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Celebrating Worthing College July 2013

Fantastic evening of celebration at Pavilion Theatre On Friday 21 June 2013 Worthing College hosted a fantastic evening of celebration for Worthing at the Pavilion Theatre, with dinner and some fabulous entertainment.

Performing Arts students (on the Pavilion stage for the very first time) wowed the audience with numbers from the shows Grease, Chicago and We Will Rock You. Guests of honour The Mayor of Worthing Robert Smytherman and Mayoress Norah Fisher, and Tim Loughton MP attended along with local Councillors and business leaders. The evening was hosted by Principal Peter Corrigan, students and staff from Worthing College.

The Mayor of Worthing - Councillor Robert Smytherman with Student Governor Gabby Slater (left) and Performing Arts students entertain the guests (above).

We would like to thank everyone who celebrated with us on the night and pledged their support for the college in so many ways. Local businesses were keen to support a wide range of areas such as Biology, Visual Arts and Media, Law, the Health and Wellbeing Centre, Travel and Tourism and much, much more.

Many local businesses offered work experience and apprenticeship opportunities for students and we

look forward to working further with them at the new college.

Students were very much the focus of the evening, not only providing fabulous entertainment but also by welcoming guests on arrival and being part of the catering team.

Students from Plumpton College produced the red wine and fantastic flower arrangements for the dining tables.

Opportunity Achievement Success Progression (continued from front page) The new college promises a fantastic future for young people and adult learners in Worthing and the surrounding area. It will provide superb new facilities for teaching and learning and will inspire students to achieve and succeed.

A bright new future beckons for Worthing College with the move from the old site in Bolsover Road to a magnificent new campus at The Warren in Hill Barn Lane, Worthing.

“The evening was a huge success. Everybody who came enjoyed the fabulous entertainment from our talented students. The food was superb. However, best of all was the growing sense of excitement and anticipation about the new Worthing College at The Warren.

Everybody I spoke to cannot wait to visit and see the new facilities. We still have limited places available for September 2013. Apply now to be part of our growing success.”

Peter Corrigan, College Principal

Councillor Elizabeth Sparkes and Roger Sparkes

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The college will move into the new College in Summer 2013 ready for the 2013/14 academic year.

parking for bicycles available for

The new Worthing College at The Warren is a truly special place.

Students will enjoy the very best teaching and learning and social and recreational facilities in a stunning environment. There will be spacious classrooms, learning zones in each curriculum area, laboratories, a large library, a Performing Arts Centre, two large caféterias, a large fitness gym, a Health and Wellbeing Centre and college shop. There will be a dedicated bus service, onsite parking and extensive secure

pathways, forest walks and nature trails.

Councillor Noel Atkins and Helena Atkins

students. The extensive grounds will include picnic areas, well lit pedestrian We will have a full size Rugby pitch and a floodlit netball and tennis facility.

The new Worthing College offers much more. We offer 40 A / AS levels, 35 different vocational courses, plus apprenticeships and Academy provision in Sport, Mathematics, Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

There’s also a well-established nursery and forest school for babies and young children to give much needed support to working parents.

Councillors Val Turner and Bryan Turner

Emma Purnell and Ismail Groves

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EDITORIAL I am absolutely delighted to be writing this editorial just as the new Worthing College becomes a reality. We have worked so hard and waited so long for this time to come, I almost can’t believe that the next time I write this I will be sitting at a lovely new desk in the new Worthing College at the Warren, overlooking the south downs to the north and the sea to the south, fabulous.

Councillor Hazel Thorpe and Councillor Robin Rogers

Tina Webster and Bob Partridge

With new student Introductory Days and Enrolment just around the corner the excitement is building and we can’t wait to show off our great new college. Apart from all the wonderful new classrooms, cafeterias, library, gym, shops and health and wellbeing centre there are loads of great new learning zones for students.

These are the ‘piece de resistance’.

Large open spaces in all curriculum areas for students to study independently, in comfort, with a range of resources and open access. Seeing is believing as far as our new learning zones are concerned, so do come to our open morning on 6 July to be one of the first to see inside.

There is a lovely new nursery and forest school - bigger and better than ever. Once our very youngest clients see this they will not want to go anywhere else!

Vice Principal Paul Riley and Caroline Riley

Dr David Mannings and Paula Russell

I couldn’t end this editorial without reference to our evening of celebration on 21 June. This has to have been the most exciting event we have ever organised. The support and generosity of our guests and partners was fantastic.

Our Performing Arts Students were the cream of the crop as they entertained the audience with their performances on stage. My thanks to the team at the college and at the Pavilion Theatre for making it such a great event.

There is so much to celebrate at Worthing College as you will see as you read through the pages of this edition of Celebrating Worthing College. So, if you know of any young people who have not yet made up their mind to come here in September, I would say ‘apply now - make Worthing College your learning zone’.

Performing Arts students and staff after their success on the stage

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Caroline Pickup, Editor

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Special day for students has a real international flavour

Worthing College students come from all over the world, and they worked together to provide a brilliant International Day in May. Students from about 15 different countries including Brazil, Poland, Bangladesh, China and the Democratic Republic of Congo prepared information displays about their home countries, and most also provided a taste of authentic food.

This drew large crowds of students and staff. Music from Mexico and Brazil (at the same time!) contributed to a great party atmosphere. Apparently the Brazilians kept partying for an hour after everyone else had left.

Italian student Ludovica Chiacchierini who plans to study Economics at Queen Mary University of London next year said: “It was great. I really enjoyed finding out more about the different countries and cultures fellow students come from�.

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Great British tea party a great send off for students On the last week of term we held a Great British Tea Party to say goodbye to our International students who were leaving in both Year 12 and 13. The tables were beautifully decorated with fresh roses, serviettes and cake stands and tea was served in teapots covered with a variety of colourful tea cosies much to the bemusement of our students.

Everyone tucked into typical English tea fare such as scones with jam and cream and a selection of English cakes: lemon drizzle, victoria sponge, chocolate brownies and flapjacks. Several members of staff joined us which was much appreciated by the students and the Modern Foreign Language staff did their best to give service with a smile!

A truly British experience.

‘Working as a Volunteer’ One of the units that the BTEC L2 Workskills students complete is Working as a Volunteer. For this unit the students are required to find a volunteering activity that suits their skills and interest.

Activities that students have engaged in recently include working in charity shops, helping with local fundraising events and providing regular help to vulnerable neighbours.

In another unit (Alternatives to Paid Work), students enjoyed a visit from a volunteer for The Samaritans who came in to talk about the work they do both in the local community and nationally.

The visit prompted a few of the students to organise an event in College to help a local charity shop connected to The Samaritans. The students organised and promoted a week-long event in March during which staff and students were encouraged to bring in an item to donate to the charity shop.

Collection points were set up and manned by the students during the week which attracted fantastic support. At the end of the week the students sorted the donations, bagged them up and took them to the charity shop where they were gratefully received - around 15-20 black plastic sacks of donations were the result of their efforts!

“I really would like to thank the students for what they managed to achieve for the shop through their hard work” said Marlene Butler from The Samaritans.

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Lisa Whiting wins Leading the Learner Voice Award Worthing College student Lisa Whiting has been announced as Highly Commended in the 2013 Leading Learner of the Year category.

She picked up her award at the fifth annual Leading the Learner Voice Awards which took place in London on Tuesday 18 June. The awards, which are hosted by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) and the National Union of Students (NUS)

celebrate

the

significant

contributions learners make to the further education (FE) and skills sector, and recognise the staff who support them in doing this. The awards are also an opportunity to ensure that good practice is shared and available for others to learn from.

The awards were open to learners, staff and providers in the FE and

skills sector. This includes sixth form and independent specialist colleges for learners with learning difficulties and / or disabilities, adult and community learning, work-based learning, and offender learning.

The categories highlighted the changing and evolving priorities facing the FE and skills sector and this year there were three new

is the chair of the Worthing College Teaching and Learning Academy and a student governor.

She is also a member of the outgoing Student Union and has spoken at the college on several occasions on Information Evenings and Open Days.

categories: Learning Champion of the Year, Information, advice and guidance and Imaginative approaches to learner voice.

As last year the award ceremony was held in central London, and the honours were presented by Rob Wye, Chief Executive, LSIS and Dame Ruth Silver, Chair, LSIS. Lisa is a prominent member of the Worthing College Student Parliament,

Student wins X-Box

Congratulations to Worthing College student Michael Donlevy who won a brand new Xbox 360 in a competition run by Britvic and ABM Catering Ltd. The competition was based on filling a Britvic loyalty card (buy 8 and get the 9th free) which was then put into a prize draw with an Xbox or an iPad Touch up for grabs.

A jubilant Michael’s winning card was picked and he opted for the X-Box which was presented to him by Ron Bell from ABM Catering Ltd.

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New Student Union promises to focus on Student Voice to help create positive learning environment

Volunteering certificates

A group of Wothing College students has been awarded certificates from OUTSET youth for voluntary work in a range of placements. These included Worthing Hospital and Thomas A Becket First and Middle Schools.

Jade Marshall, pictured above completed over 100 hours of voluntary work at Worthing Hospital and hopes to use this valuable experience in a future career in nursing. Other students who collected awards were : Zhayin Penterson Sarah Marlow Jade Marshall Emily McDermott Millicent Rodemark Molly Brothers Vanessa Pagsolingan Bethany dalaziel Nathan Keogh Emilio Conti Elissa Flynn Student Union President James Clarke (far left), with the new Student Union: Kyle Rogers, Mike Jones, Henry Marshall, Hannah Mills, Charlie Smith, Anna Docherty and Katie Brewster.

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Francesca Silvestri from OUTSET Youth Volunteer Co-ordinator made the presentations.

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Performing Arts students get audiences rocking with two stunning shows Worthing College students from the Academy of Performing Arts pulled out all the stops with brilliant versions of two great shows: the perennial teen favourite ‘Grease’ and Ben Elton’s musical tribute to Queen, ‘We Will Rock You’.

Matthew O’Hagan and Polly Lewis put in strong performances in the starring roles of Danny and Sandy

as members of the Jets and the Pink Ladies in the high school musical romance.

They

were

brilliantly

supported by the rest of a very enthusiastic and professional cast.

The show really rocked along at a rapid pace with everyone dancing their hearts out to numbers such as Greased Lightning, Tell Me More and You Better Step Up.

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In June, students rocked us with their version of We Will Rock You a visual and musical delight based on the songs of legendary rock band Queen. Set in the future where live music and individuality is forbidden, it gave all the cast a chance to dress up and show off as a variety of rock star characters such as the Bohemians, Killer Queen, Galileo, Scaramouche and the Ga Ga police. Outstanding!

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Dear Worthing College, Your Year 13 BTEC Drama students performed a National Theatre in

play

Horsham,

at

the

Capitol

followed

by

a

performance by students from St Paul’s Catholic College. My son was one of the performers from St Paul’s. I wanted to pass on my congratulations to your students for their excellent performance.

They were also a great audience for the Year 10 and 11 St Paul’s students whose performance followed. Your students laughed and cheered and really lifted them up.

Good luck to all of the students as they prepare for their exams.

Their talent really showed last night. Please thank them for us.

Kind regards, Sara Lawrence It’s always nice to get feedback so we decided to include this lovely

letter

from

someone

outside the college talking about our students.

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End of the pier show The Academy of Arts at Worthing College offers students who are studying on Visual Arts and Media courses, a range of enriching and interesting opportunities and activities that support and extend their learning and promote educational progression.

This

year

we

congratulate

our

students Connie Hebenton, Hannah Rowan and Rhiane Smith, on their achievements in the Creative Waves arts project, led by Nadia Chalk and Vanessa Breen.

Nadia Chalk and Vanessa Breen, who run Creative Waves community arts, worked with 20 young people at a pop up art studio at the Sidney Walter Centre, Worthing. The course was funded by Community Central with the aim of inspiring students to create a piece of artwork worthy of a place in the exhibition on Worthing Pier.

Nadia Chalk from Creative Waves said “They all exceeded our expectations and worked extremely hard to develop their ideas and skills, resulting in a very high standard of work.

Their artwork is on permanent display, on the glass panels, along the central walkway at the Southern end of the pier and will remain there until April 2014. Feedback from Councillors, the general public and students has been overwhelmingly positive.

It is a great platform for students to experience the reality of an exhibition in a public space. It also improves the look of the pier and encourages people to view great artwork.”

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Rhiane Smith, one of the successful Fine Art students from Worthing College said: “Participating in the Creative Waves Workshop allowed me to produce a piece of work outside of my Fine Art A-Level. I was given the opportunity to use mixed media materials before using paint to generate a final painting for the Worthing Pier. My painting depicted the heads of two figures and

I used a variety of expressive marks to paint into the piece. Throughout the workshop I was able to talk with both Nadia and Vanessa about my ideas and influences whilst also receiving support from them about how my painting was progressing.

I would recommend the Creative Waves Workshop to students as it is an opportunity to produce a piece of experimental artwork whilst interacting with other students.”

End of the year show draws the crowds The Visual Arts and Media Summer Exhibition opened to the public on Friday 14th June, Monday 17th, and Tuesday 18th June. The Private view took place on 13th June when Worthing College Principal Peter Corrigan handed out the annual awards (see nominations list right) to students in front of an appreciative audience of friends, relatives and art lovers.

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Academy of Art Awards Nominations Level 2 Art & Design: Kristal Valerozo GCSE Photography: Daniel Mountford, Liam Ryan, Juliette Hedges, Jon Ransley GCSE Film Studies: Jose Pardo, Robson Charrington

A2 Photography: Jack Stocker, Harriet Broom, Charlotte Scott, Bethany Snell, Rhiane Smith, Jermaine Basilio, Charlotte Smart A2 Film Studies: Kerry Chambers, Stewart Adam A2 Media Studies:

BTEC CMP Certificate: Lilly Holmes, Sam Jones, Jordan Dann, Matt Lewis

Oliviah Judah, Rhiane Smith, Kerry Chambers

BTEC CMP Sub. Diploma: Olivia Judah, Nadia Callan, Lisa Cooper

Ellis Langdell, Arthur Holt, Jermaine Basilio, Charlotte Giles

AS Fine Art: Emily Skates, Adam Wheal, Cyreel Joya, Hannah Rowan, Jacob Parazo, Alice Eckton AS Textiles: Jasmine Lynch, Tabitha Buckley, Louise Watteau AS Photography: Ellis Langdell, Megan Evans, Milan Thomas, Ellie Potkins, Robyn Munnery, Megan Henderson, Robert Brown, Jasmine Peacock, Paula Garcia Walcher, Olivia Herring, Tessa Peters AS Film Studies: Sam Jones, Lucy Goldberg AS Media Studies: Matt Andrews, Ryan Borg, Jogjia Nye AS Graphics: Harriet Broom, Elizabeth Tinnion, Elijah Parazo, Megan Evans A2 Fine Art: Rhiane Smith, Emily Papps, Rhianna Lewis, Beth Mason A2 Textiles: Rhainna Lewis, Caroline Attill, Natalie Willmott, Maria Berghorst, Jennifer Morton

Students taste Royal Academy success

A2 Graphics:

Most Enthusiasm: Lenka Wilkinson, Lauren Denney, Grace Holland, Ellis Langdell, Jennifer Morton, Adele Cooper, Joshua Mortimer, Peter Milner Most Experimental: Daryl Chow, Harriet Broom, Gemma Finch, Reahad Kaleel, Charlie Jones, Natalie Willmott, Beth Mason, Dylan McBride, Peter Milner Most Hardworking: Maria Berghorst, Laura Gunn, Maria Berghorst, Jermaine Basilio, Rhiane Smith, Cyreel Joya, Kristal Valerozo, Sarah Pearson, Elif Acktepe, Joel Hammond Most Progress Made: Rhiannon Bromley, Rhiannon Bromley, Bethany Snell, Robson Charrington, Jon Harding, Robyn Munnery, Gemma Finch, Deanna Giles, Leonie White, Millie Charman Studentship: Deandra Harris, Megan Ross, Charlotte Giles, Hannah Rowan, Arthur Holt, Jack Stocker, Peter Milner, (Jimmy) Ka Yn, Joel Hammond

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After over 1100 submissions from schools and colleges across the country were submitted, we are proud to announce that two of Darren Laidler’s students have been selected or shortlisted for the national Royal Academy of Arts A-Level Summer Online Exhibition 2013.

Harriet Broom’s lovely photographic works, ‘Paralell’ and ‘Analogue/ Digital’ are being exhibited, and one of Ellis Langdell’s works, ‘Mask’ was also shortlisted.

Three curators, Royal Academician Tess Jaray, Assistant Curator Sarah Lea, and RA Schools student Amy Woodward selected 35 works to show in the exhibition, entitled RE-LACED, which will be live on their website until 18 August. A further 75 works have been commended and shown as a shortlist on the website. www.royalacademy.org.uk/alevel

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Students reflect on their success in STEM Project

Under the expert guidance of Alan White, a group of Worthing College

students received great recognition at the University of Brighton for a

presentation based on their STEM (encouraging Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics) Project.

They received excellent feedback from their link company, Automotive Specialist SMR of Porchester and, after stringent assessment, they each received a prestigious Golf Crest Award. Additionally the outcomes from their project on wing mirror molding are being incorporated into the production mechanisms at SMR. Ryan Bannister Sophie Johnson, Thomas Mendes, Sasha Oliver and Oliver Wilkins worked on the project and gave the presentation which they later repeated at Worthing College to staff and students.

Travel and Tourism students take to the slopes The A2 Travel & Tourism students arranged a visit to SNO!zone in Milton Keynes as part of their Planning an Event unit. Students who went on the visit had a private snowboarding lesson and then went sledging. Students who arranged the visit were assessed on all stages

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including planning and booking of the activities and their organisational skills on the day working with other students and staff at SNO!zone.

The A2 students said that this unit helped to develop their team working skills which are essential when working in the Travel & Tourism

industry. Some of the group are also progressing to University to study Travel or Event Management and said they are now more confident being independent learners and dealing with challenging situations along with being able to adapt quickly when things don’t go to plan.

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Worthing College’s doctors of the future

Four students from Worthing College have successfully met the toughest challenge for A level students and been offered places to study for medical degrees in September 2013.

Alaina Turner has a place at the Royal Veterinary College to read Veterinary Medicine; Susie CrockerBuque (Keele University), and Annie Parker (Nottingham University, not pictured) have places to read medicine; Sarah McClory was also offered a place to read medicine by both Birmingham and Cardiff Universities, but has decided to read Chemistry at Southampton.

To get this far the students have had to excel in a wide range of academic and non-academic pursuits. They are confidently expected to get the required straight As in their A Levels this summer. In addition they have been successful in both the UKCAT and the BMAT entry tests, one or other of which is required by

most universities, and they need to demonstrate a wide range of personal qualities and achievements including having to carry out extensive work experience and performing well in very challenging interviews.

Through its Aspire Programme for high achieving students Worthing College offers considerable support to students to help maximise their chances of success, including running a medical conference for A Level students in conjunction with Worthing Hospital, liaising with

Walt has designs on new laptop in national competition Worthing College student Walt Liu was the winner of a national competition to design a laptop cover.

Walt, who is studying A Level Maths, Statistics and Chinese, was delighted with his prize. He specialises in Manga style hand drawn illustrations but this was his first effort at using a PC to help his design. His success has stimulated his interest in Computer Programming and Design as a career.

Walt was presented with his own unique laptop by James Kitchen from Ergo Computers in Nottingham who organised the competition. James said “We received 19 entries for the competition in February and there were a number of great designs, but Walt’s imaginative, creative and colourful design was the deserved winner!”

Worthing Hospital to set up work experience placements, giving practice interviews and support in preparing for the tests.

Worthing College Aspire Coordinator Antony Allchin said “Universities only want the best and these are outstanding students who will make a valuable contribution to the medical profession in the future.

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ADULT EDUCATION AND MORE AT WORTHING COLLEGE From September 2013 the new Worthing College is offering a new range of evening classes. With the opening of the new Worthing College we are excited to once again offer a range of evening classes. Brief details of these are provided here but please watch our website for updates because we will be adding more. www.worthing.ac.uk If you are interested in joining any of these classes please contact info@worthing.ac.uk or telephone 01903 243389.

Starting your own Business – Introductory fee £150 Have you ever thought of starting your own business? Are you itching to get cracking with something but don’t know where to start? Then we can help! Worthing College is offering a new course in setting up your own small business. The following areas will be covered and you will be able to meet like-minded people: • Developing your idea • Assessing your suitability for enterprise • Legal and regulatory requirements when running a business • How to market and sell a product or service • Exploring the financial needs of a business • How to start and run a business Our experienced trainers will help you to develop your own business plan for your enterprise idea.

Science GCSE This course allows you to qualify in one of the three core subjects of the National curriculum. It is designed to provide you with a basic knowledge of Biology, Chemistry and Physics and how these ideas are relevant to your life. You will also take part in practical work related to the themes covered and develop your communication and data handling.

Most people use this course to improve an existing GCSE grade, so the more you can remember from Key Stage 3 and GCSE Science the better. All the aspects you need are covered again, though, so the main thing is to be keen to learn about science.

You will need to be well organised and prepared to learn the work as you go along. The pace is fairly rapid so you need to keep on top of the work. Your practical skills will be assessed and you need to be good at problem solving and applying scientific knowledge to new situations.

To enrol on this course you will need a minimum of two Grade Ds at GCSE including a grade D in GCSE Science.

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The Sealight Youth Theatre at Worthing College Open to 14 - 18 year olds these drama workshops consist of a mixture of theatre games, improvised, devised and scripted work. This community provision will enable young people to work together creatively in an enthusiastic and positive environment.

There will be 10 workshops per term, teacher led although much of the work is student centred.

Participants will be encouraged to use skills from other disciplines such as music and dance, according to the project. There will be a performance showcase and/or a production at the end of each term.

Entry is by audition - no formal entry requirements.

Progression: Students could progress onto Level 3 courses at the College and will receive advice and guidance to support them in doing so.Cost to Students: £100 per term (10 weeks per term).

Start Day/Time: Termly – from 29 September 2013, Wednesday 6.00pm - 8.00pm

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Day

Time

Fee

Science GCSE (33 weeks)

Tuesday

19.00 21.00

£365

Geology (8 weeks)

Thursday

19.00 21.00

£86

Sealight Youth Theatre (10 weeks)

Tuesday

18.00 20.00

£100

Starting Your Own Business (10 weeks)

Thursday

17.30 19.30

£150

Spanish for Beginners (10 weeks)

Tuesday

18.30 20.30

£95

Chinese for Business (10 weeks)

Tuesday

19.00 21.00

£95

Archaeology of Human Remains What can we learn about the lives of people in the past from their deaths?

On this course we will be using actual human skeletal remains as well as images from Sussex and around the world to assess sex, age-at-death, health and disease, trauma, occupation, and appearance of individuals from the past. We will also discuss beliefs as evident from the way the dead are treated. Although the course will be predominantly illustrated with archaeological specimens from Britain there will be the opportunity to discuss forensics or any specific area of archaeology (ie Ancient Egypt, Roman, Native North American, Ancient China) that is of interest to course participants. The course will be suitable for anyone with an interest in the past. This course will begin in January 2014.

Graduate Employability It can be hard to get a new job these days. To help you, Worthing College will be offering a range of skills development courses and workshops for adults.

Keep an eye on our website for details. www.worthing.ac.uk

Other courses coming soon include: Certificate in Event Planning, Chinese for Leisure (Basic), French for Business, Certificate in Leadership and Management and Photography AS Level.

We want to develop a wide range of classes. If you have a special skill or expertise, are an experienced tutor or trainer and interested in running an evening course please get in touch via info@worthing.ac.uk

Trip to London helps ESOL students get to grips with language and culture Tori Bond and Helen Mathieson took ESOL students on a brilliant day out in London recently. Photos show students engaging with the ‘cultural’

side of the capital’s life. Photos show Nicky Gigg (left) getting top actress Judi Dench’s autograph. Mohammed learns how to street fight in Trafalgar

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Square (centre) and Ikramullah Waziri and Mohammed Eshaqzadeh meet a street entertainer in Covent Garden (right).

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Worthing College sporting highs celebrated at Academy of Sport Awards evening The Annual Sports Awards Evening is held at the Assembly Hall, Worthing and continues to be one of the largest and most prestigious awards nights in the whole county. The evening was attended by students, parents and carers, friends, staff, partners and college Governors.

Over 200 students received ‘Colours’ in recognition of their year-long commitment and dedication. Awards were also presented for the Coaches and Players’ Player of the Year for each of our squads. The evening culminated with the presentation of the Fundraiser of the Year, Team of the Year and Sports Person of the Year trophies.

Nominees for Sports Person of the Year, goalkeeper James Binfield, Izzy Burt who has represented England Colleges at Women’s Football, Worthing College’s first England International, Ryan Fergany, and Lewis Maslen who has represented Worthing Raiders 1st XV in National league 2.

A brilliant evening was had by all as tales of the season’s highs and lows were told by all the coaches from the various factions. Guests were entertained particularly by the verbal jousting between Dave Hall from Men’s Football and Ben Coulson from Men’s Rugby.

Speeches were also made by College Principal Peter Corrigan and College Director Paul Cox who emphasised how proud they were of the achievements of such a talented and committed group of students.

Congratulations to all the award winners and all the other students who contributed to one of Worthing College’s best ever sporting seasons.

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Tina Price (above) is presented with a bouquet by Emily Begley

Peter Corrigan presents Amelia Smith with Volunteer of the Year award (above) watched by Ben Coulson, Mark Rugman and Colin Illsley (left)

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Aliss Piduck and Eloise Paine, Women’s Football

Jordan Dudas, Jack Fagan, Callum Meeney and Jarred Rance picked up awards for Men’s Football

Sportsperson of the Year, Ryan Fergany, Men’s Football

Netball’s Katie Hermann, Shannon Brightman, Sophie Johnson and Beth Finn with their awards

Women’s Doubles badminton champions Emily Waitland and Georgia Short

Men’s Rugby award winners Lucas Calleja, Jack Ware and Jack Lake show off their awards

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Elite League play-off final: Worthing College play their part but lose out in “great advert for college rugby” Coleg Llandrillo proved to be too strong for Worthing College running out as 42 – 13 winners in the Men’s Rugby Union Elite League playoff final at Sutton Coldfield Rugby Club on Wednesday 15th May.

meant for their wing, Llandrillo turned defence into attack by breaking out from within their own 22yd line where the winger sprinted home from half way to score his second try of the day and extend the lead to 22 – 3.

It was Worthing who had the first points on the board within 10 minutes converting a penalty to take 3 – 0 lead.

However it wasn’t long until Llandrillo took control of the game scoring two unconverted tries in quick succession to take make it 10 – 3.

Worthing’s task was soon to become more difficult by having a player sin binned for a deliberate knock on, and indeed they were punished by Llandrillo who just before half time turned the ball over to score a try to make it 27 – 3 at half time.

Llandrillo extended their lead following a superb finish from their winger to score a try. Worthing continued to try to get back into the game, but were stung by an efficient Llandrillo who Intercepted a Worthing chip kick

Llandrillo then scored three tries within the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half leaving Worthing with a mountain to climb. However, they remained competitive and were rewarded for their efforts with an unconverted try from a catch and drive move off a line out with around 10 minutes remaining. Worthing were not done yet and following a Llandrillo high tackle and a sin binning, Worthing scored their second try of the game to make the final score 42 – 13.

Liz Fletcher (Regional Sports Coordinator for the West Midlands) said,”It was a great game of rugby, competitive to the end and the players were a credit to their colleges and coaching staff. This was a great advert for college rugby’.

Narrow semi-final defeat leaves Men’s Football Performance Programme 1st XI heartbroken The Men’s Football Performance Programme 1st XI came home empty handed after a 1-0 defeat to Myerscough College (Preston) in the ECFA National Champions of Champions Semi Final at Lilleshall.

Worthing started like a train and could have easily taken the lead on more than one occasion in the first twenty minutes when chances fell to Jared Rance, who was Worthing’s best player and Jack Barnes who expertly curled an effort from 40 yards out, only to see it come back off the

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crossbar with the keeper well beaten.

Myerscough are deemed to be the best College for Football in the country at the moment and this quality was in evidence when they took the lead when a slide rule pass evaded centre half Greg Gander and found a Myerscough striker who slotted past Worthing keeper James Binfield.

This goal really opened up the game and made it an extremely entertaining affair with high quality of skill on show.

Both sides had further chances and

Worthing felt they deserved a penalty when Smith was clearly tripped by his full back, but the official waved away any protests. Myerscough too could have had a penalty with Jacob Parazo lucky to get away with a handball appeal.

Both sides attacked each other right through until the final whistle and unfortunately for Worthing it was their northern opponents who progressed to the final against Monkseaton School (Durham).

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Worthing College student picked for England Women’s rugby squad.

Ex-Worthing College player Amy Wilson-Hardy has been selected for the England squad that will contest the Nations Cup in Denver against Canada and USA later this Summer.

Amy is a regular at Roundstone Lane, when not in Bristol, often watching the Raiders and coaching the Worthing Girls Squad whenever she can. Last season she even played twice in the Summer Touch Rugby mixed league with the Worthing Girls! Well done Amy and good luck for the summer.

College Principal Peter Corrigan presented Worthing College’s Dave Hall with a framed photograph of the Sussex Schools team that won the ESFA National Counties Final against Cleveland. Dave was joint coach and manager of the victorious Sussex squad which also included six Worthing College players.

Worthing College win Mixed Beach Rugby BCS National Tournament

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Worthing College were crowned BCS Mixed Beach Tournament Winners on a glorious Sunny day, at West Wittering Beach.

Widdows scoring a memorable try in

Because of the growing interest at the college for the girls game, Worthing were able to enter two teams. Worthing College ‘A’ made easy work qualifying for the knockout stages beating teams such as Angerming, Shoreham Academy and Itchen College. Worthing College ‘B’

had a harder route to the Quarter Finals losing to Birmingham College twice in the group stage but still winning their other games to progress to the knock-out stages. Worthing College ‘B’ lost out in the Quarter Finals losing narrowly to Angerming School in a Extra-Extra time thriller.

However, Worthing College ‘A’ brushed past Christ Hospital ‘A’ before thumping Angerming 20-0 in the Semi Finals to set up a final against Birmingham College.

final

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Worthing, however as soon as they got into their stride the floodgates opened and they won 15-0, with Jade the corner.

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Women’s Rugby Coach said “The result today for both teams shows the strength and depth the College has in both the male and female game.

With performances like this, plus the exciting news that the College has gained RFUW AASE accreditation means there are exciting times ahead for the Women’s rugby Academy at Worthing College”.

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RFUW

AASE

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means Worthing College are only one of seven colleges in the country to allow top level women rugby players to combine academic study with high levels of training and playing, which is another excellent addition to the sports provision at Worthing College.

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Students have an EYE for the future Three Worthing College Students visited the 6th Annual Worthing and Adur E.Y.E. Project Eco-Summit at Davison High School on 30th April 2013. Hannah Riches, Hannah Roberts and Elizabeth Tinnion from the Environmental Sustainability BTEC went to the Summit to see the activities that were taking place.

Students go for gold on Brecon Beacons They visited the ‘Minibeast Hunting’, ‘The Science of Cleaning’, ‘Dolphin Rescue’ and ‘Making Wind Turbines’ workshops. It was the first time that Worthing College has been involved in the summit, and it is hoped that we can become more involved in the future, possibly hosting the summit in future years and running workshops on sustainability.

DATES TO REMEMBER 15 August - A Level results party at The Warren, 12pm - 2pm 22 August - GCSE Results.

22 August - The new Worthing College Open to the Public 28 - 29 August - Enrolment at The Warren 2 September - Week Zero, Term Starts at The Warren

A hardy group of Worthing College students braved the cold for their Gold DofE training and practice led by Jo Ireland.in the spectacular landscape of the Brecon Beacons recently.

Jo followed this up by taking the silver qualifying group for training to the New Forest. She said “Everyone did brilliantly but we are hoping for slightly warmer weather.

A BIG welcome to new staff: Ryan Ball, Emily Begley, Luke Calleja, Gordon Coree, Nikki Gatland, Marie-Clare Gauthey, Aiden Goodwin, Kyran Harding, Angharad Hills, Ross Hodges, Cathy Hooper, Casey Jeffrey, Bradley Lewis, Catherine Luxford, Barney Lyons, Jana Modrovicova, Rebecca Perry, Ed Pillai, Anne Pithie, Ryan Quirke, Jacqui Scerri, Gabbi Simmonds, Rebecca Simmonds, Rhys Thompson, Elliott Trussler and Jack Ware.

Farewell to: Dan Cook, Sally Crathern, Darragh Gallagher, Antony Allchin, Andrew Lawrenson, Judith New, Gillian Buque, Kim Hards, Neil Turner, Chris Worth, Susan Bayliss, Julia Lynn, Caroline Searle, Will Hall, Diana Hannant, Paul Wright, Richard Bryant, Robert Williams, Anika Warburton, Stephen Gilbert, Fleur Charman-Kitchener, Katie Pearcy, Lucy Somes, Katie Trevis, Paige Walder, Rob Duke and Joshua Klose.

About ‘Celebrating Worthing College’ Celebrating Worthing College is produced by the Worthing College Marketing Team. If you have any comments about this publication email info@worthing.ac.uk or call Chris Hughes 01903 243389 ext 315.

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