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Spring 2016
Worthing College is the place to be
“Worthing College is the place for our local young people to come, they need look no further.” This is the message from Worthing College Principal Peter Corrigan in an article in the Worthing Herald to those looking for the ideal place to study. With heavy investment in its stateof-the-art campus and strong teaching, the college celebrated record results in 2015, with a 98.3% A Level pass rate. Mr Corrigan said
“This year saw our best results ever. We have made such huge changes and such massive progress and it didn’t just happen overnight without a lot of work and effort.” To strive to meet the college’s key mission of providing students ‘opportunity, achievement, success and progression’, big investment has been made in technology, facilities and teaching. From the interactive whiteboards in classrooms
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to the professional lighting in the spacious Sealight Theatre, students have the best facilities available. The investment is continuing with the creation of a top-class rugby pitch to serve its accomplished academy. All this is underpinned by extensive support services plus a broad and flexible curriculum in order to help all students achieve their full potential.
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Many students have already decided to come to Worthing College. Feedback following our Open Events in November indicates this year’s events were probably our best ever with such a good story to tell. We’ve received such positive feedback from parents, students, staff and governors. Parents and students were impressed with everything they saw and heard. Our student ambassadors spoke incredibly eloquently about the support they get here, the quality of teaching and learning and the way they have been stretched and had their aspirations raised. We’ve had really positive feedback from parents and students about our helpful, friendly knowledgeable staff and the passion they have for their subjects.
In the run up to the application deadline in December we have seen more and more students applying to come here in September 2016. We are now in the midst of a very busy period of admissions interviews as we head towards Easter and places are filling fast. Interest in our Aspire programme was very high. Parents were interested in the Cambridge Pre U and the great support offered for getting into university. Some of the highlights included seeing our student ambassadors in action and hearing them bring it all to life, which always makes a very positive impact. Most students said they had already decided to come here. They were impressed by the flexibility of our offer and the full range of courses, enrichment opportunities, ‘Aspire’ and the Work Store. Our student ambassadors were really enthusiastic and they love the Maths and
Science Learning Zone.
The Science department was continuously busy, so much so we ran out of leaflets at one point! Students were impressed with our buildings, facilities, teachers and especially the laboratories; the whole environment, how welcoming everyone at the college is and particularly that there are no timetable restrictions and therefore no end of course combinations! Visitors were surprised they could get almost any combination of courses they wanted and commented they cannot do this at other colleges or school sixth forms. Our best results ever and university destinations went down extremely well.
Great exam results and enthusiastic staff are a big positive, so if you haven’t applied yet don’t leave it too late, Worthing College is the place to be.
Caroline
Local young people need look no further Mr Corrigan said “We have worked really hard at getting students on to the right courses. We are investing very heavily in our intervention processes. When students are inducted we keep a very close eye on their progress. We look at how well they are doing in assignments and if they have difficulties we intervene supportively to get them back on track, and that has been very successful.” Worthing College offers a comprehensive range of A Levels and BTECs - vocational qualifications that are becoming increasingly valued by universities as an equivalent to the traditional A Level. Timetabling is flexible, meaning that students can pick a range of subjects and qualifications to suit their needs.
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Caroline Pickup, Assistant Principal said “Students say what they really like about the college is the fact they can do a programme that includes a combination of A Levels and BTECs.” Whether students are aiming to catch up with core GCSE grades, or hoping to attend Oxford or Cambridge, the college’s teachers are on hand to help. ‘Aspire’ is a dedicated support and guidance programme targeted at students who achieve highly at GCSE and who are aiming to apply for places at the most competitive universities and for highly competitive courses. A wide range of enrichment activities are organised including trips, talks and lectures along with extra help to prepare applications for top universities.
Emily Coles, 16, said: “The Aspire programme is very helpful for students looking at what to do in the future. There is a Facebook page which provides a lot of information and I have just signed up for a Cambridge shadowing scheme.” Outside the classroom charitable efforts in the community is a key value. More than £6,500 was raised for the Chestnut Tree House as a result of the annual Worthing to Brighton Pier walk, while the Student Union organises a range of events. Senior Citizens are invited each year for a Christmas dinner and party, and students and staff took part in a sleepout to raise money and awareness of homelessness.
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Investing in the future creates inspiring curriculum success held for the public throughout the year. Curriculum team manager Rachel Maddix said “We are really lucky as we have strong support from the senior leadership team which can make all the difference.” The department also boasts an exam-standard dance studio, with a 100% pass rate in courses for the past four years.
THE ARTS From its unique visual arts floor to passionate teaching in performing arts, Worthing College has invested in its creative curriculum. When the new college campus was built, staff took a risk in backing a pioneering design for its visual arts classrooms. Instead of separate rooms, the arts studios have few dividing walls, effectively creating a huge ‘inspirational’ space buzzing with creative activity. While it was initially thought this would cause
took part in the Worthing Art Trail in 2015, with the space the location for its exhibition. In performing arts, the department makes full use of the Sealight Theatre, featuring professional lighting and remote - controlled seating.
100% pass rate in BTEC Musical Theatre, AS Level Drama and A Level Dance for the last 4 years
disruption in lessons, the gamble has paid off with staff and students praising the set up. Student Matthew Collier, 18, said “It makes it a lot easier as you can travel to different places within the department very easily. My sister came here before me and did arts subjects and also really liked it.” Principal Peter Corrigan described the area as inspirational, praising the work on show during the end-of-year exhibition as “sensational.” The college
The theatre is used for both lessons and live performances, with shows
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For a list of performances visit www. worthingpateam.blogspot.co.uk or the Sealight Theatre page on Facebook.
ECONOMICS Results in top 5% in the country. 100% pass rate in A Level Business Studies Economics results at Worthing College were in the top 5% in the country in 2015. Assistant Principal Steven Foden said: “The secret is really good teaching and what that means is fantastic resources making economics as real as it can be.” Like many subjects, lessons focus on engagement, with discussions on topical items a major part of learning. Mr Foden said there is generally no right answer, which students often find difficult to accept at first. But with encouragement, they flourish. Stewart Matthews, 19, said: “I think there has been a lot of support and teaching, particularly in economics which has been very good.”
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1,247 enrolments for STEM subjects highest on south coast SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHS Britain needs more engineers and graduates with science backgrounds - so Worthing College has responded by focusing on its ‘STEM’ curriculum.
of activities were arranged for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s annual Chemistry Week and students have visited the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland among other trips offered annually. Maths is a strong department at
100% pass rate in A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics. 100% pass rate in BTEC Level 3 Applied Science. Lessons are always active - with writing on the windows with special pens during group activities just one example of creative lessons. Teacher Andrew Nicholson said: “We try to make things as active as possible as it can be a bit dull if it is not taught right. We get them talking about things which leads to discovering all sorts of new and interesting things.”
Enrolments in STEM subjects - science, technology, engineering and maths - stand at 1,247, the highest on the south coast. The college is a centre for staff training, highlighting its expertise in the field, and teaching stretches far beyond the classroom with a range of enrichment opportunities on offer.
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“This is the national agenda in terms of employment” said curriculum manager Julia Hoare. “The agenda is to get more engineers and people with a science background.”
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its academy. The department is a centre of excellence, helping prepare high achievers for the top universities. Curriculum manager Louisa Wilson said “We have got a huge further maths class and busy maths academy which offers extra of that we attract a high standard of student. A lot of students are aiming for degrees at top universities and we who can teach at that level to help them achieve exceptional results.”
Staff offer a dual role, as determined to help those trying to get their GCSE C grade as they are helping Oxbridge hopefuls. Maths-mad students enter competitions, with 48 students this year taking part in the UK Mathematics Trust Senior Maths Challenge. The BTEC route is available across the curriculum and the college is working with the University of Chichester, which is building a new STEM centre.
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Apprenticeships at Worthing Aspire talks College - an alternative to A Levels inspirational When Maisie Miller (right) enrolled
Students were able to access a whole series of inspirational talks at the college during the autumn term including a presentation and discussion on ‘Molecules, Genes and Bioscience Careers by Dr Darren Gowers, the Master of Research Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Portsmouth.
at Worthing College, she loved the campus but soon decided A Levels were not for her, but the college came up trumps with an opening on a Business Administration apprenticeship which provided her with the perfect alternative. Maisie, 18, is just one of a group of apprentices on and off campus, developing a wide range of skills. She said: “I really enjoy it because I get to interact with students and see behind the scenes of how a college is run. This is fascinating having been a student on the other side. It is amazing because it means that the college is for everybody and everybody has different needs.” Apprenticeships on offer include Supporting Teaching and Learning in schools, Business Administration, Exercise and Fitness and Leisure Management to name but a few.
experience before university and some extra life skills.” Harley added: “I always wanted to go into teaching but didn’t get into university. I started looking down the apprenticeship route and it was perfect for me. I would say communication skills are key. I have to talk to younger children and they all have different abilities.”
Another really useful event was a talk called ‘Collaboration and Innovation - an Introduction to Southampton University’ by Andrea Bell, (below) Schools and Colleges Liaison Officer who talked about how to make a good application to university .
Learning Mentors Henry Marshall, 19, and Harley Griffin, 18, also thoroughly recommend the qualification. Henry works with the performing arts department, offering help and support to staff and students, while Harley works in a Year 5 class at Thomas A Becket Junior School. Day-to-day work is supplemented with a day of academic work - with a heavy focus on gaining experience on the job. “I was always interested in performing arts” said Henry (right). “I will achieve a valuable qualification (supporting teaching and learning in schools) and it gets me a year of
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Both talks gave students thinking of applying to university much food for thought and we look forward to more talks in the future to help students make the right choices.
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Chemistry Week at Worthing College The (RSC) Royal Society of Chemistry organises an annual “Chemistry Week” to promote chemistry (as we haven’t yet found a Brian Cox or David Attenborough). Worthing College was awarded one of two grants made available in Sussex to host an event for Year 10 students from all our partner schools. Dr. Wesley Heaton, representing the RSC, gave a fascinating insight into his career as a chemist, currently with GSK, and then talked to a group of Worthing College students interested in careers as chemists or chemical engineers. Meanwhile the Year 10 students carried out a practical to find the best source of an enzyme in “ waste food”. The winning team chose the leek and were rewarded with a prestigious “gold” chocolate bar.
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done to everybody who helped make this event such a success. The Chemistr y Society followed this by showing their creative side with a “Chemistree” featuring homegrown crystal decorations, and sharpening their brains for the Chemistry Olympiad in January.
Christmas Fair raises money for the Homeless Congratulations to Georgia Teague and members of the Christian Union who raised £100 for Worthing Churches Homeless Project at the Christmas Fair on Tuesday. There was a variety of fund raising activities including a very popular Balloon Bursting game, free candy canes, a Raffle and a Tombola, but unsurprisingly the most popular thing was the Candy Floss machine which attracted people from all over the college to the West Cafe and helped create a jolly time for all.
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2nd place worth University trip inspires English Literature students talking about
Worthing College students came second in the Sussex Debating Competition in December.
November saw a group of A2 English Literature students from Worthing College who were invited to the University of Brighton for a lecture on ‘Gothic Elements in Literature’. Thanks to Jacob Mansfield (right), who was inspired enough to write this article on the experience. “Gothic Elements in Literature” Brighton University was ver y welcoming and presented itself as a very focused and professional working environment. The conference room was extremely well laid out with screens on either side of the room projecting the presentation in order for everyone to see. The presentation provided informative speeches and videos on a variety of subjects such as Stephanie Meyer’s poor depiction of both young men and women within the Twilight series Bella Swan’s rather sexist depiction as a regressive model of young women today, and of Edward who is over-possessive, demeaning and a dominant force. His traits are depicted as ‘desirable’ and as something women should ‘want’. We were also introduced to the two ‘waves’ of gothic literature, the first spanning from 1764-1820 with castles and mysterious villains usually terrorising helpless women. The second wave spanning 1800-early 1900s where modern and urban systems were included with connections to scientific developments and greater psychological complexity.
Four students from Worthing College were runners up in the Sussex qualifying round of the prestigious Debating Matters competition in Burgess Hill last week, battling against experienced teams from three independent schools.
Then the lecture concentrated on two books: Dracula and The Blood of the Vampire. We learnt that these are both anti-feminist gothic novels written in the second wave. The backlash against feminism at this time was a result of the rise of ‘New’ women who wanted to vote, be educated at the same level as men and have access to professions not available to them at the time. The two female protagonists of the novels represent the ‘New’ women of the time. In Dracula they were Mina, a young wife desiring a professional career, and Lucy whose wish for a free – some would say, promiscuous – lifestyle leads to her very unpleasant end. The lecture was really interesting in the way that it opened our eyes to much deeper social and psychological aspects of ver y familiar books and characters ranging from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Twilight characters to Dracula himself.
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In the first debate with students from Mayfield School, East Sussex, Jon Deedman and Abby Slater, gave an excellent performance arguing against compulsor y vaccinations for all children. Even though they acknowledged the benefit of vaccinations, they argued passionately that freedom of choice should prevail. In the final, Dan Porter and Janine Oli debated the complex motion that ‘“A secular society should not prevent people from acting on their religious beliefs”. Despite arguing persuasively that in our society accepted norms should always take priority over individual religious opinions, their two opponents from Ardingly College eventually triumphed. Although Worthing College will not be progressing to the regional final this year, all the debaters showed great skill and understanding of complex issues, and found the whole event a great experience.
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Worthing College hosts evening celebrating unsung heroes In the Charity awards, 85 year old Elsie Jelley won Best Fundraiser, Worthing’s Cameron Harris, 21, was voted Best Volunteer, and ‘Enable Me’ won Charity of the Year.
Unsung heroes from the Herald and Gazette area were lauded at the Community Stars awards ceremony. The emotional evening, hosted by
World Champion Daphne Belt, a 76 year old Littlehampton Triathlete was named Sports Star of the Year while Joyce Brunt, 86, was named Super Senior for her work running the Age UK shop in Shoreham-by-Sea.
Mel Humphrys from Southwick won the award for Outstanding Bravery and Darren Power from Littlehampton was named Star of the Community for his charity work in the area. Carer Nikki Rowling was named Health Hero and the 999 Award went to Red Cross fire and emergency support volunteer Nigel Robert Stubbs from Worthing. Animal heroes were acknowledged for the first time this year with the award going to Chester, a 12 year old Cairn Jack Russell cross.
Kevin King was held in the Exhibition Hall at Worthing College in December and witnessed by people from across the area who had been nominated and their supporters. The main sponsors for the evening were JSPC Computer Services with local businesses sponsoring all the individual awards as follows: Best Youth Group was The Wonder Girls, a pom-pom troupe set up by Debbie Marsh in 1992.
The final trophy, the Herald award for Special Achievement was won by Paul Wood for a variety of funraising efforts including Chippingdale Cricket Club, running a local breakfast club for local businesses and raising funds for Worthing Churches Homeless Projects and the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home.
Inspirational Star was young Libby Pritchard who donated her hair to the Little Princess Trust and raised money for ‘Enable Me’.
Congratulations to everybody who won or was nominated for an award and we hope to see the Awards back at Worthing College next year.
Vice Principal Paul Riley announces an award with the help of host Kevin King
Printing masterclass for students Art students were treated to a screen printing workshop in December with Karen Woodman as part of the artists in residence programme now in its second year at Worthing College.
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Students achieve Gold Crest Awards on Nuffield Placements We are delighted that two of our Science and Maths students, Rosie Scordoulis and Andrew Jeffery, were awarded Gold Crest awards at a STEM Sussex celebration evening in late November.
conducted real research that has value to their host organisation. Nuffield Research placements are highly competitive with only 30 places available in Sussex, Rosie and Andrew will be sharing their experiences with our Year 12 students and will be encouraging them to apply for placements next summer.
This prestigious award was in recognition of the high standards they achieved in their Nuffield Placements at Brighton University last summer. Crest awards are a project based award scheme run by the British Science Association and the Gold is the highest award available and is only awarded to the most able students who have
Based on his exceptional report Andrew Jeffery (left) has been selected for the National Big Bang Fair final to be held at the NEC Birmingham in March.
Talk inspires students to raise money for Queen Alexandra Hospital Home Richard, who lost a leg, a promising future in rugby union and a career he loved in the Navy at a very young age, told his inspirational story of overcoming adversity. Through listening and interacting with Richard the students learned about self motivation and the importance of striving for your goals. In December Health and Social Care BTEC Certificate students were treated to a talk by Richard Hunt of Project Youth Force. The talk was related to their studies of Communication in Care Settings and Equality and Diversity.
Richard’s entertaining delivery style makes him an excellent motivator and he is willing to come in to talk. Richard, is an Ambassador for Queen Alexandra Hospital Home and in return for his talks the Health and Social
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Care students put on a Christmas cake sale to help raise funds for the home.
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Health & Social Care Senior students give hope in citizens’ Christmas Shoebox Appeal
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During the month of October Health and Social Care students from the BTEC 90 Credit Diploma classes worked together to fill 19 shoeboxes for the Link to Hope Family and Elderly Shoebox Appeal 2015. Link to Hope is a national Christian charity based here in Worthing, that is dedicated to rebuilding lives and communities in Eastern Europe by supporting Education and Social Care projects in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Albania, and have recently been sending shoeboxes to Syrian refugees.
Link to Hope’s annual Family Shoebox Appeal started in 1992 and since then they have sent over 600,000 shoeboxes to hundreds of different locations. The students pictured here with their shoeboxes were delighted to be able to make a small difference to these impoverished communities and are now considering other ways they can work together for charity.
The annual Christmas dinner and party for senior citizens took place in December much to the delight of the attendees, all invited from the local area. The event was organised and hosted as usual by the Worthing College Student Union, ably helped by Student Voice Co-ordinator and Art Technician Sarah Boyes. Food and entertainment was all laid on along with the perennial favourites, a visit from the Nursery children, the prize raffle and the singing of the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’. Thanks to everyone involved for putting on such an enjoyable event.
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Zzzz for charity An intrepid group of students and staff once again raised money for the Worthing Churches Homeless Project with their annual sleepout at the college.
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Celebrating Worthing College A group of students from Worthing College were lucky enough to be selected to be Ambassadors for the Holocaust Education Trust (HET), which included a four part programme including meeting a Holocaust Survivor and visiting Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz-Birkenau. Liberty O’Hagan was one of those students and wrote this article for the magazine. “One of the main motivations behind the HET is to dehumanise the Holocaust, which is often taught through alienating pictures and unimaginable statistics. While the concentration camps are vast, spacious and plain, the museum style barracks definitely helped us to connect with the individuals. There was one particular room full of piles of human hair that really touched me. There were visible plaits
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still in place, which had connotations of my childhood. This conjured up images of innocent victims being scalped before they were to be
emphasising the extent of human exploitation. While the experience is difficult to comprehend, the most important lesson I walked away with
gassed that was frightening yet completely engaging. On the side of the wall read: ‘the hair was sold per kilogram for 50 pennies. In front of you is 1,950 kilograms of hair.’ Thus,
is how important it is to not allow something so harrowing ever repeat again. I would recommend all students to go if they ever had the opportunity, it’s really eye-opening.”
Maths, Physics and Electronics students collide with culture on CERN Trip to Geneva From the 18th to the 21st of November a group of maths, physics and electronics students went to visit Geneva and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Maths student Daniel Cummins took photos and reported back: “We saw a cryo testing lab and one of the control centres, which showed how large the project really is. We got to have lunch alongside some of the finest minds in the world, very humbling.
live oompa band. We were never stuck for something interesting. Geneva is a small but beautiful city with a very large lake in the centre, so there was plenty of opportunity to explore on our own. Sometimes we would just wander about and take in the sights, other
times we would take off our clothes and jump into the lake (I didn’t do it, but it was funny to see their faces when they realised how cold it was.) Overall it was a very exciting and informative trip, and If you ever get an opportunity to go, take it immediately.”
Aside from that, there was plenty to do in Geneva. Museums, the Palace of the UN, a tour of one of their hydroelectric dams, a lake cruise, Swiss style fondue featuring
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Public Services in the news In November they had a visit from the Royal Engineers who gave a presentation about their role within the British Army and then challenged the students with problem solving activities and target shooting.
As usual Public Services students have had a busy Autumn term taking part in various activities as well as visits from representatives of some of the military. In September the Year 12s spent two days running teambuilding activity stations for the Years 7 and 8 Enterprise Day at Durrington High School (see photo above). This enabled them to develop their communication, teamwork and leadership skills whilst making a contribution to the school’s community. This is the fourth consecutive year in which our students have been involved in the running of this event and Chris Davis, Head of Vocational Learning, at Durrington High School was once again pleased with their performance.
whilst the Year 13s ventured further afield to Cobnor Activity Centre where they learnt how to sail Pico dinghies and paddle a kayak. This too has allowed the students to develop their employability skills proving that they could challenge themselves and achieve success even when, for example, they had a fear of heights or deep water.
At the end of November the Year 13s received a presentation from PC Andy Price of Sussex Police looking at how incidents are managed by the emergency services. This has provided them with valuable insight into how the Police operate. Going forward into the Spring term they can expect a further visit from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as well as paintballing (for teamwork and leadership practical) and more visiting speakers from different uniformed Public Services.
During September and October both year groups participated in different outdoor adventurous activities. The Year 12s were introduced to rock climbing and mountain biking with the Adur Outdoor Activities Centre
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Public Services “Meet the Marines”
A group of Public Service students enjoyed a trip to “Meet the Marines” at Browndown Camp, Gosport. They had a very early start leaving College at 7:45am and after an informative presentation about the role of The Royal Marines and The Royal Marines Band Service, our students were split into groups with students from other colleges to participate in some fun action packed activities. This included a rock climb, laser gun, weapon display and physical
training. The physical included sit-ups, press-ups, sprints as well as a physical team building event which included doing press ups in the mud!
Following this the Royal Navy Submarine Recruitment Team gave an informative presentation to Public Service Students at the college.
The day ended with an unarmed combat display by The Royal Marines which was truly breath taking. The Marines certainly didn’t hold back and were definitely taking some real punishment from each other.
They spoke about the types of submarines in the naval fleet, how to become a fully-fledged submariner and earn your “dolphin pin”, roles on board and what life on a submarine is like. They also talked about salary and benefits that submariners can expect. The presentation was well received by students who were able to ask questions at the end.
The students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and had a good go at all the activities on offer.
ESOL students step out for Christmas The ESOL Christmas party held in the Warren Ballroom was a huge success. We all did a secret Santa and were then brilliantly entertained by Justyna and Jakub Buczak from Poland who danced an amazing jive together showing us what great talent some of these students have. Congratulations to them and all the ESOL students and staff.
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Worthing College remembers Remembrance Day 2015 At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month a two minute silence was observed at Worthing College. Hundreds of students, staff and The Old Azurians, Bernard Lelliott and John Bradley, gathered on the college field for a moving service. Wreaths of poppies were placed on our memorial stone during the ceremony reading ‘Lest We Forget’ to honour and commemorate those who sacrificed their lives. The Old Azurians were impressed with the number of students that came out and attended. Overall, a very moving service.
Callum’s talk tackles mental health issues
Callum Dann, a Year 14 student studying BTEC Level 3 in Sport gave a series of talks to A Level Psychology and BTEC Sports students on Mental Health Awareness. The presentation included activities, powerpoint and discussions. Congratulations to Callum for dealing with the topic in such a careful and professional manner. The pictures show Callum talking to a group of PE students in December.
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Welcome to ‘The Jungle’ whom have jobs just like ours; teachers, engineers, plumbers, builders, lawyers, nurses and doctors, all of whom have fled the countries they love not because they want to but because they feel they have to. They are desperate to start a new life for their families. The volunteers need your help to distribute everything you can think of from food, to clothes, waterproofs, wellington boots, sleeping bags, blankets, thermals, tents, firewood. If you can help in any way, either donating money, goods or your time please let Care4Calais know. Thank you. Anne” After volunteering at the refugee camp in Calais known as ‘The Jungle’ Anne Pithie, Marketing and Events Manager at Worthing College shared her experiences with us. “My time working as a volunteer in the refugee camp in Calais known as ‘The Jungle’ for Care4Calais, which was a truly humbling experience. I met some amazing refugees who were so grateful and gracious in their thanks for the efforts of all the volunteers. The volunteers are made up of people who have given up their jobs, come out of retirement or given up a few weeks or a weekend
With the onset of winter the situation is becoming increasingly more desperate as their makeshift homes are flimsy tents and a bit of tarpaulin if they are lucky, which regularly get blown down, flooded or even burnt down which I witnessed for myself on Sunday morning after a fire took hold burning down over 60 dwellings one night. I met men, women, children and babies mainly from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea, many of
to sort and distribute supplies into the camp. The conditions the refugees are living in is appalling, with no sanitation and limited water supplies which has E.coli in it.
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Care4Calais need your help and here’s how you can get involved. 1. Donate funds to help us deliver essential aid and support http:// care4calais.org/donate/ 2. Volunteer in Calais. We need people on the ground for a range of activities http://care4calais.org/getinvolved/volunteer-in-calais/ 3. Collect and bring to Calais items that the refugees need. See here for what’s in demand http://care4calais. org/get-involved/donate-goods/
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Worthing College duo selected for GB squad On Friday 27th November Marc Hinton and Gabby Rudrum travelled to Cannock Hockey Club, Staffordshire for the final Great Britain Colleges Hockey men’s and women’s trials. After a day of trials they have both been selected to represent Great Britain in the final squad of 23 players which is a great achievement.
They will now join up with the other squad members across the country for training camps and matches against England U16s, Wales and Scotland U18s which will be a great experience. Many congratulations to Marc and Gabby from everyone at Worthing College.
AoC South East rugby trials sees Worthing College girls through to next round November saw the first round of the Association of Colleges trial for the South East Regional team. This year the day was well attended with over 30 girls from five colleges including Bexhill, Brockenhurst, Havant, Peter Symonds and Worthing. All the players were competing for 12 spaces which will make up the South East 7s squad who will compete at the Nationals. The girls from Worthing College AASE programme include AASE captain Charlotte Williams and 2nd year students Elise Piggot and Jasmine Spalding, as well as new recruit Dolly Culver. AASE manager Mark Rugman said “Im very proud of the girls to make the next round of the trials. In previous years, where the pool of players competing has been much smaller, we (Worthing College) normally have the most players. Therefore to still have four plus maybe a couple more, is a real credit to the ability of those four players”. The final round of trials was on December 9th at Trojans RFC, where Charlotte Williams got through to the AoC squad. Congratulations to her!
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What is AASE? The Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence is a talent identification and development programme which supports athletes in skills, nutrition, physiology, and psychology. It is studied alongside a traditional A Level programme or BTEC qualification. It is an excellent career move which is recognised by Universities and employers.
demonstrate the potential to achieve excellence in women’s rugby.
Who is it for? A one or two year programme for 16 to 18 year old players who
How to apply? Contact m.rugman@worthing.ac.uk for further details.
What support will I get? All students receive numerous benefits including a free kit package, medical support and 1 to 1 tutoring. You may also get support for accommodation and transport depending on the playing level you reach
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Worthing Raiders head coach optimistic about young talent coming through rugby academy In an article in the Worthing Herald Worthing Raiders head coach Kieron Dawson talks about the future of the club. Dawson had hoped to be pushing for promotion this season but is now looking to the future and said: “It is a bit more of a long term job now. We lost Jamie and then we lost Finlay Coxon-Smith, along with the other list of players, so we had people like James Arthur and myself playing, who have gone to the dark side of coaching. “There’s a lot of young talented players here and there’s a couple of older players but there doesn’t seem to be those players in the middle. However, in the next few weeks, we get Rob and Finlay back, while Ben Loosmore and Joe Govett will be back available, so they’ll add steel to the team.” With promising youngsters coming through, Raiders’ link with Worthing College’s rugby academy programme is bearing fruit and Dawson said: “Worthing College is supplying most of the second team. Rob Fogerty was a bit gun shy in his first couple of games but was outstanding against Old Albanian. “The talent is there, we just need some experience and to get some injured bodies back on the pitch.” This is a great endorsement of the Worthing College rugby programme which has been so successful over the years. Photos show action from Worthing College’s 19-10 victory against Queen Mary’s in December.
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Worthing College students excel at the British College South East Tournament On Friday 13th November Worthing College entered the British Colleges South East Tournaments held at the impressive Aldershot Garrison Army Centre. The men’s basketball team won their pool, beat Bexhill in the semi final and then went on to beat BHASVIC in the final which was a great performance. The women’s football team went through the tournament without conceding a goal, winning their group convincingly and then winning the quarter and semi finals before beating Farnborough College 1-0 in the final.
Ryan Young represented Worthing in the squash and had some competitive matches against top quality players from other colleges.
Our men’s football team only conceded 2 goals in open play throughout the tournament. They won their group in impressive style but unfortunately lost to Brockenhurst on penalties in the semi final. Men’s rugby lost some matches in the morning against some very tough opposition but had a great afternoon eventually winning 3 out of their 5 matches.
In cross country Lenny Weaver did very well to finish 14th and we also had Owen Knight, Annabel Pink and Lucy Steel competing in the competition. It was a great day of sport and after their heroics at the tournament the basketballers and women’s footballers will be representing the South East at the National Championships in Newcastle in April 2016. Good luck to both squads.
Worthing were well represented in the swimming with Sophie Quach, Ella Porter, Eleanor Starr, Callum Lelliott, Ben Curtis and Harry Burnell all competing well.
Academy of Sport students raise £6,935 for Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice Worthing College Academy of Sport students were thanked by Chestnut Tree House at the college in November. Spearheaded by their annual pier to pier walk from Worthing to Brighton, the students raised nearly £7000 over the course of the year. Well done to all those who contributed.
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England call-ups cap a great year for Worthing College Football programmes
The Worthing College Football Performance Programme have been celebrating National Call ups at the end of 2015 with Ross Edwards, Pat Webber and Valentine Pursey all getting into the final squad for the Men’s and Women’s England Colleges’ side for the upcoming season. This shows that the programme is going from strength to strength in terms of players having the opportunity to develop and express themselves on the biggest stage of College football in England and at International level. These talented players headed off to the very impressive Etihad Training Complex (Manchester City FC) on December 12th, with the season comprising of
at least two fixtures and then a tour to Rome for the Men and Portugal for the Women’s squad. Men’s Performance Coach Dave Hall was beaming with pride at the news “This is amazing news for these players, which should be celebrated by not only the whole Academy of Sport programme, but the community as a whole. Its superb to see how these players are developing with us at the College programme, their external clubs and that our Women’s partnership with Brighton & Hove Albion is now seeing the Worthing College Football programmes being consistently recognised at National and International level.
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The aim of the programme is to make sure that all squad players work together to improve their performance and education at the top level and this is a great indication of this and will provide the chance for more to step up to England level in the future.” Hall concluded “with the fantastic news of the Worthing FC Youth Team and their FA Cup exploits and our positive link and relationship with the club along with these players from Worthing College and across Sussex doing the county proud its a great time to be involved with youth football in this area and again hoping to report some more individual and squad successes this season and beyond.”
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Christmas at the Nursery The Nursery held a Christmas Fair on Saturday 5th December. We had a raffle where all proceeds were donated to Chestnut Tree House. We raised £178. We also sold bacon rolls, had lots of games, cakes and the children could make reindeer food. They could also visit Santa in his grotto and receive a present! Many parents and children attended and they had lots of fun.
On Wednesday 16th December the Pre-school children performed a Christmas nativity in the Warren Balroom, where they all dressed up and sang songs. Some children also had starring roles and performed some nativity scenes! Over 100 parents and relatives were in the audience. They all enjoyed a drink and mince pies after the performance. Well done Pre-School.
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - SPRING 2016
Welcome to our new staff:
West Side Story
Thurs 28 and Fri 29 January
Aspire Evening
Tues 2 Feb, 6.00pm
Half Term
Mon 15 Feb - Fri 19 Feb
Y13 Consultation Eve
Tues 23 Feb, 5.00pm - 8.00pm
Dawn Barnes, Darren Borg, Sarah Brownlow, Joe Dunn, Lucy Elliott, Jo Hargreaves, Nina Hopkins, Hannah Ifould, Jemma Jestico, Kevin Lucas, Nicole Manners, Chelsea Morrish, Sadie Roberts, Paul Scandian, Juliane Scott, Paul Sengebusch
Dance Twilight Show
Mon 29 Feb, Tues 1 & Fri 4 March
Farewell to:
Music Twilight Show
Mon 7 March
Information Evening
Thurs 17 March, 5.00pm - 7.30pm
End of Spring Term
Thurs 24 March
Luke Attfield, Lawrence Benzie, Lara Dalmon, Ashley Harrison, Amel Lamari, Hannah Lutley, Jodie Penney, Zoe Rendell, Luke Richards, Lisa Taylor, Tom White
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 275755.
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