IB Diploma Results

Last year’s graduating students received their IB Diploma results in July and we are very pleased with their achievements. The International Baccalaureate Diploma is a demanding pre-university qualification and we are pleased to announce that 11 of last year’s graduating students obtained a full bilingual IB Diploma. Special congratulations go to Valeria Larrinaga, Pedro Lima, Ellen Deckij, Luna de Tomi and Lucas Gonzalez for their impressive results.
A number of our graduating students have already successfully gained places at university:

Last year’s graduating students received their IB Diploma results in July and we are very pleased with their achievements. The International Baccalaureate Diploma is a demanding pre-university qualification and we are pleased to announce that 11 of last year’s graduating students obtained a full bilingual IB Diploma. Special congratulations go to Valeria Larrinaga, Pedro Lima, Ellen Deckij, Luna de Tomi and Lucas Gonzalez for their impressive results.
A number of our graduating students have already successfully gained places at university:

• Luna de Tomi - Architecture - FAAP University, São Paulo, Brazil
• Ellen Deckij - Fashion/Business - Anhembi Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil
• Roger Themes - Sistemas de Informação - PUC, São Paulo, Brazil
• Jessica Salomão - Design - Istituto Europeo di Design, São Paulo, Brazil
• Pedro Lima - Architecture - University of Toronto, Canada
• Carlo Victor Carrieri - Law - Keele University, United Kingdom
• Alice Peneau - Psychology - Goldsmith’s College, London University, United Kingdom
• Valeria Larringa - Public Relations, UADE (Universidaa de la Empresa), Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Lucas Gonzalez - Business (Full Scholarship) - SP Jain Centre of Management, Singapore and Sydney, Australia
• Fabiana Leandro Rios - Design de Interiores - Instituto Europeu de Design

IGCSE Results

Last week our Year 11 students received their results for the IGCSE examinations they took at the end of Year 10. The International General Certificate of Education examinations are administered by the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and are internationally recognised qualifications gained by students in international schools all around the world.

Our students took examinations in a wide range of subjects: English as a Second Language, First Language English, First Language Portuguese, First Language Spanish, First Language Japanese, Foreign Language Spanish, Foreign Language French, Foreign Language Portuguese, Co-Ordinated Science, Mathematics, Geography, History and English Literature. We are extremely pleased with the excellent results our students achieved. Special congratulations go to Bruna Cunha, Isabela Jannuzzi, Theo Arnulf, Julia Lopes, Guilherme Rizkallah, Camila Macedo, Sarah Bastos, Anna Luiza Ruocco, Aritra Mukherjee and Ichirota Hayashida for their very impressive results. A group of students in Year 10 also took the IGCSE examination in English as a Second Language a year early and also achieved excellent results.

Alice no País das Maravilhas

Logo no começo do ano letivo, os alunos do Year 8 estão lendo Alice no País das Maravilhas e já começaram a escrever suas primeiras impressões acerca da leitura. Leia os textos da Camila, Luiza e da Pietra a produção de outros alunos no blog http://folhastnicks.blogspot.com.

Scandinavian Football Tour

St Nicholas returns from Europe defeated but with plenty to be proud of

It’s no exaggeration to say that the Scandinavian Tour had many highlights and lifelong memorable experiences. With soccer as the common denominator, 16 St Nicholas students gathered with the youth of the sporting world to create a meeting ground - the Helsinki Cup-Finland and the Gothia Youth World Cup-Sweden.

Whether it be playing seven games in four days on professional pitches, 4.40am
Arrivals, playing in 35 degrees heat, two hours of darkness, competing against such footballing nations as Germany and Spain, dancing and singing, the magical atmosphere at Ullevi Stadium-Gothia Opening Ceremony with 84 countries and 50 000 players, cheese burger races, trams, trams and more trams...I could go on but…. the experience of great togetherness, fun and determination throughout the 15 days is something all the boys can feel proud to be part of. They may also find themselves reflecting and finding out that the tour was much more than about just football and results.

Inter-House Sports Festival 2010

Cambridge dominates but London dramatically wins the 2010 competition

Only the small details of results and the World Cup change in the story of how the Junior and Senior pupils contributed in their numbers to enjoy a very successful 11th Inter-House Sports Festival in June. In the last ten years, the competition has grown in opportunity and stature and been simply a celebration of the school community within a sporting context. All pupils who participated (264 to be exact) can remember their experiences of yet more stories of new friendships, commitment, improved confidence, independence, representation of their House, sporting endeavour and overall enthusiasm.

A 6.00am start did not dampen the spirits of a mass of teachers, class assistants and pupils heading to the mountains of Campos do Jordão. A typical, as well as a different and refreshing pattern reasserted itself in all pupils flourishing within competition and Cambridge (yes, Cambridge) leading the whole event for the 3 days until the final activities of the last day. Oxford, London and Cambridge all played dazzling sports in bursts and adjusted their teams, pace and pattern of play to suit all the different sports and circumstances. Oxford was always probing, Cambridge dominated, but London just managed to squeeze past Cambridge and take the title from last year winners Oxford.

1st London > 263pt

2nd Cambridge > 255pts

3rd Oxford > 216pts