It has been a very busy end to the school term this week for sixth form students at Highbridge’s King Alfred School.
The school’s Sixth Form Committee have been busy making preparations for the new term in September, laying down plans to receive the new Year 12s with a ‘Freshers Fortnight’.
This will start with team-building activities and a welcome barbecue on 1st September, followed by a quiz night, film night, curry night and a party at The Watchfield.
The two Co-Chairs of the Sixth Form Committee, Kelly Linthorne and Alex Hand, have attended an A-Level conference at Dillington House in Ilminster (pictured) on teaching and learning and, along with other students from across the county, they have produced a manifesto which they will present to the teachers at King Alfred School in September.
Emily Lang of the Sixth Form Amnesty International Group has also been active in raising awareness of human rights issues by holding assemblies for the lower school and running competitions for the younger students.
The Amnesty International Group is just one of several groups and societies that the new Year 12s will be able to join in September, with the others being The Law Society, The Debating Society, The Archaeology Club, The Chess Club, The Sports Society and The Social Events Committee.
The Social Events Committee is run by Samantha Bennett, who is particularly interested in new talent as they prepare for next year’s Rag Week and Prom Night.
Increasing numbers of youngsters from the Burnham and Highbridge area are choosing to join the sixth form.
“With a New York trip being planned in October and a cultural weekend in Paris planned for November, the coming school year should prove to be an exciting one,” Jonathan Gaskell, the school’s Head of Sixth Form told Burnham-On-Sea.com.
As a fun way of marking the end of this term the sixth formers enjoyed a day by the Devon seaside, playing beach cricket at Woolacombe before surfing at Croyde Bay.
