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CCF Newsletter – Remembrance Weekend 2023

Remembrance season is always a time year of reflection but also one of great uplift, with our cadets selflessly turning up to collect for our local branch of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal at Asda, Brighton Marina. This always goes down well with the public and we thank them for their immense generosity and… Read more

Top of the Bench – Chemistry Competition

The ‘Top of the Bench’ chemistry competition will be held at Brighton College on 14th November 2023. Run from October to January, regional heats are organised and funded by Royal Society of Chemistry. The heats are set up to have broad appeal and are fully accessible. Past challenges have included practical tasks, written theory tests,… Read more

CCF Newsletter- Autumn 2023

The main event this term was our October Camp at Pippingford Park Training Areas in Ashdown Forest. It was a hugely successful camp with a vast amount of work and effort put in by all the cadets and the staff. For a few of our cadets it was their first camp and all learnt a… Read more

Amazon Web Services – GetIt – Educational Program

AWS GetIT is a fully-funded education program and competition designed to inspire all 12-14-year old students, especially girls and other young people from underrepresented communities, to consider a future in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). Schools and educators get access to curriculum designed for students to learn foundational cloud tech skills and design app ideas… Read more

100 Talks for Change – Mental Health

On Thursday 05th of October, we hosted 2 talks for our Year 10 and 11 students in the main hall. The Talk has been supported by Hays and titled ‘100 Talks for Change’. Two Mental Health speakers are touring the country speak to 50 schools across 20 academic days aiming to impact 10,000 lives. It’s… Read more

Blood Brothers – Theatre Trip

As part of the BTEC Performing Arts and BTEC Music courses, students are required to see Live Theatre Productions. We chosen to take them to see ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell performed at The Theatre Royal Brighton on Wednesday 4th October.  Blood Brothers revolves around twin boys (Mickey and Edward) who were separated at birth… Read more

Year 11 Geography Fieldwork

Year 11 students who are taking Geography as a GCSE, are required to undertake a field visit as part of their course.  The skills learnt on this trip and subsequent data analysis is essential for the completion of their final exam.  We will be taking students to visit the Brighton I360 and the surrounding area…. Read more

Summer School 2023

On week commencing Monday 24th July 2023, we will be hosting a Summer School at Longhill High School. This will be the first time some of our new Year 7 students will meet each other, their Head of Year, House Co-ordinators, Mentors and it marks the beginning of a five year relationship. Moving from primary… Read more

Real Madrid Football Clinic

Friday 4 August 64 youngsters from our partners Woodingdean Wanderers and Wildcats worked on their football skills with Real Madrid no less. Sadly, Jude Bellingham was not in attendance. However he did message the school and told the boys and girls to Keep Right On #KRO

Year 8 Camp 2023

To encourage maturity and sense of responsibility as Year 8s will be choosing their Options and will start GCSEs in Year 9. The activities are all designed to promote teamwork, leadership, problem solving, self-reliance and citizenship.  Living together in the camp situation leads to tolerance and understanding, and fosters positive relationships between students and staff…. Read more