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There isn’t much to enjoy about
getting up at 3.30am - but that de-
lightful early morning was the only
part of the trip that any of us could
really moan about as we travelled by
coach for five hours to visit the Jewish
Museum and Westminster Abbey.
The Jewish Museum was a wealth of
remarkable artefacts and documents;
diaries from WWI infantrymen and
original pistols and ammunition,
as well as more personal items like
shoes or engraved pocket watches. It
has three floors of pristine, original
materials and served as an excellent
immersion in the past. To read some
of the thoughts of the Jewish soldiers
in the Great War, handwritten in
immaculately beautiful calligraphy,
was a very useful activity, historical-
ly. Embedded in the walls (that were
decorated with photos and textboxes
of information about the world as it
was a century ago) were TV monitors
playing subtitled interviews with
Jewish survivors of the Great War, a
highly useful insight into the experi-
ences of Jews.
What I found to be most interesting
about the trip was going into West-
minster Abbey – it was genuinely
very exciting to walk the same steps
William and Kate did for their 2011
wedding, and to stand next to the
tomb of the monarchs we had been
learning so much about in class; to
think that the skeleton we stood next
to (Henry VII, Margaret Beaufort,
Elizabeth Of York…) was going to be
resurrected in our AS exam in May
where we would answer in-depth
questions about them. It was utterly
remarkable to be in this astounding
building of such awe-inspiring scope
and precision – the level of detail in
the carving of the stone pillars and
the wooden pews was beyond incred-
ible, it was insanely meticulous.
Despite the rainy grey skies, the trip
was a worthwhile endeavour and I
was glad to have been a part of it.
Press Team member Liam Heitman-Rice in year 12 reports ...
In years 12 and 13 students can opt
for the AS and A-Level ICT courses,
in which they will develop their
programming skills further, as well
as learning about computer archi-
tecture, and applications of ICT in
business.
Year 12 students will also develop
programming skills in Javascript,
PHP and MySQL. The course requires
application of their skills and knowl-
edge in programming in a real life
environment, with challenges such
as setting up websites.
Progression to University
As well as being able to go on to
courses such as Physics, Science and
Chemistry with a Computing A level
qualification, students will also have
access to Computing degrees. The
three key Computing courses are:
Computer Science
– focusing on the
development of computer systems
and the science behind programming.
Computing
– focusing on the comput-
er system, including programming,
as well as the business side.
Computer Systems Engineering
–
focusing on programing, the
development of systems appli-
cations and the development
of new electronic systems.
In addition, other courses include:
Artificial Intelligence
Business Information Technology
Computer Networks and Web Design
Computer Systems and Networks
Network Security Management
Software Engineering
Web Design and Development
Computer Games
Computer & Video Games
ICT in the Sixth Form
