Skip to content ↓
Ely College

Ely College

Latest News

All the latest News from Ely College

April 2022

Archive

  • Ely College students reach Westminster as Lucy Frazer MP hosts the annual schools debating competition in Parliament

    Published 29/04/22

    Lucy Frazer MP welcomed students from South East Cambridgeshire to Parliament last week as part of her annual schools debating competition. 

    Ely College Debating Club, joined students from Linton Village College, Witchford Village College, Soham Village College and Impington Village College to take part in two debates as part of the competition. 

    The first was ‘This House believes that Scotland should remain part of the UK’ and the second ‘This House believes that animal testing is unnecessary’. 

      

    Having previously visited Ely College for the earlier rounds, it was a momentous occasion for our students to visit Westminster for the final debate.

    The competition was judged by Alex Chalk, MP for Cheltenham and solicitor general who offered students practical advice on giving a speech, including how to construct persuasive arguments and the importance of the concluding parts of a debate. 

    Year 11 Charlotte was selected as one of the winners, for their overall high standard of debate. Huge congratulations to her, the Ely College Debating Club and all those from local schools who took part.

    A big thank you goes out to Mr Burke and Ms Clark-Hope for coaching and organising this regular Session 6 club and accompanying them to London.

    Lucy Frazer MP said: “It was fantastic to welcome students and teachers back to Parliament."

    “This is the highlight of my parliamentary year, and the arguments and standard of debate by those taking part were very convincing.” 

    The winners of Lucy Frazer MP's annual schools debating competition were Reece (L - Witchford Village College,) Charlotte (M - Ely College) and Phoebe (R - Impington Village College). - Credit: Lucy Frazer MP

     

    Read the full local news article here: https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/local-council/lucy-frazer-mp-hosts-schools-debating-competition-8924636

    Read More

  • Bishop Laney Applied Science BTEC trip to the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

    Published 27/04/22

    On 20th April students taking the Applied Science BTEC course visited the Wellcome Trust Wellcome Sanger Institute. They learnt about the research being done at the world leading centre for genomics including the crucial part they played in the understanding of the Covid-19 virus and the development of a vaccine.

    They also had a talk from a researcher from the company Illumina who are leading the way in sequencing technologies to help better understand inherited diseases, including cancer. The students enjoyed this unique opportunity to see a working DNA sequencing laboratory and were able to have a go at using bioinformatic software.

    Find out more here:https://www.yourgenome.org/   Huge thank you to Mr Fricker and Yourgenome for organising this fantastic trip!

    Home | Wellcome Genome Campus

     

    Read More

  • Year 7 Cambridge University trip with the Insight Discover Programme

    Published 27/04/22

    Just before the Easter break a group of year 7 students visited Cambridge University as part of the Insight Discover program. The day introduced the ‘All about me’ project that encourages the students to start thinking about their futures. Throughout the day there were team building activities, including blindfolded Lego tower building. They had a Q&A session with 3 current Cambridge University students which included questions such as ‘How many lessons do you have?’ and ‘ Do you get much homework?’. The day finished with a trip to the Museum of Cambridge.

    Find out more about this exciting programme here: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/find-out-more/widening-participation/insight-discover. Big thank you to Mr Fricker for organising this trip and working closely with Cambridge University to offer our students exciting opportunities beyond the classroom.

    Read More

Cookie Policy