Hello everyone, and welcome to the November update!
October was a very busy month, in which a number of our year-long programmes made their starts.
We began with the first of our Young poets events on October 6th at Cheltenham Ladies College, the quality of the poems produced in two short hours was stunning, and is a great credit to our facilitator Emma Taylor, to the teachers who performed their own poetry and most importantly to the young people themselves.
Next, we held the first of the year’s Great Debates at Bournside. Our topics centred around AI and data storage, and all 4 teams involved did and incredible job making their case. Thanks to Miss Brown at Bournside for her efforts and to all of those who attended
On the 13th of November, CEP continued its annual team up with VOICEBOX at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. After a fantastic live edition of Spill the Tea with the charming Hamza Yassin, young people from 5 schools took to the stage to share stories from their lived experience. It was a powerful afternoon, and the torrential rain really set the scene! Thanks to Emma at Cheltenham Festivals and to Miss Baynam-Williams for sorting everything out so well.
Last but not least, Cheltenham College hosted a fascinating day of medical, dentistry and veterinary information at its MDV conference on October 20th. We heard from a wide array of top quality speakers and the young people had a go at surgery themselves in a fantastic interactive workshop.
Upcoming Events
HE Preparation Day – Nov 13th, UoG Oxstalls Campus
The HE preparation day at UoG is designed to prepare students for life at university. A full day’s programme will feature workshops on student life, student finance, application advice and a campus tour. This event will be held at the fantastic Oxstalls campus in Longlevens.
Finance for the Future – Nov 20th, Cheltenham Ladies College
Abi Foster, Founder of Elent Education will be visiting to provide our schools with critical, future-busting information on money matters. The topics covered will include:
- Money Mindset
- Payslips
- Financing beyond university (i.e. student loans)
- Introduction to investing.
Spill the Tea Recording – Nov 20th, Cheltenham Ladies College
Finance education guru Abi Foster will be our special guest on this session of Spill the Tea. Join our students in asking Abi the burning questions adults are afraid to ask!
Changemakers Workshop 2 – Nov 23rd, Cheltenham Ladies College
Our second changemakers workshop will see students develop the ideas they came up with in the first session. With the help of Dr Paul Vare of the University of Gloucestershire, these ideas will crystalise into missions with clear goals, barriers and objectives.
Young Poets Workshop Event – Nov 27th, All Saints Academy
In the second stage of the Young Poets journey, the students will have a chance to learn new skills in both poetry writing and performance. We will be joined by Bristol Slam champion Emma Taylor and legendary performance poet Spoz for what should prove to be a fantastic event.