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Step up to Science groups visit Thorpe Park

3rd December 2012

Learners who are studying the New Step Up to Science programme were rewarded for their good attendance and completion of work by a visit to the amusement park, Thorpe Park.

The focus was on team building and an investigation into the impact of G-Forces and gravity on the…

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• World Book Night21st May 2012On Monday 23rd April one million copies of certain novels were given away to members of the general public in the whole of the UK for free.
• Yes, Minister?22nd February 2012On Thursday 2 February the ESOL Department was visited by group of civil servants from BIS, DWP, The Home Office, DCLG and the SFA. All of these departments deal with ESOL from different angles (preemployment training and English for Work, ESOL for job seekers, for citizenship, for community cohesion etc) and often make conflicting demands on providers and students.
• Aspire funding gives Law Students a chance to visit Brussels3rd June 2011Thanks to ASPIRE funding, a group of AS/A2 law students had the great opportunity to travel to Brussels.
• World Book Night23rd March 2011On Saturday 5th March one million copies of certain novels were given away to members of the general public in the whole of the UK for free.
• Public Services Students see our Public Servants in Action10th March 2011A delegation of students on Public Services L2 went to city hall to hear Mayor’s Question Time.
• All Dressed Up & Somewhere To Go24th January 2011Ferrier friends from far and near flocked to the estate for the fourth annual festive ‘tree dressing’.
• Getting ready for Adult Learning in 20111st December 2010Our new 2011 Part Time Supplement is now out and being distributed to households near our college centres as well as Greenwich libraries.
• FESTIVAL OF SPORT27th October 2010As you all may know by now, Greenwich are just 1 of the 5 hosting boroughs to the BIGGEST event held within the modern world, the OLYMPIC & Paralympics Games.
• “Did you say you found £10?”28th July 2010“No! I said I found a dead mouse!” If this sort of exchange seems familiar it may be because you are not hearing as well as you used to. If you look at “ten pounds” and “dead mouse” in the mirror as you say them, you will see how similar they look and how easy it could be to confuse them if you do not hear too well. One in seven people in our population has a hearing loss. For some this condition is inherited, for some it comes as the result of illness or accident, for some it comes as the result of exposure to noise, and for many it is just a natural part of the ageing process.
• Pedal Power7th July 2010Congratulations to John Ettridge who completed the London to Brighton bike ride on 20 June.
• Power and Responsibility: Learning From Each Other12th May 2010A very powerful piece of improvised performance was staged by learners and staff at the Plumstead centre on Thursday 6 May 2010, to a packed house in the Student Union Lounge.
• What's the point of doing Maths?18th January 2010Quite a few maths students have been involved in special activities recently. Late last year Corporal Paul Ellis and a colleague from the RAF Careers Service brought along a series of activities designed to show that maths has a lot of really practical applications – such as navigation, logistics and aircraft identification.
• Trevor rewarded for straight drive16th September 2009The annual Mayor’s Charity Golf Day was held at Shooters Hill Golf Club on 9 July.
• Swiss Tony13th July 2009GCC Physics Lecturer Tony Thyer is currently out in Switzerland at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. CERN is the control centre for the Large Hydrogen Collider (LHC) and Tony was one of only a few teachers from around the World selected to attend a Teachers course about the experiment.
• Fashion Show 2009 - Casino Royale30th June 2009Greenwich Community College’s annual fashion Show was held on 18th June at Charlton Athletic Football Club.
• Visit to Paris23rd June 2009Thanks to generous funding from Aspire, we were able to take a group of students to Paris for 4 days in May.
• Students Welcomed at US Embassy - May 200918th May 2009This is a picture taken of staff and students from Access to Law, Law AS and A2, Politics A2, History AS and Citizenship GCSE who visited the USA Embassy on May 1st. It was an enormously successful event and the Embassy were very welcoming.
• Teaching in Vietnam30th April 2009GCC tutor Andy Tidy is currently teaching out in Vietnam. Keep up with his latest blogs here.
• Lord Young listens to our learners27th March 2009The College was delighted to host a visit by Lord Tony Young of Norwood Green, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills & Apprenticeships on 24 March 2009.
• Football or Rugby?19th March 2009Interested in playing Football (men’s and women’s) or Rugby Union for Greenwich Community College? Could you be the next Theo Wallcott, Danny Cipriani or Kelly Smith?
• Rus Kanga raises funds to help Wells for India3rd March 2009Wells for India is a charity that works with non-government organisations in Rajasthan, where more than 15 million people live below the poverty line, despite the growth in India's economy.
• Students Visit Hunter Plastics9th February 2009A big thanks go to Hunter Plastics in Nathan Way for hosting a visit from the BTEC National Diploma in Science class. We spent an enjoyable session touring the factory where we saw a range of plastic pipes being manufactured.
• Money4Life - not just for Christmas16th December 2008Students at Greenwich Community College are benefiting from money management courses, thanks to funding by the Bank of America. The courses are run by Business & Education London South, which offers training to young people across south London.
• Romans victorious at GCC’s Fourth Autumn Go Tournament5th December 2008GCC’s 2008 Autumn Go Tournament was held on Monday 1st December in the Students’ lounge. All of the entrants had only learnt the game recently and had never played in a tournament before.
• LLC in Zambia18th July 2008Two students and I travelled to Zambia with the Charity the Tag Rugby Development Trust (TRDT). 12 volunteers in total form the UK met up with 12 local volunteers made up of school teachers and coaches who work with other charities in Zambia.
• Frantic First Term10th October 2007What a difference a few weeks make. Where are those quiet, subdued students with expectant faces of the first few lessons? How quickly they learn to ignore you, chat to their neighbours, laugh and joke and generally make loads of noise. Still we wouldn’t want ‘em too quiet and devoid of life, would we? Maybe the next few weeks will bring about the happy medium.