EPQ PRESENTATION EVENING

On Thursday 23rd February, the Sixth Form at The Gryphon School held an EPQ presentation evening in the Learning Hub. This was a showcase of all of the EPQ projects undertaken by our Year 13 students. The EPQ is an additional A Level qualification in which students get to independently develop, research and explore an area that they are interested in.

Students prepared a stand that displayed their research, finding and finished products as well as answering questions about their work. One of our Year 13 students, Chloe G, undertook an EPQ about the representation of women in film. She said “The presentation evening gave me the chance to showcase my project, as well as utilise the knowledge gathered over the course of my EPQ when sharing my artefact with others. As the project itself is very independent, it was very refreshing to see everyone else’s projects. It was a wholly new experience to be explaining and teaching about feminist film theory and representations – I’m not fond of public speaking, so to be expected to do this meant that I had to overcome my own nerves whilst ensuring that I gave an engaging presentation.’ The evening was open to friends, family and staff and was a wonderful opportunity to see some very exciting and creative work. The evening was a great success and thank you to all of our EPQ students who have worked so hard!