Hartlepool student athletes recently travelled to Huddersfield to take part in the final 16 game of the AoC National Cup. Both teams were successful in qualifying for the quarter finals, a fantastic achievement to be down to the final 8 in the country. The netball squad will play Wyke College and basketball squad will play … Continued
A2 PE students recently visited Teesside University to attend a conference examining the contemporary challenges in football culture. The conference brought together social science researchers and football practitioners to explore the contemporary challenges facing the people’s game and the opportunities to address these challenges. Guest speakers included the chief executive of ‘Show Racism the Red … Continued
Students from both Harltepool Sixth Form and Sunderland College recently took part in ‘The Global Game Jam’ (GGJ), which is the world’s largest game jam event taking place around the world at physical locations. The students were tasked with creating games in teams, to the theme of ‘what home means to you’. They were given … Continued
A-Level English literature and language students recently visited Whitby to help prepare them for an upcoming exam. The literature students were set ‘The Whitby Challenge’ to hunt down and photograph the key, named settings of the novel ‘Dracula’. English Language students were tasked with tracing how language has changed from the Victorian period to the … Continued
Hartlepool Sixth Form recently hosted an awards ceremony to celebrate the hard work of both students and teaching staff. Students from across the sixth form were awarded for each of the core values; Authentic, Respectful, Innovative and Ambitious. Certificates were also given to students with 100% attendance and for outstanding student contribution. The awards ceremony … Continued
Sports students at Hartlepool Sixth Form have been inspiring the younger generation of swimmers through their volunteering work. Five sports students volunteered to support a local primary school swimming gala and gained real work skills, which will help them progress to a career in the industry. Talented swimmer and Hartlepool Sixth Form student Hannah Fenwick, … Continued
Health and Social Care students recently became Dementia Friends, which gave them the chance to learn what it is like to live with dementia and turn this understanding into action. The students developed knowledge and awareness about the different types of dementia and how to support people living with the disease. The session linked to … Continued
Hartlepool Sixth Form English Literature students visited the Darlington Hippodrome theatre to see a dramatised version of one of their examination novels – Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. The Y13 English Literature students will be examined on the text in the summer, therefore the visit was arrange to help the students revise their … Continued
Three of Hartlepool Sixth Forms A-Level Chemistry students were recently entered into the first round of a Chemistry Analyst Competition which took place at Teesside University. A range of schools and colleges from around the region, ranging from Durham in North to Ripon each entered team of three Y12 A-Level Chemistry students to undertake a … Continued
