Bancroft Newsletter Spring 2019

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Removes’ Engineering Day
Riya Gadhvi, RN
On Friday 7 December the Removes
had an engineering day. We all went
into the Great Hall and Mr Dickinson
explained our mission: to build a
bridge connecting Bancroft’s school
to the High Road outside.
We had many things to think about when
building our bridges. Will it hold the weight?
Will the weight be distributed on all sides?
We went into groups and went straight into
the work. We could choose between making
a ‘truss’ bridge or a ‘suspension’ bridge. Our
team chose a suspension bridge and we had
the whole day to make the bridge out of
wood, tape, paper, and string. In the end our
bridge lasted only a few kilograms before it
broke while other bridges held over 30 kgs!
I never really thought about how technical
building bridges is until engineering day,
so, many thanks to Mr Dickinson and other
teachers that gave up their time to help us
with engineering day.
Arkwright Scholars
Mr Steve Woolley
Congratulations to this year’s Lower Sixth Form
Arkwright Scholars: Ethan Cohen, Kail Francis and
Swasthi Surendran pictured here with Mr Stephen
Cornish, Education Liaison Office from the Arkwright
Trust. Congratulation also to Lewis Shine who fulfilled
all the criteria for the Arkwright Scholarship but
for whom no sponsor could be found; Lewis is an
Arkwright Associate. Each year the Arkwright Trust
seek sponsors for as many of the candidates who
meet the criteria for a scholarship, but it is not always
possible to identify enough industrial or charitable
sponsoring organisations.
We also have three Arkwright Scholars in the U6: Hasha Dar,
Simone Luis and Anwar Jouhary. This year we have eight Fifth Form
candidates sitting the Arkwright Aptitude Examination this February.
We wish them luck and hope that they will continue Bancroft’s
success in winning scholarships.
Interested pupils are proposed at the beginning of their Fifth Form
year and the deadline for submitting the online application form is
the end of the Autumn Term. Further details can be found at http://
Anyone in a position to provide sponsorship for future Arkwright
Scholars can find out more at
a-scholarship/support-a-scholarship