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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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Frome Busks 2023

The rain held out until the very last acts were playing at Frome Busks, and a wonderful day was had by all; both performers and those enjoying the acts. Students took to the stages and busking stations around town, creating an incredible buzz amongst the busy shoppers who took time out of their day to enjoy the sounds and songs on a bustling Saturday morning, while Selwood Academy students held the audience captive outside the Cheese & Grain. Josh Hampson, Head of Music at Frome College said: “Frome Busks 2023 was as promised; bigger and better than last year! All the students were absolutely fantastic.
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Black Swan Young Open

This amazing artwork attached is created by Year 12 Fine Art student Ena C, whose work has been selected for the Black Swan, Young Open. This piece, called ‘The Shattering’ is a large-scale installation, painstakingly put together out of hand designed paper shards. This piece of work conjured awe and amazement when it was installed in the Art Department Gallery, so we're thrilled that now the community can now visit this piece at the Black Swan Gallery, located in the town centre. The Young Open is one of the largest art competitions aimed solely at young people in the South West.
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International Women's Day 2023

Emerging evidence from UNICEF shows a positive association between women school leaders and student performance. Yet in UK state secondary schools, only 38% of school leaders are women. We are very proud that Frome College is bucking that trend. 53.3% of our leaders in College are women; that rises to 61% if you only count our middle leaders.
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Team Eco-School working in collaboration with Frome Children's Festival

As part of our National Careers Week activities, Team Eco-schools met with Purple Elephant and Frome Children's Festival. The theme of this year’s Frome Children's Festival is ‘climate change’. Our students are working together to raise awareness of the environmental issues we face locally and globally, helping to create a positive environmental celebration at the Cheese and Grain in July. Our students are collaborating with professionals to develop their communication, technical and creative skills, in preparation, not just for a worthy community endeavour, but for their future careers.
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Interhouse Portrait Artist of the Year

This week, our ‘Interhouse Portrait Artist of the Year’ competition completed, and the final creations were revealed to this year’s subjects- the Heads of House! Students from each Pastoral House were secretly selected to produce an image in the likeness of their HOH. The amazing students created this work in their own time, keeping this a secret from the HOH. Heads of House were thrilled to receive these creations on Monday in a big reveal.
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"ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!"

"A real credit to the creative ability and confidence of the College community" "We were blown away by the professionalism and enthusiasm of the cast!" "SO MUCH FUN!" Audience reviews of our school production 'School of Rock'.
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