Harris Clapham Sixth Form
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Harris Clapham Sixth Form
@HAClaphamSixth
A sixth form based in Clapham, teaching A-Level and C-Tech courses to confident, courageous and committed students. Rated Ofsted 'OUTSTANDING' (Jan 2025).
Clapham, London Beigetreten Kasım 2020
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Garner, v. gather or collect (something, especially information or approval)
e.g. "the police struggled to garner sufficient evidence"
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Brouhaha, n. a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something.
e.g. "A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president"
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Preternatural, adj. a formal adjective used to describe things that are very unusual in a way that does not seem natural.
e.g. "He has a preternatural knack for imitating birdcalls"
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Asinine, adj. 1. extremely stupid or foolish.
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Jejune, adj. 1. naive, simplistic, and superficial; "their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions".
2. (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting.
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It was great to hear from another of our alumni this week as we spoke to Zaya, she's doing amazingly at a degree apprenticeship.
If you'd like to read more about Zaya's experience at HCL6F and her time since click the link below!
harrisclaphamsixthform.org.uk/2000/what-weve…
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Gibbous, adj. most often used to describe the moon or a planet when it is seen with more than half, but not all of the apparent disk illuminated.
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Last week some of our students took part in the Senior Mathematical Challenge, a competition run by UKMT. It's always great to see our students aiming high and celebrating their knowledge. So proud of everyone that competed!
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Obviate, v. to obviate something (usually a need for something, or a necessity) is to anticipate and prevent it
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Open Evening 2025, Tuesday 11th November, 16:30-19:00. More information in the picture.
We look forward to seeing you!
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This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:
Mollify, v. appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).
e.g. "nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify the local conservationists"
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