The Chronicle - 2021 - St Dunstan's College

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SIXTH FORM

Head of Sixth Form What a year just past! As we entered the new academic year the Covid-wracked spring and summer had meant uncertainty on all fronts. We were all glad to be back in the building, teaching in classrooms rather than online … but for how long? Covid bubbles, strange cleaning routines, masked lessons dominated, and yet we persevered. The Sixth Form, glad of a slightly later morning start, got stuck in, learned, further developed their characters and put up with events often held in open-air winter conditions or in marquee tents. They did not lose a sense of who they were, or that they were in it together and that really heartened all who saw it, particularly because many others were trapped, cooped up in their homes. The start of Lent brought that to our students too and online lessons were back again for the next three months. Still, our Sixth Form made playlists and held inter-form quizzes, all the while trying to prepare for major grading tests

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S T D U N S TA N ’ S C O L L EG E

post-Easter. April saw us back on-site but the return was not to the old annexed Sixth Form common room tucked under the Refectory. Instead, miraculously, the new STEM building with its bespoke Sixth Form Hub had arisen! It really was a sight for sore eyes. Some comfort then at the close of a difficult academic year, one which Year 13 rounded off with aplomb, with an astounding 96% of them achieving their first choice of university. Few cohorts at St Dunstan’s will ever have experienced a Sixth Form journey like theirs and yet they carried it off with the most remarkable spirit and fortitude. Mr A Brewer Head of Sixth Form


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pages 170-173

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Friends of St Dunstan’s

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Bursary update

2min
page 163

Then & Now – St Dunstan’s from the Air

1min
page 156

Welcome from the Chair

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page 154

Spotlight on Martin Preston

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page 155

Charity

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page 151

Community Service

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page 150

Sustainability

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pages 152-153

Performing Arts Centre – list of Donors

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page 149

Opening of our New Buildings

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page 148

Topping Out Ceremony

1min
pages 146-147

St Dunstan’s Festival

2min
pages 132-135

Anti-Bullying Week

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pages 122-123

Commemoration Day

1min
pages 130-131

Mental Health Awareness Week

2min
pages 120-121

LGBTQ+ Week

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page 127

Black History Month

1min
page 119

International Week of Languages

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page 118

Opening Minds Lectures

1min
pages 116-117

Albam Exorna Award

1min
page 112

Head of School’s statement

2min
page 107

Year 13 Symposium

2min
pages 110-111

Diploma Journeys

4min
pages 108-109

Head of Sixth Form’s statement

1min
page 106

Adventure Week

2min
pages 104-105

Adventurous Activities

2min
pages 102-103

Strength & Conditioning

1min
pages 96-97

DofE

2min
pages 100-101

Netball

3min
pages 92-93

CCF

2min
pages 98-99

Swimming

3min
pages 94-95

Football

2min
pages 90-91

Cricket

1min
pages 88-89

Hockey

2min
pages 86-87

Design Engineering Sport

1min
pages 80-81

Overview

5min
pages 82-83

Music

4min
pages 74-77

Rugby

2min
pages 84-85

Drama and Dance

2min
pages 72-73

Overview

3min
pages 68-71

Special Events

7min
pages 54-61

Year 6

1min
pages 52-53

Year 5

2min
pages 50-51

Year 4

1min
pages 48-49

Year 1

3min
pages 42-43

Year 3

2min
pages 46-47

Reception

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pages 40-41

Year 2

2min
pages 44-45

Nursery

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pages 38-39

Sport

12min
pages 28-37

Head of Junior School’s statement

1min
page 9

Headmaster’s Statement

9min
pages 5-8

Drama and Dance

2min
pages 22-23

Music

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pages 24-25

Welcome from the Chair of Governors

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Art and Design Technology

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