June2013

Student Mag E P P I N G F O R E S T C O L L E G E

Wishing all

Students and staff

a

Happy and

Safe Summer We wish every one of you

lots of success and

happiness, whether you are

continuing with your studies

here, or leaving to start a

new chapter in your life.

The Learner Engagement

Team - Gina Binazir, Sally

Curtis and Julie Riley are

leaving through redundancy

this week and would like to

say ‘Farewell and thank you

for all your wonderful

support. We had lots to smile

about’.

Time to say

farewell

25 June 2013

S taff from the Guide Dogs for the Blind came to

College again recently to train Health and Social Care

students. The training taught students a few simple

sighted guiding techniques, which means they will feel

ready and confident to help blind and partially –sighted

people if needed.

The 2½ hour practical session showed the difficulties of

going up or down stairs and steps, getting through door-

ways and taking a seat. For more information please

visit: www.guidedogs.org.uk

Jemima Panda, Sarah Aryeh,

Stephanie Sloughly, Chloe Prentice

Enrichment Activity

On Saturday (yes – Saturday!) 25th May, the following

students completed the Emergency First Aid at Work, an ac-

credited 6 hour course:-

Menelik Ekani-Robinson (Sport)

Billie Johnson (Childcare)

Zakariah Khan (Childcare)

Sathurna Satgunarajah (Art & Design)

Andrew Steadman (Sport)

Farihah Ullah (Art & Design)

They all enjoyed and benefitted from

the course and interacted well with

each other, and particularly liked

practising bandaging and resuscita-

tion techniques on each other.

They all agreed that the course was

very interesting; well worth coming in

during the weekend for, and, as

Zachariah (Zach) commented, ‘…you

learn so much from this.’

Well done to all of them – their certificates are coming soon.

Enrichment Activity

I took the Life and Living Skills to the Lee Valley Boat Centre to drive motorboats on the river Lee at Broxbourne.

We had a fantastic time in the glorious sunshine. We got to see lots of wildlife. The students were great and learned about boating etiquette and how to be safe on the river and around water. By Kathryn Lowe

Alex Munro, Ryan Branch, Ryan Lowe, Zoe Sheret, Matthew Brown, Lee Ewin, and Louis South

S inan Sahin and

Jaysharee Kakkad from

the Department for

Works and Pensions (the

Job Centre) visited the

college to give talks to

three groups of Level 2

Secretarial students and

Health and Social Care

students about the world

of work.

They began by talking

about choices available to young people after finishing

school , going on to university; seeking apprenticeships;

choosing to volunteer or doing paid work.

They advised students of good job-seeking sources, such as

the Internet and recruitment, and they gave tips on

speculating job opportunities. Students took away with them

a comprehensive list of useful job search websites.

They also emphasised the importance of maintaining a CV

relevant to every job applied for.

The students that attended the talk completed evaluation

forms.

They all agreed that the presenter kept them interested in

the topic; that it was a good use of their time and that they

learnt something from the talk.

Comments from the students:-

'Thanks for the advice' , 'I've really enjoyed listening', ''Really

good, answered many of my questions' , 'The presenter kept

me interested in the topic'

The world of work

Lee on the Lee

Enrichment Activity

Business students enjoying an end of term BBQ

Matthew Robinson– Jayes (above)

BTEC in Sport (coaching) Level 3

student wins a NUS student card for

his fantastic 100% attendance.

Left: Winners Kristian Stopher and Shai Watson

BTEC ‘Level 1 for IT Users’ students enthusiastically took part in an end of year table tennis tournament. Shai won the competi-tion and was awarded £10 and Kristian came second his prize was £5.

Thank you to Tutor

Gill Santos

Andrew and Lisa running the BBQ

New Student Union (SU) for 2013—2014 From left to right: Sam Zeff, Student Governor (studying IT), Charlotte Edwards-Roscamp, President (studying A levels),

Dimitar Manov, Student Governor (Travel +Tourism) and Kyra Borella, General Secretary (A levels).

If you would like to get involved in next year’s SU please see Charlotte the President or the new Student Liaison Team in

September.

O n Monday the 20th May,

for an end-of-term

treat, 30 students, from

different courses, went

on a coach trip, organised by

Enrichment, to Thorpe Park.

A bonus to the day was that it didn’t

rain! The students agreed that they

enjoyed the trip – they were glad

that they didn’t have to queue up

long for the rides; some students had

a chance to be thrilled by Saw, Colos-

sus and Nemesis twice. Brave souls!

All credit to the students for being

such a great group. Their good

nature, (even while waiting for the

coach that was half an hour late!)

and behaviour were a credit to the

college. It was a pleasure to be on the

trip with them. By Sally Curtis

Enrichment Activity

Abigail Fordham and Hiyra Dunkley

Secretarial hit Thorpe Park

Wed 5 June!

Monday 24th June

Level 2 Music- ‘Motown &

Soul’ Live performance on

the Outside Stage

Level 3 Performing Arts

present Musical Theatre

‘The Pajama Game’

7.30pm in the Theatre

Tuesday 25th June

Level 3 Dance & Level 3

Music— ‘eNgage’

2pm in the Theatre

Hair & Beauty Extravaganza

7pm in the Theatre

Wednesday 26th June

Level 3 Music Year 2

Final Showcase

3pm and 7pm in the Theatre

Art & Design Exhibition

Private View

7pm (by invitation only)

Thursday 27th June

Art & Design Exhibition

10.00am– 4.00pm Art

Department

Live Music

From 2pm outside the

Theatre

Showcase of Media

students’ work

2pm in the Theatre

Level 3 Media present

‘The Newcomers Awards

Show’

7pm in the Theatre

Friday 28th June

Art & Design Exhibition

10.00am– 4.00pm Art

Department

Level 3 Dance present

Urban Dance

3.00pm in the Theatre

This week...

Food Safety

Twenty students from L3 Travel and Tourism, took the Food Safety course, accredited by RSPH (Royal Society for the Promotion of Health).

The course is ideal for anyone working, or thinking of working, in a restaurant or café. It covers food hygiene; risk assessment; moving and

handling food, fire safety and noise.

The course involves 4 hours tuition and a short exam afterwards. All the students enjoyed the course and passed. As the Food Safety qualifi-

cation is recognised nationally, it would enhance your CV and could improve your career prospects!

Enrichment Activity

St

Thank you to Ayub

Nouinou and Deniz Hussein

for their photography and

articles for the Student

Mag throughout year– very

talented!

Student Mag Editor Julie Riley