Students lead the way
SIXTH FORM
Last year, to celebrate 10 years of Comberton Sixth Form, we re-designed the Sixth Form prospectus with considerable artistic input from our A-Level students.
The resulting design was so innovative and successful that we were delighted to be able to involve students again for this year’s design. Our main illustrator for both years was current Year 13 graduating student, Archie MacLeod. This year Archie went all out in producing a fully illustrated front and back cover. His brief was to capture the vibrancy, inclusivity and choice that Comberton Sixth Form offers while maintaining a design approach that would make our prospectus stand out from all the others. We were delighted to see just how well he captured this brief with a cover that suggests all these things and more. For the back cover he has produced an interesting composition based around different views of the Sixth Form architecture. Archie won the subject award for Art and Design here this year and is going on to study Illustration at UWE in Bristol. You can see more of his exciting work on his Instagram @artchiemac. As well as the beautiful illustrations, the current Year 12 Photography A Level students created a studio shoot for some of the other pages inside. We booked in an ex-student to help lead the shoot. Matt Parker graduated from Comberton Sixth Form as an outstanding photography student and, since studying for his degree in London, has worked for many brands and is currently working as one of the publicity photographers on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Matt has achieved great things in photography and we were really lucky to get the benefit of his experience for the morning, both in terms of his great advice and inspiration as well as his expertise during the shoot. The photographers whose work from the shoot was used in the prospectus are Clara (12-JM), Katy (12-JM), Josh (12-RW) and Alice (12-RAJ). The photos were mixed in with Archie’s drawings and some of our logo graphics to create the pages seen here. We are very proud that Comberton Sixth Form has produced a set of artists and photographers that have provided us with such a distinctive and skilled set of work for our prospectus again this year. Greg Dean, Head of Art
Goodbye Year 13
RELAXED: Year 13 students chill out on their final day.
CSF Year 13 students enjoyed their final day of college with various celebration events, including a BBQ and ice-cream in the sunshine. Mr Ryall kept what has become a tradition of telling a ‘story’ that incorporates every surname in the year group as a ‘play on words’. Once again this went down very well, even if the background story was from Shakespeare! Thank you to all our fantastic Year 13 students and the Sixth Form staff team. We wish the best of luck for results day in early August (and will be on hand to support students with their next steps).
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