TAKING ON THE REST OF THE WORLD – 7th December 2024
Congratulations to our Upper Sixth student Harrison, who has been selected to represent Eggchaser Academy in the prestigious Global Youth 7s event being held in Auckland, New Zealand from 7th December – 17th December. The Global youth 7s tournament is one of the most competitive youth rugby events in the world, bringing together elite players from different countries to compete on a global stage. The squad of 14, which have been chosen from 1000s of players around the UK, will play renowned teams such as the All Blacks, Australia, Japan and the USA. It is widely regarded as the pinnacle of under 18s rugby globally.
A WORK OF ART – 6th – 8th December 2024
Kings Academy Bay House Sixth Form Art & Textiles Exhibition was held at Fort Brockhurst from 6th – 8th December. This was a great opportunity for our Sixth Form students to inspire and showcase their amazing work to the public in a historic setting. On opening night, over 150 people visited and showed their support to this fantastic exhibition.
DO PRISONS WORK? – 5th December 2024
On Thursday 5th December the Governor of Winchester Prison visited Bay House Sixth Form to speak to our Social Science students. He shared many statistics that students found shocking, such as 50% of his prisoners never receive a single visitor, letter or phone call during their sentence. He also spoke about the aims of prison and whether these are being achieved. The students had the opportunity to ask Mr Bourke questions about whether the prison system in England is really working and led to many interesting discussions on what changes our society needs to make to support offenders and reduce reoffending rates.
“FIND YOUR FUTURE” – 4th December 2024
King’s Academy Bay House were delighted to hold their “Find your Future” event on Wednesday 4th December. The event was fully inclusive and connected over 2000 young people, including our Sixth Formers, with employers, colleges and universities. Our students were able to have valuable conversations with various companies and organisations to help give them an idea for their future pathways.
LONDON’S CALLING – 4th December 2024
On Wednesday 4th December, 44 politics students headed to London for a tour of the Supreme Court, Westminster and Whitehall including the Cenotaph, Downing Street, Horse Guards Parade and Trafalgar Square before returning to Parliament for a tour and workshop. One student reported “The trip to Parliament was very enjoyable and informative. We had the chance to have a private tour around both Houses of Parliament, as well as the Supreme Court. We were able to watch a debate in the House of Commons and also able to meet Kim Leadbeater, Lord Mackinlay and our local MP Dame Caroline Dinenage.” Another student commented “The Parliament trip was an amazing opportunity for all politics students. Learning about and seeing it in person are two completely different things.”
STUDENT UNION SUCCESS – 7th November 2024
Our Student Union Charity and Events Fundraising Officers were delighted to welcome Dame Caroline Dinenage and Rachel Webber, who presented them with a cheque for the funds raised during our recent Wear It Pink Day on Thursday 17th October for breast cancer awareness. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this meaningful cause, your support helped raise a fantastic £423.38!