Head's Newsletter 13 January 2017

Antipholus of Ephesus, and false accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession. Please go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/ tiffinschool to book your tickets now. British Physics Olympiad competition Congratulations to the boys below who sat the British Physics Olympiad. This year over 1,680 students participated. Top 50 means in the entire country! So well done to Chris and also Navonil who is only in Year 11 and competing against boys 2 years senior to him.

This year’s exciting drama production, The Comedy of Errors, which is to take place in the Drama Studio (the Main Hall is out of action as it is serving as our temporary dining hall during the building of its replacement) will run from Monday, 6 February to Thursday 9 February at 7 pm with an additional matinée and evening performance on Saturday 4 February. The play, one of William Shakespeare's early plays, is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. It tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth, Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of

Name

Award

Chris McDonald Arthur Morris

Gold (Top 50)

Gold Silver Silver

James Souter

Jim Tse

Bronze I

Navonil Neogi

Students who achieved a "Gold (Top 50)" award will be invited to participate in BPhO Round 2, the next round in the British Physics Olympiad competition, and BAAO Olympiad if they are interested in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad. These are set for Monday 30 th January 2017 and Monday 23 rd January 2017 respectively.