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a kaleidoscope of colours. Each object depicted something personal: the test tubes reminded me of the fun I had as a young boy when my grandad, a now retired chemistry professor, and I would do experiments together. Huge congratulations go to Chloe, who won overall. It was such an incredible journey for me: I learnt to use mediums like watercolours, spray paints and acrylics, visited some incredible places, and met some great people. I hope that my final piece showed that you can love both art and science! Jai Elangovan (Divs) Worshipful Company of Educators Public Speaking Competition On Wednesday 22nd March both Cormac Allen and Ashton Brown (Divisions) represented the School in the Public Speaking Competition run by the Worshipful Company of Educators - a livery company of the City of London. Out of a highly competitive field of both independent and state schools across London, both boys spoke extremely well. Cormac was ultimately awarded the runner-up prize. Congratulations to both boys on their achievements that day. This goes to show that public speaking at MTS is in very good health indeed. Mr M. G. Hilton-Dennis

Sam Amdor, Gautham Anpalagan, Kieran Kenny and Mide Sogeke). Mrs S. N. Stuteley British Physics Olympiad In Round 1 of the British Physics Olympiad six MTS boys earned certificates in what is an extremely challenging three-hour exam. Matt Lurie obtained a very rare Top Gold; Esa Jalisi achieved a Gold; Angus Whiteside, Hasan Khan and Aayaan Patel all achieved Silver and Aaron Dewan secured a Bronze. Particular congratulations to Matt Lurie for the Top Gold – only a handful of students in the country will achieve it. Mrs A. Mayadeen Divisions pupil reaches final of Britain’s Best Young Artist on BBC Earlier this year, I made it through the first two rounds to reach the final of Britain’s Best Young Artist. My first episode was the ‘Botanical Art Round’ where we had to use watercolours. In the semi-final we had to produce a piece for celebrity commissioner Riyadh Khalaf. We spent a day exploring a decommissioned Boeing 747 at Cotswold Airport as inspiration. I decided to use a new medium – spray paints – and was honoured that Riyadh chose my piece

to hang in his home, and ecstatic that the judges chose me as the artist to go through to the final. For the final, our inspiration day was a visit to Tate Modern, where each of the finalists had one of our previous pieces projected on to the walls, with Mark Miller, Director of Learning, giving us feedback. This was followed by a one-to-one masterclass with a famous artist to help us develop techniques we might use in our final pieces. Mine was with the inspirational artist Kelvin Okafor. The brief for our final piece was to choose one passion outside of art and portray what it meant to us. I chose to base mine on my passion for science, with a half-portrait and a half-lightbulb forming the central focus, surrounded by science paraphernalia and

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