The Kimberley School Newsletter July 2014 | Page 11

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ce on Wednesday 25 June and the atmosphere was largely
2 students, including the Sixth Form Committee Elect. They hung up
students when they started school, 7 years ago! Musician and Head Boy
tars to perform live music at the start of the afternoon too – and requests
orts did not go unnoticed by the Year 13s. Year 13 tutors really delivered
dividual. Amidst the speeches was the fun, competitive quiz element of
f DVD, which can be viewed here in our interactive newsletter!

bulging bags, our stomachs were
ting with biscuits, chips, and puddings
re. Everyone was extremely friendly
eager to answer any questions,
they were more than generous by
plying us with refreshments and tours.

Year 12 Work Experience

We were very impressed with
the range of Work Experience
placements that Year 12
students found for themselves
this year and the experiences
rwards, we all walked outside, certainly seemed to have injected
king in the blazing sunshine. We were a refreshed motivation into the students.
sported back in time as we ventured Placements included Rolls Royce,
ugh the cobbled streets and grand Tesco, Boots, Nottinghamshire Police,
e buildings adorned with bunting Dorset Police, PTL Occupational Hygiene
erupting with prismatic flowers. I'm Consultants, Fringe Electricians, Nuthall
all of us will work extremely hard Electrical
Services,
Cable
Tec
he years to come with aspirations of Controls, North Star, Freeth Cartwright
ying at such an impressive university Solicitors, Nottingham Castle, Eastwood
living in a truly beautiful city.
Vets4Pets, Paws 4 Canine Hydrotheraote from Claire to organiser of the py, Orgando School of Dance, Your Move
Assistant Head of Sixth Form and Estate Agents, MRC Institute of Hearing,
chology and Sociology Teacher, Ms the QMC, BC International Ltd, the Fire
m: ‘Thank you for organising the trip!’ Service as well as a number of local
Primary Schools: Hollywell, Hempshill
Hall, Mornington and Horsendale.
e UCAS Process starts –

Sheffield Arena!

If this list wasn’t already impressive
enough, we had students travel far
dents spent a couple of hours at the
and wide for their placements, such as
vention where universities, a range of
Aberystwyth University for the Computer
loyers and the armed services were
Science Department; Leeds for the No. 6
esented.
Barristers; Leicestershire for the Barford
Children’s Services.
dents found the trip useful:

In addition, three very lucky and very
talented students went on the school trip
to Italy, with the Music Department, where
they performed live for a variety of Italian
audiences. Two of our ambitious students
um explained that ‘it’s more also successfully completed the summer
ul than just searching for institutions school at the University of Nottingham.
ne and it opens your eyes to more than
would have looked at on your own’. Students were visited by staff in the
a
corroborated
this
finding, work place and where this wasn’t
hasising that the ‘variety’ was useful possible, they received a phone
observing that the choices besides call. The students at work were
ersities were helpful for students fantastic: they were getting
don’t want to go to university. Abby stuck in, they learned lots about
ed that there were ‘options and themselves in the process and
es that you never knew existed’. Ben they were an asset to the
ted out that it is ‘really useful to talk companies and organisations
few people, not just read through the who were kind enough to give
pectuses, as people could offer the students these opportunities.
uine opinions and more information’. Final thoughts
In Sixth Form, we’re looking forward
er general comments included that
to an end of year gathering in the
hanged people’s minds completeCommon Room with a barbecue to
bout what they wanted to do at
celebrate the successes of the year. We
ersity and for some, it made them
wish you all a happy summer and look
k for the first time that university might
forward to reporting the news of the
be for them.
brand new academic year.

p reported that it was ‘motivational
ause you can see what your
e might be in front of you: it makes it
e real’.