Year 10 Taster Day

Sustainability, Sociology, Strategy Games –these are just three of the fourteen Ignite! options that Year 10 and Year 11 pupils have been able to sample over the past academic year. Pupils selected two of the Year 12 academic enrichment Ignite! courses and spent 45 minutes enjoying a sample session of each; Year 11 the week before Christmas, and Year 10 the week after their summer examinations.

In Medicinal Chemistry, pupils were able to try their hand at making paracetamol, whilst in Food for Thought pupils baked five star-rated chocolate chip cookies (and, of course, got to eat them too!) Short films about how to make a cup of tea were created in Film School, whilst pupils dived into coral reefs in Marine Biology (using VR headsets…). The afternoon provided some light-relief during a very demanding year as well as equipping pupils with some new skills and potential interest areas.

Dexter Jones said “climbing was fun and I managed to do walls I didn’t think I would be able to do” and Freya Stevens commented that she “enjoyed exploring the variety of these courses”.

Louisa Burton

Year 11 making sustainable Christmas wrapping paper as part of the Sustainability Ignite! Option. From left ro right: Mollie Norris, Louisa McKay, Atlanta Nelson-Smith, Phoenix Cross, Anya Shankar, Liberty Mitchell Brock, Laura Hantrais, Elsa Davies.