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beginning with the annual Casson Society formal dinner to dine-out the Year 13 members and dine-in the new members. Members then met on Monday evenings to discuss talks given by teachers on a range of subjects including the history of thought, the ethics of the value of life and the problem of language.
Textiles
Year 9 pupils were able to opt to study textiles for the entire year including working on a bug project where pupils learnt to use the sewing machine and a wide range of textiles techniques.
Clem Clapp’s Royal Opera House design entry
Year 10 andYear 12 pupils entered the Royal Opera House Design Challenge, this year based on Puccini’s opera La Bohème.Year 10 pupils designed and made millinery for the character Musetta whileYear
12 pupils made costumes for one
of the four main characters. All pupils visited the Royal Opera House as part of their preparation. Sophie Bullock and Clem Clapp qualified as finalists.
Year 13 pupils demonstrated their enthusiasm and efforts for textiles, not letting lockdown hinder their progress.
Sophie Bullock’s Royal Opera House design entry
Casson Society scholars trip to Oxford
Hayman Scholars Society
Dr Steve Hobbs
Year 9 and 10 members of the Hayman Society joined pupils from
the Eastbourne Schools Partnership and from St Andrew’s Prep in a programme to develop their profound and creative thinking skills run by academic Dr Steve Hobbs on Saturday mornings through the year, supported by colleagues and senior pupils from the College. Pupils developed their understanding on a range of topics including problem solving, modern linguistic theory and epistemology.
Cameron Lindsay, Emily May, Sapphyre Mills Kennelly and Will Neal with David Tutt
Cameron Lindsay, Emily May, Sapphyre Mills Kennelly and Will Neal presented their design for a beach gym to David Tutt, leader of the Eastbourne Borough Council. Their concept of making the flooring out of recycled plastic will make the beach gym a world first.
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