‘A level Plus provided the unique, and excellent, opportunity for me to explore and go beyond the curriculum of the subjects I love. In Relativity and Quantum Theory we explored Einstein’s most famous theory and I was fascinated to see how such a seemingly abstract concept is actually used and observed everyday (through GPS, for example). In Abstract Problem Solving we tackled maths problems that appeared impossible at first, but that you soon realised simply required a new way of thinking. All in all, A level Plus was a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging experience and I enjoyed every minute of it. Tom, Year 13, Relativity and Quantum Theory, Abstract Problem Solving Cities of Dreadful Delight This course, which spans disciplines as varied as English and European literature, Art, Geography and Economics, explores the dawn of modernity in three major metropolises: London, Paris and New York from the mid-19th century to c. 1930. Students explore the ways writers, artists, film makers, and cultural historians have imagined the modern metropolis as a place of both disorder and opportunity, progress and danger, confusion and corruption, and a space for new social and personal futures. Drawing on a range of texts from literature, sociology, psychology, film, and visual art, the course approaches modern urban experience from a number of different perspectives: flanerie, crime, poverty, intoxication, madness, empire, race and sex.
Strength and Conditioning at the Summer Term showcase.
‘In studying musical performance, the school allowed our group to record a song as well as learn how to mix and edit this on our Music School’s Apple Macs which meant we were able to develop our own editing skills with help from teachers. Additionally lectures on music, ranging from organ performances to recording Acapella, gave us a wider appreciation of the musical world outside what we ordinarily listened to. Overall the experience was entirely worthwhile, engaging and extremely rewarding. Obafemi, Year 13, Music Performance Studies the world, and how people have responded to and challenged the social norms which gendered social technologies have created. The course looks at scientific and philosophical understandings of gender, seeking to place them in their cultural and historical contexts, and at the influence of feminist thought and political action throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and reactions both in support of and opposing feminist aims. Discussions have also covered intersectional understandings of identity, queer theory and transgender theory, as well as alternative ideologies such as androcentrism/ masculism. Gender Studies This course, aimed primarily at Humanities A level students, looks at how gender informs and structures
A level Plus musical showcase.
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