Wellsway Sixth Form Terms 3 and 4 2014-15
Important Future Sixth Form Dates Mon 17th - Fri 22nd May Year 13 Leavers Celebration Events Incl. Leaver’s Ball
Mon 6th- Fri 10th July
Year 12 Enrichment Week Incl. Look to the Future event, Bath Uni day, Leadership Training Day, UCAS / work/ apprenticeship support and much more
Monday 29th June
Sixth Form Induction Day For all new applicants to Year 12 in September
Thursday 20th August
GCSE Results and Enrolment from 9.30am in Mendip Hall
Challenge Cup – Round 3 January - Fancy Dress Basketball and Netball It may have been wet and the support retreated to the Common Room but it was still highly competitive!
Challenge Cup – Round 3 Results Fancy Dress Basketball and Netball
Position Team 1 2 =3 =3 5 6
WSW GHT REV JTN JCL NLN
Points 10.5 8 7.5 7.5 5 3.5
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What do smoothie making, car washing, raffles, cupcakes, ice-cream and cakes all have in common?
Challenge Cup They were all ways that the Sixth Form raised over £600 for charity for in….
March - Round 4 – ‘The Enterprise Challenge’
March Challenge Cup Round 4 The Enterprise Round
All proceeds are going to these charities nominated by the students Cancer Research UK and Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), MS Therapy Centre Bristol, and Macmillan Cancer Support, Oskar’s SDR Fund, Cancer Research, Meningitis Now and Hope For Harmonie.
Thank you to everyone who took part, bought stuff and helped us to organise the event!
Challenge Cup Round 4 - Results 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
REV JCL JTN NLN GHT WSW
Sixth Form Challenge Cup Standings after 4 events (Year 12 and 13 compete in inter-year group tutor teams in this prestigious
competition. There is one large event each term with many more smaller events (worth half the points)
Position
Tutor Team
Points
1st
GHT
32
2nd
JTN
31.5
3rd
REV
31.5
4th
JCL
25
5th
WSW
24.5
6th
NLN
23.5
Officer and Ambassador Elections February After a fantastic Hustings event on the 16th March we were pleased to announce the 2015 results Monday to a packed audience made up of year 11 and 12 students, and staff. Again we would like to congratulate everyone on being appointed to their roles, and we are delighted to reveal the 2015 Officer and Ambassador Teams below! These Teams will be representing the students and helping us on our continual journey to make our Sixth Form even better.
The Teams Head Girl - Alice Head Boy - Dan
Chairperson - Abi
Deputy Head Boy – Jack Deputy Head Girl - Nathalie
BUSINESS TEAM Business Manager Hayden Ambassadors James, Nikita, Alex, George & Lucy Mae
COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM Community Action Officer Beth Ambassadors Lizzie & Holly
LEARNING TEAM Learning Officer Matt Ambassadors Sarah, Laura & George
SPORT TEAM Sport Officer Ellie
PROGRESSION TEAM Progression Officer Joe Ambassadors Eva & Louis
PUBLICATIONS TEAM Publications Officer -Megan Deputy Publications Officer -Becky Ambassadors: Ella, Azaria, Harriet, Imogen, Ellie & Alex
EVENTS & ENRICHMENT TEAM
SCIENCE TEAM
Events & Enrichment Officer Matt Ambassadors Beth, Chloe & Amy
Science Officer James Ambassadors Tommy, Daniel, Alex & Sifan
Wellsway Science - CERN Trip 2015 In February 2015 an intrepid gaggle of thirteen Year 13 students, along with Mr Rutland and Miss Williams took part in the Physics department’s 2nd official CERN trip.
Day 1: Arrival Delayed flight from Bristol into Geneva Airport
Booked into Geneva Hostel Explored the local area
The visit lasted four days and encompassed visits to several local museums, a trip up a mountain and, of course, a visit to the CERN particle physics research facility.
DAY 2: Museums History of Science, Geneva Jet
Natural History Museum and Geneva Art museum
DAY 3: Mont Saleve’ 1,379m Cable car ride
Snow ball fights Crepes on the Summit
“Festival des Bains de Paquis” – dubbed by the students as the “Festival of the Snails” for some Dubious Dancing
DAY 4: CERN 27km, 7 TeV of Awesomeness Tour of CERN cryogenic testing facility First ever particle accelerator @ CERN
CERN 2015 Itinerary
Spend lots of money in Gift shops, before flying home.
EPQ A fabulous evening where our EPQ students presented their work to the public in the SFLC
There were a fantastic array of subjects the students chose to explore that included magnetic levitation, space exploration, criminal justice, mental health, 3D printing, Formula 1, genetics, engineering, the future of fossil fuels, finance, immigration, prescription medicine, embryo screening, institutional corruption, robotics, the Giving Pledge and many, many more‌
Exceptionally busy term for Sixth Form involvement with PAVA Year 12 and 13 Front of House/Stage Management/Performing in School Production #ORPHEUS
Year 12 Teacher Support in directing and stage managing Year 10 GCSE pieces at The Egg
Year 13 Examination Performances at The Egg and Wellsway OGS
Year 13 – Trip to @t Bristol All the Year 13 students had a fantastic time at the @t Bristol DNA workshop where they were challenged to isolate, amplify and identify one of their tasting genes. As well as benefitting from using the hi-tech equipment, the students had great fun in their breaks playing with the exhibits!
Exploring the themes of, Love, Death, Circles, Family, and Relationships our Year 13 Art students are pulling out all the stops. Here’s a snapshot of some of their sketchbook work.
Wellsway Business Students in Base Competition Two teams of Wellsway Sixth Form Business & Economics students enjoyed competing on Wednesday 11th Feb in the South West regional heat of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England & Wales ‘Base’ Business competition at the University of the West of England. The two teams consisted of student studying either Economics, Business Studies or Applied Business at A level. They worked alongside accountants from a variety of local firms including Deloitte, KPMG and Ernst & Young, analysing data and developing a future strategy for a food producer. The information was based on a case study given in the professional exams taken by Chartered Accountants and gave students first hand experience of the challenges faced by a modern business operating in a changing economic landscape. The teams presented their ideas to a panel of business experts and narrowly missed going through to the national final in June.
The visit also gave students the chance to discuss future routes into Accountancy and talk to apprentices, school leavers and graduates each following a different path towards working in the Financial Services industry. The event gave students an insight into the opportunities available to work in one of Bristol’s biggest employers and wealthiest industries.
Alice Lamb and Morgan Brown from year 12 took 20 students to the Forum in Bath to perform a dance. The choreography was excellent and the girls were fantastic!
In February half term 13 Geographers travelled to Sicily to visit Europe's largest active volcano Mt Etna, her lava tunnels, Alcantara Gorge and the historical town of Taormina including the 2ND narrowest street in Italy and a Greek amphitheatre.
For part of their AS Geography exam students spent the afternoon in Bristol collecting data. This included interviewing residents and measuring housing and environmental quality.
Congratulations! Cameron Graham Great Britain American Football Congratulations to Cameron Graham on his selection for the Great Britain Lions Under 19 American Football Team. After beating Russia the team have now qualified for a tournament in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 7-10th. We wish Cameron and the Great Britain team all the very best for the tournament.
Congratulations! Connor Jennings, Josh Hyde, Ed Rogers and James Fossey Through to the regional finals of the IFS Investor Challenge - qualified as 24th out of 8720 participating teams.
To everyone about to take their exams Be prepared Be positive Be happy