Category: Collingham Blog

The English Department started the term by taking the year 13 English students to see “The Grapes of Wrath” at the National. The students enjoyed the production and felt that seeing it on…

As part of the A level Geography specification students were taken to the iconic  Seaford Head on the Sussex coast. Here they looked at both coastal erosion and protection as…

The college is proud of its rating of Excellent for academic delivery. The report notes the following: “The quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements is excellent.” “… pupils…

Six sixth-formers and myself, all with some knowledge of Freud, went to the Freud museum in Hampstead on the Thursday afternoon before half-term. On the psychology A level course we…

The Year 12 and 13 Geography students visited the Kings Cross redevelopment site as part of their research for the A level NEA. The site which runs northrwards from Kings…

The Year 12 Historians are studying Fascism in Italy and Germany and we were given a tour of ‘The Fascist Life’ exhibition at the Wiener Holocaust Library. This focused more…

The English Department visited the Globe to see Sean Holmes’ stunning production of Twelfth Night which Year 12 and Year 14 are studying asan A level text. Whilst most of…

A new concept in gallery organisation, Cromwell Place is a multi-million pound project space over several floors in a converted town house in South Kensington, just off the Cromwell Road,…

Year 13 History of Art recently visited the V&A. We visited the casts room to see the to scale cast réplicas of Italian Renaissance sculptures. The students were able to…

Last Tuesday saw the return of Collingham Chess Club to the study room. Lockdown and subsequent restrictions has prevented the club from running and it was great to see students…