BG6 Blog
Please read all our BG6 blogs below, from this academic year.
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Enrichment: spotlight on Resilience
Mon 27 Jan 2025One of our core values is resilience, and our fantastic enrichment programme enables the embodiment of this into daily life at BG6 College.
Year 12
Are currently working through the British Sign Language (BSL) course in their enrichment sessions. This initiative is part of our commitment to fostering inclusivity and enhancing communication skills across our school community. Learning the basics needed to hold a simple conversation with those who use BSL to communicate. Every learner will receive a certificate to recognise their completion of the course and have the option to independently complete a fast tracked Level 1 course.
Year 13Are taking part in mini workshops delivered by key staff, to help them with the challenges of the next few months, including; exam strategies, study skills, coping with exam stress and interview techniques. In addition, they have all been signed up to BSL, so they can work through the course in their own time around assessments and the demands of college.
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Equity in Education
Fri 13 Dec 2024This time of year is busy, vibrant and hopeful in which BG6 truly lives and celebrates our values and successes of Equity in Education.
In the UK, an advantaged learner is six times more likely to receive offers from a Russell Group university, and in the context of Kirklees there are 0.5% with acceptance to Oxbridge, and 11% acceptance to Russell Group universities.
We couldn’t be prouder to buck this trend at BG6 where last year 23% of our learners progressed to Russell Group courses. Our competitive course submissions in Biology at Oxford, Law at Cambridge, Medicine and Dentistry have been incredibly successful and learners are currently preparing for interviews with brilliant, expert colleagues in BG6 and at partner universities in Leeds and Newcastle to cross the last hurdle to their dream post-18 destinations.
Here’s a small taster of some of the offers at all types of universities to date this academic year::
Kings College London - Medical Physiology,
The University of Leeds - Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology
The University of Huddersfield - Molecular Biology, Counselling and Psychology
Leeds Trinity University - Counselling
Cardiff University - Law
Glasgow University - Law
The University of Law - Law
The University of Bradford - Clinical Sciences, Pharmacy, Psychology with Counselling, Optometry
The University of York - Psychology
The University of Manchester - Optometry, Pharmacy
Leeds Beckett University - History
We’re incredibly proud of all our Year 13. Naturally, the talent in our Year 13 cohort is huge and they should rightly own their incredible accomplishments, but I know they would be the first to acknowledge the support of their amazing tutors, specialist teachers and of course the aspirational careers’ team without whom they wouldn’t always have the confidence and the knowledge to fulfil their dreams.
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Spotlight on values: Openness
Mon 25 Nov 2024One of our values is Openness and I recently read an article featuring a comment from Mark W Perrett, who said, ‘If you don’t go through life with an open mind, you will find a lot of closed doors.’ This really got me thinking about collaboration; our Trust mantra, that the unity in community is key, and just how valuable these behaviours, habits and actions are in closing the dream gap for our learners.
To celebrate UK Parliament Week, and the fundamental British Values that serve as the foundation to our society, we were overjoyed to run our inaugural BG6 Question Time where Year 12 and Year 13 learners put a range of our local politicians through their paces with their questions touching on local, regional and international issues. What struck me most was the mutual respect expressed by both learners and our guests, and the common thread of service and the betterment of humankind for any social stage and issue.Bringing our BG6 learners together through our common values is at the heart of what we do, as we truly understand that while successful academic outcomes will allow our learners to knock on the door of opportunity, their holistic development and character will allow them to cross the threshold of their first choice aspiration for their careers.
We are looking forward to planning another event around International Women's Day in March, with a focus on our mission of closing the dream gap.
Laura Dixon, BG6 Director
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BG6 Open Evening: Thursday 14 November 2024
Fri 25 Oct 2024Join us at our open evening on Thursday 14 November 2024, 4:30-7:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
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World Mental Health Day
Thu 10 Oct 2024On World Mental Health Day we want to remind all our amazing learners that self care is equally important as their studies.
Top tips for looking after your wellbeing:
- Be active - get out in the fresh air
- It's good to talk - talk to your friends and family
- Nutrition is important - eat healthy foods
- Write down your thoughts and feelings
- Escape - in a good book (reading for only 6 minutes reduces stress levels by 68%)
- Rest - don't feel guilty about doing nothing!
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Women in STEM: Ada Lovelace Day
Tue 08 Oct 2024Today is Ada Lovelace Day and we look to her as a role model for Women in STEM today. Ada Lovelace was a mathematician in the 1840s and was the first person to write a computer programme.
During the summer our learners had some inspirational experiences on STEM research and experience placements - they worked so hard to successfully complete their programmes and we're so proud of them.
Here's to our next generation Women in STEM!