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Berlin Trip (February Half Term)

Posted on: March 13th 2023

#Berlin #Berlin trip #Concord College #Half Term

During the 2023 February half-term holiday, I visited Berlin with a group of amazing teachers and students from different year groups. We had to depart from college to Luton airport at 1am in the morning, and even though we were advised to get some sleep before then, I was busy…

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Austria Ski Trip (February Half Term)

Posted on: March 13th 2023

#austria #concordcollege #half term trip #Ski trip

  The agony of the 26 hour coach ride was quickly dismissed when the 50+ group of staff and students stepped onto the Austrian ground. Immediately, the cultivating mountains and the fairytale like houses caught my attention I was struck by the beautiful sights surrounding where we lived that week….

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Trek Up Tryfan

Posted on: March 13th 2023

#Charity #climbing #Concord College #mount kenya #tryfan #wales

  On the 24 Feb, a small group of 4 students climbed Tryfan in Wales as a team building day and training for the Kenya trip in June with Mr Brown, Mr Canney and Ms Cunliffe. All of us started off tired in the morning, sleeping the whole hour and…

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Moonlit Walk 8th November

Posted on: November 21st 2022

The moonlit walk was a very sociable evening. Everyone was chatting along the walk, until we got to the top and there were some surprises. Firstly, for the Beyoncé fans there were LED rings (‘putting a ring on it’) and others got glowing alien balloons- Mr Brown had to chase…

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Snowdonia Residential Trip August 2022

Posted on: November 1st 2022

In August 2022, a small group of day students from F4 and F5 (now in 6.1) spent an action-packed 4 days in Snowdonia trying their hand at a range of exciting outdoor activities. Read about their adventures below! Day 1- Ninja Assault Course and Surfing.  At Surf Snowdonia. Surf Snowdonia…

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U19 Sports Events

Posted on: October 21st 2022

Throughout this half of term, many of our sports teams have taken part in exciting sporting events. For many teams, these matches marked their first times playing together. Regardless, there has been amazing results and it has been great fun! See below the student match reports from netball, basketball and…

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Meeting with Mark Evans MBE from the Heart of Arabia Expedition

Posted on: October 18th 2022

As a DofE UK Youth Ambassador, I am blessed by the opportunity to attend different events, while representing the youth generation and the DofE Charity. I was contacted by my Project Manager last month about an opportunity to attend the launch event for British explorer Mark Evans MBE’s Heart of…

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Colour Run 2022

Posted on: September 23rd 2022

Last Sunday, on the 11th of September, the field behind Concord College was showered in resplendent coloured powder sprayed by staff and teachers against energetically running students. What’s more exciting than ending the summer holidays with a colour run? Having geared up with white t-shirts and goggles provided by the…

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6.1 Conway Centre Residential Trip

Posted on: July 1st 2022

#Conway #Conway Centre #Residential

Day 1 Early in the morning at 6am, I had to drag myself out of bed for breakfast and briefing at the Dining Hall. Casey, the adorable cat of a Concord Boarding Parent also came to say goodbye. After loading bags into the bus, headcounts and last-minute toilet trips, students…

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