Did you hear the news? Have you seen the posters? Do you check your student bulletin each week???
Dame Vivienne Westwood is visiting our college next month! (Squeeeeaaak!)
This is awesomely exciting news, and for any of you wondering why......this is why:
Who is Vivienne Westwood? You see? VERY famous, VERY influential, VERY exciting!!
Email Zara in Art to book your place in the audience.
The purpose of Vivienne Westwood's visit is to speak about climate change, as this is something she feels really strongly about. We will be talking a lot about environmental issues and climate change to get us in the mood. To start with, what are your thoughts on the issues raised in this article by Leo Hickman? Guardian Blog
Laura :)
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Easter work
Hi all,
As you are aware, there will be no formal Easter revision sessions for Biology. There will, however, be plenty of independent study tasks for you to work on during the hols!
Anne and I will let you know what you should be doing and we'll post further details to the blog at the end of next week.
Laura :)
P.S. Take a look at this - it's creepy as heck! Animals hunting slow-mo
As you are aware, there will be no formal Easter revision sessions for Biology. There will, however, be plenty of independent study tasks for you to work on during the hols!
Anne and I will let you know what you should be doing and we'll post further details to the blog at the end of next week.
Laura :)
P.S. Take a look at this - it's creepy as heck! Animals hunting slow-mo
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
EMPA Dates
IMPORTANT!! EMPA (Externally Marked Practical Exam) DATES!
A2 Unit 6
Task 1 - Wednesday 20th March 10.45 S2
Task 2 - Friday 22nd March 1pm S2
Task 3 - Monday 25th March 9am S2
AS Unit 3
Task 1 - Wednesday 24th April 9 am S1 & S2
Task 2 - Thursday 25th April 1 pm S2 & S3
Task 3 - Friday 26th April 3 pm S2 & S3
A2 Unit 6
Task 1 - Wednesday 20th March 10.45 S2
Task 2 - Friday 22nd March 1pm S2
Task 3 - Monday 25th March 9am S2
AS Unit 3
Task 1 - Wednesday 24th April 9 am S1 & S2
Task 2 - Thursday 25th April 1 pm S2 & S3
Task 3 - Friday 26th April 3 pm S2 & S3
Biology in the news
Hi all,
I saw a story this morning which blew my mind! Take a look:
Virtual model - human metabolism
This idea could be a snapshot of the future for individualised medical treatments. A very clever idea and a fascinating area of research at the moment.
The actual details of Recon 2 are above our level of study, but we can appreciate this project as an inspirational concept.
Laura :)
I saw a story this morning which blew my mind! Take a look:
Virtual model - human metabolism
This idea could be a snapshot of the future for individualised medical treatments. A very clever idea and a fascinating area of research at the moment.
The actual details of Recon 2 are above our level of study, but we can appreciate this project as an inspirational concept.
Laura :)
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Resources update
Hi all,
Some of you have been asking me whether we can build a resource-bank a la the superb mathematics department blog.
We do have some generic documents available via the pages tabs to the right of the screen and we often embed links to google documents in our posts, so it is worth you looking through these.
Many of our lesson and reference resources are now available within the "Student Resources" folder on your desktop. We are currently looking at ways to make these resources available to you off-site and we may decide to use WordPress to host a sister-site specifically for our teaching and learning resources.
Let us know if you have any ideas about this.
Laura :)
Some of you have been asking me whether we can build a resource-bank a la the superb mathematics department blog.
We do have some generic documents available via the pages tabs to the right of the screen and we often embed links to google documents in our posts, so it is worth you looking through these.
Many of our lesson and reference resources are now available within the "Student Resources" folder on your desktop. We are currently looking at ways to make these resources available to you off-site and we may decide to use WordPress to host a sister-site specifically for our teaching and learning resources.
Let us know if you have any ideas about this.
Laura :)
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Inspiration from within
This week we are very grateful to Martin Lawlor from our Entry and Foundation faculty at H6FC for the excellent Disability Awareness Workshop which he facilitated.
Our perceptions were challenged and we enjoyed a fun communication activity (discovering JUST how competitive certain people on the second floor are!).
Best of all, we stopped for a while to reflect on how lucky we are to be part of a wholly inclusive learning environment. We were reminded that H6FC is a very special place, where staff are truly committed to enabling students to achieve their full potential, and in which any young person can be sure that their starting point will be no limitation to their success.
For us, the highlight of the workshop was watching one of the fantastic films made by Abdi Omar, a student of Haringey Sixth Form Centre.
Abdi uses a communication device called a "Liberator" so that he can speak. He is currently in the second year of a Level 3 BTEC studying ICT - not a "special" class and not "separate". He is on the regular Level 3 vocational course (equivalent to A levels) and he's doing brilliantly.
Here is one of the inspirational videos by Abdi from his YouTube channel.
Abdi Omar - inspirational speech season 1 episode 2
Laura :)
Our perceptions were challenged and we enjoyed a fun communication activity (discovering JUST how competitive certain people on the second floor are!).
Best of all, we stopped for a while to reflect on how lucky we are to be part of a wholly inclusive learning environment. We were reminded that H6FC is a very special place, where staff are truly committed to enabling students to achieve their full potential, and in which any young person can be sure that their starting point will be no limitation to their success.
For us, the highlight of the workshop was watching one of the fantastic films made by Abdi Omar, a student of Haringey Sixth Form Centre.
Abdi uses a communication device called a "Liberator" so that he can speak. He is currently in the second year of a Level 3 BTEC studying ICT - not a "special" class and not "separate". He is on the regular Level 3 vocational course (equivalent to A levels) and he's doing brilliantly.
Here is one of the inspirational videos by Abdi from his YouTube channel.
Abdi Omar - inspirational speech season 1 episode 2
Laura :)
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