Concord launches remote fitness club to promote continued wellbeing
Monday June 1, 2020Staff from Concord’s Sports Department have launched a remote fitness club, with the aim of promoting physical and mental wellbeing of staff and students as they teach and study all around the world. The group – which is optional to join via email – has been sent to all staff and students, by Sports Hall Manager, Mr Will Harrison, and already has over 45 members. Said Mr Harrison: “As much of the world experiences a lockdown,
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Students provide update on Minecraft fundraiser for NHS
Friday May 29, 2020Last week it was announced that a group of Concord students had launched a unique build-project of a replica model of the college, to fundraise for the NHS. And in the course of a week, the twelve students and additional ‘crew’ from Concord’s 6.1 have made “significant progress” on the Minecraft model according to the Founder and Project Lead, Lancelot. Reflecting on the project so far, the students had to say the following; Lancelot (Founder): “As we place down each block,
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Concord supports Shrewsbury Food Hub during national lockdown
Wednesday May 27, 2020During the national lockdown, Concord has made a ‘generous’ donation to the Shrewsbury Food Hub – a voluntary organisation that collects and delivers surplus food to the local community. The Shrewsbury Food Hub supports an incredible 62 local groups, including Barnabas Community Projects, The ARK homeless charity and Severn Hospice – some of which Concord has previously supported, as well as eleven schools, eleven youth clubs, other playgroups and children’s sports clubs. The goal of the charity is to reduce food waste,
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Students to design Concord on Minecraft to raise funds for NHS
Friday May 22, 2020A group of Concord students have presented a unique fundraising proposal to the college’s Senior Management Team (SMT), in an attempt to fundraise for the NHS. The group of twelve students in 6.1 emailed Vice Principal (Pastoral), Mr Jeremy Kerslake with their exciting proposal, and hope to raise £1000 – through student and alumni donations to play the game: Concord College on Minecraft. Said 6.1 student Lancelot, speaking on behalf of his fellows: “With more time on our hands than previously anticipated due to coronavirus in addition to our studies,
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Covid-19 Update: Planning for September
Friday May 22, 2020Concord is now planning for re-opening in September for both boarders and day students. Please see the message below from Principal Mr Neil Hawkins: Planning is ongoing and is informed by UK government guidance, the WHO and from the UK Boarding Schools Association. All aspects of Concord practice will be risk-assessed in the light of the challenge of the virus. It will be Concord’s aim to reduce and minimise such risk, though it is not possible to eradicate risk completely.
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Concord to extend online library capabilities for remote learning
Tuesday May 19, 2020Concord’s Library Department has launched an exciting new online library to its teaching staff, ready to introduce to students as part of the college’s new remote learning programme. College staff have been testing out VLE Books – a website that enables students and staff to access the college’s eBook collection easily and securely. And according to VLE Books, the website allows for ‘integrated eBook ordering within the platform, making the process simple for librarians and teachers’ to provide texts that students require.
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Concord alumnus reflects on COVID-19 webinar and the role of young people
Wednesday May 13, 2020On Tuesday 5th May, Concord alumnus Ian Soh joined a panel of key speakers in a prescient webinar designed to discuss the role of youth in the global response to COVID-19. Ian, who left Concord in 2019, was a key panellist in the EPI-WIN webinar: COVID-19 and the youth of today, leaders of tomorrow, which attracted an audience of 808 young people and experts from a variety of fields. According to the WHO’s webinar report, the panellists included representatives from the Global Health Workforce Network Youth Hub (GHWF Youth Hub),
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Concord alumna a contestant on BBC’s ‘Glow Up’ Series 2
Tuesday May 12, 2020A Concord alumna will be appearing on the UK’s BBC3 and BBC iPlayer this Thursday and in the coming weeks, as she has been selected as a contestant for BBC’s popular ‘Glow Up’ Series 2. The television series – hosted by renowned English TV presenter, Stacey Dooley – searches for Britain’s next makeup star, in a competition that sees ten aspiring makeup artists (MUAs) ‘battle it out’ in a range of real-world and creative professional assignments.
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Concord student a Top 10 National Finalist in poetry competition
Wednesday May 6, 2020After 6.1 student Rose was selected as Shropshire’s county winner in the Key Stage 5 ‘Poetry by Heart’ competition this academic year, she has since placed in the top ten students nationally, in an exciting virtual national final. Rose performed two poems – London by William Blake, and Exposure by Wilfred Owen. Rose’s ability was ‘highly commended’ by judges, comprising a fantastic team of poets and poetry experts: Glyn Maxwell, Daljit Nagra, Paul Munden, Valerie Bloom,
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Concord student offered Global Summer Experience Scholarship
Tuesday May 5, 2020An aspiring medic in Concord’s 6.2 has been awarded a prestigious Summer Scholarship experience from The University of Sheffield, following her successful university application in November. And following the good news, day student Millie – who was selected as just one of 30 students for the 2021 scholarship – emailed Concord’s Head of Science, Mr Barry Brown to share the details. Said Mr Brown: “Millie was emailed after her successful interview to study Medicine at Sheffield in 2020,
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