Boarders’ Friday Night Feast of Sport and Entertainment

The boarders enjoyed a Friday night of physical activity and entertainment at the College. Firstly, they were put through several difficult drills in the fitness suite. This one hour of hard-working exercise ended with all students participating in the Spartan Drill. The most pleasing aspect was the effort from the students who never gave up and worked hard on all the tasks. Later, that evening the boarders had some House fun with several rounds of Bingo. There were many laughs along the way and students picked up many prizes to end the evening on a high.

Mrs Latham (Head of Boarding) and Mr Cook (Director of Sport)

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Medical Mavericks

Year 10 and Year 11 pupils were wowed this week when a real doctor delivered a fascinating talk about careers in medicine. What was particularly unusual was Tom’s use of real medical equipment, which he demonstrated live.

Tom demonstrated a pulse Doppler that would be used by a vascular scientist to listen to the cardiovascular system and health of an artery – including triphasic, diphasic and monophasic pulses.

He used an ultrasound on himself to view carotid artery and to compare the size of arteries and veins. He demonstrated live an ECG, used by a cardiac physiologist, to explain how the health of a heart beat can be measured by observing the wave patterns. What was particularly fascinating was that Tom was diagnosed with Covid three weeks ago and was still suffering from symptoms. This was picked up in his ECG with unusual heart beats detected. The spirometer test he conducted live also showed his lungs were working at only 60% - which just shows what an impact covid can have on the health of a young and otherwise very healthy individual. The fact these tests were conducted live was so intriguing and relevant to the pupils. The infrared blood scanners were also fascinating. Designed by medical engineers, the infrared blood scanner projects a real-time video of a person’s veins projected onto their skin – vital for looking for veins to allow patients to give blood.

To end the live presentation, Tom played a video of him using an ultrasound to find out what happens to your bladder when you go to the toilet and a video of his bronchoscope. Students were able to see how his voice box works and his tracia all the way to his lungs.

The talk, organised by Mrs Doran and financed by the Wilton Trust, was open to all pupils in Year 10 and Year 11. A truly fascinating and unique experience to demonstrate the wonders of the medical field.

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Huge Participation in After School Sport

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Careers Update – Amazing New Opportunities!

Following a zoom meeting last week with Laura-Jane Rawlings, the CEO and Founder of Youth Employment UK (an independent, not for profit social enterprise founded in 2012 to tackle youth unemployment), we are delighted to announce that our pupils will have the opportunity to participate in the Young Professional Training which is aimed at 14-24 years olds to boost their life and work skills. This free training on the 5 life skills they have identified will be completed during the NSI programme and pupils will get a certificate to state they have completed the training. This will not only boost their C.Vs  but will also identify and enhance their interpersonal skills. All pupils will then have access to a range of online careers support and events. They will get a weekly support newsletter and as a school, we will receive resources and support for our Careers programme. Laura-Jane is extremely keen to work with our school and as such, we will become a Young Professional Institute. We will be the first Liverpool school to do this.

We have also secured a partnership with InvestIN who are a London-based organisation led by a group of experienced professionals from some of the world's most competitive careers. They provide students aged 15-18 with an immersive experience of their dream career before they start university, so they can get a head-start over their competition. Now their work experience is all online but is still run by working professionals, with interactive activities in over 20 industries including dentistry, journalism and film making. We will get 9 free bursary places on the work experience offered; 3 each term. We will become a partner school which not only means we can access work experience, but we can also access support for our Careers Fairs, support with our Careers programme and access to a range of working professionals to support our pupils. 

Ms Drew (Assistant Careers Leader)

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Year 6 Videography History Day

Using green screen technology, Year 6 pupils were able to bring history to life this week when they created a video about ‘Life through the Blitz in World War 2’. Starting with Chamberlain’s address to the nation in 1939 announcing the start of the war, pupils assumed the roles of reporters interviewing people ‘of the time’.

The WW2 reporters asked about their reaction to the start of the war and of their life through the blitz. The video then explored Anderson shelters and interviewed children, parents and volunteers involved in the evacuation of children to the countryside.
Working with a professional videographer, pupils wrote and practised each scene, focusing on how characters of the time would have felt and ensuring historical accuracy. The videography taught pupils some of the tricks of the trade of using green screen to enhance the quality of their videos. The final video will be showcased to pupils next week.

Mrs Doran

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Importance of Leadership Talk

Police Commander Steve Howard delivered an insightful talk about the meaning of leadership to Year 10 and Year 11 pupils this week. Having worked for the police force for over 30 years, Steve has enjoyed a long and distinguished career. In the 1990s, Steve was a spotter at football matches identifying potential football hooligans. His role as a football liaison officer took Steve around the world, including flying first class with the England football team! Now Superintendent for Bolton Police, Steve was perfectly suited to talk to students about leadership. Mr Howard impressed upon the pupils that every individual possesses leadership qualities and challenged the pupils to be self-aware about their own personality traits and how that impacts upon their leadership style. Three styles of leadership were discussed: authoritative, transactional and transformational. Pupils were asked to complete a personality quiz to identify their dominant leadership style so that they might learn to embrace and develop themselves as future leaders.

Mrs Doran

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