Please see information below on support available in the community over the Christmas period. Please note that the Warm and Well sessions held at the Sydni Centre will not be running on the 24 December or 31 January.
Healthcare survey
Healthwatch Warwickshire are asking young people aged 16-24 about their experiences using health services. Young people (or their parents/carers) can share their views by scanning the QR code in the posters below or via this link.
Year 12 life drawing trip to Compton Verney
Year 12 Art students visited Compton Verney recently for a day of life drawing. Drawing nude figures is an incredibly challenging activity and our Head of Art, Mr Meredith was very pleased with how the students coped. In addition, students were able to look around the the largest exhibition of work by leading contemporary artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, which featured a dazzling array of works including drawings, prints, collage, sculpture, neons and installation.
Musicians perform at Warwickshire Music event
A group of Year 7 to 9 musicians recently took part in a ‘come and play’ event organised by Warwickshire Music held at Kenilworth School. Students rehearsed together with others from Kenilworth and Oakley School to create a final orchestral performance of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and Dance the Night from the recent Barbie film, which they presented to an audience of Year 7 students.
Violinists Oscar, Selen, Amy, Olimpia, ‘cellist Lilly, flautist Lily and trumpet players Chinwan and Gabriella had a great time and we look forward to the next event!
Motionhouse workshops
Thank you to Motionhouse (a local company who create world class dance-circus productions) for delivering workshops to Year 7 to 10 students last week. They worked with students to develop their contemporary dance skills and looked at some circus movement, teaching lifts, counter balances and weight sharing poses.
Tips for wellness
Please find below tips for a digital detox.
Year 12 Business brunch
Thank you to the local businesses who joined Year 12 students for their first business brunch of the year last week. They talked to our students about their own career pathways, highlighting the challenges they’ve faced along the way, and our students had the opportunity to network with the volunteers.
Interview practice for Year 13s
Year 13 students received interview practice this week during their mock interviews with employers from a variety of organisations and industries, including Barclaycard, Siemens Energy, NHS, Department of Work and Pensions, Calor Gas and Warwickshire Police. Our volunteers asked interview questions students are likely to face in future real-life interviews including whether they prefer working alone or as a team, their best quality or strength, what motivates them, and where they see themselves in the next 5 years.
Media and Film Studies visit to Coventry University
This week our Sixth Form Media and Films Studies students visited Coventry University and made two short TV shows.
The students were shown around the campus and its fantastic new facilities by the university’s BA Hons Media & Communications lecturers, who worked with the students to plan, shoot and live edit two ‘vodcasts’ shows called ‘Share Sync’, which will be available online shortly. In groups they discussed the pressures young girls are under on social media and the role of film today as well as films/music/TV/ podcast recommendations.
Year 10 visit to the University of Oxford
Year 10 students had the opportunity to visit the University of Oxford last week. The aim of the visit was to inspire students to work hard to achieve their goals and gain a greater awareness of the university opportunities that may be available to them in the future. The visit included workshops about the different types of universities and what they can offer young people. The students also attended workshops on student finance and the university application processes and at the end of the sessions the students also had the opportunity to visit some of the historic colleges within Oxford University and to have lunch in The Great Hall.
