U6 A level Drama students have just completed full performances of Lorca’s “Blood Wedding” and Wertenbaker’s “Our Country’s Good” on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st March. The students were outstanding in the excellent production work which was extremely well received by staff, parents and students who attended the performances in
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Aquinas Performing Arts students were out at the Palace Theatre in Manchester this week seeing Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables”. The show was fantastic and the students were a credit to the college. This Musical has so much to offer the audience as they are taken on a journey through the
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While there are no concerns at Aquinas at the moment, following the return of school and college students and staff from half term (when some may have been on holiday abroad) Public Health in Stockport has drawn attention to the latest Government guidance to the public on precautions against the spread
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Last month, we held our annual ‘After Aquinas’ careers guidance event, supporting our students to make informed career choices! The After Aquinas event for students and their parents is a great opportunity for them to find out more information from the various universities, employers and apprenticeship providers to help students
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Today we have been holding our careers event, ‘After Aquinas’. It has proved to be so successful that it has become an annual event in the college calendar with over 40 universities and colleges attending along with 30 or so apprenticeship providers and public service employers. The After Aquinas Evening
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On Friday 17th November, Aquinas College was treated to a special guest Member of Parliament! Angela Rayner, current MP for Ashton-under-Lyne was invited to speak to a busy lecture theatre of students. She provided an insight into her own career journey and how she managed to become one of the most
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Applied Business took a class trip to Chester Zoo where we received a bespoke presentation on how the zoo functions as a business. We will now use the zoo as our case study for the Unit 2 Business Dynamics coursework. The talk particularly looked at the zoo’s aims and vision,
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At the end of last summer our current U6 students took part in a live brief in conjunction with Stockport Mersey way, to produce a piece of work either; promoting ‘Cycling in Stockport’ or the ‘Stockport Enduro Cycling Festival’. We are very proud of all our students work and Mersey
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To mark Nurses’ Day, an annual celebration of the nursing profession held on 12 May (Florence Nightingale’s birthday), Aquinas College invited in a number of speakers from the University of Salford. They were able to outline the wide range of careers available within the NHS and healthcare profession to groups
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The Aquinas Citizens podcast is now ready for the world. Several of our current and ex-students were involved and it is produced by politics teacher Luke Watson.” The podcast is intended to be a place where Politics students at Aquinas College @AquinasUK and others can share and debate their views,
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The annual Aquinas College Adult Education Art & Craft Exhibition is currently on display at Stockport Art Gallery. The exhibition is running until 13th July where you will be able to see some of the superb work and achievements of the College’s evening adult students. Work will be displayed from
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Last week, the Performing Arts Department put on their Annual Disney Musical Showcase, with songs such as ‘Prince Ali’ and ‘Let it Go’. Pupils from Banks Lane, Great Moor and Cale Green schools came to see it and they were singing and dancing all the way through the fantastic performances. Overall, the
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