Subject areas offer a breath of enrichment activities students can get involved with. See below for further details. 

 

ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Art/Textiles/ Photography/ Graphics

• Annual London Gallery Visit. In 2019 this was National Portrait Gallery to see The Taylor Wessing Prize and The V&A to see The Tim Walker exhibition. 
• After school sessions for extra guidance and support

Graphic Design

• Graphic Design students in November 2019 visited Flo Skate Park Students had a guided tour from Mr Deans of the graffiti on the building and the gallery spaces inside. Students photographed and drew work in situ.

Product Design

• London New Designers Visit.
• A series of masterclasses including chemical photographic techniques, printing processes, oil painting and many more.

CREATIVE ARTS

Music

• After school music groups
  • Senior brass group
  • Orchestra
  • Jazz band
  • Flute ensemble
  • Woodwind ensemble
  • String orchestra
  • Music technology
  • Percussion group

 

ENGLISH & MEDIA

English Literature/ Language/ Media

• Careers talks
• Lectures given by visiting university lecturers
• Opportunities to meet professional writers (Most recently on Ecocriticism)
• Student led Newspaper/magazine which is led and edited by 6th formers
• Experience days at local universities
• Theatre trips to see set texts in performance

 

ENTERPRISE

Business Studies

• Take part in Young Enterprise

 

HUMANITIES

Law

• Annual ‘Get into Law’ Conference in Nottingham

 

MATHEMATICS

• Annual participation in Maths Challenge (both Team and Individual)
• Mathletes – a society for our most able lower school students, run by A-Level Further Mathematicians
• Ritangle competition
• Maths workshop after school

 

MODERN FOREIGN LANGAUGES

• Spanish or German exchange programme
• Support with apply for work experience abroad
• Business Language champions events
• Nottingham University information talks
• KinoKlub on a Monday after school.

 

SCIENCES

Biology

• Annual Biology residential fieldtrip to Yorkshire

Chemistry

• Chemistry Olympiad every January
• Chemistry Clinic after school on Thursdays.
• University lecturer talks on spectroscopy

 

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Psychology

• Chance to present findings of research students have conducted at the A Level Psychology Conference at NTU (April)  
• Attend ‘Brain Day’ – A chance to learn more about how the brain processing information and impacts behaviour, including a brain dissection.
• Career Talks