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You may have heard of the youth strikes for climate recently; for example, on the 15th of March, 1.5 million young people went on strike from school in order to show their aversion to how the world’s climate is struggling, and how governments are taking little to no action to change this. This movement was …
Need more on your personal statement? CV not looking so hot? Well allow me to suggest boxing to help knock out the competition. From my own experience I can say that employers do see value in candidates with a history of boxing. This is due to the discipline and commitment needed in order to perform …
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I woke up to the same old bitter day, and the same old bitter world. Slowly, I pulled back the curtains; not that it would help - it would be a miracle for any remaining light to find its way through the daunting maze of air pollution. I gazed dismally into the everlasting horizon of …
Many students struggle to decide what they want to be when they leave school and it’s even harder to bring your own passion into a career that will one-day need to pay the bills. For a group of year 8 students though, it’s a little bit easier to imagine with the Young Author Project. The …
Learning an instrument is definitely time-consuming, tiresome and somewhat frustrating. When I was younger, my dad taught me how to play guitar. Honestly, it was not something I was overly passionate about at the time. Consequently, I stopped learning and this caused my dad to come to the disappointing realisation that his daughter would not …
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The annual SVC musical again took place at the end of January, this year showcasing ‘High School Musical’. The childhood favourite portrayed by SVC students was a showstopper; most of the nights sold out, with all the seats filled. Mr K even mentioned that it was ‘the best school production he had ever seen’, and …
The same question is posed every year: what is world book day? What is its purpose? Is it just celebrating books? Back for the 21st year, marked in more than 100 countries, World Book Day is more than just about books: it is an essential opportunity for children at primary and secondary school to engage …
Following on from our hugely successful first Soham’s Got Talent competition in 2017, on 29th November, the PAC auditorium was sold-out for the latest offering of talent from Soham Village College. After the first auditions in the week before the contest, it became evident that the competition would be fierce this year. It was a …
On Friday 30th November, eight year 10 students went to Beechurst hall to give their arguments for and against the marriage age being raised from 16 to 18. They had to debate in front of two year 10 English classes, Mr Hampson and Lucy Frazer: the local MP. Overall, the winners were Claire McLeod …
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Sixth form may not be flying carpets and forbidden love, but it’s still a huge change from the warm and comfortable sphere of SVC. It feels very strange to think that only a matter of weeks ago I still had my daily routine, still saw the same people in almost every lesson, still knew where …
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