Year 12

French Day

Students taking French were joined by their Boys’ Division counterparts for an immersive day of presentations and discussion based around the A Level curriculum with native speaker Richard Peltier. Students in Years 12 and 13 spent the morning covering the topics of new family types, the dangers of cyber-society and the ‘seventh art’ (cinema in the French-speaking world) in depth, and Year 13 spent the afternoon tackling additional challenging subjects.

Business Challenge

The ideas presented at this year’s joint Business Challenge Day were full of creativity and innovation. Five mixed teams, all with eco-friendly ideas, were selected from the whole year group to on to the Final in December. They refined their ideas and polished their presentations before standing in front of the judges once again to compete in a Dragon’s Den style pitching battle. This year’s overall winner was Caterplastic with their idea to use wax worms to recycle plastic from households in an environmentally friendly way.

Specialist Careers

Years 12 and 11, along with Boys’ Division students, were invited to a series of opt-in sessions on specialist university courses and career options. Visitors from six universities talked about the degrees on offer and where they might lead. The day featured Aerospace Engineering, Animation, Child and Adolescence Mental Health and Wellbeing, Computer Science, Criminology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Operating Department Practice (ODP) and Psychoanalytic Studies.

Considering how to give back to the community at the Volunteering Fair

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