Hucknall Sixth Form Centre & School

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  Young Enterprise success for HSFC students

  24th April 2018

  The year 12 Young Enterprise group attended the Ashfield District finals at Vision West Notts College last week. The group have run their own business ‘The Little Business’ over the last year, which is registered with Companies House –the group have had training to learn the essential skills required to run a real business such as marketing, selling and managing finances. They have been successful over the year, selling Christmas and Easter themed products, both at Hucknall Sixth Form Centre and in the wide

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  Students attend Leadership in Lent event

  6th April 2018

  Prior to the Easter break, a number of students from Hucknall Sixth Form Centre visited Southwell Minster at the culmination of their involvement in the Younger Leadership College’s ‘Leadership in Lent’ programme. The Younger Leadership College exists to “equip, resource and commission 1000 younger leaders between 15-30 to fulfil their God-given calling as leaders and disciples in culture and in the church.”
  
  Over 20 of our students signed up to take part in the programme, which was designed to support the de

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  Meningitis study at HSFC

  27th March 2018

  The University of Nottingham Health Service are currently running a research project with year 12 students in a number of schools, academies and colleges in Nottinghamshire – they are looking to better understand whether immunising teenagers with vaccines against ‘Meningitis B’ could protect them and the rest of the community against these potentially deadly bacteria. This is part of a national study involving 24,000 year 12 students across the United Kingdom.
  
  Teenagers who take part will receive two doses o

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  Leadership in Lent programme continues

  20th March 2018

  The Leadership in Lent programme continued last week at Hucknall Sixth Form Centre. The programme is being led by the Younger Leadership College of Southwell and Nottingham diocese with a number of our students completing the Bishop's Leadership Certificate.

  
  

  In our latest session, students explored creating a vision and building a team.

  
  

  Upon completion of the certificate, all students involved have been invited to Southwell Minster to a celebration and commissioning event. We will bring you some pictures an
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  HSFC debating society presentational debate

  19th March 2018

  On Thursday 15th March, the HSFC debating society hosted their first presentational debate. Eight members of the society were pitted against each other in two teams to debate the motion ‘This House believes that the function of prisons is to punish not rehabilitate’ in front of an audience of other HSFC students, including the A Level psychology class.
  
  Teams drew upon the skills and techniques that they have learned in our weekly debate society meetings such as coherence of argument, clarity, demonstrating k

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  Jeremy Corbyn visits sixth form on IWD2018

  9th March 2018

  On International Women’s Day (Thursday 8 March 2018), students at Hucknall Sixth Form Centre welcomed a special guest, as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited the centre’s Portland Road site in Hucknall.
  
  Mr Corbyn joined students at the collaborative sixth form – which is part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership – and engaged in workshop sessions to discuss the contribution of a number of important women throughout history, together with joining in a debate on the gender gap and whether events such

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  Leadership programme launched at HSFC

  20th February 2018

  On Friday 16^th February 2018, Bishop Paul Williams visited Hucknall Sixth Form Centre to launch the Younger Leadership College’s ‘Leadership in Lent’ programme. The Younger Leadership College exists to “equip, resource and commission 1000 younger leaders between 15-30 to fulfil their God-given calling as leaders and disciples in culture and in the church.”
  
  In an engaging and interesting assembly at the sixth form, Bishop Paul invited students to join the teaching programme which consists of five sessions des

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  Year 13 students begin EPQ projects

  9th February 2018

  Students from our year 13 group are currently putting together the first drafts of their Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) after conducting research into their chosen subjects. This additional qualification, which is recognised by leading universities, takes the form of a research project and supports development of students’ independent learning skills.

  
  

  We encourage all students to complete their project linked to what they hope to study at university or their future career aspirations. Pictured is stude
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  Practical tests for year 13 biology students

  6th February 2018

  Students from our year 13 biology class were investigating the effect of weed killer on plants yesterday. They were learning how to identify problems in a practical method and solving this by changing the quantities used in the experiment (a problem solving theme). The weedkiller prevents the plant carrying out photosynthesis but they were researching how this works at a biochemical cellular level.
  
  This experiment is one of the twelve required practical tasks that are examined in the final exams, so a key c

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  Sixth formers achieve mock results success

  23rd January 2018

  Last week at Hucknall Sixth Form Centre, students who had taken mock exams before Christmas received their results. The results are a good indicator to the students and staff about current progress towards their targets, and provide a timely boost or reminder of the work still to do ahead of this summer’s exams.
  
  Overall the picture was very positive, both at AS and A level. A number of our year 12 students did supremely well achieving three A grades in their mock exams, with two year 13 students also achievi
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  Clothing collection supports local charity

  22nd December 2017

  Earlier this week a collection of warm clothing to support those in need in Nottingham was loaded into a car to deliver to a local charity. The Arches charity is a practical resource centre providing clothes, emergency food, child and baby equipment individuals and families who need extra support.
  
  Hucknall Sixth Form Centre students Lizzie and Aimee co-ordinated a huge collection of warm clothing such as jumpers, coats, trousers and shoes. Upon receiving the donation, the two representatives from The Arches

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  Christmas jumper day at HSFC

  21st December 2017

  The Hucknall Sixth Form Centre is today awash with festive cheer as students and staff have joined in with our Christmas jumper day.
  
  Everyone who has donned a piece of suitably Christmassy attire has made a donation to the Save the Children charity, so it has been pleasing to see so many people getting involved as we emphasise the importance of supporting young people in need at this time of year.
  
  Merry Christmas to our full HSFC community - we hope you have a fabulous break and look forward to seeing you in

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  Fieldwork supports data study of River Leen

  1st December 2017

  During November, students from our year 13 geography group at Hucknall Sixth Form Centre spent a day conducting fieldwork about the River Leen and recording how the river varies over its course.
  
  The group went to the source of the river at Hollinwell Golf Course, where the Leen rises before starting its 15-mile journey to the Trent. The golf course guide explained about the river rising as a series of springs, and detailed how they work closely with Natural England, Heathland Trust and Notts Wildlife Trust t

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  Footballing success for sixth form students

  27th November 2017

  Our talented footballers from Hucknall Sixth Form Centre have had a great season so far, and emphasised their growing reputation with a superb win last week. The boys took on Friesland School from Sandiacre and emerged as 4-1 victors after a dominant display.
  
  The major significance of this result is that the team have reached the last 64 in the country, which is a superb achievement - they will now face Carre Grammar School from Kestevan later this week for a place in the last 32.
  
  Well done to the team for t

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  Mock interviews held for year 13 students

  20th October 2017

  Today we have welcomed a number of local employers to the Hucknall Sixth Form Centre, all of whom are here to put our year 13 students on the spot as they all undertake mock interviews.

  The interviews form part of our programme to raise aspirations of students and to develop key skills for further education and employability. Each student was tasked with writing a formal application letter, which was followed up with the 15 minute interviews today, in a tone and style similar to university entrance interview

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  BMW visit for business and economics students

  17th October 2017

  On Thursday 12 October 2017, a group of business and economics students from Hucknall Sixth Form Centre were presented with a superb learning opportunity as they visited BMW Mini at their Oxford base.

  
  

  The students were able to see how the prestigious company produces some of the most recognisable vehicles on the road, beginning their visit in the body shop. They were able to watch the assembly of the cars body, which is completed almost exclusively by robotic arms. The second part of the tour also highlighte
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  Debating society launched at HSFC

  2nd October 2017

  Last Thursday (28 September 2017) saw the launch of the Hucknall Sixth Form Centre debating society.

  The inaugural meeting brought together ten students who attended to discuss the reasons for having a debating society, and how this will help to develop key skills. The positive attainment from being a member ranges from developing public speaking skills and honing refined reasoning to thinking and reacting on the spot, as well as extending knowledge in a wide variety of current affairs and topics. The group

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  Inspirational visit for physics students

  29th September 2017

  On Thursday 21 September 2017 a group of Hucknall Sixth Form Centre physics students visited Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton campus to find out what studying the subject at a higher level is all about.
  
  The students were treated to a lecture about the Northern Lights, learning all about the natural phenomenon, studying images and the science behind what makes this wonder of the world. Students were then challenged to find the energy source, planning their work and applying their ideas to some official

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  A Level results success for HSFC students

  17th August 2017

  Today marked an important day in the lives of our Hucknall Sixth Form Centre students, as they received their A Level results. There were superb results across our partner academies, with National Church of England Academy, Holgate Academy and Queen Elizabeth's Academy, all receiving positive results across their year groups, with some outstanding stories of individual success.
  
  The results mark the culmination of the first academic year of Hucknall Sixth Form Centre being open, and with student number set to

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  HSFC students join the 'Big Debate'

  10th July 2017

  On Friday 7th July, a group of year 12 students from Hucknall Sixth Form Centre travelled to Retford Oaks Academy to take part in the annual DALP Post-16 Big Debate event.
  
  The day started with an introduction to the art of debating and the different styles and protocols. Students were then treated to a session with Luke Staton, a renowned motivational speaker from Retford, who got everyone moving and energised before sharing his stories. Luke was a very engaging speaker who inspired students to reach and ac