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Sixth Form Law Day
On 6 March, thirty students including myself had the
opportunity to attend a Law were given an insight
into the study of law at higher education and the practice of
law in courts.
We started the day off with an unconventional, yet imaginative
task at Queen Mary’s University which required us to express
certain images through freeze frames or animated scenes, this
allowed us to work on the skill of inference and its application
in the legal were also given an informative lecture on
international law, which included the example of the developing
genocidal nature of Myanmar’s government, which many of us
found eye-opening and allowed us to widen our understanding
of an area of law that is usually not discussed. My personal
highlight of the day was our mock trials in Mayor’s Court where
I was able to play the role of one of the advocates and others
played the; judge, jury and defendants.This experience allowed
us to gain a first-hand understanding of the inner-workings of
the judicial system. I would like to thank the OBs, teachers and
lecturers who made the day possible and I hope to attend
similar events in the future.”
Manav Arora, L6S
Enrichment Days
As term came to an end, we held several “off timetable days”
for our Junior year groups. Such enrichment days saw pupils
working both alone and collaboratively in groups on a variety
of themes and projects.
We had originally planned to celebrate Earth Day in April, but,
unfortunately this became a casualty of lockdown and school
closure. Instead, Mr Foley and Mrs Vetta arranged an alternative
Earth Day in June. This kicked off with an early morning
yoga session run by Mr Ceeraz, after which the pupils were
encouraged to get outside to woods, fields or even their gardens
to enjoy nature but also to pick up litter. We were impressed,
but also saddened, at the amount of litter they found in such
a short time. Mrs Fryer-Green told of her newly discovered
love of gardening and instructed everyone on how to plant
the sunflower seeds they had been discovered that
Bancroft’s pupils and parents already enjoy a cornucopia of
home grown produce from their gardens and allotments. Mr
Foley channelled his inner Blue Peter presenter and showed
everyone how to make reusable beeswax food wraps: an
eco-friendly alternative to cling film. He may have even said,
“Here’s one I made earlier.” OB and current student at Exeter
University, Anissa Patel gave an interesting presentation on the
environmental impacts (both good and bad) of Covid-19.
Earth day was followed by Creative Day which brought together
the Art, Music, Drama and DT Departments to challenge pupils
to produce creative responses to lockdown. Ms Burnside kicked
things off with an exploration of creativity which is linked so
closely to our Bancroft’s value of Curiosity. Each of the four
departments presented a variety of suggested activities and the
Thirds and Removes could then chose which activity they would
like to work on for the rest of the morning. In groups, they
worked together and after lunch everyone came back together
to present the products of their joint creativity. We were very
impressed by the ingenuity and the standard of work which was
produced in such a short time.
In a typical year, the Thirds all enjoy a history trip during the last
week of term. Recently their destination has been the fascinating
Dover Castle. In this very atypical year they enjoyed a virtual
History Day in which, instead of visiting a castle, they let their
imaginations run riot in designing and building their own castles.
In a relatively short period of time we saw a fantastic array of
castles, being built from a variety of materials: including edible
materials and even one from empty stationary boxes by one of
the keyworker children who completed the project in school.