New Parent Governors

Following the election last week we are pleased to announce that our two new Parent Governors are Carol Barlow and Yvonne Shepherd. We are very grateful to the seven parents who stood for election for this important role. 

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Liverpool University's Literary Festival webinar

On Monday 14 October, a number of Sixth Form students interested in a career in medicine attended a webinar broadcast of the Scouse Scientist podcast. Amelia Y has written this review of the event.

As part of Liverpool University’s Liverpool Literary Festival, a special episode of Scouse Science, a scientific podcast hosted by Professor Tom Solomon was produced, discussing the most recent books of palliative care consultant Dr Rachel Clarke and GP Dr Gavin Francis. 

Dr Clark’es book was a way for her to battle her stress-induced insomnia during the pandemic, and expresses her annoyance at the handling of the pandemic and gives a view into her experiences of speaking to the most vulnerable hospice patients about COVID. The name of the book ‘Breathtaking’ comes from three factors: the breathtaking nature of the disease, and the way her breath was taken away by seeing both the best in people and the worst in people.

Dr Francis’ book, Intensive Care, was written to help him cope with the stress of the pandemic as a GP. He discussed how shadow pandemics are affecting GP’s; doctors who aren’t necessarily fighting COVID but having to deal with the consequences, sharing startling statistics about how his work which was around 1/3 mental health issues before the pandemic has now risen to 2/3.

The podcast was very intriguing as it went into much detail other than what is found within the books and gave a wider understanding into the way that the pandemic has not only affected the general population, but medical professionals too. It shone a light on the lesser-discussed parts of medicine and how our views on tackling COVID have changed since the start of the pandemic. 

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DofE Training Walk

A group of Sixth Form students took part in a training walk on Friday 8th October in preparation for their Gold Award DofE practice expedition at half-term. The students enjoyed fine weather as they completed a circuit of Helsby Hill and Woodhouse Hillfort and all improved their confidence at navigating using an Ordnance Survey map.

Mr Griffith (Head of Sixth Form)

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A boarder's visit to the Rugby League Grand Final in Manchester

On Saturday, Jan IG (Y8) and Ciya K (Y8) had an amazing opportunity to visit the famous ground of Old Trafford home of Manchester United for the Rugby Grand Final between St Helens and Catalan Dragons. The scene was set for this spectacular event as both pupils joined in the singing of songs from the St Helens faithful. The evening ended happily as St Helen's won their third final in succession and both pupils celebrated with a McDonald's on the way home.

Mr Cook (Director of Sport)

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Weekend Park Visits

Every weekend, the boarders take a stroll in Sefton Park to feed the birds and ducks. This weekend we bought ice creams and played in the park. 

Mrs Latham (Head of Boarding)

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Library Visit

On Saturday, the boarders visited Liverpool Central Library and the world museum. They all registered and got their very own library cards and checked out plenty of books! As Albert Einstein once said 'The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library'.
 
Mrs E Latham (Head of Boarding)

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A Morale Boosting Cup Win for the Rugby 1st XV

The senior rugby squad headed over to a blustery Rydal on Wednesday, in the first round of the cup, optimistic about their chances of securing a first win of the season. The College team came out the blocks firing, playing a mix of hard running and free flowing rugby, taking advantage of any overlap opportunities to score some early tries. Year 11 Jan's rampaging runs were an early highlight, as well as the lightning speed and agility of Michael O, Layo F and Harry P in wide positions. The College dominated the first half and led 45-0 at half time, with tries from Harry P, Layo F, Ahmed S x2, Ben W, Malik S, Meshach O and Matthew R. 
 
The second half saw the very young Rydal team demonstrate admirable resilience and had opportunities to get on the board, but some last-ditch defence, just about held them off. The College's performance wilted in the second half, with unforced errors, lacks in concentration and Rydal's perseverance in counter rucking. This meant is took 20 minutes of the second half, before a Ciaran R try put a halt to the game at 52-0. 
 
A brilliant first win for the College side, that will hopefully do wonders for confidence and belief going into more difficult fixtures in the future. A personal highlight was seeing smiles and celebrations, between all three year groups, with positive bonds and relationships being developed through rugby. 
 
Mr S Heeley (1st XV Coach)

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