Palace trip for DofE Gold winners
UCS pupils past and present have attended a reception at Buckingham Palace Gardens to celebrate completing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award, an achievement requiring great commitment, resilience and no little adventure.
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Visiting poet pens ode to UCS
Author, poet and sports consultant Peter Sanderson has dedicated a poem to UCS after being “blown away” by the school during his visit to give a Year 7 poetry workshop and lunchtime talk linking sport and sustainability.
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Great Hall goes viral with video
Award-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys used the Great Hall at UCS to film and produce an orchestral rearrangement of her classic song If I Ain’t Got You and the resulting video is now serving to promote a new Netflix series.
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Cosmo stars in Mandarin contest
A UCS student’s passion for Asian languages, and notably Mandarin, won national recognition when the Year 10 pupil took third place in the final of the Chinese Bridge Mandarin Speaking Competition at SOAS University of London.
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Wind in the Willows ‘will be great’
Lower School Production The Wind in the Willows is coming to the Lund Theatre in mid-May and three cast members explain why this modern take on a classic tale of hope, friendship and animal adventures will be well worth seeing.
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Entrepreneurial spirit prevails
The national Young Enterprise competition was an opportunity for UCS Sixth Formers to navigate the uncharted and choppy waters of running a student company – and a journey that would end with two business awards.
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UCS win national table tennis title
UCS’ Under-19 and U13 table tennis squads competed for national titles on finals weekend in Wolverhampton, but while one team narrowly missed out on the medals, the other won a thrilling finale to be crowned English champions.
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Joseph scores musical hat-trick
To gain a Grade 8 distinction in any musical instrument is a remarkable achievement, so when one of UCS Music’s talented tyros secured three such commendations, it was time to enquire about the secret of his success.
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Top Gunner shares top tips
Arsenal and Brazil defender Gabriel Magalhães took time out from his side’s pursuit of Premier League glory to visit the UCS playing fields where he participated in Q&A sessions and joined in with the Year 8 practice matches.
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Pupil sower plots plant sale
How one Year 8 pupil’s passion for growing plants from seeds is inspiring a charity sale of home-grown produce as well as motivating fellow students to get their horticultural hands dirty during the sowing season.
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