Category: Beacon

26th September 17

The Beacon Programme kicked off with a bang for Upper School and Sixth Form this week by inviting Tormead Old Girl, Lara Lemon, to discuss with the girls her career as an award winning actress. Lara is currently starring and producing in Strictly Murder currently showing at the Yvonne Arnaud. The girls were treated to…

23rd June 17

Earlier this week Michele Miller, Sports Psychologist, spoke to over two hundred of the girls on how to improve their approach to training. As part of our Beacon Enrichment Programme, the girls were able to learn how Michele works with elite athletes to train their mental fitness in preparation for international competitions. The girls were…

3rd February 17

The Year 9 were given the challenge of planning a City of the Future on a distance planet from Earth. The girls were tasked with developing four things: a constitution to ensure law and order, a design for the city and a foundation structure to support the weight on this water based world, to decide what cultural items…

22nd January 17

Last week, as part of our Beacon Enrichment Programme, Mr Robert Isaacs, Head of Biology, demonstrated to the girls the internal structure of a snake; over 250 girls attended the dissection. For more information about Biology at Tormead please visit the KYTOS website: http://www.kytosbiology.org.uk/    

3rd December 16

We are delighted to announce that shiny new Tormead Astronomy Website has landed! The website has been made by the students for the students, and they have done a brilliant job. There is lots of things to view already on the site, but there are some sections still under construction; please do  keep checking back for…

25th November 16

The Design Technology department combined with our Beacon Programme recently and held the inter house challenge of designing a bridge to move a table tennis ball. Apparently a simple task, a range of designs followed with various constructions appearing in the limited time allowed. Testing provided the girls with much enjoyment as designs either collapsed…

8th November 16

As part of the Beacon Enrichment Programme today, Mr Julian Sykes, Head of Government and Politics, explained how the US election would potentially unfold over the course of the next few hours. Describing the mechanics behind the actual voting process, the key states which both candidates would be seeking to win and the long term implications for…

12th February 16

Why not try one of these activities this half term? And add to your Beacon Passport points at the same time. Click on the picture to view the video Each Beacon Passport activity has a points value. With only 4 points separating the Houses last term Mr Breslin has come up with some ideas to not only keep you busy…

15th September 14

With its motivating mixture of thought-provoking and challenging activities, this year’s Beacon Programme for girls will feature topics ranging from an Introduction to Philosophy, to the UK General Election, to How the Hand Works. Beacon is designed to expose our girls to topics beyond the normal curriculum, providing them with intellectual challenges and further academic…

2nd May 14

The Beacon Programme continued this term with its usual mix of thought provoking and challenging activities for the girls. In the first half of the term, Mrs Atkinson led the Upper School and Sixth Form participants in discovering and discussing the legacy of Mrs Thatcher, whilst Mrs Furey and Mrs Robinson introduced Lower School girls…