5-Minute Bulletin

Enrichment Opportunities:

• Students have the opportunity to lead on clubs and co-lead clubs of their choice (application forms outside Sixth Form Support). A group of Year 12 students have begun a new club for lower school ‘Crochet and Craft’
• Literacy Intervention will be continuing next term for Year 12 students.
• We are looking for a group of Year 12 and 13 students to support our Sixth Form Social Media launch.
• We are looking for a group of students to support and set up a Gaming Club during lunch times in the library.
• Debate Club is welcoming new members with a bi-weekly topic on display in tutor rooms.

For more information please email or questions about Enrichment beth.willmore@coundoncourt.org.

Updates and Reminders:

• All Enrichment must be logged on Unifrog in as much detail as possible.
• Remember to ensure you have your lanyard on show at all times that you are on school site.
• Punctuality - a reminder that lateness to any lesson will mean that students need to make up that time before leaving the school site.
• EPQ - Deadlines approaching for Year 13 students:
• Mock exam dates 20th and 27th January

Careers opportunities:

https://summerschools.suttontrust.com/how-to-apply/

Pathways2Properties:

Sign up for experience day and possible university bursary programme:

https://live.henley.ac.uk/page/p2p-students

Oxford Online Maths Club:

Free interactive and relaxed weekly livestream on Thursday afternoons, with regular host Dr James Munro often joined by Oxford students:

https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/outreach/oxford-online-maths-club

Spring into STEM 2.0: Making a difference through engineering::

From manufacturing to medicine, Spring into STEM will feature two TED-style talks by experts at UCL East Campus.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/study/spring-stem-20

UCL Architecture Taster Day:

UCL is hosting a taster architecture workshop/lecture in-person during February half term. Deadline to apply is Friday 14th Feb:

https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_e5478LaW8bA1Rbw

For more information please see the Sixth Form Support Team.

Celebrating Student Success - Shout-outs From Last Term:

Amber Nain - excellent performance during Culture Evening.

Libby Breadmore, Bob Kibarabara, Summer Cook and Jonathan Yeboah for their excellent performances at the Christmas Concert.

Tutees of the Term:

12WKN - Jake Chappelow
12ADN - Corey Hartwell
12PER - Shayan Hartwell
12CAL - Kiran Osborne
12FRA - Holly Mclellan
12ALD - Harleen Randhawa

13HAV - Muhammad Kebba Keita
13LAW - Jessica Turner
13MSC - Molly May Baggott
14HAK - Anya Dewitt
13JMS - Eve Williamson

Work Experience Shout-outs:

Winner Obuere-Wilson
Charlie Ali
Charlie Hooks

Student Council for their excellent work this term: Launching TikTok, supporting the public speaking workshop, fundraising and much more.

Volunteer Shout-outs:

To over 80 students who supported our Sixth Form Open Evening!

The following students for supporting at the Year 9 Parents Evening: Yasin Nutlu, George Cooper, Charlie Ali, Nihhitas Chaauhun, Shayin Nisar, Blake Billingham, Christian Thiyagaraba, Kiran Osborne.

Sixth Form Student Council for supporting our External Candidates Interview evening on Wednesday 22nd January

Current and Upcoming Trips and Visits:

Coundon Court Sixth Form Library had a visit from an undergraduate student attending Harvard University who came to speak with our students about the process of applying to American universities.

Our Year 12 Early Entry Group of students will be visiting Oxford University later this term.

Psychology students attended a visit to Warwick University on 17th January.

On Friday 24th January Miss Perry organised for a visitor from the Crime Analysis Unit from the Home Office to speak to Criminology students.

On 25th February, Miss Perry organised a guest speaker to come to Coundon to speak with Criminology students. The talk will be on Criminal Profiling and led by Professor Craig Jackson, a lecturer at Birmingham City University. Other humanities subjects will also be invited to attend.

Safeguarding and wellbeing for Sixth Form students:

Get free, anonymous and safe support:

https://www.kooth.com/

Offering online and in-person support for mental health and wellbeing (MHWB)

https://cwmind.org.uk/supporting-children-and-young-people/

A new service offering
drop-ins for support.

Enrichment opportunities:

• Students have the opportunity to lead on clubs and co-lead clubs of their choice (application forms outside Sixth Form Support).
• We will be appointing a new Sixth Form student council next term (more information to be communicated through assembly first week back)
• We will be launching societies for students as part of the tutor time programme.

For more information please email or questions about Enrichment beth.willmore@coundoncourt.org.

Careers opportunities:

• All opportunities are on our Onenote for students to access - this is updated regularly and they have access to this during study skills sessions.

Current and upcoming trips and visits:

Medicine Trip:

On Thursday 13^th March 10 of our Year 12 students visited University Hospital Coventry and Warwick (UHCW) for the day in order to gain practical skills in suturing, dexterity, identifying various parts of the anatomy and building teamwork skills. Over 100 medical students from across the city took part in the practical experience day.

The following students attended the trip: Ambreen, Priyanka, Lily, Corey, Jenna, Jasmine, Dima, Mustafa, Aleena, Sokaina, Priscilla and Shanae with Mr Ferris gained a range of practical skills as well as key information on applying for medicine through UCAS.

Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award – Practice Expedition

The following Year 12 students enjoyed taking part in their practice expedition for Duke of Edinburgh on Wednesday 19^th March: Siddant Naique, Mohammad Ahmadyar, Joshua Akhtar, Pavnick Bains, Ami Bines, Lily Bolton, Libby Breadmore, Megan Brown, Penny Chapman, Jenna Fletcher, Jenna Harris, Charlie Hooks, Jananey Kenthesuvran, Dmilare Lawal, Isobel Lord, Amber McBriety, Amber Nain, Kiran Osborne, Jasmine Patel, Dhruv Rajput, Dima Ramazan, Harleen Randhawa, Molly Rowley, Agamjot Singh, Zachery Tamne-Hinson, Mustafa Torabi, Jeny Vigneswaran, Priyanka Virdee, Emily Wood.

At the end of the talk, a group of students stayed after the assembly  to build contacts and requested LinkedIn details to help them further their connections. Students will have the opportunity to further explore routes into apprenticeships and university study during tutor time this week. 

The practice expedition took place at Berkswell. Students are preparing for their upcoming 3 day expedition at the end of the year. Mr Walker, Miss Worral, Mr Murley and Mr Swinfield were all involved in supporting the students during their expedition.

RAF Careers Talk:

On Wednesday 2^nd April Sgt Adam Clayton came in to speak to the year 12 students about careers in the RAF and the application process. Sgt Clayton gave an informative and interesting assembly on the vast and varied careers that the RAF offers and the wonderful opportunities available to students after they complete their A Levels. There are 61 jobs available in the RAF with some fantastic benefits and travel opportunities. Students enjoyed learning about what the RAF could offer and several students stayed after assembly to ask questions.  

Year 12 - Finance week - Bank of England Talk:

Year 12 had an external speaker in to visit for finance week on Wednesday 26^th March. We were lucky to be visited by a representative from the Bank of England to discuss the finance industry as well as careers in accounting and finance. Many of our students are interested in studying this topic after they finish their sixth form studies.

At the end of the talk, a group of students stayed after the assembly  to build contacts and requested LinkedIn details to help them further their connections. Students will have the opportunity to further explore routes into apprenticeships and university study during tutor time this week. 

Updates and Reminders:

• If you need to leave site for any reason or cannot come to school you must get parents/carers to contact Miss Checklin
• Ensure you are catching up on any missed work with teachers
• EPQ continuing this term - please ensure you attend the sessions after school on Wednesdays
• We have a Sixth Form Instagram page - please follow to keep up to date with everything related to SF

Celebrating Student Success - Shoutouts From Last Term:

Volunteer Shoutouts  - Y10 Parents evening support:

Nisar Ali Anbari, Lexie-May George, Ruby Morris, Sophie Hyde, Ami Bines. Damilare Lawal, Yasin Mutlu, Charlie Ali.

Presentation winners:

Amber Nain
Dylan Cunningham
Damilare Lawal
Blessing Ayinde
Harleen Randhawa
Felicity McPherson
Jenna Harris
Daliksana Jeyakumar
Winner Obuene-Wilson
Mercy Ayinde
Aleena Nasar
Jake Chappelow
Yuyao Huang

Safeguarding and Wellbeing for Sixth Form Students:

Police Safeguarding Information Visit:

All of our Year 12 students received a careers talk from the West Midlands Police Talk on Friday 14^th March by DC Rowley. Students were given information about the wide range of career opportunities available through the Police and how best to prepare for the process of applying for police roles as well as safeguarding talk about how to keep safe online. 

 Get free, anonymous and safe support: https://www.kooth.com/

Offering online and in-person support for mental health and wellbeing (MHWB) https://cwmind.org.uk/supporting-children-and-young-people/ A new service offering drop-ins for support.

Enrichment Opportunities:

• Students have the opportunity to lead on clubs and co-lead clubs of their choice (application forms outside Sixth Form Support).
• We will be appointing a new Sixth Form student council next term (more information to be communicated through assembly first week back)
• We will be launching societies for students as part of the tutor time programme (beginning 6th May)

For more information please email or questions about Enrichment beth.willmore@coundoncourt.org.

Careers Opportunities:

• All opportunities are on our Onenote for students to access - this is updated regularly and they have access to this during study skills sessions.

Current and Upcoming Trips and Visits:

Ask Apprenticeships:

On Wednesday 7th May students were visited by ASK Apprenticeships. ASK provides students with a range of resources and information regarding different levels of apprenticeships, the application process and the amount of opportunities available to them. All students attended this session with an external visitor and several stayed behind to ask questions which support their career paths. 

Why Higher Education? Coventry University Talk.

On Wednesday 21^st May all of Year 12 were visited by Coventry University to discuss higher education opportunities. The talk included: information about applying for university, salaries at university compared to salaries with no degrees and what opportunities students will gain such as societies. 

Y12 Drama Trip – Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

On Friday 23^rd May, Miss Russell and Y12 Drama students thoroughly enjoyed their trip to the RBC (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), where they were inspired for their devising pieces which they will be completing over the next half term. Students were enthused about careers in drama and performing arts.  

Updates and Reminders:

• If you need to leave site for any reason or cannot come to school you must get parents/carers to contact Miss Checklin
• Ensure you are catching up on any missed work with teachers
• EPQ continuing this term - please ensure you attend the sessions after school on Wednesdays
• We have a Sixth Form Instagram page - please follow to keep up to date with everything related to SF
• Deadline for the London Trip payment is Friday 6th June

Celebrating Student Success - Shoutouts From Last Term:

Volunteer Shoutouts  - Y10 Parents Evening Support:

Lexie-May George, Ruby Morris, Shayan Nasir, Nikhita Chaunan, Blake Billingham

Safeguarding and Wellbeing for Sixth Form Students:

Police Safeguarding Information Visit:

 Get free, anonymous and safe support: https://www.kooth.com/

Offering online and in-person support for mental health and wellbeing (MHWB)https://cwmind.org.uk/supporting-children-and-young-people/ A new service offering drop-ins for support.

Enrichment Opportunities: 

We have launched our Societies programme which offers students a university-style experience of enrichment. The following societies are being run on a weekly basis with some very exciting goals which will be announced later in the year: 

Law Society 

Healthcare Society 

Art Society 

Debate Society 

Wellbeing society 

Business Entrepreneurs Society 

STEM society 

Eco Society 

Journalism society  

Careers opportunities:  

On Tuesday 24th June, Coundon students were invited to Bablake school to join their Sixth Formers for an evening of apprenticeship information. 

Year 10 and Year 12 Careers Interviews - Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th June: 

On Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th June, 11 interviewers from different industries arrived at Coundon Court for the day to interview our Year 10 and Year 12 students. These mock interviews provide a vital role in preparing students for interviews outside of school. Additionally, we received exceptional feedback about the respectful, confident and approachable nature of the students being interviewed. We are incredibly proud of this feedback and the positive feedback we received from students about the interview process and what a valuable experience this was. 

We look forward to welcoming interviewers back next year!  

Current and upcoming trips and visits: 

Law trip - Tuesday 8th July 

On Tuesday 8th July a small group of year 12 students took up the opportunity to visit Squire Paton Boggs, a global law firm, in Birmingham city centre. It gave students the chance to explore careers in the legal field through networking sessions, and talks from employees, ranging from Apprentices to Partners. 

UCAS Convention - Tuesday 24th June: 

On Tuesday 24th June our Year 12 students visited the UCAS Convention at the Birmingham NEC. 

The aim of the UCAS Discovery event was for students to: 

• Chat to unis and colleges about their courses and uni life 

• Speak to employers and apprenticeship providers about what an apprenticeship is like and the options available 

• Speak to qualified careers advisers about your future 

• Listen to talks from experts in their fields 

• Students feedback that they received vital information on the application process from the representatives themselves. And some free merchandise from universities and employers went down well! 

English Literature trip  - Warwick Uni - Monday 23rd June: 

On Monday 23rd June 18 of our English Literature students attended a lecture at Warwick Uni on their core text: Othello. The lecturer spoke about different forms of tragedy and how they can be used in different texts. Additionally students had the opportunity to visit and look around the Faculty of Arts Building - inspiring future Warwick University and arts students. 

History trip - Coventry Cathedral - Monday 23rd June: 

On Monday 23rd June Miss O'Malley and Miss Crabtree took Y12 history students to Coventry Cathedral for a workshop by the Company Generation 2. Students discussed the history of the holocaust and showed enthusiasm and respect to the company leader. Students were confident in asking questions and sharing ideas. 

English Language Trip - Warwick University 

The Year 12 Language and Literature cohort went to Warwick University on Wednesday 11th June to participate in a lecture led by Dr Michael Meeuwis on ‘Forms of Tolerance’ in their A-level text, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. We also had time to explore the impressive Faculty of Arts building and other areas of the campus, speak with existing students about their university experiences and sample an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet.  

RBC  

The trip to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire was a fantastic opportunity for us to watch three unique devised performances which have since inspired our own creativity for our upcoming devised unit. The three individual pieces of theatre focused on socio-political themes which addressed taboo ideas within society. The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire festival was a great opportunity for us to have the time and space to think critically on important topics within society. 

Year 12 History Trip - Coventry Cathedral 

On Monday 23rd June history students visited Coventry Cathedral to take part in a workshop for the afternoon to discuss the history of the Holocaust.  

Here are the photos from yesterday's trip with the year 12 history groups. They took part in a workshop by the company generation 2 generation discussing the history of the holocaust. They were exemplary, showed enthusiasm and respect to the company leader and were even having discussions with the leader after the presentation. Myself and Jemma were very impressed. 

Law trip – Tuesday 8th July  

On Tuesday 8th July a small group of year 12 students took up the opportunity to visit Squire Paton Boggs, a global law firm, in Birmingham city centre. It gave students the chance to explore careers in the legal field through networking sessions, and talks from employees, ranging from Apprentices to Partners. It was an interesting and insightful trip allowing students to gain a comprehensive understanding of life within a global law firm.  

Medical Trip – Friday 11th July  

On Friday 11th July 150 students from Year 10 and Year 12 attended a trip to Coventry University to understand more about careers in the NHS. Students were able to attend a variety of workshops of their choice linked to their chosen career paths.  

Students experienced a range of expert knowledge throughout the day and took away some valuable insights into a variety of healthcare professions.   

Thursday 10th July – London Rewards trip  

On Thursday 10th July, 46 of our Sixth Form students attended a reward trip to London. Students were given the freedom to plan and navigate their day with groups of their choice.  

Students enjoyed a range of activities from visiting museums, shopping and sightseeing the best of what London has to offer.   

For some students this was their first experience of London and how to navigate their way on the London tubes. We are proud of their conduct and punctuality throughout the day and look forward to future rewards trips with these students.  

Celebrating student success - Shoutouts from last term: 

Sixth Form student council nominees 2025-2026 

Student Council winners: 

Josh Akhtar 

Pavnick Bains 

Megan Brown 

Lexie-May George 

Amber McBriety 

Ayana Parke 

Guided reading - Thank you to students who have supported our EAL learners with guided reading this term: 

Surosh, Dilaksana, Evan Palmer, Harley Brown, Eva Aylott, Cadie Staite, Emily Wood 

Year 12 Transition day volunteers:  

Agamjot, Pavnick, Ayana, Hannah A, Amber Mcbriery, Hannah Donnely, Megan, Ruby, Holly, Lewis, Amy Rice, Nikhita, Megan, Noah, Eva, Eloise, Tatenda, Harleen, Dilaksana, Jenna, Siddhant, Rita, Ayana, Grace Syer, Nevaeh Cook, Mohammad, Maiya Webb, Madeleine, Nisar, Ameer. 

Year 7 transition day volunteers: 

Isobel, Ruby Morris, Nikhita, Shayan, Amber McBrierty, Yasin Mutlu, Tatenda, Rita Kibaralara  

Harleen Randhawa, Agamjot, DIlaksana, 

Ayana, Harleen, Hanna, Pavnick, Siddhant, Lexie-May, Nisar, Cadie, Zach, Jake, Ambreen 

Nasya, Mustafa, Millie, George   

Safeguarding and wellbeing for Sixth Form students: 

Police safeguarding information visit: 

 Get free, anonymous and safe support: https://www.kooth.com/  

Offering online and in-person support for mental health and wellbeing (MHWB)https://cwmind.org.uk/supporting-children-and-young-people/ A new service offering drop-ins for support.