Over and Out!

#MoreThanACollege

What a FANTASTIC year we have had at the College this last year.  When I looked back at my blogs and all the news, tweets and Instagram posts, I am reminded of all the WONDERFUL EVENTS and ACHIEVEMENTS we have had since last September - WOW!

We ended the year in TRUE H6 STYLE – loads of CELEBRATIONS as always - graduations, parties, events, exhibitions – so many OUTSTANDING successes.  We held our FIRST STUDENT STAR AWARDS and felt SO INCREDIBLY PROUD watching our AMAZING students receiving their well-deserved AWARDS for being CARING, CONNECTED, COURAGEOUS, CREATIVE, COMMITTED and having a CAN DO/WILL DO ATTITUDE, all accompanied by music from our FABULOUS H6 Choir.  I was BURSTING with excitement!

We said AU REVOIR to our leavers – we don’t do goodbyes at H6 because everyone wants to come back!  We are so sad to see them go, but so THRILLED for them and all the DELIGHTFUL experiences they are going to have in the next part of their journey.  Sadness quickly turned to HAPPINESS with the start of our #H6MardiGras – an action-packed FESTIVAL for all our TERRIFIC New Student VIPs joining in September.  It was an absolute PLEASURE spending the day together - I cannot wait to get to know them better and see how they FLOURISH at our college, being part of their new FAMILY.  I am also SUPER EXCITED to see our returning students back HOME in the new academic year – we are MISSING YOU already!  I say this, but there are STILL students WORKING diligently on-site, soaking up the last PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITIES to continue LEARNING with our OUTSTANDING teachers.   Our online SUMMER ACADEMY starts today with VIP access for our #H6MardiGrasSquad

Working around the clock, as usual, staff are finishing off this SUPERB year and are busy getting everything READY for next year – we like to be ORGANISED!!  Time flies when you are having FUN – it’s what we do BEST, so everything is very FAST at the College.  Next PARTY is our INCREDIBLE end of year STAFF CELEBRATION, including meeting all our AMAZING new staff – what a TREAT the students are in for in September – LOTS of new faces to bring EVEN MORE subject KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS development to our already FANTASTIC study programmes!

I want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all #TeamHaringey6 – staff, students and partners - YOU ARE MY PEOPLE - you are the reason I come to work every day and the college would not be the AMAZING place to be that it is without you.

We have already started preparing to CELEBRATE AGAIN on results day next month and then straight into enrolment where our NEW RECRUITS are going to be EXCITEDLY hurrying through our doors to SECURE THEIR PLACE and HIT THE GROUND RUNNING for September.

This year has been an ABSOLUTE DREAM - I already cannot wait to do it all AGAIN next year!

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

Always working…!

#MoreThanACollege

I hope you are all enjoying a WELL DESERVED rest and enjoyed the FANTASTIC weather we had last month – I certainly did! 

We rounded the academic year off with our VIP Creative Showcase event – the culmination of all of the hard work from the CREATIVE and HUMANITIES students and staff throughout the year.  We had our usual STAFF CELEBRATION which was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE – great food, dancing and singing, a FANTASTIC way to round off a great year and THANK staff for their continued DEDICATION to our College.  We also hosted the annual TOTTENHAM UNIVERSITY GRADUATION, great to be part of such a special occasion in a young person’s life!

Work doesn’t stop at our College during the holidays.  In fact, it is one of our BUSIEST periods as we get ready for the NEW starts in September, but also wait with EXCITEMENT for the first proper set of exam results in the last couple of years.  They are the product of EXCEPTIONALLY HARD WORK by students and staff, and we treat all ACHIEVEMENTS with the utmost IMPORTANCE.  For us, results are not just grades, we also look at the QUALITY of the EXPERIENCE that students have enjoyed on their journey at the college.  We want to ensure everyone leaves with GREAT MEMORIES, having gained NEW SKILLS and are WELL-PREPARED for their next steps, whatever they may be.

While some of us are kicking back and relaxing, we have STAFF and STUDENTS working hard at their WORK PLACEMENTS in SPAIN and FRANCE! We also have some of our Media students taking part in training for making their own PODCASTS, which will be very useful when we LAUNCH our BRAND NEW H6 Radio Station in September…..watch this space! If that wasn’t enough, some of our female students are undertaking LEADERSHIP qualifications in addition to their main programmes by participating in the AfroUrban Futures UK project where they will work with young people in Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Uganda on an INTERNATIONAL project. 

Talking of INTERNATIONAL – news just in that England Women have won the European Cup!  This is so TIMELY as we as a college are working to engage many more females in SPORT and we are working hard to get female football and basketball teams underway.

I am already so EXCITED for September, ready to meet our NEW staff and students.  ENROLMENT starts on 25^th August – my FAVOURITE day of the year, waiting with ANTICIPATION to find out who is joining us and getting ready to get to know everyone in September – this is the BEST part of my job because it’s all about the PEOPLE who make up #TeamHaringey6!

Enjoy the rest of the Summer break and make sure you take some downtime – you are going to need all your ENERGY because next year is going to be a BLAST!

2022 – We’re coming to get you…!

I want to begin my new year’s blog by extending a HUGE welcome and virtual HUG to all of our AMAZING staff and students.  To our returning students – WELCOME HOME!  To our new arrivals – WELCOME TO YOUR NEW FAMILY #TeamHaringey6 - we are so EXCITED to have you with us!  We’re also thinking about last year’s leavers and keeping in touch with them as they PROGRESS onto the next stage of the JOURNEY to University and Employment.

Students are returning or joining us in what will to be a very SPECIAL year in the GROWTH of our College.  There is nothing more EXCITING than the newness of a fresh academic year - a chance to CONTINUE TO IMPROVE and start all over again.  I LOVE the start of every new academic year – everything in the College is all SHINY and NEW, including the students! I cannot wait to see our existing students again and to get to know all of our new members.  I LOVE people, they are what makes our college go round – a real #TeamHaringey6!                                                                                                                                                                    

We are so READY for this new year – not only do we have FANTASTIC NEW students - we have even MORE AMAZINGLY TALENTED new staff joining us to cater for all of our EXTRA STUDENTS (just hope we can fit them all in now!).  This SENSATIONAL new Academic Year will kick off with INDUCTION for all students in week one, followed by a RAPID move straight into teaching in week two – we don’t waste any time getting down to business here at Haringey 6^th Form College!

We cannot wait to have you here with us for what promises to be ANOTHER FABULOUS year here at Haringey 6^th Form College.  It’s going to be OUTSTANDING!