched by the University in 2011 to coincide with the 2011 International Year of Chemistry. Four pupils; Kevin Law (18), Maurice Gedney (17), James Chapman (17) and Andrea Veronese (16) were all awarded a Gold Award which placed them in the top 7% of the highly able cohort who sat this paper. In addition, five pupils achieved Silver Awards and twenty-one pupils achieved Copper Awards. Of these, Rebecca Siddall (16) did very well as she was also taking her GCSEs at the same time.

As in previous years, in June 2016, there was a written exam for pupils in Year 12 or below attending schools in the UK. It took the form of a ninety minute written paper which pupils took at school.  Entrants who did well in the competition were sent certificates of achievement, and those who performed best won an invitation to a residential camp at the University of Cambridge at the end of August.

Head of Chemistry at Oundle School, Jonathan Peverley commented, “I am delighted that our annual cohort of highly able chemists have performed so well in this competition. Not only is it a fun exercise which takes the level of thinking beyond the normal discussions had in the classroom, it also provides a good breadth of the subject that pupils may not be exposed to. For the first time this year, we invited selected Year 11 pupils to partake. Many commented on the enjoyable experience of being challenged far beyond what the IGCSE syllabus would cover. I am very pleased, that several of these have chosen to continue their studies of Chemistry into the Sixth Form. The resilience of these pupils to preserve with very challenging questions under tight timescales is something that is often talked about as being desirable by universities and I hope that this is an experience that they will be able to utilise during their application process.”

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