10th January 2018
BTEC Music students put on live music gig in aid of the Royal British Legion
BTEC Music students organised a live music gig on the evening of Tuesday 9th January as part of their coursework. A big thanks to Wendy and Morgan for their hard work arranging the show, it was a lovely evening! The event took place in the John Godber Theatre at New College and the team...
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9th January 2018
Collection of Exam Certificates
Certificates – Academic Year 2016-17 – Now available for collection from NC Pontefract Reception Certificates from the academic year 2016-17 (Summer 2017) are now ready for collection. Ideally, please collect them in person if possible between 8.30 – 4.00pm Monday – Friday from the main reception. Please bring some photo I.D with you. If...
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21st December 2017
New College student earns place at top Netball academy
Current New College Pontefract student, Jessica Fox, has secured a place in the Leeds Rhinos High Performance Netball Academy. The programme is aimed at talented athletes who have the desire and potential to play at International and/or upper-League level. Jessica plays Goal Attack for Leeds Athletic Netball Club every Saturday and often on Sundays....
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21st December 2017
New College Business Studies Students take part in National Enterprise Challenge
Year 12 BTEC Business students form New College Pontefract were invited to take part in the National Enterprise Challenge sponsored by NatWest plc. The full day, that took part at the College on Park Lane on December 19th, involved the students working in groups of 3 to come up with a new business venture...
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21st December 2017
New College duo making tracks in football careers
Ezra Pickles and Aleksandrs Starcenko, who both study BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport at New College Pontefract, are beginning on their journeys towards careers in the elite footballing world. Ezra has recently completed his FA Level 1 coaching certificate after volunteering at the A1 Football Factory in Knotttingley. Ezra began playing there on a...
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21st December 2017
New College Students Deliver Christmas Gifts to Pinderfields Children’s Ward
Chris Pugh and Kathryn Marsden, members of the Student Executive at New College Pontefract, have delivered Christmas presents to Wakefield’s Pinderfields Hospital Children’s Ward this week. As part of the group’s charity fundraising events, staff and students were asked to donate gifts that could be then given to children who would be spending Christmas...
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21st December 2017
New College donate Christmas gifts and clothing to Prince of Wales Hospice
Students and staff at New College Pontefract have taken part in a charity fundraiser in support of the Prince of Wales Hospice. Everyone was encouraged to wear a Christmas Jumper for the day with participants either donating a Christmas gift or an unused item of clothing that could then be sold in the Prince...
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21st December 2017
New College duo claim top spot in business investment challenge
Kate Taylor and Tomas Filek, both studying in their first year of a Business Studies A-Level at New College Pontefract, have won first prize in an Investment challenge held at Leeds Beckett University. The challenge, which took place in December, consisted of using a computer simulation to use virtual money from a client and...
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14th December 2017
New College Students Perform at Royal Albert Hall
New College Pontefract students, Tom Lewis and Charlotte Atkinson, have performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. They were selected during the summer to perform at the Music for Youth Schools Proms at the Royal Albert Hall which took place in November. This is one of the largest youth music events in Europe, involving approximately...
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8th December 2017
New College Student lobbies congress at Capitol Hill for Type 1 diabetes funding
New College Pontefract student, Laura Dunion, has travelled to America to lobby Congress for continued funding for type 1 diabetes research. Laura, age 16, was diagnosed with this auto immune condition at the age of 8 and wears an Insulin pump 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She has also taken part...
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