Year 11 Prom Students in Years 9, 10 and 11 had the privilege of attending a careers fair, here in school, where 30 employers and further education providers The Prom took place on 1 July at Colchester Town Hall. This was a fantastic historic venue for the exhibited on Thursday 7th October, 2021. The event was designed to allow students to seek information from the various employers and students to see out their final hours of qualifications Colchester Academy. colleges regarding their organisations, the jobs they as seekstudents to employ, the needed and the level of job satisfaction that might be on offer, should they choose to peruse that pathway.
Students and style, from big American muscle cars, sport carsand and party It fantastic toarrived be able to promptly open our doors and in create face to face careers event in school. The benefit of high-end face to face conversations information was a huge benefit to our students. The interactions questioning they were ablethe to engage with,excellently was priceless. and vans. Thegathering atmosphere was electric, with great energy. and Students showcased school Students and exhibitors were very positive about the event and both gained much from those interactions. made the school proud. Students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and partied right up to the last All the employers whoone attended stated that the students at Colchester Academy were wonderful; they said they asked some very intuitive song, and then more. questions, were not afraid to ask challenging questions and sort as much information as they could, to help them make informed decisions about their futures. Students represented the school brilliantly and made us all very proud.
We could not be more proud of each and every one of our Year 11 students and we wish them all the It was abest privilege create and host such an event, next year we hope to make it even bigger! It was a proud moment to see the high level of very in to the future.
engagement in the activities. Well done to all our students, we hope the information you gathered will inspire you to aim high and seek to be the best that you can be.
Mr St. Claire Mrs Ross Year 11 Leader Assistant Principal
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The Year 10 students in CoPE have been focusing on working with others this half term. The students have done lots of tasks and had lots of discussions about working as a team and what good team work looks like. One of the challenges asked of the students was to ‘work with others to help raise money for a good cause’. The students spent the last 6 weeks planning, organising and researching how they were going to run the event and which charity to raise money for. Sarah, Hannah and Alfie did this with minimal input from the teacher and they came up with all the ideas themselves. The Bake Sale was a huge success and we must also say thank you to some Year 7 and Year 11 students who baked some treats for the Bake Sale. The 3 students raised over £114 for BBC Children in Need. Well done.
Bake Sale
Miss Fosker Teacher of COPE
