Sixth Form

Please find enclosed information on two opportunities to support our Sixth Form with their Senior Citizens Party on Wednesday 15th December.

This amazing free party will be entertaining over 135 local pensioners and is in its 24th year!

Any support you can give will be very gratefully appreciated and Year 12 students from 12I are selling raffle tickets and collecting cans/jars.

Thank you so much for anything you can give to help.

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Sixth Form gardeners have been picking apples from our orchard this week – and this year we have a fantastic crop. We will be using them to make sauces, jams and preserves for Christmas so look out for further updates on this.

Miss Wallis

Did you know that Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award participants have to do an extra section for their Award called the Residential Section. They must go away for 5 days with new people and help out in the community or develop a new skill.

Well done to Jenny Burnand, who is in the Sixth Form; she went away to do voluntary work in The Peak District National Park. By all accounts she had a fantastic time; met new friends and she says she didn’t stop laughing for the whole 5 days!

Jenny has nearly finished her Gold Award…keep up the good work Jenny…you’re nearly there!

Miss Wallis

‘€‹A great night of celebration was held for our Sixth Form Leavers with an inspirational address from Mr Hedley. The Year 13’s have worked exceptionally hard this year and the event was a celebration of this and an opportunity to wish them every possible success in the exciting futures that lie ahead of them. We can be very proud of our Sixth Form students and staff.’€‹

After several years of wet, windy and wintery summer term ecology field trips to St Mary’€™s Lighthouse, this year’€™s Applied Science and Biology A-level students were incredibly lucky and completed their ecology project in weather which actually resembled summer time!

With the temperature probes reading 21 °C it was ‘€˜almost’€™ tropical down at the coast and the students took to the shores ready to sample the diversity of the local rock pools. While some students investigated how limpet shell height changed with increasing distance to the low intertidal zone, others investigated the distribution and abundance of rock pool species such as limpets, barnacles and dog whelks. Establishing links between scientific research and the first hand data collected by the students has given our A level scientists a taste for the job role of so many scientific careers ‘€“ from ecology and conservationists to marine biologists.

Burnside students weren’€™t the only ones making the most of the gorgeous weather. We were fortunate enough to see a pod of seals basking in the sunshine on the rocks of the East shore.

Now it’€™s back to the lab to analyse the data and find out exactly what happens to limpet shell height as you get closer to the sea and why do you find more limpets on the South shore.

Last day celebrations at Gorgor with emotional goodbyes. The visit has been a huge success with students teaching in the Secondary School,  Gorgor Primary, Ndania Special Home and visiting the local health clinic and maternity unit. The girls also issued out another annual pack of reusable sanitary towels to all the Gorgor girls ensuring the font miss any schooling.

Mr Hedley and Mrs Thompson would like to express their thanks to the students on the trip who were exceptional. We are always proud of our students and they were outstanding in every aspect. Exceptional young people.

Staff and students have arrived safe and sound at Gorgor High School, Kenya. Students have been to lessons and have even done some teaching! They visited the primary school and had a fab time playing sports and teaching crafts. Everyone is having great time and are being kept really busy by Gorgor staff and students.

Unfortunately the internet connection is intermittent so daily updates cannot be guaranteed. We hope to update you soon with more news from Kenya. Here is a photo from Newcastle Airport before departure.

Please see the link below for current Apprenticeships vacancies as of 27/05/2016. This website will be updated as new vacancies become available, so check back regularly for the most recent opportunities.

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