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Congratulations to Hadeel, Heba and Judy– who all very much deserve their College Award for Progress in the Advanced Foundation Programme

Everyone is enjoying some Christmas spirit today!

Still enjoying celebrating our graduates and award winners from Wednesday's ceremony: Ivone Baicu – who is studying medicine at East Anglia and received the Bob Eden Award for Biology Olive Togoh – currently studying nursing at Colchester Institute Grace Smith – currently studying business and management at Essex #thesixthformcollegecolchester

More of our former students from yesterday's Graduation & Awards Ceremony at Essex University: Ben – at Plymouth University studying Marine Biology Max – currently studying Geology at Exeter – he takes the Earth Sciences Department Award for Geology Harry - studying Resource and Exploration Geology at Exeter, he takes a Biology Department Award for Biology AND a English Department Award for English Literature

Yesterday, nearly a thousand students and guests gathered at Essex University to celebrate the success of the students who completed their studies at college in Summer 2024 Including: Nancy – Currently studying Acting and Performance at LMA London Megan- Employed by the Metropolitan Police as an apprentice police constable Daisy – Joined us from Salford University, where she is studying dance Kaitlin – studying environmental science at The University of York Finlay – Joins us from Bristol where he is studying Geography Leona – currently studying archaeology and ancient history at Cardiff #thesixthformcollegecolchester

Sam-ta Claws is hanging around to celebrate Christmas in the Geology department. #christmas #thesixthformcollegecolchester

"Friday 13th December 47 language students went on a day trip to Arras, northern France. They got to experience a French Christmas Market including local cuisine and handmade crafts. Great festive fun had by all!" #thesixthformcollegecolchester

Well done to all the students at The Sixth Form College Colchester for all their generosity and hard work with this year's hamper collection. We collected nearly 120 hampers to be distributed to families and individuals in the local area via organisations such as Y.E.S. ,Next Chapter, Emmaus and The Anti-Loo Roll Brigade. Students always work really hard to decorate their hampers each year, with things getting quite competitive between some tutor groups and even a number of the staff departments, but this year everyone really excelled themselves. Some hampers came with their own built-in light systems and this year's winners included a gingerbread house, a train and a towering tree topped by a star. Well done to everyone involved including: Michele Perrin (member of staff) – Student Charities Committee Co-ordinator Student Charities Committee members (L-R) Rosie Emily Poppy Julia #thesixthformcollegecolchester #colchester

We had two sports fixtures results from Wednesday both WINS: Men's Basketball 76 – 67 Peterborough Netball first team 44 – 35 SEEVIC. #thesixthformcollegecolchester

Excitement mounting! Our hamper competition is in full swing - winners announced tomorrow. #thesixthformcollegecolchester

Graduation and Awards decoration prep is in full swing! #thesixthformcollegecolchester

Last Thursday, when everyone was leaving college after a hard day of studying, the library was setting up a concert... NPR's Tiny Desk is a YouTube concert series that has been running from 2008 onwards. This is pure music stripped back to its barest form; with no vocal or amp effects to hide behind, and none of the standard concert frill. It's intimate and brings the musician and the audience closer together, as if they were performing at your house. The library staff and the college refugee charity group Friends Not Foes bought the spirit of Tiny Desk alive for this evening. Together we raised money for Médecins Sans Frontières to help with medical aid in Gaza and Ukraine. This is one of many fundraising events organised by Friends not Foes held in the year. Combined so far we've raised nearly £300. Images courtesy of one of our A level Photography students Kitty #thesixthformcollegecolchester