6th Form students take part in Youth Speaks competition

Sixth form students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) have taken first and second places in a public speaking contest.

Six AS/A Level students from NULC took part in the Youth Speaks competition run by the Rotary Club of Newcastle-under-Lyme on the evening of Thursday 6 February.

The competition took place at Newcastle under Lyme School with NULC students Sian Docksey, Frankie Morgan and Rianne Shelley discussing ‘It’s the taking part that counts’ and Megan Allingham, Gabriel Bailey and Edward Boyd discussing ‘Would you have killed Hitler?’. Two teams from Newcastle under Lyme School also competed.

Sian, Frankie and Rianne came first on the evening and each won a cash prize and a voucher.

Frankie aged 18 from Eccleshall, who also won the ‘Best Individual Speaker’ award on the night, said: “I felt really honoured to take part in this competition and represent the College when talking about important topics. It’s also great fun and helps increase your confidence and skills when speaking in public.”

The winning team have now been invited to take part in the district finals on the 6 March at the Festival Drayton Centre in Market Drayton.

Megan, Gabriel and Edward came 2nd in the closely fought competition.

To find out more about studying AS/A Levels at NULC, call us on 01782 254254, email info@nulc.ac.uk or click here.

Paris residential

On Friday 31st January Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) AS/A Level Art, Design, Film, French and Media Studies students went to Paris on a 4 day residential. We visited various culturally significant landmarks and locations Musee D’Orsay and the Louvre (pictured).





The students were fantastic ambassadors for the college and displayed exemplary behaviour. Many thanks to the staff who accompanied the students: Mike Kelly, Michael Lacoult and Verica Travar-Williams. 

It was the 4th annual Paris trip I have run to Paris, the students also visited the Eiffel Tower at night, Champs Elysees, and Notre Dame many taking images and producing sketches to improve their portfolios or practicing French conversation.

 

NULC offers art and creative related A Level courses in Art, Dance, Film Studies, Graphic Design, Media Studies, Music, Music Technology, Photography, Product Design, Textiles and Theatre Studies.

To find out more about courses visit www.nulc.ac.uk, call 01782 254254 or email info@nulc.ac.uk.



Natalie Weatherer
Curriculum Leader for AS Media and AS/A Level Theatre