Enrichment Open Morning – Saturday 29 March 2014: 10.00 – 13.00
Time
10:00 – 13:00
10:00 – 10:30
and
11.00 - 11.30
10:00 – 11:00
10:00 – 11:00
Enrichment Activity
Computing and IT
Course Manager and current students available to
discuss courses on offer in the department and
demonstrate some of the work they do.
Creative Writing
We will be showcasing some of the activities we do in
our thriving creative writing sessions here at college.
There will be a variety of exercises and writing
opportunities to join in with or observe. The group will
also be finalising the last ‘chapter’ of their
collaborative mystery novel, as well as working on the
next edition of the college’s literary magazine ’Create.’
We will provide paper and pens - expect the
unexpected!
Health Promotion Campaign
Students studying Health & Social Care will showcase
their health promotion campaigns on healthy eating,
sexual health, smoking and alcohol. Please use the
opportunity to talk to them about their various work
placements as well.
Labrats (Biology)
This enrichment is a MUST for students considering
careers in a biological laboratory eg biomedical
sciences/micro biology/food sciences. Come and talk
to the students and work alongside them, completing
some laboratory practical’s (naturally, health and
safety rules prevent you from eating or drinking in the
laboratory).
Leaf (Environment Group)
10:00 – 10:30 Students will be pleased to show you around the bio
and
diversity areas they have created in the College
10:30 – 11:00 grounds.
Maths Challenge
10:00 – 11:00 A variety of challenging Maths puzzles and problems,
and
including examples of those from the Maths Challenge
12:00 – 13:00 will be available for students to attempt to solve.
Room
Member of
staff
B14
Ben Hall
H104
Sue
Morkane
A102
Anna
Stephens
B111
Elisabeth
Parfitt
B23
Richard
Palmer
W102
Jon Middle
10:00 – 11:00
Photography Club
Take a peek at our budding photographers as they
create images for entry into competitions using our
studio and darkroom.
Theological Society
The Theological Society enrichment activities will be
10:00 – 10:30 composed of meditation and contemplation exercises
and
from both theistic and nontheistic religious traditions,
11:00 – 11:30 together with a discussion of a passage from
Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov."
10:00 – 11:00
10:30 – 11:30
Volleyball and Sports Enrichment
Watch a volleyball game and coaching session and ask
our staff about the full range of Sports enrichment
opportunities.
Book Club
The English Department invite visitors to join in with
discussions of the current Waterstone’s top ten reads,
old and new favourites and some more unusual texts.
Current students will also be invited to join in and give
their literary analysis and a lively discussion is to be
expected!
Dance Recitals
You are invited to watch AS and A2 Dance students
rehearsing for their practical exams. There is a mix of
10:30 – 11:00
solo, duet and group work and the pieces are based
and
upon a variety of stimuli. A showcase of exam work will
11:30 – 12:00
take place on Wednesday 9th April at 7pm which is
open for all to attend.
10:30 – 11:30
Debating
and
An ‘Oxford’ style debate from our Debating Society.
12:00 – 13:00
French Book Club / Language Olympiad
Listen to the discussion of the French Book Club and
10:30 – 11:30 have a go at the annual language competitions that we
enter – the Linguistics Olympiad and the EU Young
Translators Competition.
10:30 – 11:30
10:30 – 11:30
History Society
Students who have just taken part in the Holocaust
Education Programme will be presenting their
experiences.
Japanese
Write your name in Japanese and try your hand at
Juniper
Saffron Lee
B30
Martin
Sinclair
Sports
Dome
Harry Lee
H101
Jill Burton
Andrea
WebbTaylor
Redwood
Kim
Prichard
W12
Bob
Waterhouse
W107
Helen Valls/
Josiane
Nicolas
W10
Joseph
Bennett
W106
Noriko
Williams
origami in this beginner’s session.
10.30 – 11.00
and
11:30 – 12:00
10:30 – 11:30
10:30 – 12:30
10:30 – 12:30
10:30 – 11:30
10:30 – 12:30
Linguistics Society
A range of hands-on activities and mini-talks will cover
some unusual language texts across time and will serve
as a lively introduction to linguistics and language study
and will include the English Language Team’s linguistic
links with the Somerset Heritage Centre.
Men’s Football
Watch part of a football match and training session and
ask our staff about the full range of Sports enrichment
opportunities.
Music Performance
Performances of various musical groups in Willow from
Classical to Folk to Rock.
Music Production
Plug and Play - A chance to experience making and
mixing music in Logic.
Psychology Society
Current students will be showcasing their research and
they will invite you to take part in their experiments.
Come and see how people perform in different
conditions.
Rugby
Watch part of a rugby match and training session and
ask our staff about the full range of Sports enrichment
opportunities.
H105
Marcus
Barrett
Football
Pitch
Harry Lee
W1
Andy Wild
J1
Richard
Sparkes
W15
Julie Elkins
Rugby
Pitch
Harry Lee
Business – ‘Chucky Egg’
A little bit of business competition!
11:00 – 11:30
Balcony
Test your teamwork and team building skills in Business
on
and
to brand a product and produce suitable packaging that Hawthorn
11:30 – 12:00
protects and promotes a product.
11:00 – 12:00
11:00 – 12:00
Drama Workshop
Students of A2 Drama and Theatre Studies will be
practically exploring sections of text from Aristophanes'
ancient Greek comedy, Lysistrata. On behalf of the
Drama Department, we invite you to pop into our
Drama Studio (A116) to observe students 'work in
progress'.
Duke of Edinburgh
Display of camp craft and information leaflets provided
Heidi BellWest
A116
Judy
Preston
Front of
Willow
Becky
Flower
outlining how the D of E Award is run at RHC.
11:00 – 12:00
Economics - the Oligopoly game
This is a fun way of learning about an oligopolistic
market, where several large firms dominate the
market, and the profits of one firm is dependent on the
behaviour of other firms. The objective of the game is
to make as much profit as possible and in each round
of the game you will make one simple choice –
decrease the price of the goods or increase advertising.
Life Drawing
11:00 – 11:30
Come in and meet current students who will show the
and
work they have done in their life drawing sessions.
12:00 – 12:30
11:00 – 12:00
11:30 – 12:30
11:30 – 12:30
11:30 – 12:30
11:30 – 12:30
11:30 – 12:30
12:00 – 13:00
Netball
Come and watch a netball match and training session
and ask our staff about the full range of Sports
enrichment opportunities.
Film Making (provisional – check Website).
Lab Moles (Chemistry)
The students will carry out an experiment to find out
how light can be used to detect cheap honey.
Sociology Society
The students will be demonstrating various
experiments that will show how Sociology can be
applied to real life situations. This will focus on
labelling in schools and personal identity.
Vets, Medics and Dentists
Please come along to find out more about the activities
and support that we offer here at Richard Huish
College to support students that are likely to apply to
study one of these highly competitive and academic
subjects at university. There will be a short
introductory talk, followed by the opportunity to
participate in a Medical Terminology session and to
review a current issue from the news.
Women’s Football
Basketball
W101
Liz Voice
Maple
Arran
Willcocks
Sports
Dome
Harry Lee
Juniper
Lawrence
Benson
B121
Richard
Short
W11
Mel Kubicki
B16
Elisabeth
Parfitt
Football
Pitch
Harry Lee
Dome
Harry Lee