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If you click here you will get a chance to listen to something rather special. It is a 20-minute podcast from Kim Phuc Phan Thi. She became famous as the girl in the Napalm photo of 1972 in the Vietnam War. Fifty years on she still bears the scars – both physical and mental. Yet the message she wishes to spread is not of anger or revenge, but of forgiveness and peace.

As such, I warmly recommend it to you.

Mr Kydd.

If you click here you will get to information about the Gresham competition. Year Twelves only I am afraid. If you want to know more, please come and find me.

Mr Kydd.

What is The Gresham Competition?

Gresham College is launching a Competition for Year 12 students in September 2022, to promote the art of communicating complex information in a clear, concise and compelling way. This will

• support the development of oracy skills;
• help students with UCAS applications and job interviews;
• promote a deeper understanding of the environment;
• introduce students to the inspiring research of world-class academics.

This year the competition is focussed on the environment / sustainability in a five-minute, recorded presentation. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to present again in person in London, and there will be three awards (including prizes for student and the school).

If you would like to receive updates about this exciting new competition, send us an email at: schools@gresham.ac.uk or join our schools’ mailing list.

Why Enter?

1. Participating in the Gresham Students competition will help students develop oracy and presentation skills useful for interviews and public speaking opportunities; it will also enhance CVs and UCAS applications.
2. The entry process is quick and easy, with entries filmed and submitted within 5 minutes.
3. Finalists will meet a panel of prestigious judges.
4. Winners will receive cash prizes and medals: £250 gold, £200 silver and £150 bronze.
5. The schools of winners will also benefit with priority access to lectures, visits from Professors or senior leaders, and a certificate.
6. Since 2022 is a pilot year, we expect fewer entries.

Key Dates

• 15th September 2022: Competition opens
• 15th November 2022: Competition closes
• 30th November 2022: Entrants notified
• 24th January 2023: In-person presentation at Gresham College.

All,

Welcome back.

If you click here you will get to the website of the excellent Radio 4 programme – You’re dead to me. This is excellent enrichment for you on topics as diverse as Mary Seacole, the history of ice cream, and prohibition. It describes itself as follows.

You’re Dead To Me is a funny and factual podcast designed to delight both people who hated history at school and people who loved it. We combine hilarious comedians with PhD-wielding expert historians, and tackle subjects you think you know (but don’t), or ones you should know.

Pick what interests you, and when you listen, think about how effective arguments are constructed. Click here for your choice of the 97 available episodes. A good example can be found here. Greg Jenner (host), Dr Emma Southon (historian) and Sara Pascoe (comedian and all-round good person) discuss the important questions surrounding Queen Boudica including: Is she a feminist icon? How do you pronounce her name? And was she really ginger?

Mr Kydd.