Unity College’s Year 9 students were recently treated to a performance by Burnley Youth Theatre. Four young actors, including two of the College’s own students performed the exceptionally important and powerful Toxic. Toxic explores one of the main issues dominating the lives of young people today – toxic masculinity. This is a hard hitting piece of theatre, performed by young people, created to spark conversations and inspire change. Through powerful storytelling and compelling performances, Toxic puts toxic masculinity under the spotlight as well as highlighting other issues facing teenagers including social media influence, body image and peer pressure. A huge thank
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Post-16 Pathways Evening
On Thursday 9 November 2023, the College hosted a Post-16 Pathways Evening. There were representatives from: Burnley College Nelson and Colne College Accrington and Rossendale College Ask Apprenticeships Themis Training 2000 Myerscough College Blackburn College The British Army MPloy Careers Advice Students together with their parents and carers attended a talk which advised on college applications, and were also given the opportunity to talk to representatives from each of the colleges and other vendors. The evening was exceptionally well-attended and feedback has been positive. We look forward to making this an annual event for Year 10 and Year 11 students.
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Year 11 Reward Trip – Choc Stop
What a lovely way to end a busy half term! We treated over forty Year 11 students to a dessert of their choice at ‘Choc Stop’. We all enjoyed a wonderful afternoon surrounded by waffles, brownies, cookie dough, milkshakes and ice-cream sundaes as a big thank you for these students’ impeccable attitude to learning, behaviour, punctuality and attendance over the past half term. Well done! If you just missed out this time, make sure you are on the next reward trip before Christmas. A big thank you to all of the staff at Choc Stop for making our afternoon so
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