YEAR 12 NEWS
Ms Kelbrick - Head of Year 12 & Mrs Fisher - Deputy Head of Year 12
The Year 12 students have made a great start to life in Sixth Form. They've stepped up to meet the academic expectations and are making the most of the Sixth Form extra-curricular opportunities which are many and varied, including the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, signing up to our Beyond Cherwell opportunities and attending our weekly Sixth Form Science talks, where an external speaker comes to share their knowledge. This term, students started their elective lessons too. Electives are designed to be something completely different: an introduction to something new, outside students' A level studies and good for their wellbeing. The choices included meditation, printmaking and learning to play the keyboard. You never know, they may discover a lifelong passion! We recently had the first of our three World of Work days where students signed up to work on a project with organisations such as BBC Sport, Creation Theatre and The Oxford Literary Festival. The Pitt Rivers Museum also spent the day with us and brought some great props to bring His Dark Materials to life - see photo. It's great to see our Year 12s take advantage of everything Sixth Form has to offer. It has been a busy term and we wish them a welldeserved rest in the holidays.
Ms Kelbrick and Mrs Fisher, Head of Year 12 & Deputy Head of Year 12
YEAR 13 NEWS
Mrs Fowler - Head of Year 13 & Ms Howse - Deputy Head of Year 13 We’re sure that Year 13 are looking forward to a well-deserved break after what has been a busy and productive term! Tutorial time has been focused around planning for Post-18 pathways and, in particular, on writing personal statements, completing UCAS applications and preparing for university interviews. Students have engaged brilliantly with this and tutors will continue to support them with finalising their post-18 pathways in the New Year. Students have also completed their November Assessments and have been receiving and responding to feedback over the last couple of weeks. They have shown excellent commitment to their studies and future plans and we were delighted by the Progress Review Reports earlier in the term, which indicated that students continue to work well in lessons. Beyond the classroom students have participated in a wide range of opportunities, including the World of Work Day, the Euroscola Human Rights Conference, an author workshop with Vanessa Onwuemezi, the Police, Law, Data and Ethics Project as well as various Cherwell Changemakers Projects. Most recently, we were thrilled to be able to provide entrants to the Dan Hemingway Award with an awards ceremony. We had 21 incredible entries which excellently showcased the immense talent of our Year 13 students - Entries included personal art, music, writing and creative projects. With regards to the awards ceremony, it was ‘business as usual’ this year, with a return to a celebration event in the Hall. The judges presented to the entrants, alongside an audience of Year 12 students, who no doubt will have been inspired by the entries on show! The winner of the Dan Hemingway Award was announced on Thursday 15th December, so watch this space for further details and photographs of the Awards Ceremony! We wish Year 13 a very Merry Christmas and encourage them to have a genuine rest and enjoy time with family over the break. Mrs Fowler & Ms Howse, Head of Year 13 & Deputy Head of Year 13 © The Cherwell School , Opportunity, Responsibility, Excellence Winter Newsletter 2022 Page 55