Gold at UK Linguistics Olympiad
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A Lower Sixth pupil at The Leys School, Edward, has won gold in the first round of the UK Linguistics Olympiad Advanced Paper.
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Edward is now in the top five percent nationally.
Students, Louisa and Ryan, won bronze awards.
The paper asked the students to solve problems in several languages: Albanian, Lardil, Meroitic, K’iche’ and Filomena Mata Totonac.
In round two of the competition Edward will compete against the remaining 90 contestants.
Mr Welby, Head of Classics, commented: ‘We had a record entry this year and the pupils further showed their commitment by applying themselves with great perseverance to what the organisers admitted was an unusually difficult paper this year. A Gold award is an exceptional achievement for Edward and I am delighted that so many other pupils were willing to take on such a tough challenge.’
See The Leys School’s online listing here.