From the Sixth Form

After a much disrupted year, it was wonderful to finally get some social events under way for our Year 12 students last week. We spent the day at Bournemouth on Thursday where students spent time enjoying themselves on the beach. The weather was kind to us and everyone had a fun and relaxing day. On Friday, we finally got the opportunity to run our team building day that we would have run in September. The day involved a series of challenges in the morning followed by a Mr Hardee quiz in the afternoon. Once the dust had settled on the activities, Mr Parry's form came out winners by the narrowest of margins.

Congratulations to everyone involved, I wish all of the Year 12 students a wellearned summer break and look forward to welcoming them all back in September.

Mr Alford

FROM THE SIXTH FORM

L6 Tutor Challenge Day a roaring success!

As with much of Covid – we had to postpone a number of things from earlier in the year until now. Normally we would run a challenge/bonding day for the incoming L6 students in September but it’s taken until the end of term for them to finally be able to complete it. Although given the tutor groups have recently been reformed this was a rather opportune moment. Despite a few students self-isolating and around 25% of the year in Wales on the Geography field trip – that didn’t dampen the spirits of those remaining.

The morning was all about five challenges – Logic Problems, Marshmallow and Spaghetti tower design, recreate a famous art work, a rowing challenge and finally a science egg drop challenge. Points were awarded for success and teamwork.

After lunch and an ice cream – things moved to the Sports Hall for Mr Hardee’s big quiz.

After all the points were added together the winning form was … Mr Parry’s form (Milton).

But the real value in the day was a chance for the L6 to bond and connect with their new tutor group. A big thanks to all my colleagues who made the day possible.

Mr Hardee