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9th March 2018
Mrs Turton, AIG Career & Aspiration Advisor: A group of Year 9 students are taking part in a University Access Project (UAP). Last Wednesday they visited Halesowen College where they had a tour and received advice on careers. This is a four week programme where students will take part in different taster sessions. Each week students will be asked to complete a summary of the workshops and also to think about careers in that area and the skills and qualities required for those jobs. The final visit of the programme will be to the University of Worcester where students will spend a day in the life of a university student. The students taking part are: Amaan Ali, Billy Causer, Phoebe Evans, Honie Fleming, Hope Fleming, Ellie Jarrett, Kiran Khadim, Alex Oleschuk, Nital Patel, Megan Rose, Mariom Tahir, Jack Webb, Aaron White and Kamil Zugaj.
An article by Ezha Jahangir: “Last Monday a group of Year 10 students visited Wolverhampton University to discuss the academy’s work with Aspire to HE, a partnership that aims to increase the number of disadvantaged young people entering higher education. We all delivered a speech about the programmes that have been offered by the partnership. The attendees of the meeting were impressed with our speeches and asked us questions about our opinion of going into higher education. We were then given a tour of the university and had lunch in the café. The trip was a wonderful experience, as we got to acknowledge our importance as students in a meeting which was full of important people; a rare opportunity that students are given at this age. I loved the trip and would love to go again. It was a great experience.” Here’s what some of the other students said about the day. Amman Ahmed & Evelyn Burudi: “The Brilliant Club has increased our confidence in our own abilities. It’s also helped us further our knowledge on university life and what university can offer us.” Molly Handley: “The PSHE lessons have given me a great view of university. It hasn’t just taught me about what university life is like but it has also taught me about all the amazing opportunities available.” The students who took part were: Amman Ahmed, Evelyn Burudi, Yashal Fatima, Molly Handley, Natasha Hussain, Ezha Jahangir, Megan Lovell and Charlie Williams.
Mr Townley, Associate Assistant Principal: From Monday 12th March all year 11 students will be able to attend a breakfast club in T2 from 8.00am until 8.40am. This will be an opportunity for students to revise, use ICT facilities, catch up on controlled assessments and use GCSE Pod to maximise successes in the forthcoming examinations. Free breakfast will be provided for everyone attending!
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