Year 13 students who have applied to Oxford and Cambridge attended an interview workshop last week, looking at the skills they will need to be successful. They practiced ‘thinking out loud’ as they worked their way through questions relating to Law, History and the Sciences.
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Nov 20
Interview Workshop
Nov 20
Pizza Perfection
Our Sixth Form enrichment programme is in full swing, and our students are enjoying a variety of topics and classes. A firm favourite amongst our students is the weekly cookery classes we provide where students can learn valuable skills on how to make simple yet tasty dishes that will come in very handy should they …
Nov 13
Careers Cafe Continues
Our weekly Careers Cafe continued last week and we were delighted to welcome into school Emma Dudley, a former Southmoor student, to talk informally with our students about Careers at HM Customs & Revenue. This is a governmental department that handles taxes, national insurance, support contributions and much more. It is part of the civil …
Nov 13
Sixth Form Student Union Meets
The Sixth Form Student Union met for the first time, on Thursday, to begin discussing their priorities for the year and ideas that had been passed to them by their peers. All students were in attendance and started with head students Amelia Woods and Jacob Hauxwell feeding back to the group regarding the whole-school student council meeting earlier that …
Oct 02
Harvest Festival Reaping in the Donations
Thank you to everyone who donated to our latest Harvest Festival charity initiative. As you can see, we had a fantastic collection of tinned and dried foods that you generously donated to help the hungry and less fortunate people of our city. The food has already been donated to our local soup kitchen, thank you …
Oct 02
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Last Friday the Sixth Formers came together to run our annual bake sale in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. Forms brought and baked their own cakes and competed against one another to raise the most money for charity. The totals for each form will go towards our Sixth Form ‘Form Cup’ that will be presented …