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Sixth Form Student Council Nominees 2025-2026 - Let the Voting Begin!
Student Council nominees delivered their speeches during the Year 12 assembly on Wednesday 4th June. The students prepared a 2-minute speech on their suitability for the role and the actions they would take if they were nominated for these roles. Eleven students applied to become members and six will be chosen, via a student and staff vote (whole school) on Friday 20th June. Students can vote through a link on Classcharts from next week and staff can vote through the link that will be emailed out.
Last Year's Student Council lead on many charity and inter-house competitions, as well as launching and leading on content to promote our social media accounts: TikTok and Instagram.
We are looking forward to announcing the new student council and for them to deliver pledges to improve the school based on student voice.
Student Council Nominees:
Josh Akhtar
Pavnick Bains
Megan Brown
Hannah Donnolley
Lexie-May George
Corey Hartwell
Amber McBriety
Siddhant Naique
Ayana Parke
Grace Syer
Stephanie Wakerley
Medicine Trip
On Thursday 13th March 10 of our Year 12 students visited at 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 and all gained a range of practical skills, as well as key information on applying for medicine through UCAS.
Art Success - Eve Williamson
Our Year 13 student Eve Williamson's work has been selected to present her work at the Coventry Young Artist competition and exhibited her work last weekend at the Herbert. This year's competition received a large number of applicants and Eve's still managed to make It as a finalist to exhibit.
Well done Eve for your fantastic achievement on being chosen to exhibit your work!
Hackathon Success for Coundon Court Sixth Form
Students: Dima Ramazan, Jenna Fletcher, Lily Bolton and Priscilla Appiah presented on the impact a high screen time can have on their mental health.
The Hackathon is a competition which allows students who are part of the Elephant Group programme to showcase and practice their presentation and delivery skills as well as completing a research project. The final was held last weekend at Birmingham University School Of Medicine.
As a result of their fantastic efforts and hard work, we are thrilled to share that they WON the competition out of over 70 students nationally!
Sixth Form Beginning Craft and Crochet Club
Our Sixth Form students have recently begun a Craft and Crochet Club for Y7 and Y8 students. They are completing crochet and painting projects with them every Monday after school. The group of students running the club are aspiring dentists who are leading the club in order to improve theirs and others dexterity skills as well as gaining invaluable leadership and teamwork skills through leading the club.
Sixth Form Hackathon Research
Sixth Form students: Dima Adnan, Jenna Fletcher, Lily Bolton and Priscilla Appiah presented to Miss Ingram's Year 7 tutor on the impact a high screentime can have on their mental health. Students listened to the students presenting on the research before completing a form to measure their screentime and viewpoints on how mobile phone usage effects their concentration. The Hackathon is a competition which allows students who are part of the Elephant Group programme to showcase and practice their presentation and delivery skills as well as completing a research project.
Valentine's Day - Sixth Form Fundraising for British Heart Foundation
All week our Sixth Form Student Council have been leading on a fundraising event to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. They have been: selling artificial roses with notes to show love and appreciation for their peers, run a competition for guess the love hearts in the jar and have organised a Sixth Form Olympic race to take place during lunchtime on Friday.
On Valentine's day Student Council will be delivering roses to tutor groups and leading on a series of races during lunchtime to crown Sixth Form Champions.
Primary School Specialist – Careers Visit
On Wednesday 12th February, a group of 8 Sixth Form students signed up to attend a talk given by Gemma Martin (a visiting lecturer) who discussed the Birmingham City University (BCU) routes into primary education. Gemma also discussed routes into teaching, how to gain Qualified Teacher Status and a snapshot into what it is like to be a primary specialist. Students were then able to ask questions at the end of the session related to this. Sixth Form students were even offered 1-1 support and mock interviews if this is a career they are passionate about.
