Oldham Sixth Form College

Our Great Science Share event was a great success on 5th July! Thank you to Coppice Primary Academy, Roundthorn Primary Academy and Christ Church C of E Primary School for being so enthusiastic in showcasing your experiments. Thank you to Science Wizard too for the Science Show on conducting experiments at home.

Congratulations to our brilliant Leadership Academy students, they have just given up a week of their summer holidays to complete the ILM Young Leaders Award! Also a massive thankyou to Airwalk Reply, one of our amazing employer partners, who delivered the Leadership Academy and funded the ILM Young Leaders Award. Finally, one last big thank you to Adrian Sykes and Tom Heyes for putting together another fantastic programme. Our students gain so many valuable employability skills and really enjoyed their visit to your offices in London, plus a great guided tour of Westminster!

Health & Social Care students recently took part in a clinical skills session with Medical Mavericks Students used an ultrasound machine, iPhone retina scan, recorded and printed an ECG, took blood from a fake arm, tried keyhole surgery and an infrared vein scanner. They really enjoyed this practical session to develop their clinical skills ready for working in Healthcare practice. #WeAreOSFC

Last month, we welcomed Spanish student John White from Lancaster University He spoke to our AS students about his experience in Higher Education , including his year abroad in Mexico working at the Centro Académico de la Memoria de Nuestra América (CAMeNA) archives.

🎉 Celebration Day!! What a fantastic way to end the academic year!! 🎉 💃 Bhangracise 🍦 Ice Cream 🏓Table Tennis 😃Inflatables 📸Selfie Mirror 🖌️Pebble Painting 🎸Live Music 📚Reading 🎨Art Exhibition, and lots more! #WeAreOSFC #CelebrateOSFC

Our first ARTS FESTIVAL was a huge success last night! 🎶🎨📸🎸💃🎭 Thank you to everyone who attended! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! #WeAreOSFC

We recently attended the TeenTech Awards in London where students showcased their 3 projects that had made it through to the final! Sadly, we weren't winners this year but we are incredibly proud of our students! Y12 student Safa, confidently presented the awards ceremony alongside Maggie Philbin too - amazing job!

Yesterday, we delivered our first A Level Statistics CPD Day. Over 20 teachers from other centres participated in sharing best practice in teaching the A Level course. The event covered topics such as teaching methods, using graphical calculators in teaching and exam questions, comparing approaches to similar topics in A Level Maths and Further Maths and promoted collaboration among teachers. The day was a fantastic success and we would like to thank everyone who took part.

Geography students recently visited Dovestone Reservoir to investigate the impact of coniferous and deciduous woodland on the storage of carbon within the carbon cycle. They practiced primary data collection in preparation for their own coursework. An insightful and informative visit!

Feverishly chasing curriculum excellence can result in an outcomes driven, high pressure, high stakes environment that is not healthy for students and teachers who see every assessment, homework and interaction as a ‘cliff edge’ that seals their fate. There is great skill in getting the balance right. Oldham Sixth Form College Vice Principal, Mark Crilly, outlines the implementation process adopted to gain a more efficient, timely and impactful way of working to provide targeted support and enhance their students’ experience. https://lnkd.in/eHbNh4aR