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A Fond Farewell to Year 13 Students
On Thursday, 1 July Sackville’s 6th Form prom took place at The Ravenswood, the traditional venue where we say our final goodbye to year 13! Each year the prom has a different flavour, organised as it is by the Head Girl/Head Boy team. This year, instead of flowers, we had candelabras and living tables (this was new to me!), with an orange and champagne drink to welcome the guests.
Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award
This year 36 students from year 10 started their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh, involving 2 weekends of expedition in the summer term. The students were required to walk at least 6 hours on both Saturday and Sunday, carrying all the kit they needed for camping overnight and all the food and cooking equipment they would require for both days. With great enthusiasm, and extremely hot weather, the students had a fantastic time, on both the training and assessed weekends, walking on the South Downs in groups, putting up tents, playing games and cooking their food.
And a Fond Farewell to Year 11 Students
On Thursday, 8 July we travelled with 180 beautiful young people who had completed the last five years of their compulsory school days and were leaving Sackville’s year 11 (though most will be returning to our 6th form we are delighted to add). These students have just completed their GCSE exams and we hope to see them all back in late August as they come in to collect their results.
Year 2 Enjoy Fun Science Fair!
As an Engineering College, we are keen use science to engage with people of all ages, even infants. So on 2 July, we invited over 200 year 1 children from local primary schools to enjoy a fun morning or afternoon of science. All children were treated to a bubble show and rocket building workshop. The Outreach team from the Science Museum in London performed their amazing bubble show, helping the children to learn all about shape, forces and chemistry whilst marvelling at amazing tricks.