Townsend Sixth Form, once again welcomed former BBC politics journalist and Westminster commentator Keith MacDougall to talk to Year 12 about why politics matter.

The informative talk impartially discussed and educated students on the current political landscape in the UK and how the political system in the UK works. The floor was opened up to what laws would students bring in, if they were in power, and allowed opportunity to discuss and debate in a similar manner of that in Parliament. An excellent talk which broadened students perception of politicians and politics as they become voters themselves very soon.

All Year 12 students have also been given the opportunity to take part in a trip to the House of Commons, led by Mr Bremner, there are a few spaces available so if anyone is interested, they can make themselves known to Mr Bremner.

Mr M Tominey
Head of Sixth Form

Parents/carers can support their child by encouraging active recall, quizzing them on key topics, and helping them create a structured revision timetable. Together, we can ensure that students feel confident and prepared for their assessments.

For more tips on how to support your child’s learning, please visit Supporting learning at home | Parentkind.

Townsend Teaching and Learning Team. 

The next athletics competition is on Wednesday 21st May.

Please can all students involved please meet Miss Jones after the Cathedral service. We will be walking to Westminster Lodge from there. Students attending the competition will need to be picked up or make their own way home from Westminster Lodge at 6:30pm.

Any questions, please contact me.

Kind Regards,

Miss M Jones
Head of PE

On Friday we celebrated and said goodbye to our Year 13 students.

As part of saying goodbye we took their leavers photos in the sunshine. We have uploaded these for the students to see and save onto their Learning for Life google classroom stream. 

We wish them all the best in their upcoming exams!

At Townsend we are proud to announce that Henry in Year 7 has won the ‘Finish This’ competition.

This has allowed him to have his written music animated by the English National Opera! Henry worked with renowned Soprano Rachel Nicholls to compose and record an operatic piece of music for the competition. Henry’s work was chosen out of 200 entries nationally to be animated and posted on the ENO’s website. Well done Henry!

Please see below to view and listen to his wonderful work!

Mr Barnett
Head of Music