St Brendan's News Bulletin 14.10.22 | St Brendan's Sixth Form College

14th October 2022

Welcome!

Dear Students, Parents and Carers,

It's been a busy term for all. Well done to all of our students for making such a positive start to the new academic year.

Thank you to all of the amazing Student Ambassadors who helped out at last night's Open Evening, you all did a brilliant job and made our visitors feel very welcome.

There have been some fantastic things happening at college in this last week of term including Restart a Heart training, Culture Day and fund raising for Young Minds on Hello Yellow day - visit any of our social media pages if you would like to find out more.

On behalf of all the staff at St Brendan's Sixth Form College I would like to wish you all a happy half term!

Marian Curran

Principal

October/November GCSE resits information

All Resit Exams will start at 9:15am – please arrive no later than 8:45am.

Please see here the guidance for sitting exams.
Exams will take place in Sports Hall, D4/5, LD
If you have no exam access arrangements (or just Extra Time(ET)) you will be based in the Sports Hall
Any other exam access arrangements will be in D4/5 or LD
If you have been entered for an exam, you will be notified of which room you will be based in once arrangements have been made (please check your emails).

GCSE English Language
Paper 1 - 31st October 2022 - (1hr 45min ET 2hr 11min)
Paper 2 - 2nd November 2022 - (1hr 45min ET 2hr 11min)

GCSE Maths
Paper 1 - 1st November 2022 - (Non-Calculator) – (1hr 30min ET 1hr 53 min)
Paper 2 - 3rd November 2022 - (Calculator) – (1hr 30min ET 1hr 53 min)
Paper 3 - 7th November 2022 - (Calculator) – (1hr 30min ET 1hr 53 min)

Key things to remember:

Unauthorised items
Warning
Written exams
Preparing to sit your exams

University Admission tests dates for Year 13 students:

All tests start at 9am on the days listed below and will take place in the gym:

Wednesday 2nd November - TSA, HAT, MAT, PHIL - 9am Start (arrive by 8:30am)

Visit our Career Newsletter - Vol 3 October 12th, 2022

Don't miss important updates from our Careers team in this week's Career Newsletter
Which includes:

Build your confidence with Career Ready!
Burges Salmon Insight Events
Access Creative College Bristol - October Open Day
Arcadis: A day in the Life of an Apprentice
Tech Digital Masterclasses by PA Consulting
Salesforce Virtual Internship Experience
Architecture, Ocean Science, Music, and More - STEM Careers in Acoustics
Apprenticeships Opportunities at HSBC
Year 12 - Upcoming Annual Oxford Muslim Access Conference
Year 12 and Access to Level 3: Bristol University STEM Up

Vaping Areas

With effect from 31st October (after half term) students will not be permitted to vape past the top of the driveway from the pedestrian crossing or in / near to any college buildings including the space behind Café Max. This is in response to feedback from staff and students regarding the health concerns of anyone in or around students who are vaping, particularly when trying to access entrances to buildings. Students will be reminded by staff whenever we see vaping taking place outside that the rules have changed and reiterate those changes to them. This change will take time to reinforce but with consistent and clear messaging from all colleagues, we will be implementing this change. Signage will be put up to reinforce the message also.

Bristol Education Partnership

There are lots of events and activities on offer for students as we are a part of the Bristol Education Partnership! Such as:
Thursday 10 November, 16.00 – 17.00 Online Talk for Students Get Expert Help with Managing your Study Time Tickets can be booked here
Tuesday 6 December 2022, 16.00 – 17.00 Tools to Build Self-belief and Good Mental Health online talk with James Shone Places can be booked here

View further details on each event here.

Our Translation Services

We understand that for many of our parents and carers, English may not be their first language. We want to ensure everyone is able to access key College information and communication and so would be grateful if you could tell us which language you may require College information translated into. We will then collate this information to see where we can provide translated documents.

Please click here to tell us your requirements.

Chaplaincy

The chapel is open every day for quiet reflection.
You can find Jennine Oldis in room B209, all faiths & no faiths are welcome!
If you would like to follow any of Chaplaincy's social media accounts - the links are below.
Chaplaincy Twitter
Chaplaincy Instagram
Chaplaincy Youtube