went away for the weekend to Scarborough, and enjoyed the team building activities and visits to local exhibitions which provided a useful introduction to the Theory of Knowledge and Creativity Action Service sections of the course. They have followed this up with an extensive programme of community service, including swamp cleaning and dressing up as Santa’s elves, which has been of great benefit to the local area!
The autumn term culminated with the school play, in which a large number of sixth form students enjoyed participating, and the sixth form Christmas Party, which gave the students a chance to compete for the most festive outfit. The Christmas holiday provided students with a chance to rest and recharge their batteries, but this was also an important time for revision and preparation for the January module examinations. The results of these examinations were pleasing, with many positives but also clear indicators as to what needed to be done before the final AS, A2 and IB examinations in the summer.
Two social events stood out in the spring term, the Chinese New Year Meal and the Black Tie Dinner. Both of these events provided the students with a chance to dress up and enjoy themselves with the entertainment provided at each event. The EAL department, in particular Lu Han, did an excellent job in organising the Chinese New Year Meal, and as is becoming tradition provided the students with a generous raffle with many prizes. Thanks go to Fran Tyers and her team for providing a fantastic meal at the Black Tie Dinner, with enthusiastic and courteous Year 11 waiters and waitresses boding well for the prospect of having a dynamic and pro-active Year 12 next year.
The General Studies programme has been as varied as ever this year, with talks from a range of outside speakers on topics as diverse as Drug Addiction, Living with HIV, Gap Years, Alcohol Abuse, the Environment, Road Safety Awareness, Student Finance and Gambling Addiction. The library has proved a popular place as ever with the sixth formers, and the librarian has enjoyed working with the students in the careers library to help them begin their research. Careers interviews and presentations have taken place throughout the year, beginning with the process of guiding Year 13 students through their UCAS applications, and ending with the start of the same process for the current Year 12 students! Interestingly, a large number of students have chosen to apply to international universities this year, including universities in the USA, Canada, Dubai, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Hong Kong and China, and we have developed a much greater understanding of the different requirements of different countries. Special mention must go to Alex Abia, the only candidate out of fourteen recommended by the Rwandan Government to achieve a place at West Point Military Academy in the USA and our three students with Oxbridge offers, Jason Pan, Lizzie Wicks and Jim Chiu. Many of the students taking BTEC Performing Arts have chosen to specialise and study this as a substantial part of their sixth form course, and they have subsequently achieved great success when applying for performing arts courses at university. We anticipate that as our newer BTEC courses become more established, many of our other students who have chosen to specialise in particular vocational areas will achieve similar success with their university applications. The IB Diploma students have benefited from the comparative rarity of their course when faced with the prospect of competing against A Level and BTEC students for university places, and have been greeted with enthusiasm from university admissions tutors when they have submitted
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