5th February 2015
NEW College students Crowned County Boccia champions 2015
NEW College Pontefract hosted the West Yorkshire Boccia championships last month and won the county trophy once again. Having beaten South Fields School 6 – 2, the team now move on to the national competition, which takes place in March. The team consisted of team captain Sophie Weaver, Sophie Pickles, James Bray and Daniel...
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20th January 2015
NEW College student selected for AoC Sport National Student Management Team
Sport student Fern Burnley of NEW College, Pontefract, has successfully gained a place on the Association of Colleges’ Sport National Student Management Team (NSMT). The 17 year-old beat off stiff competition through a robust application process, demonstrating the skills and qualities the panel identified for their 2014/15 programme. Fern, currently in her...
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12th January 2015
West Yorkshire College Shortlisted for top TES College of the Year Award
NEW College Pontefract has been shortlisted for the national College of the Year award. Published by the Times Educational Supplement, the TES FE Awards celebrate the best sixth form and FE colleges in the country. Principal Pauline Hagen said: “We are very proud to have been shortlisted for this prestigious award. It is a...
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9th December 2014
NEW College Commemorate WW1
The Performing Arts and Music departments at NEW College commemorated the centenary of WW1 with a special performance called Your Country Needs You. Students took part in the performance with a series of monologues, dances and music, framed by a narrative about the First World War. The production was well attended by students, staff...
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9th December 2014
Student is Barbershop Champion
NEW College student Hannah Braham, 17, has achieved first place in the 2014 National mixed Barbershop quartet competition at Harrogate. Hannah’s group, Hannah and the Hurricanes beat off Jigsaw and Patchwork to become this year’s Mixed Quartet champions. They sang: You Took Advantage of Me and I Want You, I Need You, I Love...
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4th December 2014
NEW College Inspires Women in STEM
NEW College Pontefract’s physics and maths departments are inspiring girls to go into science and maths related fields. On Tuesday around 60 Year 10 girls from local high schools including Outwood Grange and The Kings’ School heard inspiring stories from Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) careers. Speakers included researchers in Tissue...
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27th November 2014
Student is World Tumbling Champion
NEW College student, Ashleigh Long was last week crowned World Champion in Tumbling at the 2014 Trampoline and Tumbling World Age Group Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ashleigh came first in the 17-18 age group, after qualifying for the final round in second place. She had to complete two qualifying rounds, where only the...
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18th November 2014
NEW College’s 4000m Rowing Challenge for Children in Need
As part of the annual fundraising event, NEW College challenged its staff and students to row 4000m for BBC’s Children in Need. The Senior Leadership Team, Pauline Hagen, Leon Riley and Richard Fletcher set the mark early on Thursday night with Richard achieving the best time of 16 minutes 1 second. Head of PE...
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18th November 2014
Student Crowned World Champion
NEW College student Courtney Eardley, 16, competed in the WTKA World Championship in Italy over October half-term and was crowned World Champion in Taekwondo. More than 5000 competitors from 60 countries competed in the championship held by the World Taekwondo Karate Association and included events such as Kick Boxing, Cage Fighting, Kata, Weapons, Karate,...
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14th November 2014
NEW College Knights Yorkshire and Humber Champions
Girls basketball team at NEW College, the NEW College Knights, have this week become the Yorkshire and Humber champions by beating Wkye College 24-17. Wyke started off well scoring two easy baskets, but captain Greta Krasniqi showed outstanding leadership skills and motivated her players to keep fighting. Coach Hanna Storey said of the team:...
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