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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European Day of Languages
On Tuesday 26th September it was European Day of Languages so the MFL department ran a baking competition! Students had to create a cake/bake related to Europe and/or languages. We had some excellent entries which smelled delicious! Students came at lunch to vote for their favourite. Here are the winners: 1st Place: Ffion Storton and Natalia Shorrock (Year 10) with their Duo lingo cake 2nd Place: Benjamin Weyer (Year 9) with his map of Europe cake 3rd Place: Evie Bowater (Year 7) with her Italy cake Each student will receive a £20 voucher as their prize. We also ran a PD quiz competition. The
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STEM Event
On Wednesday 21st June 2023, 12 students from years 8 and 9 took part in a STEM event at Bolton University. The activities on offer allowed the students to gain hands on experience with real-life equipment such as medical equipment for checking heart rates and temperatures. They were also tasked with programming a robot and using an e-fit programme to construct a face as the police would when taking statements from eyewitnesses. The students thoroughly enjoyed the day and were able to gain an insight into the everyday applications of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
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The Scholars Programme
Speed Networking
On Friday 3rd February, all of Year 9 students participated in a speed networking event. We were joined by 20 professionals from a range of industries including healthcare, education, marketing, finance, law, business management, local government, armed forces, retail and engineering. Our visitors talked to small groups of students about their career paths and routes into their industries. The students asked a wide range of insightful questions and enjoyed the event thoroughly. We thank all of our visitors for the time they gave to support Unity students.
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Carols on the balcony
As we broke up for Christmas we enjoyed our traditional carols on the balcony with year 11 entertaining the college with Christmas hits.
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DNA
On Friday the 9th December 2022, Unity College hosted Quirky Bird Theatre Company who performed Dennis Kelly’s DNA. The performance was thought provoking and engaging and the students thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
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