The Norfolk Art & Design Competition celebrates creative student talent from Sixth Forms and colleges across Norfolk.

Shortlisted work is exhibited at Norwich University of the Arts, with a private view and awards ceremony, followed by a touring exhibition of award winning work at galleries in Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth (dates below).

This competition is a great opportunity for students to professionally showcase their work at external venues and to enhance their portfolios.

Find out more details online at www.norfolkartdesigncompetition.com.

Entry requirements:

• Students must currently be studying in sixth form or college within Norfolk
• There is a maximum of one entry per student
• The competition is open to all mediums

The 6th form taster day was a real success. Nearly all our year 11 students, and around 20 external candidates, enjoyed a flavour of what life could be like in Sprowston 6th form. Don't forget to sign up now on the 'Help you Choose' website.

On Wednesday Miss Woolton took four year 12 students to compete the Senior Team Maths Challenge at CNS. The boys came 9th overall and did the school proud.

The boys were: Michael, George, Terence and Ashley

We have great pleasure celebrating the achievement of two students, Emily Grover and Connor Stout who successfully entered work into the The Norfolk Art & Design Competition 2018.

The Competition celebrates creative student talent from sixth forms and colleges across Norfolk.

Universities support and value the EPQ as evidence of a student's ability to use a range of skills that are vital for successful study in higher education. The EPQ:

• gives students the opportunity to choose their own topic
• makes students responsible for their own learning and development
• inspires and motivates students – completing the project gives them greater confidence and a sense of achievement.
• teaches new skills, such as, independent research, project management, reflection and self-directed learning
• awards 70 UCAS points for an A*.

This week has been a busy week for Year 12.

On Tuesday we welcomed some local employers in for a Sixth Form careers event based around employability skills for young people.

Thanks to the NHS, Apprenticeships Norfolk, KLM, Aviation Academy, Larking Gowing and icanbea... for their insight and support.

Sixth Form students have had a huge variety of information delivered to them this year through our Tuesday assembly slot.

Here are some of the organisations involved. We are very grateful to them all.

A Levels mock exams take place between 26^th June and 2^nd July 2018.  I have provided all Year 12 students with a copy of the mock exam timetable and enclose a copy with this letter.  I will also provide advice to all year 12 students regarding revision and how devise a revision timetable.

It would be very helpful if you were able to discuss this at home.

I would like to wish all Year 12 students the very best of luck in the mock exams and hope they achieve grades that reflect their attitude to learning and their preparation.

Dear Year 12 Students

The applications to the 2018 UK Summer School are now open!

The application form can be found here (https://www.apply.suttontrust.com/uk-summer/).  To be eligible for the programme students must be in Year 12 and meet our eligibility criteria which can be found on the powerpoint.

If you are thinking about heading to University then this will help give you a flavour plus help make your UCAS application stand out from the crowd. The deadline for applications is Thursday 8th March 2018 at 5pm.

A massive thank you to Ben Hudson, a trainee solicitor from law firm Howes Percival, for taking time out to come and give our Sixh Formers some inspiration and an insight into training in law.

A really informative morning assembly, thank you!

It was lovely to see so many of our past Year 13 students and parents at our Prize Winners Awards Evening. One of my favourite parts of this job is when students are at the end of their school career and we have seen them change and grow into young adults. More so at Sixth Form level, when you know what exciting opportunities at university and in the world of work they have left to do. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about what you’ve been up to. A complete photo gallery can be found at the bottom of this article.

Well done to lower sixth student Alice for achieving a bronze certificate in the UKMT Maths Challenge.

Congratulations to Katie who achieved a gold certificate in the UKMT Maths Challenge.

She also qualified for the prestigious Pink Kangaroo Competition.

We await her results with anticipation.

What are your choices after this year?

Find out about Choices at 17