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Underwater STEMhub Challenge

Two teams of year 9 students have competed in the Southwest Regional competition for the Underwater STEMhub Challenge at the National Composite Center in Bristol. Teams had to create, program, and design an underwater ROV to detect and collect plastic from the sea. Over the course of the day teams from schools around the Southwest participated in challenges and activities ending with a presentation in front of three judges. Our team Mediocrity came in 3rd in the region.
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Students compete in National Raspberry Pi Awards

The Frome College team Downpipe Downpipe Doo was one of 24 finalists in the national Raspberry Pi competition. The team consisted of Jack, Ted, Oren, Jacob, Eric and Thomas who worked for three months creating an invention to transform energy consumption. Their invention was a water wheel that fit in a gutter pipe that could be daisy chained so that water flowing over the water wheel would generate electricity to run small systems such as lights or phone chargers. They were one of 24 teams out of 200 that entered the competition to reach the national final.
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Success at the 55th International Chemistry Olympiad 2023

A-level chemistry students from both Y12 and Y13 took part in the first round of the UK competition in February. The results have been released and certificates were awarded to all students who took part and completed the paper. 20 students took part and received 9 bronze awards, 1 silver and 1 gold, which was a fantastic achievement. Dr Smith said ‘the students showed great endeavour and resilience to complete the test paper which contained questions of undergraduate difficulty, whilst being based on the A level chemistry our students have been studying.
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Dyson TAG Workshop

Dyson engineer, Sophie Adams, has been into College to work with a group of our year 9 & 10 students on creating the future of clean air technology. After a brief talk on current solutions to air pollution, students worked in groups of four to create their own versions of new technology that could help to create clean air. Solutions ranged from mini windmills that compress pollutants into building blocks to street lamps that purify smog and flame throwers that do not emit carbon dioxide for agricultural use. Thank you to The James Dyson Foundation for an amazing workshop!
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Bronze DofE Success

Congratulations to our two groups of Bronze DofE students who successfully completed their qualifying expeditions. DofE lead, Theo Pavli, said "our young people were a credit to the College and showed resilience, determination and teamwork to complete the challenge."
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Royal Engineers Visit

The Corps of Royal Engineers have paid us a visit as part of our STEM Learning enrichment and career development activities. The officers spent the day talking to our students about the varied and exciting opportunities offered as being part of British Army . During the event, the students were guided to challenged themselves through teamwork activities and solution creation, teaching them important leadership skills. It was a great opportunity and lots of fun.
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Screenwriting Masterclass

Our Media A level students were lucky enough to attend a screenwriting masterclass with Sean Cook, a Frome based, award winning screenwriter, whose contemporary crime drama, Redemption, is currently showing on ITVx. The students spent a successful morning learning how to create three dimensional characters, screenplay formatting, story theme development, visual writing techniques and writing TV scripts. Our thanks to Sean for giving such an insightful and comprehensive workshop. We can't wait to spot a student's name appear in some rolling credits!
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Houses of Parliament Trip

Our A Level Politics students have been to the Houses of Parliament to learn the subtle art of debating and how laws are made. It was a fantastic opportunity to see how the centre of British Government operates, and to learn more about the history of Parliament, all of which will feature in their exams. The Speaker's wig and gown was expertly modelled by Mr Hood and Mr Hurrell!
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Puppy Party was Pawfect!

Over 280 students have participated in a 'Puppy Party' in aid of Guide Dogs UK . Hosted by the students from the talented and gifted programme, students were able to come and interact with twelve guide dogs (either in training or retired) as an exam de-stress day. This event was coordinated by Anna Rose B., a year 12 TAG student, and eight volunteers from the year 9 and 10 TAG programme, helped to run it. Gemma Spencer, Community Fundraising Relationship Manager for Guide Dog UK, said of the event "Thanks so much for having us in, all the volunteers enjoyed themselves, plus the dogs!
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Rotary Young Photographer Competition 2023

As part of a national Rotary event, Frome Rotary held a Young Photographer Competition for the young people of Frome. We are very proud that two of our students had their photographs chosen as winners. Year 9 student Amelie G. is the District Level Intermediate Winner, with her fantastic photograph taken in Bath.
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