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Al Jazeera - Sunday and Tuesday

You MUST have emailed me to come on Sunday. You can email me until Monday morning to come on Tuesday.

You need to meet at 6.30pm at the Oxford Union (just past the Three Goats Head on St Michael's Street, off Cornmarket Street). You MUST have the parental consent form or they won't let you in (typed in below in case you don't have one).


CONTRIBUTORS RELEASE FORM
(In-House Production)
Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) is producing the programme described below which will be shown throughout the world for AJMN. Please assist us in complying with legal requirements by signing this Contributors Release Form if you are over 18 years old, or sign on behalf of a child if you are their parent or guardian.
PROGRAM: Head to Head
CONTRIBUTOR’S NAME:
ADDRESS
TEL NO:
EMAIL:

With understanding the nature and extent of the Program and rights which AJMN requires, I hereby expressly give to AJMN all consents and assign to AJMN all rights (whether existing or future) necessary for the production, exhibition, transmission, broadcast and exploitation of the film/video and sound recordings of my contribution and any Materials provided to the above Program (whether as part of the Program or otherwise) without time limit throughout the universe by all means, formats and media (whether now known or hereafter invented) without liability or acknowledgement to me.
I confirm that AJMN shall be entitled to cut and edit the recorded contribution as it deems fit and AJMN shall not be obliged to include all or any of the same in any broadcast item.
……………………………………….
SIGNATURE OF CONTRIBUTOR
(OR PARENT/ GUARDIAN OFCONTRIBUTOR)
Name of Child (if applicable)……………………………………..
Date………………….

Paid Work Experience at Pret in Oxford - One week in July

Join ‘Team Pret’ during our Big Experience Week

Who
This your chance to gain a week’s paid work experience in one of Pret’s UK shops. If you are aged
16-18 with a passion for good food, we’ll help you to grow, build your confidence and gain
experience in a British business that is now in eight countries globally, employing over 10,000
people. Most importantly, you’ll spend the week being part of the Pret family where we have fun
and look after each other.

When
2nd – 6th July 2018
9th – 13th July 2018
16th – 20th July 2018

What
• You’ll get paid well (the same rate as our Team Members), £8.00 - £8.25 per hour depending
on your location.
• You’ll also get free food and drink while you work.
• Your parents / guardians can come and see you hard at work, and have a free lunch on us too.
• You’ll also receive a certificate of completion to celebrate the end of your week, along with
500 other participating students!
You will also have the chance to be fast-tracked past the application process for our
apprenticeship programme if you would like to continue to grow with Team Pret, see:
http://pretjobs.co.uk/apprenticeship

How to Apply

Students can apply to participate for one of the following weeks in July: 2 – 6  July, 9 – 13 July or 16 – 20 July. This can be done via a simple application form on our website: www.pretjobs.co.uk/big-experience-week

In2Science Opportunity

Drama Opportunity for Year 12

THE CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS Year 12 workshop- Places granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

This July Oxford Festival of the Arts are delighted to be hosting a FREE workshop with The Cambridge Footlights for local Year 12 pupils. The workshop will be run by members of the cast and crew of the famous Footlights Tour. Pupils will gain the tools they need to write their own comedy sketches, and develop their understanding of character and comedic narrative. For those interested, Footlights will also be able to answer any questions pupils may have about comedy and theatre beyond school, and theatre and comedy provisions as motivations for applying to Oxbridge.

Date: 4^th of July

Time: 4:00-5:30

Please contact Mr Gimson if you are interested.

Al Jazeera's Head to Head recordings

We have been invited again to bring students for the audience of the recording of Al Jazeera's Head to Head debate programme, recorded at the Oxford Union. The event is free but you need to sign up through me and you will need signed parental permission if you are under 18.

You need to let me know at least 10 days in advance if you intent to go (and you must show up - or they'll have empty seats in the recording and stop inviting us!!)

You will need to let me know by Friday if you want to come on 10th June. You will meet us there on St Michael's street (off Cornmarket) at 6.30pm. Email me for more info on the topics.

Thanks, Miss Gleen

Sunday 10^th June, 7.30pm

Main guest: Germaine Greer – public intellectual and feminist icon

Topics: The #MeToo movement and current feminist debates

Tuesday 12^th June, 7.30pm

Main guest: Dambisa Moyo – economist and bestselling author

Topics: The state of Western liberal democracy, and how to fix it

Sunday 8^th July, 7.30pm

Main guest: Dore Gold - President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, former Director-General of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and former advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Topics: The Israel-Palestine conflict, and the Iran deal

Friday 13^th July, 7.30pm

Main guest: J.D. Gordon - Director of National Security for the Trump campaign, and former Pentagon spokesman

Topics: The Trump presidency, including US foreign and domestic policy, and the Russia scandal

YEAR 12 Assembly in Canteen today (TUESDAY)

Year 12 Assembly is at 2.30 in the Canteen today. We will be giving out important information about your Predictor Exams - please attend and sit in your tutor groups. Thanks.

Here are the links:

http://www.artsfestivaloxford.org/whats-on/film-1

https://www.facebook.com/events/171659437000048/

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM - IMPORTANT UPDATE

We will announce the shortlist of students tomorrow (Friday 18 May). Successful shortlisted students will be invited to a group task on MONDAY 21 May 3.30-4.30pm in the Sixth Form Foyer. 

We extend the deadline for applications for Tutor Group 12TU5 (Ms Cox & Ms Figuieredo) ONLY until 11 am on Friday 18 May. 12Tu5 - please pick up the application booklets from your tutor today.

Castaways - production

Information for Year 12

Please continue to work on your Personal Statements. There have been some dramatic improvements between Draft One and Draft Two and we need to continue this process.  It is very hard to write about yourself. The main thing is to use facts not claims. The reason for getting a good draft done now is that if you want have more facts, you have time to do so.

Students who want to continue and complete an EPQ are invited to L14 every Thursday after school from Thursday 21^st June for the remaining five Thursdays. You will need to attend – and to talk with Dr Rayment and I regularly if you want to take your EPQ to completion in the autumn. The main thing is to be ready to write – and to have set aside a week to do so – over the summer. 

There will be a number of opportunities for students applying for competitive courses from 18^th June onwards. If you are hoping to apply for Medicine, Law, Engineering or any university course like to ask AAB or better, please come to L14 punctually at 1pm on Friday 18^th May for a briefing.  In the meantime, please note the opportunities below:

Law: Chloe Romanis, a former Cheney student currently starting a Masters in Law at Manchester, will be visiting on Monday 18^th June, and will be available to talk to aspirant lawyers from 12noon to 2.50, after which she will chair a debate with Year Twelve debaters.  Please e-mail me if you would like to meet with Chloe

Medicine:  there is an opportunity to attend a UKCAT course at Headington School – I have e-mailed all the aspirant medics who have signed up for previous opportunities though I don’t have a complete list – please send me an e-mail with the header ‘UKCAT Headington’ so that I can add you – I don’t want to miss anyone out, but some of you are much more proactive about getting in touch with me that others. It is essential that you read the blog and act on it.

Georgia Howlett, who wrote a very strong Medicine Personal Statement, and is currently doing a Foundation Medicine Year at Nottingham, will be visiting Cheney on Friday 22^nd June during Period Two and break and I would like all aspirant medics to attend. Please e-mail me (with the header ‘Georgia Howlett 22^nd June’)to confirm that you can do this. 

Environmental Science:   there is a very exciting free opportunity at the Environmental Change Institute – see the poster outside L4.  You can apply directly but please copy me in – very happy to advise on your letters of application. 

Oxbridge Interviews:  Cathy O’Neill, who is a very experienced interview trainer, will be running a session for potential Oxbridge candidates after school on Thursday 21^st June. (This will clash with EPQ but I will those with a clash separately – please prioritise Mrs O’Neill’s session.  Please confirm your attendance via e-mail with the header ‘Interview Preparation’

Community Service opportunity:  if you are happy to dress up as a Suffrage activitist (or opponent, top hats provided) for an hour on the Year Six transition day on 5^th or 6^th July, please contact Dr Robinson. 

Meeting for Early Applicants

If you are interested in any competitive course at universities which will demand AAB or better, it is essential that you come to L14 for a meeting on Friday 18^th May. There are a number of important opportunities which I want you all to know about.  Do bring your lunch.

Mindfulness sessions for Year 12 & 13

We are able to offer three Mindfulness sessions in the run up to exams starting this Thursday 10 May, 3.00-4.00pm. If you are interested, please come and see me to sign up - or talk to your tutor at Tutor Time.

Year 13 transition letter from School Nurse, Sue Bolton

Although your links with Secondary Education may be finishing, the help and support you have received from NHS Services will continue and it is now more important than ever that you know how to access these yourself. Please read through the attached letter which we will also hand out in the Y13Assembly on Thursday 10 May.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SlP1Lb6LSilxOtKCgboG9Ss6Ty-MbSwv/view?usp=sharing

Nuffield Research Placement - opportunity for Year 12 students

EXPERIENCE RESEARCH IN ACTION NUFFIELD RESEARCH PLACEMENTS

Spend your summer holiday developing your research and quantitative skills on a short project that  will enhance your university application and career prospects

——

Are you over 16 and in full-time education in the UK?

——

Do you have at least five GCSEs or Scottish Nationals at grade B/Grade 6 or above, including maths, a science subject, and English or another humanities subject?

——

Do you want to apply your scientific and data knowledge and skills to

a real-world research project?

——

Are you studying one or more A-levels or Scottish Highers (or equivalent) in science, technology, engineering or maths?

If this sounds like you then a Nuffield Research Placement could be the perfect way to spend your summer.

LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE

Visit www.nuffieldfoundation.org/nrp to find out more about Nuffield Research Placements and to decide whether to apply.

Y12 Assembly - today 2.30pm in Assembly Hall

Please sit in your Tutor Groups. Thanks.

Teacher absence - all Sixth Form lessons now covered

From this point on, all Sixth Form lessons will be covered when staff are absent. We hope that this will make sure you have a suitable working environment so that your learning is not negatively affected by staff absences. Please go promptly to your normal room to be registered. Depending on what is appropriate, staff may take you to another room (eg, if you need to use computers). You are expected to remain with your group and cover teacher for the whole lesson, and complete the set work for the subject.

Debate on future of UK outside the EU - Brookes 22/5 - 1-3pm

The Brexit Generation: A debate on the UK’s future outside of the EU to be held on Tuesday 22 May, 1pm-3pm at Union Hall, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford Brookes University

  

This free event - as part of Think Human Festival at Oxford Brookes University - is aimed at secondary school and sixth form students interested in history, geography, politics, public speaking, business and current affairs but also more generally in their own future in a UK outside the EU.

The format will be loosely based on BBC's Question Time so that the students themselves set the agenda and ask the questions - about Brexit and the UK's future - that they want answers to.  Students will have the opportunity to submit their questions up until a week before the debate and from these a selection will be chosen. 

The debate will be chaired by Dr Stephen Hurt, Senior Lecturer in International Relations. Dr Hurt will be joined by a panel of academics and policymakers who will give their answers to these questions and debate with the audience. Confirmed panel members so far are Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis (University of Oxford), Dr Mikko Kuisma (University of Tübingen, Germany), Sam Lowe (Centre for European Reform) and Layla Moran (MP for Oxford West and Abingdon).

If you have any further questions about the event please feel free to email Dr Stephen Hurt, shurt@brookes.ac.uk 

• Please register your interest by completing this Google Form
• Fill in an lesson absence request form if you are going to miss P5/TT - available outside the Sixth Form Office

Neuroscience/philosophy seminar series at St. Hilda's College, Oxford

St. Hilda's College is running another event in its Neuroscience/philosophy seminar series on Thurs 10th May 5-7.15pm entitled 'Time and the Brain'. Please register (for free) on the link below if you would like to go along.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brain-and-mind-event-time-and-the-brain-tickets-45381358866?aff=es2

Venue: Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, OX4 1DY.

Results collection form

If you are not able to come and pick up your results, you can authorise someone else to do it for you or get them emailed to you. Here's the form to fill in:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i0KjaGUokNCnzy9Tv-k780ywxxbLia73

You need to return the completed form by 15 June.

Phone handed in to Sixth Form - Huawei

Please come and collect from the Sixth Form Office

PLEASE CAN ALL PAM'S DINER WORKERS CALL IN TO SIXTH FORM OFFICE

YEAR 13s - MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS

Please can you come to Sixth Form Office to give me your mobile phone numbers, so I've got them for exam season. Thanks!

Free lectures run by Science Oxford

The first lecture is called “Allergies and Immunity” and is being delivered by Professor Berne Ferry a local scientist who is an expert in this field. It would be particularly suitable for A-level biology students and anyone considering a studying medicine or a related field. It is on 24^th May at Windmill School at 7.30. It is free but it would be helpful if anyone who is interested could book online. See the link below:

https://scienceoxford.com/events/science-on-your-doorstep-allergies-and-immunity-with-berne-ferry/

The second lecture is on June 28^th and is called CS Lewis Influence from the Planets. Further details can be found on the link above.

YEAR 13 Assembly today (THURSDAY) - in Assembly hall

Sport for All - TUESDAYS 3-4pm

The PE team would like you to know you are more than welcome to come and attend 'Sport for All' sessions on Tuesdays after school 3-4pm. Club covers cricket, tennis, athletics, the fitness suite, boxing and rounders. Open to all year groups.

Cheney School Rowing Club - volunteers needed!

The Cheney School rowing club is looking for 6th form helpers to go down to the river and support the coaches, after school on a Wednesday. This would involve helping the Y7s to carry boats and check that everyone is in the right place at the right time and looking out for H&S. You dont have to be an experienced rower but this would help and allow you to get more fully involved.

This could go towards any volunteering hours that you need to make up, or even be seen as a leadership skill. It would also be an excellent example of responsibility that you could write about on your UCAS application.

If interested, please contact Ms Garden in D&T

TUESDAY 24th APRIL - 8.30am - Meningitis B study & vaccinations - L1

Owing to popular demand, the Oxford Vaccine Group will be here again on Tuesday 24th April at 8.30am. If you are interested in signing up, please add your name to the Googledoc below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IoSn4k-F0p59ICDvtCUwTJD9e0y4Rxg024LBoYF_2ss/edit?usp=sharing

YEAR 12 Assembly in the Canteen on TUESDAY 24 April

Starting at 2.30.
Please sit in your tutor groups - I'll label the tables.

Pam's Diner - payment for shifts

Please can the following students come to Sixth Form Office with bank details, so that we can pay you for your shifts:

Princelord Adijiri
Ella Mann
Shakin Rai
Cam Radwan
Abdullah Nassar
Sara El M
Bisma S-K
Ikrah Naveed
Ishman Chowdhury
Liz Mohamed
Lydia Hawkins
Jenny Burrell
Zach Morris
Oliver A-D
Daniel Aroud
Tom Truscott
Lara Gracie
Maya von H

Year 12 Gold D of E students

Yr12 students who are taking part in the Gold DofE walking expedition this weekend need to attend a meeting after tutor today at 2:50 in J15. 

Ms Hackett & Ms Warbrick in training today - MONDAY 23 April

Back in Sixth Form Office at 3pm.

Ms Warbrick & Ms Hackett in training today (FRIDAY 20 APRIL)

... so not in Sixth Form Office until after school.

YEAR 12 - Meningitis B - another chance to get involved in the study and get your Meningitis B vaccine

Owing to popular demand, the Oxford Vaccine Group will be here again on Tuesday 24th April at 8.30am. If you are interested in signing up, please add your name to the Googledoc below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IoSn4k-F0p59ICDvtCUwTJD9e0y4Rxg024LBoYF_2ss/edit?usp=sharing

THURSDAY! 12 Tu6 & 13Tu3

Please can Dr Balster & Ms King's tutor groups please register in the Sixth Form Office today.
Thanks!

13CCh - Friday 5 Paper

Dear 13CCh and Musa,

Dr Rayment will start your paper at 1310 in BR02 on 19/04/2018. It will finish at 1525. This gives you 10 minutes to arrive after your period 4 lesson.

Yours
Ms Elias

Lost Phone - Huawei P10 Plus

Has anybody found this phone? If you've found it - please drop off to Sixth Form Office.
Thanks!

Year 12 - Personal statements

Please can all students who don't have EPQ/Study Skills lessons on their timetable come to L14 punctually at 1pm on Friday for information about the support we will be providing them with their personal statements.  

Brookes Library - no access until 18 May

The Library has now begun the annual restricted access until the end of Exams (18 May).  During this period there is no access to any Library space (including the Platform) for school or EF students.  The annual restriction has been requested by Brookes students and agreed with the Student Union.  There are posters at the entrances of the Library that set out the restrictions and we will be making sure that it is applied throughout the day and evening.   

IPHONE FOUND IN SIXTH FORM AREA - PINK CASE

I'm her until about 5, if it's yours and you want to come and pick it up.

These students need to pick up their reports from Sixth Form Office

Rohaan Howard

Jeffrey Johnson

Habib Rehman

Zain Sarwar

Joshua Simmons

Alfie Thorenwaite

Cormac McCarthy

Jasmine Godfrey

Nathan Gibbons

Also any students that don’t have their exam timetables need to come and pick them up from the Sixth Form Office. Very important as they need to be checked.

Phone left in Sixth Form Office!

Year 12 Assembly - TODAY (Tuesday) at 2.30

Please come to Assembly Hall and sit in tutor rows. Thanks.

Interesting Work Experience Offer

My name is Brian Mackenwells, and I’m the public engagement officer for the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, based in Headington – we’re a major research unit in the University of Oxford, with over 300 geneticists of different sorts examining the role of genetics in human health.

 

I’m just dropping you a line to let you know about our work experience programme. It’s a week long, takes place between August 20th and 24th, and is open to any student aged over 16. Students will get the opportunity to extract DNA from saliva samples, use the polymerase chain reaction to amplify this DNA, and perform restriction digestions of the PCR products. There will also be an opportunity to meet lab leaders from throughout the centre, and find out more about the research going on at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics.

 

There are a dozen slots in this programme, and we’re going to be holding at least four of those slots for students from local schools, so we would encourage your students to apply. You can get a little more information on our page at http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/work-experience - there’s also a link to blogs written by previous participants of our programme, to give students an idea of what it’s like.

 

The deadline for applications is the 27th of April, and just requires sending a CV and 500 word supporting statement to myself.

 

Exam timetables ready - your tutors will have them for TT (once they've picked them up)

Year 12 and 13 students – the first version of your summer exam timetables are ready. Please pick them up from your tutor.

If you are doing Applied Science BTEC, please be aware that the exam board split your exams into three smaller ones. Your timetable reflects these changes, but the old date is still on there (crossed out by hand).  Do check very carefully that all details are correct.

After Easter you will receive another copy which includes information on room and seat.

If you have any concerns or queries please see Ms Fischer in the Exams office asap.

Brookes Revision Techniques Day 9th April - free lunch then session 1.30-2.45

If you are interested in this session - which is entitled 'Ace Your Exams', please contact mentoring@brookes.ac.uk for more information or to reserve a place. It is for Year Twelve and Thirteen, is completely free, and will look at every angle on successful exam preparation. 

MONDAY - Year 12 - Meningitis B - study group & vaccinations

A reminder that you can come along and get involved in L1 8.30am-12.00pm. Great opportunity to get involved in the research and get your Meningitis B vaccination - which you wouldn't otherwise receive. Come along to find out more.

26 March - L1 closed Monday morning for Meningitis B study team

L1 closed 8.30-12.00 on 26 March for the Meningitis research program and vaccination group. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Casio calculator found in BR block

A Casio calculator has been handed in to the Sixth Form Office. Is it yours?

ERA tutor group

Dear Tutor Group,

I'm sorry but I'm not here today.  Thank you for your cleaning up efforts this week.  Please register with Ms Warbrick/Mr Gimson in tutor time today.

Ms Elias has the reports for anyone who was absent in tutor time yesterday.

Have a lovely weekend,
ERA

NOW! THURSDAY - National Citizenship Service - still not too late to sign up!

If you're in Year 12 and you'd like to find out more about NCS, the team will be in L1 over lunchtime! Don't miss out - you can still sign up for the programme for just £35!

Meningitis B - research program and vaccination.

Following our Year 12 Assembly about Meningitis B and the new research program, Evaluating the effect of immunisation with group B meningococcal vaccines on meningococcal carriage, the immunisation team will be back on MONDAY MORNING 26 March in L1, from 8.30am.

What will happen?

1                     Visit L1 to pick up information and ask questions.

If you decide to go ahead:

2                     Sign a consent form

You will then:

3                     Have a throat swab

4                     Get the Vaccine

5                     Fill in an anonymous questionnaire

You would not otherwise get the Meningitis B vaccine, so it’s a great opportunity to get yourself protected. Also, by taking part in the study, you will be helping the research team work out how to reduce meningitis for all ages.

Please sign up here to get involved:

https://goo.gl/forms/VIRt50t5IG1ZlVQ43

Talk on Mental Health Nursing

Mr Jonny Cowee is visiting the school at 11am to meet students interested in Nursing and in particular in Mental Health Nursing.  If you would like to attend, please e-mail me. 

Books to pick up in Sixth Form Office

Chris Blackie
Alyce Freemire
Rumbi Mucheke
Poppy L-C
Mohema Begum
Aaliyah Ahmed
Amaani Rizvi
Luke Jordan
Mohema Begum
Hamed Salum
Abdullah Nassar
Marley Winton
Fajar Usman
Mudassar Rana
Josh Mateeba

Uni-trip next Wednesday

Year 12 Bursary Students: Please check SMHW for information on the trip next week.  Please get your permission slips back to me by the end of the week.
Many thanks,
ERA

L1 - Thursday P4 & lunchtime - NCS EVENT

L1 is being used tomorrow in P4 & lunchtime for a National Citizenship Service event. Many apologies!

13Tu3 - AKI Tutor Group

Please could you all register with Miss Jackson today.

Many thanks,
ERA

13Tu3 - Ms King's tutor group

Ms King is not in school this week. Please can boys register with Dr Rayment (J03) and girls with Ms Jackson (M02).

Change to school access arrangements

Sixth form entry and exit from school

We have reviewed the security of the school site and have had to make some changes.

From Wednesday 21 March 2018 sixth form students will be checked by a member of staff when they enter or exit the school.  This must be through the gate between Wainright and Brighouse building at the following times:

Before School              8:00 to 8:45

Morning break            10:30 to 10:55

Lunch break                1:00 to 1:25

After school                 2:50 onwards (departing only)

If a student has an appointment they should sign out or in at the visitors’ reception in Wainright.

Badges and lanyards

All sixth form students must wear their lanyards at all times.  Entry to school will not be permitted without a badge and lanyard.  If a student has left these at home they will be expected to return home to collect them.  If they are lost students will be asked to go to reception, contact home and organise payment through ‘ParentPay’ for a replacement and then they will be issued with a daily visitor’s pass.

Personal Statement Writing Workshop

If you don't have EPQ/Study Skills lessons, please come to L14 at lunchtime on Friday 23rd March for support with your Personal Statement. 

THURSDAY lunchtime - Pam's Diner - urgently need 2 fill-in assistants FOR TODAY ONLY

Year 12s are on trip so please can two Year 13s help out at lunchtime? Please see Ann at break or turn up at 12.50. Thanks!

Year 12 UCAS and Careers Evening - Wednesday 14 March - 6-7.30pm

A reminder that it's the Year 12 University and Career Evening in the Assembly Hall on Wednesday 14 March. Bring your folks!

Ms King's Tutor Group - registration this week

Ms King will not be here this week. Please can the boys register with Dr Rayment in J03 and the girls with Ms Jackson in M02.

Brunel Trip - slip received, but no payment

We only have 8 places left for the trip on Thursday. The following students have returned their slips, BUT NOT PAID. The first 8 to pay will go.

ADJIRI, Princelord
AHMED, Aaliyah
AHMED, Khadijah
BEGUM, Habiba
DAVIS, Adam
HYSTUNA, Rei
IQBAL, Sanna
MASOOD, Jamal
MOHAMMED, Tawheed
NOUGDALLA, Abdulrhman
RADWAN, Camilla
SHERWOOD, Sophia
SIDDIQUE, Bismah
USMAN, Fajar

Study Day - Back from the Dead (penicillin & antibiotics) at the Museum of the History of Science

An enrichment study day linked with the special exhibition Bioart and Bacteria of artwork created by internationally renowned bioartist Anna Dumitriu drawing on contemporary science in the field of antibiotics and microbiology. The programme will include workshops about the amazing story of the development of penicillin in wartime Oxford, the rise of antimicrobial resistance in modern medicine, and challenge to modern scientific research. Students will meet researchers and enjoy hands-on activities.

Here's the poster for the event.

If you are interested in a career in medicine, and would like to attend, please email Chris Parkin directly, and pick up a form from the Sixth Form Office so we can approve your absence.

Students to see Ms Fischer between Monday 13.00 and Tuesday 15.00

Please can the following students please see Ms Fisher today/tomorrow re exam clashes:

ALLISON-DRAKE, Rowan

AMIRTHASEELAN, Aishwarya

ATTLEE, Louis

DONALDSON, Alexander

GARDEN, Joel

GASMIDO, Mariellie

LIMBU, Christina

NOORI, Homayon

PINCHES, Calum

SARWAR, Zain

Sutton Trust Summer School - last chance to apply!

Sutton Trust UK Summer Schools 2018

Applications for UK Summer Schools 2018 will be open until Thursday 8th March at 5pm.

Before you apply, please look at our website to find information about universities and courses available.

You can only make one application so please choose your university and course carefully.

To apply for the programme you must:

• be in Year 12 in England Wales, S5 in Scotland or Year 13 in Northern Ireland
• have always attended a state-maintained school or college (non fee-paying school)

Additional programme criteria and FAQs can be found on the Summer School website.

Apply now:

Register

If you already have an account on the application system, log in here:

Log in

Confident babysitting course

Want to get involved? Communications (Blog & Cheney News)

Please come and see me at lunchtime today (Thursday) in the Sixth Form Office to sign up for this working party.

13Tu3 - please register in Sixth Form area today (Thursday)

Duties message from Mr Palmer

Please can the 6^th formers who have signed-up for specific duties meet Mr Palmer in W4 on Wednesday lunchtime?

He will explain where you need to go, what you need to do, and how to claim the money we’re paying you.

Year 12 Brunel Trip

Please go to https://www.ucas.com/events/west-london-higher-education-exhibition-308131 and book your individual ticket for Thursday 15th March, using the booking code UCASBKN227.  

Fill in the UCAS choices form after doing some research about courses on https://digital.ucas.com/search, and hand in next lesson/at the Students and Parents Evening on Wednesday 14th March at 6pm

Tailgating

Please do not hold the gate open for any non-Sixth Form Students outside normal access times. Thanks!

Exam certificates ready to pick up

We have received 5 certificates from November resits.

Kenya QUISHPE GUALANCANAY

Liliana RODERICK

Ellen SMART

Dexter FREEMAN

Cian NORRIS

Please collect them from Exam office.

Pam's Diner - New Duties Rota - Starts today!

Also- please see Ms Warbrick in the Sixth Form Office if you would like to fill any of the blanks.

Thanks!

Study at a USA University - Workshop on 10th March - Oxford

Are you interested in studying at a USA University?

This workshop will help you understand;
Admissions system and testing (Time line to apply)
Scholarships (which ones are available)
And get expert advice from two respected experts.

An ideal event for both students and parents to attend.

Saturday 10th March 2018 at 2pm
Wolfson College
Linton Road
Oxford
OX2 6UD

Free entrance

To Register visit:
https://goo.gl/uTPykv

STEM work experience at 28+ Companies in Oxfordshire

This is just to remind you that the closing date for applications for the STEM summer placement scheme is drawing near (23 March 2018). 

So far, we have 28 placements confirmed with another 10 pending.  Over half of the placements are with engineering companies who are particularly keen to encourage girls to become engineers. Here is our complete list of companies:

Auberge du Chocolat	1 food technology	Chesham
Beard	1 construction/architecture	Oxford
BMW Mini	2 mechanical engineering	Oxford
Crown Technology	2 chemistry & 1 engineering	Wantage
Europa	1 software engineering	Marlow
Green Biologics	1 chemical engineering	Didcot
Imageworks	1 web design	Oxford
Lucy Electric	1 electrical engineering	Thame
Magna	2 mechanical engineering	Banbury
MRC Harwell	1 medical sciences	Harwell
Nuffield Dept Obs & Gyn	1 medical sciences	Oxford
Olamalu	1 web design/programming	Witney
OUMNH	5 biological sciences	Oxford
Ox Uni IT	1 software engineering	Oxford
Oxentia	1 data analysis	Oxford
Oxford Computer Consultants	1 software engineering	Oxford
Polar Technology	2 mechanical engineering	Eynsham
Skanska	1 civil engineering	Oxford
Vertex	1 biochemistry	Didcot
Wood PLC	1 engineering	Harwell

Companies who have shown interest but have yet to confirm include Rowse Honey, Ox Uni Engineering, Ox Uni Geography, Ox Uni Pathology and Nuffield Dept Medicine.

All placements take place during July and August, except the two BMW ones, which will take place during the last two weeks of June. Students should fill out the application form found here: https://scienceoxford.com/schools/secondary-schools/stem-placements/

Rather than high grades, we are looking for students who are self-motivated, have relevant interests and hobbies, who can work well with other people and can follow instructions. We’ll be conducting interviews during April and students will be informed of their placements by the end of April.

BMW apprenticeship Open Evening - 6th March

If you are applying or have applied for a BMW apprenticeship please can you try to go to this event;

Tuesday 6^th March 2018 from 6-7pm or 7-8pm at BMW mini plant.

Find out more and register at Eventbrite.co.uk search BMW Group Apprenticeship Open Evening)

This is a great opportunity to meet current BMW Apprentices, recruiters and to find out more.

Year 13 Assembly today (Thursday)

Year 13 Assembly at 2.30 in the Assembly Hall. Please sit in marked tutor rows.

European Youth Parliament

Can all students involved in the European Youth Parliament please attend a meeting during tutor time on Tuesday 6th in L24.

In2Science

Here's the link to apply: http://www.in2scienceuk.org/apply-now/

Scholarship opportunity with Oxford Scholastica Academy Summer School

Oxford Scholastica Academy run a Summer School for aspiring 15-18 year olds, and the Scholarship Programme is aimed at students from local Oxford Secondary Schools.

In their words:
- We inspire young people to discover their futures at an earlier stage - the courses they could study at university, the careers they could go into and the citizens of the world they could be
- Our courses range from Young Doctors to Enterprise to Law to Creative Writing to Psychology to Computer Science to Debating to Leadership & International Relations to Engineering
- Our Scholarship Programme is aimed at local Oxford 15-18 year olds who would like to explore their futures, learn more about what university life and careers are like, and put themselves in a stronger position when they come to apply to university in the future

The Scholarship Programme:

- Is a two week, non-residential programme based in central Oxford
- Takes place in July and the first part August
- Is completely free for Scholars (the value of the programme is usually £4,495). We also cover all transport costs and food costs


The deadline for applications is 3 April 2018. There's an online form in the webpage (link above).