5-Minute Bulletin

Enrichment Opportunities:

• Students have the opportunity to lead on clubs and co-lead clubs of their choice (application forms outside Sixth Form Support). A group of Year 12 students have begun a new club for lower school ‘Crochet and Craft’
• Literacy Intervention will be continuing next term for Year 12 students.
• We are looking for a group of Year 12 and 13 students to support our Sixth Form Social Media launch.
• We are looking for a group of students to support and set up a Gaming Club during lunch times in the library.
• Debate Club is welcoming new members with a bi-weekly topic on display in tutor rooms.

For more information please email or questions about Enrichment beth.willmore@coundoncourt.org.

Updates and Reminders:

• All Enrichment must be logged on Unifrog in as much detail as possible.
• Remember to ensure you have your lanyard on show at all times that you are on school site.
• Punctuality - a reminder that lateness to any lesson will mean that students need to make up that time before leaving the school site.
• EPQ - Deadlines approaching for Year 13 students:
• Mock exam dates 20th and 27th January

Careers opportunities:

https://summerschools.suttontrust.com/how-to-apply/

Pathways2Properties:

Sign up for experience day and possible university bursary programme:

https://live.henley.ac.uk/page/p2p-students

Oxford Online Maths Club:

Free interactive and relaxed weekly livestream on Thursday afternoons, with regular host Dr James Munro often joined by Oxford students:

https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/outreach/oxford-online-maths-club

Spring into STEM 2.0: Making a difference through engineering::

From manufacturing to medicine, Spring into STEM will feature two TED-style talks by experts at UCL East Campus.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/study/spring-stem-20

UCL Architecture Taster Day:

UCL is hosting a taster architecture workshop/lecture in-person during February half term. Deadline to apply is Friday 14th Feb:

https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_e5478LaW8bA1Rbw

For more information please see the Sixth Form Support Team.

Celebrating Student Success - Shout-outs From Last Term:

Amber Nain - excellent performance during Culture Evening.

Libby Breadmore, Bob Kibarabara, Summer Cook and Jonathan Yeboah for their excellent performances at the Christmas Concert.

Tutees of the Term:

12WKN - Jake Chappelow
12ADN - Corey Hartwell
12PER - Shayan Hartwell
12CAL - Kiran Osborne
12FRA - Holly Mclellan
12ALD - Harleen Randhawa

13HAV - Muhammad Kebba Keita
13LAW - Jessica Turner
13MSC - Molly May Baggott
14HAK - Anya Dewitt
13JMS - Eve Williamson

Work Experience Shout-outs:

Winner Obuere-Wilson
Charlie Ali
Charlie Hooks

Student Council for their excellent work this term: Launching TikTok, supporting the public speaking workshop, fundraising and much more.

Volunteer Shout-outs:

To over 80 students who supported our Sixth Form Open Evening!

The following students for supporting at the Year 9 Parents Evening: Yasin Nutlu, George Cooper, Charlie Ali, Nihhitas Chaauhun, Shayin Nisar, Blake Billingham, Christian Thiyagaraba, Kiran Osborne.

Sixth Form Student Council for supporting our External Candidates Interview evening on Wednesday 22nd January

Current and Upcoming Trips and Visits:

Coundon Court Sixth Form Library had a visit from an undergraduate student attending Harvard University who came to speak with our students about the process of applying to American universities.

Our Year 12 Early Entry Group of students will be visiting Oxford University later this term.

Psychology students attended a visit to Warwick University on 17th January.

On Friday 24th January Miss Perry organised for a visitor from the Crime Analysis Unit from the Home Office to speak to Criminology students.

On 25th February, Miss Perry organised a guest speaker to come to Coundon to speak with Criminology students. The talk will be on Criminal Profiling and led by Professor Craig Jackson, a lecturer at Birmingham City University. Other humanities subjects will also be invited to attend.

Safeguarding and wellbeing for Sixth Form students:

Get free, anonymous and safe support:

https://www.kooth.com/

Offering online and in-person support for mental health and wellbeing (MHWB)

https://cwmind.org.uk/supporting-children-and-young-people/

A new service offering
drop-ins for support.