Spring Term 2015
The end of a packed term is upon us and students and staff are looking forward to a well-earned break. We have had a really busy time recently, with the regular teaching and learning taking place; the mock examinations; offers of university places coming in and of course a rich and varied Enrichment Programme.
In addition to our top Physics results from January examinations, the L6 students had their first taste of mock examinations and it was clear that some of them were better prepared than others! However, there were some promising grades awarded to those who had revised and were thinking ahead to the very short teaching time left before the actual exams begin in May.
We are delighted that ALL the UK applicants for Higher Education or Degree courses have had firm offers from the universities or colleges of their choice. There was particular strength in the Performing Arts applications which is fantastic and the recipient of our first Performing Arts Scholarship, Oliva May Green, has been given a place to study singing and songwriting so we are especially pleased with this. Applicants for universities in Holland, Germany and the US have a longer time scale in which to apply and we will report back on these as soon as we hear.
The Enrichment Programme has been varied and challenging. We have too many people to thank individually here for giving up their time to support our young people, but we must mention in particular Dr James Rieley, Dr Helen Cumming and Mr Jason Moore amongst others. They are all tremendous supporters of Palma College and we are lucky to have such a wealth of talent and experience in business to draw on. The students have been cooking Indian and Thai food; looked at effective study skills with Martin from Mallorca Tutoring Academy; approached the concept of budgeting; had healthy yoga and de-stressing techniques; worked on their interview skills; conflict resolution skills and more! Charities have been engaging with the students and we have had really moving presentation form Fundación Rana.
We are proud to be able to display some of the amazing work that the students produce in and around College; particularly in the Art room. We also have the L6 Performance Showcase which promises to be very entertaining indeed! Next term the U6 Performing Arts students are presenting ‘The Crucible’ for the examination piece and they have been rehearsing well for this.
