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  • September / October Blog 2025

    Published 14/10/25, by Dan Parkinson
    Firstly, an apology! I completely missed my summer term blog. We were so busy having such an exciting time that, before I knew it, the holidays had arrived. And here we are already – two weeks into the Autumn term, though it feels more like
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  • Spring Blog 2025

    Published 31/03/25, by Dan Parkinson
    I was late on my previous blog of October/November, and now I have managed to be even later with my blog of December/January, which now also needs to encompass February and March. I suppose it is apt that I am writing this in the last week of the
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  • Sept / Oct / Nov 2024 Blog

    Published 06/12/24, by Dan Parkinson
    I know! I have somewhat missed my deadline for the September / October blog, so now it is a September /October/November blog. There is no defence. It has been brilliantly busy, and the College is indeed more vibrant than ever, and I am so busy
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  • July / August 2024 Blog

    Published 17/09/24, by Dan Parkinson
    Well, I would like to say what a fabulous summer it was, but frankly, the weather was not great and obviously there were some very disturbing events nationally that definitely cast a significant shadow over the month of August. All that aside
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  • March / April 2024 blog

    Published 13/05/24, by Dan Parkinson
    At the start of the Summer term, Mr Collins and I did an assembly to each House about OPEN MIND- the mnemonic that summarises our learning ethos at the College. We reiterated to students that this is the third strand of our whole College ethos
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  • January / February 2024 Blog

    Published 25/03/24, by Dan Parkinson
    This time last year I wrote about our newly implemented Developing Blended Learners Programme (DBLP).  The purpose behind the programme is to instruct our students on how to become confident independent learners, blending the knowledge and skill
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  • November / December 2023 Blog

    Published 17/01/24, by Dan Parkinson
    November and December seemed to fly past. We had the mock exams for Year 11 in their core subjects and Year 10 had their early entry mock as well. All students displayed excellent behaviour, and the mocks did their job in the sense it helped many stu
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  • September / October 2023 Blog

    Published 13/11/23, by Dan Parkinson
    Last year I started off my first blog of the academic year talking about the power of partnership and the importance of attendance. At the risk of being repetitive, I wish to focus my September/October blog this year on this same topic but with a sli
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  • May / June / July 2023 Blog

    Published 24/07/23, by Dan Parkinson
    Now I have to confess to a little bit of a slip up - as I thought my last blog covered April and May, but as the ever correct Mrs Duncan pointed out to me, it actually covered March through April. So where has that time gone. The summer term has
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  • March / April 2023 Blog

    Published 16/05/23, by Dan Parkinson
    As we approach exam season, I thought it would be a good time to explain a little bit about  our Developing Blended Learners Programme (DBLP) which we  introduced this year. The purpose behind the programme is to instruct our students on
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  • January / February 2023 Blog

    Published 08/03/23, by Dan Parkinson
    As January and February are traditionally quite a ‘blue’ time of year I thought the January/February blog would be a great opportunity to share with our community the progress we have made this academic year so far on our mental health pr
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  • November / December 2022 Blog

    Published 16/01/23, by Dan Parkinson
    In my last blog I talked in depth about the importance of partnership between the College and home. For the second part of the Autumn term, I want to take the opportunity to celebrate the extent of enrichment we have underway during these autumn mont
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