A pupil from Brescia House recently took part in The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2016.
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Grade 11 pupil, Kate Watson entered the senior writing section of this prestigious competition earlier this year and was recently awarded a bronze certificate for her entry, Let Them In.
The competition is the world’s oldest international schools’ writing competition which was started in 1883 and is run by the Royal Commonwealth Society together with Cambridge University Press.
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It is open to all citizens and residents of the commonwealth, aged 18 and under.
According to its website, this year’s competition was the most successful to date with about 13 500 entries from nearly every commonwealth country.
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The senior and junior judges of the competition were very impressed by this year’s entries, describing them variously as ‘inspirational’, ‘brilliantly written’ and ‘mind-blowing’.
A statement from Brescia house read, “This is a remarkable achievement and Kate is congratulated on, not only proudly representing her school, but also her country.”
