Lessons from Auschwitz Project

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Mr Kydd

We have been written to by the Holocaust Educational Trust where they are offering for two sixth form students to participate in our Lessons from Auschwitz Project.  It is a four part course which aims to educate about the events of the Holocaust.  The course costs £59 per participant and will include the following:

  • An orientation seminar to learn about pre-war Jewish life, hear a Holocaust survivor’s testimony and prepare for the visit to Poland.
  • A one-day visit to Poland where local experts guide students through the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.
  • A follow up seminar at which participants reflect on their experiences, considering the contemporary lessons of the Holocaust and devise practical way of passing on these lessons.
  • The next steps project in which students pass on to their schools and communities the lessons they have learnt.

If you are interested in visiting Poland and completing this course, then please see Mr J asap.  The places are offered on the course on a first come first served basis, so you need to be quick.

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Year 12 Live Theatre Evaluation

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Mr Kydd
Year 12 Live Theatre Evaluation
Struggling with your LVE? Have a look at Frantic’s website which has loads of fantastic resources on their production of Othello. The website breaks down the story and gives you an insight into how they use movement to re-tell this classic tale. It also has some production shots, so if you’re struggling to remember the production in detail have a look at those. It might be useful to fill in their audience feedback form which can be found on the right hand side of the page.
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Applications for CGI’s Sponsored Degree Programme are now open!

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Mr Kydd

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Students can get the best of both worlds by starting their careers with the world’s fifth largest IT Services Company, earn a starting salary of £13,000 as well as obtaining a Business or IT degree with all tuition fees paid for.

 About the programme

  • CGI’s (formerly Logica) Sponsored Degree Programme is delivered in partnership with the University of Winchester and lasts 3 years with a guaranteed full time job with CGI on graduation
  • It combines academic study with real-life on-the-job training
  • Successful candidates will spend one day per week studying on campus towards a BA (Hons) Business Management for IT or a BSc (Hons) Information Systems Management and the remaining four days working based out of one of two CGI sites; Reading or Leatherhead, developing their careers
  • As part of the degree programme, students will also gain a Higher IT Apprenticeship accredited by QA
  • Students won’t have to pay a penny in tuition fees (or course materials) and CGI will also pay them  a starting salary of £13,000 (which will rise to above Graduate salary on graduation)
  • It is independent to UCAS so students can still apply to UCAS as well as this programme – applications are through our website. Deadline early 2015.

Who are CGI looking for?

  • 300 UCAS points across three A-Levels at grade C or above (excluding General Studies) or equivalent or a completed Advanced IT Apprenticeship. For the BSc students will need to have studied an IT related subject, unless they can show strong IT/Computer Science ability through work experience or extra-curricular activities.
  • A minimum of five A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Maths
  • The confidence, drive and resilience to work and study at the same time
  •  If interested contact: UKSTUDENTS@CGI.COM
  • I will be getting them to come into school so please let me have your name if you would like to be at the presentation.
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Careers Bulletin 231014

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Mr Kydd

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Christmas Jobs loom large in this weeks edition, please look here for details !

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Elevate Me!

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Mr Kydd

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Elevate Me is the place for 16-24 year olds in Reading to get help, advice and support on employment, work experience, volunteering and mentoring.  It is an all-encompassing site bringing together support and advice from many of the agencies operating in Reading and the surrounding area.

The website  http://www.elevateme.org.uk  has a ‘city’ that is populated by a number of Reading buildings, each building covering a particular topic, with floors that go into more detail

By Spring 2015 a number of the agencies (Adviza, New Directions, Reading Voluntary Action and members of JobCentre Plus) will be housed on the 3rd floor of Reading’s Central Library, our learning hub.  This will give any young person visiting the hub a huge array of agencies that will be able to help them all under one roof.

On 17th November this company will demonstrate what is available on the site and offer advice and help as needed.

 

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When Gothic was Born

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Mr Kydd

gothicA celebration of all things Gothic

This autumn, BBC Two, BBC Four and the British Library are celebrating all things Gothic with a new season of programmes exploring the literature, architecture, music and artworks that have taken such a prominent place in British culture.

Find out more from the When Gothic Was Born website.  Not to be missed! For all A level literature students.

Also have a look at the British Library’s exhibition on gothic here.

The ‘Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination’ exhibition includes two hundred rare objects which trace 250 years of the Gothic tradition, exploring our enduring fascination with the mysterious, the terrifying and the macabre.

From Mary Shelley and  Bram Stoker to Stanley Kubrick and  Alexander McQueen, via  posters, books, film and even a vampire-slaying kit, experience the dark shadow the Gothic imagination has cast across film, art, music, fashion, architecture and our daily lives.

 

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UCAS systems maintenance 24 – 27 October 2014

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Mr Kydd

To enable us to make changes for the 2015 application cycle, the following services will be unavailable from 18:00 on Friday 24 October to 08:00 on Monday 27 October:

  • Apply for advisers
  • Adviser Track
  • Application Tracker
  • For applicants – UCAS Apply and Track

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Regards

UCAS Communications

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Sexual Health Sixth Form Campaign Competition

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Mr Kydd

Protect and Respect – competition for sixth formers to promote good sexual health

West Berkshire Council’s Public Health team are inviting sixth forms in the area to take part in a competition to design and create a sexual health awareness campaign aimed at 16-25 year olds.

The campaign should include preventing sexually transmitted infections, Chlamydia, unplanned pregnancies and what services are available in West Berkshire for young people. The design should promote good sexual health practices and let people know where they can go for good advice. The ‘message’ can be produced in any medium; poster, animation, video, song, play – anything goes!

There is a grant of £200 available for each sixth form to help get the project off the ground and to help organise and collaborate with Public Health and Wellbeing on a half-day health improvement event at your school or college – that will also display the campaign.

There is a £1,000 prize for the winning team to support healthcare education.

Please see Mr J, if you would like to enter for this competition.

The closing date for entries is 1 December 2014 (World Aids Day). Judging will take place during December and the winner will be announced in January 2015. The winning campaign will be promoted across West Berkshire by Public Health and Wellbeing.

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Future Learn

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Mr Kydd

This is a timely reminder that there are some excellent free online courses that are offered via Future Learn.  These are online courses organised and run by universities that enable you to expand your knowledge in certain areas or improve your own skills.  These courses will help any job/university application as well as your own independent learning skills.

There is a course starting on 3rd November on ‘How to succeed at Interviews’ which lasts for 3 weeks and requires 3 hours work per week.  This maybe particularly useful to those students who will be interviewed for university places or students looking for jobs post A-levels.

Future Learn can be found through this link.

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Barclays Lifeskills

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Mr Kydd

Barclays have produced some excellent resources to help young people become more employable.  They have advice on how to produce a CV, the do’s and don’ts of interviews, personal skills, work experience advice, work experience placements.  All you need to do is log on and its free!  You can access the website here.

You can also access some of the information via YouTube as they have their own channel.

If you need any support or advice with this, then please see Mr J 🙂

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