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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13th November 2014
NC Energiser
Gemma Asquith has just joined the NEW College team as NC Energiser. Her role is to help both staff and students embrace more sport and physical activity on a weekly basis. She will be targeting more than the sporty students, as her aim is to get the non-sporty and unenthusiastic students engaged in regular...
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13th November 2014
Former Student Awarded with Scholarship
Former NEW College student, Ashley Roberts has been awarded by the Ogden Trust with a scholarship of £1500 per year for his Manchester University degree. The Ogden Trust was set up to encourage, promote and support the teaching and learning of physics to sixth form and undergraduate students. Ashley is studying Physics with Theoretical...
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10th November 2014
NEW College Students Explore Malta
Over October half-term NEW College students and staff spent 15 days in Malta teaching, coaching and playing sports in local Maltese schools. Students had the opportunity to go into schools and coach sports to local children. This gave them an idea of how the Maltese approach sports and how their attitude differs to that...
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7th November 2014
NEW College students get politically engaged
Last month NEW College politics students visited Hull University for a politics conference. They had the opportunity to taste a university atmosphere and took part in an interative sessions on a series of relevant topics with prominent academics. Teacher Jon Skelton said: “The best session in the students’ eyes was the Question Time session....
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21st October 2014
Skinny Living
Up and coming local band Skinny Living performed their new single and a selection of their other tracks in the Common Room at NEW College on Friday as a warm up gig to their appearance at the First Direct Arena on the 19th October supporting Jake Bugg. Head of Music at NEW College, Michelle...
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20th October 2014
Student Awarded Highest Honour in Cadet Forces
New College student, Chloe Grieves has been awarded the appointment of Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet in recognition of her outstanding service in the army cadet force. She was one of only 12 cadets chosen from 8,500 in Yorkshire and the Humber to be given the Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate. She was awarded it by Brigadier John Wardle...
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6th October 2014
Your Country Needs You
NEW College Performing Arts students are commemorating the beginning of World War 1 with an evening of music, dance and drama. Your Country Needs You is a one-off performance that marks a century since the outbreak of the Great War. Head of Performing Arts Phil Stokes said: ‘This is a production that has allowed...
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1st October 2014
Student Awarded Rotary Club Prize for Leadership
NEW College student James Butterfield has received the Rotary Club’s award for Leadership. James went through an interview process at college, during which the Rotary Club had to decide whether he or another student would go on a residential trip to Hebdon Hay with all expenses paid. During the trip, James learned how to...
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1st October 2014
Rosie King Nominated for Yorkshire Children on Courage Award
Student Rosie King has been nominated for a Yorkshire Children of Courage Award for caring for her younger siblings, Daisy and Lenny, who both have a severe form of Asperger’s Syndrome. Rosie, who also has Asperger’s Syndrome, is a young campaigner for the National Autism Society. She is working on a government paper to...
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