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Sixth Form Speaks
Our Sixth Form regularly get a chance to hear from outside speakers and experts in our different lecture series. However, there is a wealth of interesting experiences and developing expertise amongst the pupils so this year we’ve flipped the lecture format and enjoyed an occasional series of lunchtime talks from members of the Sixth Form in the Memorial Hall. These St Peter’s Sixth Form Speaks talks are an opportunity for other pupils and staff to hear about a passion, experience, adventure or something studied in additional depth – perhaps for an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) - with Q&A afterwards.
James Smith launched the series with an illustrated talk about his trek to Everest Basecamp, enthusiastically sharing his taste for adventure as well as some of the pitfalls of the trip. Fatima Abdulsalam and Pierre Herrenschmidt shared a slot with a common theme, Fatima explaining the importance of her Islamic faith to her as a modern, young woman and Pierre talking about social
and political change in Saudi Arabia, where his family are currently based. David Lyon continued the overseas theme with his ‘Tales of Tanzania, Anecdotes from Africa’, an illustrated account of his Operation Raleigh expedition and community work. Daniel Hicks brought something different; with slides and his keyboard he demonstrated the skills and sleight of hand of musical arrangement –something he has plenty of experience of in Choir and Barbershop.
The baton passed to the Lower Sixth in the summer term with Ethan McKinney building on his successful EPQ and posing the question: ‘Epigenetics - The future of cancer treatment?’ We’re looking forward to the contributions of other members of Ethan’s year group in the year to come as St Peter’s Sixth Form Speaks becomes a regular part of our programme. Mr Ben Fuller Head of Sixth Form Complementary Studies
