T​​o say that the coronavirus pandemic has had an enormous impact on students’ daily lives would be an understatement, with exams cancelled, the move to online learning, and a lack of social interaction. Less discussed, but potentially equally harmful for the long-term prospects for our generation, has been the restricted…

Concord Wrapped: an end to the academic year 2020-2021 and all its highlights, events and the experience as a whole. It has finally arrived. After months of anticipation the 25th of June has been and gone, signalling an end to the academic year and the start of those glorious few…

From the 17th to the 24th of June, Concord College hosted a Pre-U Week; a post exam period purely dedicated to planning towards our university applications. For the next 7 days, the whole of 6.1 was to attend meetings and classes about applications to their preferred universities and classes. We…

With the uncertainty that the UK weather brought during 3 consecutive days, most of us 6.1s went away from school for an allocated 2-day outdoor activity experience from the 19th to 21st June. However, it is unfortunate that due to the COVID situation we are unable to stay overnight throughout…

It is only fitting that after long hours of rigorous planning towards this event, there will be a long blog to act as tribute… Now, where should I begin? You got it – what better way to stimulate debate? This delegate sets forth the clause: Urges the importance of…just kidding,…

On Friday 5th June, we had our School Photo Day. Unlike last year when COVID-19 abruptly ended our school year, this year we all stayed until the end and were blessed with the occasion of a whole school photograph. To comply with social distancing, different year groups were separated into…

On the 2nd June, Concord College had its annual Sports Day – an event that everyone had looked forward to, hoping to experience some of the missed normality from the pre-Covid times. Training sessions had been organised during the weeks prior to the event and it’s safe to say that…

A video by Chester in 6.1, reminding and encouraging all participating students to regularly self-test and the importance of self-testing. Chester is helping weekly with the NHS self-testing lateral flow tests here at Concord, assisting students to register when they turn up at the test centre. Thank you, Chester!

As the severity of COVID-19 subsided in the county of Shropshire, we are finally allowed to take weekly trips to the nearby town of Shrewsbury for the first time ever this year. Starting from 28th April every Wednesday, there would be coaches near the Main Hall at 1:15 which can…