Parent 23 March 2020 @HarrogateGS @HGS_SLT @6thformhgs Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 30 March 2020 WEEK A Quick links: This week, we continued to welcome back Year 10 and Year 12 students to lessons in school. It has been wonderful to welcome these Year Groups back into school and we have been struck by their positivity, engagement, and absolute commitment to return to learning. Thank you to all the students who attended lessons in school this week for their exemplary behaviour and following all the safety and social distancing procedures that have been put in place. On Monday, we emailed a letter to all parents detailing plans for the remaining weeks in Summer term. A copy of the letter can be accessed via these links: • Parent Letter dated 29 June 20 • "Getting ready for GCSEs" meeting, additional information for Year 9 • RKLT Letter, emailed 2 July This week, Phase 3 continues: Year 7-9 continue with online learning via Showbie and live Q and A lessons Year 10 and Year 12 continue with online learning via Showbie, with some lessons in school/remote for both Year 10 and Year 12. Final week of term: Year 7: continue with online learning via Showbie, and Parents’ Consultation Appointment with form tutor, student and parents Year 8: continue with online learning via Showbie, and Tutor Review meeting. Students to complete online survey by Wednesday 8 July. Year 9: continue with online learning via Showbie and 30-minute student meeting in school or remote with their Form Tutor which will focus on “Getting Ready for GCSE Meeting”. Students to complete a short survey by Wednesday 8 July. Year 10 and Year 12: continue with online learning via Showbie, some lessons in school/remote, Tutor Review Meeting via Teams, students to complete a short survey by Wednesday 8 July. Year 10 and Year 12 timetables for the forthcoming weeks can be accessed via the link below: Year 10 and 12 timetables To see the classroom spaces please click on the links below: Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 6 July 2020 WEEK B Gym 2 Main Hall Hub Gym 1 Classrooms S26-S29 Classroom S30 Classroom S31 Classroom S32 Classroom S33 Classroom S34 Year 9, 10 and Year 12 students – we ask parents/carers to be highly vigilant in ensuring that students remain at home if any member of your household displays the following symptoms: a new, continuous cough or a high temperature, or has loss of, or change in, their normal sense of taste or smell. Please inform us straight away if your child or any member of the household has symptoms of coronavirus by emailing [email protected]
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Parent 23 March 2020
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Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 30 March 2020 WEEK A
Quick links: This week, we continued to welcome back Year 10 and Year 12 students to lessons in school. It has been wonderful to welcome these Year Groups back into school and we have been struck by their positivity, engagement, and absolute commitment to return to learning. Thank you to all the students who attended lessons
in school this week for their exemplary behaviour and following all the safety and social distancing procedures that have been put in place.
On Monday, we emailed a letter to all parents detailing plans for the remaining weeks in Summer term. A copy of the letter can be accessed via these links:
• Parent Letter dated 29 June 20 • "Getting ready for GCSEs" meeting, additional information for Year 9 • RKLT Letter, emailed 2 July
This week, Phase 3 continues: Year 7-9 continue with online learning via Showbie and live Q and A lessons
Year 10 and Year 12 continue with online learning via Showbie, with some lessons in school/remote for both Year 10 and Year 12. Final week of term: Year 7: continue with online learning via Showbie, and Parents’ Consultation Appointment with form tutor, student
and parents Year 8: continue with online learning via Showbie, and Tutor Review meeting. Students to complete online survey
by Wednesday 8 July. Year 9: continue with online learning via Showbie and 30-minute student meeting in school or remote with their Form Tutor which will focus on “Getting Ready for GCSE Meeting”. Students to complete a short survey by Wednesday 8 July. Year 10 and Year 12: continue with online learning via Showbie, some lessons in school/remote, Tutor Review Meeting via Teams, students to complete a short survey by Wednesday 8 July.
Year 10 and Year 12 timetables for the forthcoming weeks can be accessed via the link below: Year 10 and 12 timetables To see the classroom spaces please click on the links below:
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Gym 2
Main Hall
Hub
Gym 1
Classrooms S26-S29
Classroom S30
Classroom S31
Classroom S32
Classroom
S33
Classroom
S34
Year 9, 10 and Year 12 students – we ask parents/carers to be highly vigilant in ensuring that students remain at home if any member of your household displays the following symptoms: a new, continuous cough or a high temperature, or has loss of,
or change in, their normal sense of taste or smell. Please inform us straight away if your child or any member of the household has symptoms of coronavirus by emailing
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Top 3
Top 3 things we have asked students to focus on this week:
1. “The more reflective you are, the more effective you are.” Hall and Simoral. To make your tutor meeting really worthwhile, and help you get ready for the start of a new academic year, we want you to complete a short survey reflecting on your year. This will help you and your tutor identify what is needed to support you when we return after summer.
2. Be vigilant in checking your email and Homework4 for notifications on when live class sessions on Teams will occur. Accept the invite through the email or
by clicking the RSVP button in the Teams Calendar entry.
3. Nearly there! It is not long now until we break up for Summer and we are so proud of how well you have all adapted and kept motivated in these trying times. Keep up the good work over the next few weeks before your well-deserved break.
Dates for your diary:
• w/c 29 June – Progress checks to take place • Monday 6 July – Year 11 Bridging Material set 1 to be uploaded to Showbie. Further information can be
found here.
• Monday 6 July – Sixth Form ‘Virtual’ Induction • w/c 13 July – Year 9 “Getting ready for GCSEs” student meeting with their tutor (in school/remote) • w/c 13 July – Year 7 Parents’ Consultation meeting with student and form tutor • Friday 17 July, 3pm – final assembly via MS Teams • Thursday 13 August – A Level results day • Friday 20 August – GCSE results day
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who donated to allow us to purchase a new lens for the Laser Cutter. We
have received £1840 in donations, which is amazing. We were so pleased to be able to use our Computer Aided Manufacturing facilities to support the NHS and Key Workers through the production of protective visors. Thank you!
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Information
Tutor Review Meetings w/c 13 July
These meetings will take place in the last week of term and is chance for your child and their Tutor to reflect on their year at HGS, including the period of school closure and remote learning, recognise your successes, as well as looking at how to make the best possible start to the new academic year.
To help with the meeting your child will need to complete a short survey by 3.30pm on Wednesday 8th July. The statements in the survey will be based on the whole year, including the period of school closure. We recommend that the survey is completed after the assembly on Monday 6th July, when we will explain more about the meeting itself. They will be sent details of how to do this after the assembly.
Once they have completed the survey it will be shared with their Form Tutor to help with the meeting.
Form Tutors will contact students to advise the date and time of this Tutor Review meeting, students will be emailed the link to the survey on Monday.
Year 11 students: information re Year 12 Induction (Monday 6 July)
Monday 6 July is the virtual induction day into the Sixth Form. The day includes a tour around Sixth Form as well as key information and messages from the Sixth Form team, subject teachers, and students. You will also get to meet your form tutor and be provided with important information regarding your next set of Bridging Materials.
This information will be live on the website on Monday. https://www.harrogategrammar.co.uk/sixth-form/induction-day/
Class Question and Answer Sessions on Teams
Live class question and answer sessions are now well underway. We have had really good feedback from teachers and students to this way of working. Students should check their emails regularly to see when a class question and answer session on Teams will occur. Students are expected to attend each session, they should accept the invite, or communicate with their teacher through Showbie if there is a
genuine reason why they cannot attend.
During the session, students will use software that allows them to answer questions given by their teacher. Only their teacher will be able to see what they have written. They are not expected to get everything right, so they should not worry about sharing their thinking! Some teachers are now using ClassKick to see student contributions, whilst others continue to use Whiteboard.fi. A short guide on how Whiteboard.fi works can be found here. https://youtu.be/k5ttA4q7pZ4 (Dr Robson)
Educake: quizzing software
The quizzing software Educake, used extensively by the Science faculty for students in Years 7 - 10, have released an app. This can be downloaded from the App Store and once accessed, will mean there is no need to keep entering the username and password. We would like all students to download this app as an easier way to access Educake. Students can not only complete teacher made quizzes, but also set their own quizzes to review any topic(s) of their choosing.
Students should email their Science teacher if they have any problems logging in. (Dr Robson)
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Recording Student Illness
If your child is unable to complete work due to illness, we ask that you contact your child's Year Manager on that day. They will then inform their teachers so that they know why the work has not been completed and not expect work.
HGS does Taskmaster in aid of our school charity
Creative Writing Club: Competition for students
Students are encouraged to write a poem about their lockdown experience (max. 30 lines long) and
submit via email (or on Showbie in the Creative Writing Club folder) to Miss Watson (MEW). The deadline for submission is 3.30pm on Friday 10 July. Winning poems will be announced before the end of term. Competition open to all year groups.
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Encore Summer Sofa Sessions – Part 4 and Part 5
Encore!, the HGS instrumental and vocal service has compiled a series of short summer concerts (about 10 minutes each) featuring soloists from HGS and some of our feeder
primary schools.
We are pleased to release Part 4 and 5 in Encore’s showcase series of soloists.
We hope you enjoy them! (ABK)
Encore! Music & Drama tuition applications and refunds
As an Encore! team, we have been delighted with the hugely positive
response to our transition to online music and drama tuition since March.
During this period, we have given over 1300 individual online lessons on
our wide variety of instruments and drama disciplines.
It is now possible to purchase tuition for next academic year at our online
shop https://lunchpal.co.uk/encore-music--lamda-tuition-sept-20-to-feb-
21-1154-p.asp
Please book early to avoid the waiting list. Usual discounts are available.
For those students that did not choose to move to online tuition but had paid for lessons during the school’s
closure period, refunds and more information is available by emailing Andy Kemp at [email protected]
with details of the instrument/s and student/s involved. Andy Kemp Encore! Lead Teacher
Second Hand Uniform Donations and Sale
Has your child grown out of their uniform during lockdown? If you have any donations of good quality school uniform (blazers, trousers, skirts, ties, PE
kits, no shirts) that you would like to donate to school, please drop these off
to Main School reception (anytime between 10:15am to 11:45am or 1:15pm to 2:45pm). Please ensure all uniform donations have been washed before bringing into school. The PTA will be launching a new PTA second hand uniform scheme. Look out for more information. The PTA have set up a new Facebook group for donating/buying/selling
second hand uniform, click on this link: HGS PTA Second Hand Uniform **NEW** There will be a used uniform sale in the final week of term. More details to follow in next week’s bulletin.
Part 4 Part 5
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Latest guidance and useful links to government websites, COVID-19
The leaflet below has been published on 1 July 2020 by the UK Government and NHS, it provides clear information for parents of secondary school children. The leaflets provide answers to some of the key questions that parents have about the new safety measures in place for returning to school, and which children are eligible to return.
To download the leaflet below and a similar publication for primary aged children, please click on this link: https://coronavirusresources.phe.gov.uk/schools-/resources/leaflets/
Film for secondary school children: https://youtu.be/foQuuIWonl8
For further information please visit the NHS website and the GOV webpage.
Please also find below some useful government websites: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak
Online education resources for home learning update
Updated guidance on keeping children safe online (including information on apps to help children stay safe online)
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Useful contacts
Query Contact
Year Manager contact details Year 7 – Ms Brown - [email protected] Year 8 – Mrs Smithson – [email protected]
Year 9 – Mrs Ellenthorpe – [email protected] Year 10 – Miss Moore – [email protected] Year 11 – Mrs Bennett – [email protected] Sixth Form Student Support Managers: Mrs Jackson – [email protected]
Mrs Warren – [email protected]
iPad related issues [email protected]
For issues related to Educake or
Kerboodle please contact Miss Parker
GCSEPod access issues, please contact Dr Robson
Problems accessing Showbie Contact your Form Tutor
Showbie Access We have had a small number of students who have been unexpectantly logged out of their Showbie accounts. If this occurs to your child, please tell them to send an email to their tutor, requesting a reminder of the username and a password reset. This information will allow access back in to the app and to the website.
Feedback relating to work set during the
school closure please contact Dr Robson
MyMaths/ Mathletics/ MathsPad log on issues please contact Miss Whiteley
General queries [email protected]
Several of our parents have found it useful to discuss with other parents how to support their child(ren) learning at home. The PTA Facebook page is a useful form to talk to other parents.
Student Resources for Learning at Home
In addition to the work that is being set by teachers via Showbie, a list of other
resources to support our students working at home can be found on the link below: https://www.harrogategrammar.co.uk/news/student-resources-for-learning-at-home/
The Oak National Academy continues to release video lessons and on-line resources on
a weekly basis, for students from Reception up to Year 10. For further information, including weekly schedules, click on the link below. https://www.thenational.academy/information-for-parents-pupils/
Our school has a subscription for GCSEPod, a website providing thousands of animated pods (video clips) on topics across the curriculum. Students in Years 9 - 11 can select pods to
watch and set themselves quizzes, which are automatically marked. You can join a GCSEPod webinar and find out how to use GCSEPod to support your child’s learning. (Dr Robson)
https://www.gcsepod.com/news-gcse-learning-revision/podup-presents-parent-webinars/
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Supporting children and young people online
As our students continue to work online at home it is important that they do this in a safe way. One of the easiest ways to do this is by setting age-appropriate parental controls on digital devices and use internet filters to block malicious websites. These are usually free, but often need to be turned on.
There are a number of useful resources which can support parents and carers to keep their children safe online:
Advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online
Website: Thinkyouknow
Provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world.
Website: Internet matters
A collaboration between ParentZone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations
Website: Parent info
Support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online.
Website: LGfL
Support for parents and carers from the NSPCC, including a guide to social networks, apps and games
Website: Net-aware
Offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support.
Website: Childnet
Has advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation
Website: Let’s Talk About It
Has tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services.
Website: Saferinternet
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Wellbeing
Supporting children and young people’s wellbeing
This is a difficult time for everyone and one of the ways COVID-19 can have an effect is on our mental health and wellbeing. Public Health England have produced guidance on how parents and carers can look after the mental
health and wellbeing of their children. This includes advice on: 1. Looking after your own mental health
2. Helping children and young people cope with stress
3. How children and young people of different ages may react
4. Bullying
5. Money worries
6. Where to get further support
This can be accessed here.
We would also like to remind you and your child of some of the local and national services available to them. These are:
KOOTH - Kooth.com is an online counselling, advice and support service for young people aged 11-18 within the local
area. It provides a safe, secure means of accessing help via the internet from professional team of counsellors.
BUZZ US - Compass BUZZ offers a confidential text messaging service to young people aged 11-18 across North Yorkshire. The service was named in conjunction with young people and is called BUZZ
US. By texting the service on 07520 631168 you will be able to receive confidential advice, support and signposting from a wellbeing worker within one working day via text.
JustB have also set up a helpline if you would like to talk. They have a helpline for children, young people and adults across the Harrogate District who may be struggling or feeling anxious about the COVID-19 virus.
Available 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week.
01423 856799
Communications
• Student Bulletin: this will be emailed to students every Friday.
• **NEW* Reading recommendations for w/c 22 June: please click here
• Assembly from Monday 29 June, please click here
• Parent letter emailed on Monday 29 June detailing arrangements for remainder of term, please click
here. Additional information for Year 9 can be found on this link.
• Year 7 letter regarding Parent Tutor Appointment w/c 13 July. Emailed 1 July, please click here
• Year 9 letter regarding Student Tutor Appointment w/c 13 July, Emailed 2 July, please click here
• RKLT letter to parents dated 2 July, click here
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Current Vacancies
Vacancies
Current vacancies within Red Kite Learning Trust can be found at: www.rklt.co.uk/vacancies/ During this difficult time, we are encouraging and supporting applicants to progress their applications with us and can provide an adapted, remote recruitment assessment. Although we are focusing on the
immediate needs of our school communities now, we are also looking forward to when we re-open our schools fully. We want to be ready for this and continue to recruit brilliant people to join our teams. Please do take a look at our advertised roles below; if we can help in any way to support your application and interview with us, please do contact [email protected]
• Attendance Improvement Lead (temporary) at Temple Moor High School, Leeds. Closing date
Thursday 9 July
• Support Teachers – support/cover/tutor across RKLT at various locations. Closing date
Tuesday 1 September.
Maths Puzzler
Last week’s solution:
This week’s puzzle:
This week’s puzzle shows the words ZOOM, MEET and TEAMS. Each number in this addition sum is represented by a different letter. The number 3 is represented by the letter Z. Can you work out the others?
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PTA Update
The last hurrah from the PTA! We have worked with a local wine merchant to put together a fabulous tasting box of wine and beer featuring popular, premium quality products including a 750ml bottle of Italian red wine, a 750ml bottle of dry Italian white wine and four 330ml cans of craft beer from local brewery, Roosters, all delivered to your door by Friday 17 July. Along with a tasting quiz, you can enjoy this at home or outdoors with family or friends, weather permitting and
following social distancing guidelines of course!
We have 50 boxes available. Each box costs £25 and will be delivered to homes in HG1, HG2 and HG3 postcodes free of charge if you order by Friday 10 July. For any other postcodes, you can collect From Ake &
Humphris wine & beer shop on Leeds Road, Harrogate. Stocks permitting,
we may also be able to arrange collection for orders placed after 10th July. Not being able to deliver any fundraising activities over the last few months because of COVID-19 has really made a dent in PTA finances. We hope that you are able to support us by ordering your tasting box and quiz. It’s a great way to finish this year and raise some much-needed funds for our amazing school.
Please email the PTA to reserve your wine and beer tasting box at [email protected] including your phone number so we can get in touch to arrange payment and delivery.
Life @ HGS
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HGS Twitters accounts for all the latest news: Harrogate Grammar @HarrogateGS Harrogate Grammar Sixth Form@HGS6thForm HGS Learning Support @HGS_LearnSup HGS English https://twitter.com/HGSEnglish HGS Maths @HGSMaths_ HGS Science @hgs_science Harrogate Grammar PE @HGSPhysicalEd HGS Music @MusicHGS HGS Drama @HGS_DRAMA HGS Design Faculty @DesignHgs HGS D&T @HGS_DT HGS Food @HgsFood HGS History @HGSHist HGS Geography @hgsgeography1 HGS Catering @HGS_TheHub Harrogate Grammar Equestrian Team @ hgsequestrian
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Information contained within Sixth Form Bulletin, emailed to students every Friday afternoon.
Progression
Year 12 Progression
Had we been in school, these next few weeks would be spent focusing on planning for life beyond HGS. We still intend to offer all the support you would ordinarily have received, albeit in a slightly different way this year. We know some of you are feeling a little overwhelmed and unsure of how and where to start. Please do not worry, we have provided all the information you need on our website. You just need to visit https://www.harrogategrammar.co.uk/sixth-form/progression/ and read through the
information. We explain what you need to do, when and why. We have provided all the information you need to get
started so please make sure you read through the advice.
Throughout week beginning 13th July, you will be having meetings with your tutors with a focus on progression. You will find that meeting more useful if you have done some work on your progression tasks. It is a great opportunity to speak to your tutor again and get any help you need from them as well as talk through your options and what you are thinking about.
Before the end of term, we would like you to have completed various steps towards your UCAS application, as follows:
• Register on UCAS Apply • Complete the Personal, Education and Employment sections on UCAS Apply • Explore Unifrog to help narrow down your choices (you can apply to five institutions)
• Explore the personal statement tool on Unifrog • Draft your personal statement on Unifrog
Over the summer we would like you to:
• Try to finalise your personal statement – this is particularly crucial for Oxbridge, Medical and Veterinary courses
• Finalise your course selection, if you know what you wish to study • Continue to explore the courses and other opportunities.
To access a document outlining all the upcoming deadlines click here. Any questions, then please ask a member of the Sixth Form Team. For careers advice email Mrs Tunstall, for UCAS queries email Dr Gregson, for Oxbridge advice email Dr Compton and for advice on medic applications email Mrs
Winters. Lots of useful advice and information can also be found at UCAS.com.
What Course Should I do?
If you are considering further study, the first step in your research is to decide which course or courses interest you most. UCAS have put together lots of information on various subject areas, what courses are available, what it is like to study that subject and lots of facts about each area. It is worth having a read through the information. Click here to see what courses are available based on the subjects you are currently studying. Click here to look for subject areas which interest you.
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Where Should I Study?
Once you have a better idea of what you would like to study, you can start to think about where you would like to study that course. Different universities have different strengths.
You need to think about what is most important to you, i.e. how the course at one university ranks for various factors compared to others, the entry requirements, the type of place (campus vs city), how far you want to be from home, what the university offers by way of accommodation, facilities, social scene, enrichment etc.
Click here to access a useful comparison tool from discoveruni.gov.uk.
Click here to access a league table comparison tool from The Complete University Guide (be careful to look at the category of judgement) Once you have narrowed down your options, it is time to start to attend virtual open days to get a feel for the different courses and places.
Upcoming University Open Days
One advantage to lockdown, is that all the universities are offering virtual open days. Whilst you cannot visit in person, you can visit a lot more places without even leaving the house. Make the most of this opportunity and join in as many events as you can. Here is a list of just some of the events happening this weekend but there are open days scheduled for nearly every day!
University of East Anglia – Saturday 4th July – book here Newman University, Birmingham – Saturday 4th July – book here
Durham University – Saturday 4th July – book here University of West London - Saturday 4th July – book here Liverpool Hope University – Saturday 4th July – book here University of Winchester – Saturday 4th July – book here
De Montfort University – Saturday 4th July – book here University of Portsmouth – Saturday 4th July – book here University of Central Lancashire – Sunday 5th July – book here
Spotlight on Accountancy, Banking and Finance Careers
The Success at School team have put together lots of information focusing on careers in Accountancy, Banking and Finance, with advice on how to get there and opportunities available, including Apprenticeships. Click here to find out more.
For the full up to date list of virtual open days click here
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Oxbridge - Cambridge Subject Webinars: 6th-10th July 2020
St Catharine's College (Catz) is running online Question and Answer sessions with Admissions Tutors, Directors of Studies,
interviewers, supervisors, and current students from nearly every course at Cambridge! This will give you the opportunity to hear from the people who teach, interview for, and study their course. They are incredibly excited to offer this unique new opportunity to ask the questions you have always wondered: ‘What should I expect in an Oxbridge interview for my subject?’ ‘How would you recommend preparing for an admissions
assessment in my subject?’ ‘How did you find the change from A Level to Uni work?’ ‘Will I fit in at Cambridge?’ ‘How did you
pick your College?’ As well as subject Q&A sessions, there is also a Student Support webinar (a chance to find out more about the mental wellbeing and disabilities support on offer at Cambridge) as well as a Music Q&A where student helpers will be speaking about the opportunities to get involved in music at Cambridge, regardless of whether you want to study
Music as your course. Click here to find out more and register.
Reminder - Photography Competition
Leeds Trinity University’s Photography department have launched an exciting competition for aspiring photographers currently at Sixth Form. They are challenging you to create a project that responds to the theme of Environment. Just submit up to five images and a two hundred word
statement explaining your project all on one PDF or Word document via the Leeds Trinity Website to https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/photo-competition/ by 5pm on 28 August 2020. The winning entries will be announced on Friday 2 October 2020.
Reminder – Visions of a World After COVID-19 Competition
A fantastic opportunity to get your creative juices flowing! This competition, run by UCL openDemocracy is open to students (aged 14 and up) to share their vision of the future, with prizes of £200, £100 or £50 in book tokens plus the chance for personal mentoring from the panel of some of the world’s foremost thinkers.
Entrants can submit either a written article, short video or image that describes their vision for the world after the Coronavirus crisis has passed. Click here to find out more…
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