Mr IronsideJun 8, 20202 minFloccinaucinihilipilificationOne is never too old to learn new things. The recent demise of The Book People is a great shame for it had a good catalogue of books at g...
Mr MarshMay 29, 20201 minReady Steady Cook - Year 7 StyleOver the period of school closure, many of our students have found time to up-skill themselves in the kitchen and have sent photos in of ...
HeadmasterMay 29, 20202 minCCF Three Peaks ChallengeThe Coronavirus pandemic has brought many challenges to our way of life since lockdown was introduced late March - but it has also brough...
Mr MarshMay 28, 20201 minYear 7 Work ContinuedMore amazing work that Year 7 have shared with us. Please keep sharing! Sajan, 7T Peter, 7W Ethan, 7G Varunan, 7T
Mr MarshMay 26, 20201 minYear 7 WorkWe are very proud of how our Year 7 cohort have dealt with the school closure and the boys have started to send in work that they are mos...
Mr HumphriesMay 26, 20202 minMr Humphries’ Isolation Diaries - a portrait of the manThe man stood, alone. Or so he thought. Perhaps if he’d known that the local paparazzi were snooping within his grounds, he’d have chosen...
Mr IronsideMay 18, 20207 minPrimes of form 4k+1 part 2Can we express numbers of this type as sums of two squares and say whether or not they are prime? YES and YES. In my last post there was...
Mr HumphriesMay 15, 20202 minMr Humphries’ Breakdown Diaries - Week 42Guess who’s back! Back again. Humphries is back. Tell a friend. Humphries is back. Humphries is back. Humphries is back. Humphries is bac...
Mr IronsideMay 5, 20209 minPrimes as the sum of two squaresSome thoughts on expressing prime numbers as the sum of two squares In the Hans Woyda competition there have been several team rounds rec...
HeadmasterMay 4, 20202 minThree Men in a Boat - A review by Zohaib Waqas 12DThree Men in a Boat is the book I've read more times than any other. I keep returning to it, but not out of choice. It's more of a compul...
Mr HumphriesMay 3, 20202 minMr Isolation’s Humphries Diaries - Week 7Bonsoir. I have started listening to Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast. It is lovely. He speaks passionately, thoughtfully and personally ab...
HeadmasterApr 28, 20201 minQuarantine Couplets - The Full VersionQuarantine Couplets - Elliot Kelly If I’m honest, sir, I’ve got quarantine blues For the past four weeks it’s been slippers, not shoes I ...
Mr HumphriesApr 25, 20203 minMr Humphries' Isolation Diaries - Week 5To make a rod for your own back [idiom; UK] def. If you make a rod for your own back, you act in a way that creates more problems moving ...
HeadmasterApr 23, 20202 minThe Lockdown Lifestyle™ - Alex Jones 11LUndoubtedly being cooped up with nothing but your own thoughts and a magical light box acting as a digital portal to your friends is a su...
Mr IronsideApr 22, 20201 minCovid19 Model - Smaller and quicker fileSeveral people have started using the model from my last post but others have struggled to download it. This is always an issue with larg...
HeadmasterApr 22, 20202 minStrange Brew IV - ideas and distractions from the effervescent Mr Gunning (bumper edition)Ideas and distractions from the effervescent Mr Gunning... Top half: being at home ideas; Bottom half: Hopefully interesting stuff FILM: ...
Mr IronsideApr 21, 20207 minCoronavirus ModellingDownload the (large Excel file) and try it yourself. Link is in the text. This is a very important task and professionals working in the ...
Mr HumphriesApr 18, 20203 minMr Humphries’ Isolation Diaries - Week 4Have you heard of the Netflix? If you haven’t, then Ask Jeeves because it is absolutely brilliant! I’ve waved bye-bye to my Blockbusters ...
HeadmasterApr 16, 20201 minGSK UK Young Engineer of the Year 2020Congratulations to Chris Kalogroulis, in his first year at Imperial and former SGS student, on being named UK Young Engineer of the Year ...
Mr IronsideApr 15, 20206 minWelshman invents the '='signTry some of the problems set by Robert Recorde in 1543. He invented the '=' sign.
