EPQ

This was a record-breaking year for the EPQ at Churcher’s College. We had 23 students who completed their projects, which is a fantastic achievement for all of those students. They were the first EPQ group to benefit from weekly taught EPQ lessons in the Lower Sixth, where they learned invaluable research skills.

We also had a fantastic array of projects this year. As always there was a huge range of artefacts from Alex Murray’s short film based on Stanley Kubrick, to Will Duke’s shepherd’s hut (pictured opposite) and Pippa Madden’s story in the style of Roald Dahl. The traditional 5,000 word essays covered a huge variety of topics from Maddie Macey’s discussion of Bioluminescence and Matt Holland’s investigation into the Great Depression and Financial Crisis, to Josh Byford’s essay on why the Flying Scotsman was saved from scrap in 1963. There is no doubt that EPQ is the only place for students to pursue such a unique range of projects.

The students in this cohort also benefitted from trips to Southampton University Library and ever increasing links with our own Library. Through both of these they will have learned extremely useful skills for their future studies.

With another large cohort coming through into the Upper Sixth we are looking forward to an equally successful year in 2021.

Mr M Hill

“EPQ is the only place for students to pursue such a unique range of projects”