by Staff Writer, January 14, 2009
Two Oundle residents from Oundle School attended the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Florida on 29th November.
As part of the conference, Jacob Dillarstone, 16, and Nicolas Kernick, 17, participated in the Future Leader’s Pavilion, in which secondary school students from all over the world demonstrate technical projects. This is the third time Oundle has taken part in this prestigious event. Nicolas and Jacob’s project was based on the mathematical concept of the “Queuing Theory”, which looks at cost efficiency against speed of process.
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by Leonie Griffin,
On the 11th October 2008 five cadets from Prince William School set off to Kathmandu on an expedition to reach Everest Base Camp. Their mission was to raise money for the well known charity ‘Help for Heroes’, founded to help those who have been wounded in Britain’s current conflicts.
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by Ben Hewins,
Oundle School was awarded a Bronze Eco-Schools award this September, under the guidance of a newly formed environmental Action Team. The school applied for the award based on its pre-existing achievements, since it had already fulfilled all the necessary criteria. For example, the school runs a successful recycling scheme, with collections made at least monthly.
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by Staff Writer,
Matthew Pearson, 31, of Bellamy Road, Oundle was recently jailed for crashing his car when he failed to slow down for a roundabout. It was reported that he was driving his BMW, while under the influence of alcohol, at over 100 miles an hour when he hit the Warmington roundabout on the A605.
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