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An Introduction from Mr G. Owen

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Welcome to the Sixth Form blog/news page. I will post on here at least every Monday and more often as the occasion demands. It’s not a formal site as such and will not replace official announcements and letters but its intention is to reflect on sixth form experiences and events, to keep abreast of good practice in Post 16 education and to alert students and parents to opportunities now and for the future.

I know students have plenty of work to do in their A level subjects but I have an impassioned view that it is what they do beyond that which can often make the real difference in personal development, employability and fulfilment. So you’ll hear plenty on here about those opportunities.

Just to kick off I’ll mention three of my favourites:

future learn
TED Talks
Reading books

 

TED talks is an online video library of thousands of talks on a huge variety of subjects. Always interesting, usually challenging and often entertaining.

Future Learn offers free online courses from universities and specialist organisations. I’ve done two so far and several students have taken them up. Have a look – they’re brilliant

Reading books makes a difference.

Have a great 2017!

 

 

Newsletter 18 - 5th June, 2017

Back after half term to a rainy June Monday but I hope the students haven’t noticed that much because both year 12 &13 have exams on their minds. Blazing sunshine doesn’t always lend itself to the best revision focus and routine.

The last blog was written before the appalling events in Manchester and London. I’m not going to pontificate here about it but we did spend tutor time and assemblies reflecting on Manchester. We’ll do the same this week to allow students to ask questions and share their perspective on the terrible events. I was impressed by students’ empathy and understanding and also their up to the minute knowledge of current affairs – something we promote strongly in tutor time and assemblies.

Those who are old enough will have the opportunity to vote on Thursday and it seems that record numbers of 18 -25 year olds have registered. I always urge students to make sure that they cherish their democratic vote.

We have more interviews for the Deon Burton Football Academy this week and we are also finalising the names for our exciting Outward Bound leadership week in September. You can have a look at what they do at this link:

https://www.outwardbound.org.uk/centres/aberdovey/

There’s lots going on this term. Year 13 are nearing the end of their Coleshill experience and have been planning their final assembly and ball (I refuse to call it a prom) and year 12 will spend next week on research and planning for what they hope to be doing when they finish in just over a year’s time. We’ve got local businesses coming in to work with our students on ‘soft skills’ and the Universities of Leicester and Coventry working with them on researching Higher Education. There is also a visit to the UCAS convention on Monday afternoon- students should already have registered for this.