15th May 2014
NEW College Pontefract Win National Wheelchair Basketball Title
The BWB Inclusive Zone Basketball Schools Competition took place this week at the University of Worcester. It was attended by over 60 pupils from all over the UK, as well as HRH the Countess of Wessex. The battle for bronze saw New College Swindon win the medal with an 11-6 victory against Springwood High...
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15th May 2014
NEW College Indoor Cricket Team Wins National Finals
Congratulations to the following students who beat Bourneville College off the last ball in a thrilling final to retain the national indoor cricket trophy and officially become the best indoor cricket team in the country: Callum Honeyman, Connor Fisher, Connor Harvey, Matt Boucher, Eli Shaw, Jordan Mills, Brad Green. A fantastic team effort whilst...
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7th April 2014
NEW College Staff Wear Orange T-Shirts to Encourage Revision
NEW College staff are wearing bright orange t-shirts all week to encourage students to start thinking about revision. They are printed with the slogan: “Revise Today, Star in Your Future Tomorrow”. “Orange Week” kick-starts an intensive revision campaign which will help students to structure their revision, practise past papers, and prepare themselves physically and...
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21st March 2014
Race is on for Sport Relief at NEW College
NEW College staff and students donned their running gear to raise money for this year’s Sport Relief. From 9.15am on Friday 20 March both staff and students took part in a Sports Relief Mile, starting from the Sports Hall going all the way around campus. A series of runners ensured the event kept going...
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21st March 2014
NEW College student wins Young Champions award For Equality and Diversity
NEW College student Pegah Moulana won the Young Champions Award at the Inspiring Change Award ceremony at the Horizon College this month. The awards were part of the celebration of International Women’s Day and the Gender Equality Forum in Barnsley and the surrounding area. There were six categories altogether and Pegah, who studies, Government...
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21st March 2014
NEW College Teachers inspire for revision week
Teaching staff at NEW College will be inspiring students by wearing lime green slogan t shirts to kick start revision week. 120 members of staff will be encouraging the student’s revision by wearing the shirts all week with the slogan ‘Revise today, star in your future tomorrow!’ Vice Principal Richard Fletcher said: “This is...
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21st March 2014
NEW College student receives accolade from Rotary Club
Year 13 NEW College, Pontefract student, James Butterfield has been chosen to be a leader at the Rotary Club of Pontefract (RYLA). Through selection process and interview, the RYLA choose one individual to become one of their leaders. The awards were open to all colleges in the area and out of 8 students shortlisted,...
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12th March 2014
NEW College team’s debate success on International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day was celebrated at NEW College with a series of events including sporting activities to celebrate women in sport, a debate, and guest speakers headed by shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, MP. Mike Tomlinson, husband of the late Jane Tomlinson, began the day by giving an emotional and thought provoking speech about...
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12th March 2014
NEW College Student wins top award for Boccia
Sophie Weaver from NEW College in Pontefract has been awarded the Jean Ratcliff Outstanding Achievement Award 2014 following her team’s blazing performance at the Boccia County Championships. The award, which recognises exceptional achievement in disability sport, was handed to Sophie in a ceremony at Ponds Forge in Sheffield last week. The student was nominated...
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17th February 2014
NEW College student selected for Royal Northern College of Music
Music student Emily-Grace Clifton of NEW College, Pontefract, has successfully gained a place at the Royal Northern College of Music. The success follows on from the fantastic news earlier this academic year, when Emily was accepted at the National Youth Orchestra (NYO). Emily, who has played viola since the age of 14, also studies...
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