Celebrating July 2013 - Worthing College

Celebrating 

Worthing College 

July 2013 

Fantastic evening 

of celebration at 

Pavilion Theatre 

On Friday 21 June 2013 Worthing 

College hosted a fantastic evening 

of celebration for Worthing at the 

Pavilion Theatre, with dinner and 

some fabulous entertainment. 

Performing Arts students (on the 

Pavilion stage for the very first time) 

wowed the audience with numbers 

from the shows Grease, Chicago and 

We Will Rock You. 

Guests of honour The Mayor of 

Worthing Robert Smytherman and 

Mayoress Norah Fisher, and Tim 

Loughton MP attended along with 

local Councillors and business 

leaders. The evening was hosted by 

Principal Peter Corrigan, students 

and staff from Worthing College. 

The Mayor of Worthing - Councillor Robert Smytherman with Student Governor 

Gabby Slater (left) and Performing Arts students entertain the guests (above). 

We would like to thank everyone who 

celebrated with us on the night and 

pledged their support for the college 

in so many ways. Local businesses 

were keen to support a wide range 

of areas such as Biology, Visual 

Arts and Media, Law, the Health and 

Wellbeing Centre, Travel and Tourism 

and much, much more. 

Many local businesses offered work 

experience and apprenticeship 

opportunities for students and we 

look forward to working further with 

them at the new college. 

Students were very much the focus 

of the evening, not only providing 

fabulous entertainment but also by 

welcoming guests on arrival and 

being part of the catering team. 

Students from Plumpton College 

produced the red wine and fantastic 

flower arrangements for the dining 

tables.

Opportunity Achievement Success Progression 

(continued from front page) 

The new college promises a 

fantastic future for young people 

and adult learners in Worthing and 

the surrounding area. It will provide 

superb new facilities for teaching and 

learning and will inspire students to 

achieve and succeed. 

A bright new future beckons for 

Worthing College with the move 

from the old site in Bolsover Road 

to a magnificent new campus at The 

Warren in Hill Barn Lane, Worthing. 

“The evening was a huge 

success. Everybody who 

came enjoyed the fabulous 

entertainment from our 

talented students. The food 

was superb. However, best of 

all was the growing sense of 

excitement and anticipation 

about the new Worthing 

College at The Warren. 

Everybody I spoke to cannot 

wait to visit and see the 

new facilities. We still have 

limited places available for 

September 2013. Apply now 

to be part of our growing 

success.” 

Peter Corrigan, College Principal 

The college will move into the new 

College in Summer 2013 ready for 

the 2013/14 academic year. 

The new Worthing College at The 

Warren is a truly special place. 

Students will enjoy the very best 

teaching and learning and social and 

recreational facilities in a stunning 

environment. There will be spacious 

classrooms, learning zones in 

each curriculum area, laboratories, 

a large library, a Performing Arts 

Centre, two large caféterias, a large 

fitness gym, a Health and Wellbeing 

Centre and college shop. There 

will be a dedicated bus service, onsite 

parking and extensive secure 

parking for bicycles available for 

students. The extensive grounds will 

include picnic areas, well lit pedestrian 

pathways, forest walks and nature trails. 

We will have a full size Rugby pitch and 

a floodlit netball and tennis facility. 

The new Worthing College offers 

much more. We offer 40 A / AS levels, 

35 different vocational courses, 

plus apprenticeships and Academy 

provision in Sport, Mathematics, 

Visual Arts and Performing Arts. 

There’s also a well-established 

nursery and forest school for babies 

and young children to give much 

needed support to working parents. 

Councillor Elizabeth Sparkes 

and Roger Sparkes 

Councillor Noel Atkins and 

Helena Atkins 

Councillors Val Turner and 

Bryan Turner 

Emma Purnell and Ismail 

Groves 

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Celebrating Worthing College 

EDITORIAL 

I am absolutely delighted to be writing this 

editorial just as the new Worthing College 

becomes a reality. We have worked so 

hard and waited so long for this time to 

come, I almost can’t believe that the next 

time I write this I will be sitting at a lovely 

new desk in the new Worthing College at 

the Warren, overlooking the south downs 

to the north and the sea to the south, 

fabulous. 

Councillor Hazel Thorpe and 

Councillor Robin Rogers 

Vice Principal Paul Riley and 

Caroline Riley 

Tina Webster and Bob Partridge 

Dr David Mannings and Paula 

Russell 

Performing Arts students and staff after their success on the stage 

With new student Introductory Days and 

Enrolment just around the corner the 

excitement is building and we can’t wait 

to show off our great new college. Apart 

from all the wonderful new classrooms, 

cafeterias, library, gym, shops and health 

and wellbeing centre there are loads of 

great new learning zones for students. 

These are the ‘piece de resistance’. 

Large open spaces in all curriculum areas 

for students to study independently, in 

comfort, with a range of resources and 

open access. Seeing is believing as far as 

our new learning zones are concerned, 

so do come to our open morning on 6 July 

to be one of the first to see inside. 

There is a lovely new nursery and forest 

school - bigger and better than ever. Once 

our very youngest clients see this they will 

not want to go anywhere else! 

I couldn’t end this editorial without 

reference to our evening of celebration 

on 21 June. This has to have been 

the most exciting event we have ever 

organised. The support and generosity 

of our guests and partners was fantastic. 

Our Performing Arts Students were the 

cream of the crop as they entertained 

the audience with their performances 

on stage. My thanks to the team at the 

college and at the Pavilion Theatre for 

making it such a great event. 

There is so much to celebrate at 

Worthing College as you will see as you 

read through the pages of this edition of 

Celebrating Worthing College. So, if you 

know of any young people who have not 

yet made up their mind to come here in 

September, I would say ‘apply now - make 

Worthing College your learning zone’. 

Caroline Pickup, Editor 

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Special day for 

students has a 

real international 

flavour 

Worthing College students come 

from all over the world, and they 

worked together to provide a brilliant 

International Day in May. 

Students from about 15 different 

countries including Brazil, Poland, 

Bangladesh, China and the 

Democratic Republic of Congo 

prepared information displays about 

their home countries, and most also 

provided a taste of authentic food. 

This drew large crowds of students and 

staff. Music from Mexico and Brazil 

(at the same time!) contributed to a 

great party atmosphere. Apparently 

the Brazilians kept partying for an 

hour after everyone else had left. 

Italian student Ludovica Chiacchierini 

who plans to study Economics at 

Queen Mary University of London 

next year said: “It was great. I really 

enjoyed finding out more about the 

different countries and cultures fellow 

students come from”. 



Great British tea party a 

great send off for students 

‘Working as 

a Volunteer’ 

On the last week of term we held 

a Great British Tea Party to say 

goodbye to our International students 

who were leaving in both Year 12 

and 13. The tables were beautifully 

decorated with fresh roses, serviettes 

and cake stands and tea was served 

in teapots covered with a variety of 

colourful tea cosies much to the 

bemusement of our students. 

Everyone tucked into typical English tea 

fare such as scones with jam and cream 

and a selection of English cakes: lemon 

drizzle, victoria sponge, chocolate 

brownies and flapjacks. Several 

members of staff joined us which was 

much appreciated by the students and 

the Modern Foreign Language staff did 

their best to give service with a smile! 

A truly British experience. 

One of the units that the BTEC L2 

Workskills students complete is 

Working as a Volunteer. For this 

unit the students are required to 

find a volunteering activity that 

suits their skills and interest. 

Activities that students have 

engaged in recently include 

working in charity shops, helping 

with local fundraising events 

and providing regular help to 

vulnerable neighbours. 

In another unit (Alternatives to 

Paid Work), students enjoyed 

a visit from a volunteer for The 

Samaritans who came in to talk 

about the work they do both in the 

local community and nationally. 

The visit prompted a few of the 

students to organise an event in 

College to help a local charity shop 

connected to The Samaritans. The 

students organised and promoted 

a week-long event in March 

during which staff and students 

were encouraged to bring in an 

item to donate to the charity shop. 

Collection points were set up and 

manned by the students during 

the week which attracted fantastic 

support. At the end of the week 

the students sorted the donations, 

bagged them up and took them to 

the charity shop where they were 

gratefully received - around 15-20 

black plastic sacks of donations 

were the result of their efforts! 

“I really would like to thank the 

students for what they managed 

to achieve for the shop through 

their hard work” said Marlene 

Butler from The Samaritans. 



Lisa Whiting wins Leading 

the Learner Voice Award 

Worthing College student Lisa 

Whiting has been announced as 

Highly Commended in the 2013 

Leading Learner of the Year category. 

She picked up her award at the fifth 

annual Leading the Learner Voice 

Awards which took place in London 

on Tuesday 18 June. The awards, 

which are hosted by the Learning and 

Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) 

and the National Union of Students 

(NUS) celebrate the significant 

contributions learners make to the 

further education (FE) and skills 

sector, and recognise the staff who 

support them in doing this. The 

awards are also an opportunity to 

ensure that good practice is shared 

and available for others to learn from. 

The awards were open to learners, 

staff and providers in the FE and 

skills sector. This includes sixth 

form and independent specialist 

colleges for learners with learning 

difficulties and / or disabilities, adult 

and community learning, work-based 

learning, and offender learning. 

The categories highlighted the 

changing and evolving priorities 

facing the FE and skills sector and 

this year there were three new 

categories: Learning Champion 

of the Year, Information, advice 

and guidance and Imaginative 

approaches to learner voice. 

As last year the award ceremony 

was held in central London, and the 

honours were presented by Rob 

Wye, Chief Executive, LSIS and 

Dame Ruth Silver, Chair, LSIS. 

Lisa is a prominent member of the 

Worthing College Student Parliament, 

is the chair of the Worthing College 

Teaching and Learning Academy and 

a student governor. 

She is also a member of the outgoing 

Student Union and has spoken at 

the college on several occasions on 

Information Evenings and Open Days. 

Student wins X-Box 

Congratulations to Worthing College 

student Michael Donlevy who won a 

brand new Xbox 360 in a competition 

run by Britvic and ABM Catering Ltd. 

The competition was based on filling 

a Britvic loyalty card (buy 8 and get 

the 9th free) which was then put into 

a prize draw with an Xbox or an iPad 

Touch up for grabs. 

A jubilant Michael’s winning card was 

picked and he opted for the X-Box 

which was presented to him by Ron 

Bell from ABM Catering Ltd. 



New Student Union 

promises to focus 

on Student Voice to 

help create positive 

learning environment 

Volunteering 

certificates 

A group of Wothing College 

students has been awarded 

certificates from OUTSET youth 

for voluntary work in a range 

of placements. These included 

Worthing Hospital and Thomas A 

Becket First and Middle Schools. 

Jade Marshall, pictured above 

completed over 100 hours of 

voluntary work at Worthing 

Hospital and hopes to use this 

valuable experience in a future 

career in nursing. Other students 

who collected awards were : 

Student Union President James Clarke (far left), with the new Student 

Union: Kyle Rogers, Mike Jones, Henry Marshall, Hannah Mills, Charlie 

Smith, Anna Docherty and Katie Brewster. 

Zhayin Penterson 

Sarah Marlow 

Jade Marshall 

Emily McDermott 

Millicent Rodemark 

Molly Brothers 

Vanessa Pagsolingan 

Bethany dalaziel 

Nathan Keogh 

Emilio Conti 

Elissa Flynn 

Francesca Silvestri from OUTSET 

Youth Volunteer Co-ordinator 

made the presentations. 



Performing Arts students 

get audiences rocking 

with two stunning shows 

Worthing College students from the 

Academy of Performing Arts pulled 

out all the stops with brilliant versions 

of two great shows: the perennial 

teen favourite ‘Grease’ and Ben 

Elton’s musical tribute to Queen, 

‘We Will Rock You’. 

Matthew O’Hagan and Polly Lewis 

put in strong performances in the 

starring roles of Danny and Sandy 

as members of the Jets and the Pink 

Ladies in the high school musical 

romance. They were brilliantly 

supported by the rest of a very 

enthusiastic and professional cast. 

The show really rocked along at a 

rapid pace with everyone dancing 

their hearts out to numbers such as 

Greased Lightning, Tell Me More and 

You Better Step Up. 

In June, students rocked us with 

their version of We Will Rock You - 

a visual and musical delight based 

on the songs of legendary rock band 

Queen. Set in the future where live 

music and individuality is forbidden, it 

gave all the cast a chance to dress up 

and show off as a variety of rock star 

characters such as the Bohemians, 

Killer Queen, Galileo, Scaramouche 

and the Ga Ga police. Outstanding! 



Dear Worthing 

College, 

Your Year 13 BTEC Drama 

students performed a National 

Theatre play at the Capitol 

in Horsham, followed by a 

performance by students from St 

Paul’s Catholic College. My son 

was one of the performers from 

St Paul’s. I wanted to pass on my 

congratulations to your students 

for their excellent performance. 

They were also a great audience 

for the Year 10 and 11 St Paul’s 

students whose performance 

followed. Your students laughed 

and cheered and really lifted 

them up. 

Good luck to all of the students 

as they prepare for their exams. 

Their talent really showed last 

night. Please thank them for us. 

Kind regards, 

Sara Lawrence 

It’s always nice to get feedback 

so we decided to include this 

lovely letter from someone 

outside the college talking about 

our students. 



End of the pier show 

The Academy of Arts at Worthing 

College offers students who are 

studying on Visual Arts and Media 

courses, a range of enriching and 

interesting opportunities and activities 

that support and extend their learning 

and promote educational progression. 

This year we congratulate our 

students Connie Hebenton, Hannah 

Rowan and Rhiane Smith, on their 

achievements in the Creative Waves 

arts project, led by Nadia Chalk and 

Vanessa Breen. 

Nadia Chalk and Vanessa Breen, who 

run Creative Waves community arts, 

worked with 20 young people at a 

pop up art studio at the Sidney Walter 

Centre, Worthing. The course was 

funded by Community Central with 

the aim of inspiring students to create 

a piece of artwork worthy of a place in 

the exhibition on Worthing Pier. 

Nadia Chalk from Creative Waves said 

“They all exceeded our expectations 

and worked extremely hard to develop 

their ideas and skills, resulting in a 

very high standard of work. 

Their artwork is on permanent display, 

on the glass panels, along the central 

walkway at the Southern end of the 

pier and will remain there until April 

2014. Feedback from Councillors, 

the general public and students 

has been overwhelmingly positive. 

It is a great platform for students to 

experience the reality of an exhibition 

in a public space. It also improves 

the look of the pier and encourages 

people to view great artwork.” 

Rhiane Smith, one of the successful 

Fine Art students from Worthing 

College said: 

“Participating in the Creative Waves 

Workshop allowed me to produce a 

piece of work outside of my Fine Art 

A-Level. I was given the opportunity 

to use mixed media materials before 

using paint to generate a final painting 

for the Worthing Pier. My painting 

depicted the heads of two figures and 

I used a variety of expressive marks 

to paint into the piece. Throughout 

the workshop I was able to talk with 

both Nadia and Vanessa about my 

ideas and influences whilst also 

receiving support from them about 

how my painting was progressing. 

I would recommend the Creative 

Waves Workshop to students as 

it is an opportunity to produce a 

piece of experimental artwork whilst 

interacting with other students.” 

End of the year show 

draws the crowds 

The Visual Arts and Media 

Summer Exhibition opened to 

the public on Friday 14th June, 

Monday 17th, and Tuesday 18th 

June. The Private view took place 

on 13th June when Worthing 

College Principal Peter Corrigan 

handed out the annual awards 

(see nominations list right) to 

students in front of an appreciative 

audience of friends, relatives and 

art lovers. 


Level 2 Art & Design: 

Kristal Valerozo 

GCSE Photography: 

Daniel Mountford, Liam Ryan, 

Juliette Hedges, Jon Ransley 

GCSE Film Studies: 

Jose Pardo, Robson Charrington 

BTEC CMP Certificate: 

Lilly Holmes, Sam Jones, 

Jordan Dann, Matt Lewis 

BTEC CMP Sub. Diploma: 

Olivia Judah, Nadia Callan, 

Lisa Cooper 

AS Fine Art: 

Emily Skates, Adam Wheal, 

Cyreel Joya, Hannah Rowan, 

Jacob Parazo, Alice Eckton 

AS Textiles: Jasmine Lynch, 

Tabitha Buckley, Louise Watteau 

AS Photography: 

Ellis Langdell, Megan Evans, 

Milan Thomas, Ellie Potkins, 

Robyn Munnery, Megan 

Henderson, Robert Brown, 

Jasmine Peacock, Paula Garcia 

Walcher, Olivia Herring, Tessa 

Peters 

AS Film Studies: 

Sam Jones, Lucy Goldberg 

AS Media Studies: 

Matt Andrews, Ryan Borg, 

Jogjia Nye 

AS Graphics: 

Harriet Broom, Elizabeth Tinnion, 

Elijah Parazo, Megan Evans 

A2 Fine Art: 

Rhiane Smith, Emily Papps, 

Rhianna Lewis, Beth Mason 

A2 Textiles: Rhainna Lewis, 

Caroline Attill, Natalie Willmott, 

Maria Berghorst, Jennifer Morton 


Academy of Art Awards Nominations 

A2 Photography: Jack Stocker, 

Harriet Broom, Charlotte Scott, 

Bethany Snell, Rhiane Smith, 

Jermaine Basilio, Charlotte Smart 

A2 Film Studies: 

Kerry Chambers, Stewart Adam 

A2 Media Studies: 

Oliviah Judah, Rhiane Smith, 

Kerry Chambers 

A2 Graphics: 

Ellis Langdell, Arthur Holt, 

Jermaine Basilio, Charlotte Giles 

Most Enthusiasm: 

Lenka Wilkinson, Lauren Denney, 

Grace Holland, Ellis Langdell, 

Jennifer Morton, Adele Cooper, 

Joshua Mortimer, Peter Milner 

Most Experimental: Daryl Chow, 

Harriet Broom, Gemma Finch, 

Reahad Kaleel, Charlie Jones, 

Natalie Willmott, Beth Mason, 

Dylan McBride, Peter Milner 

Most Hardworking: 

Maria Berghorst, Laura Gunn, 

Maria Berghorst, Jermaine Basilio, 

Rhiane Smith, Cyreel Joya, 

Kristal Valerozo, Sarah Pearson, 

Elif Acktepe, Joel Hammond 

Most Progress Made: 

Rhiannon Bromley, Rhiannon 

Bromley, Bethany Snell, Robson 

Charrington, Jon Harding, 

Robyn Munnery, Gemma Finch, 

Deanna Giles, Leonie White, 

Millie Charman 

Studentship: Deandra Harris, 

Megan Ross, Charlotte Giles, 

Hannah Rowan, Arthur Holt, 

Jack Stocker, Peter Milner, 

(Jimmy) Ka Yn, Joel Hammond 

Students 

taste Royal 

Academy 

success 

After over 1100 submissions from 

schools and colleges across the 

country were submitted, we are 

proud to announce that two of Darren 

Laidler’s students have been selected 

or shortlisted for the national Royal 

Academy of Arts A-Level Summer 

Online Exhibition 2013. 

Harriet Broom’s lovely photographic 

works, ‘Paralell’ and ‘Analogue/ 

Digital’ are being exhibited, and one 

of Ellis Langdell’s works, ‘Mask’ was 

also shortlisted. 

Three curators, Royal Academician 

Tess Jaray, Assistant Curator Sarah 

Lea, and RA Schools student Amy 

Woodward selected 35 works to 

show in the exhibition, entitled 

RE-LACED, which will be live on their 

website until 18 August. A further 75 

works have been commended and 

shown as a shortlist on the website. 

www.royalacademy.org.uk/alevel 



Students reflect on their 

success in STEM Project 

presentation based on their STEM 

(encouraging Science, Technology, 

Engineering and Mathmatics) Project. 

They received excellent feedback 

from their link company, Automotive 

Specialist SMR of Porchester and, 

after stringent assessment, they each 

received a prestigious Golf Crest 

Award. Additionally the outcomes 

from their project on wing mirror 

molding are being incorporated into 

the production mechanisms at SMR. 

Under the expert guidance of Alan 

White, a group of Worthing College 

students received great recognition 

at the University of Brighton for a 

Ryan Bannister Sophie Johnson, 

Thomas Mendes, Sasha Oliver and 

Oliver Wilkins worked on the project 

and gave the presentation which they 

later repeated at Worthing College to 

staff and students. 

Travel and Tourism 

students take to the slopes 

The A2 Travel & Tourism students 

arranged a visit to SNO!zone in 

Milton Keynes as part of their 

Planning an Event unit. Students 

who went on the visit had a private 

snowboarding lesson and then went 

sledging. Students who arranged 

the visit were assessed on all stages 

including planning and booking of 

the activities and their organisational 

skills on the day working with other 

students and staff at SNO!zone. 

The A2 students said that this unit 

helped to develop their team working 

skills which are essential when 

working in the Travel & Tourism 

industry. Some of the group are also 

progressing to University to study 

Travel or Event Management and 

said they are now more confident 

being independent learners and 

dealing with challenging situations 

along with being able to adapt 

quickly when things don’t go to plan. 



Worthing College’s 

doctors of the future 

Four students from Worthing College 

have successfully met the toughest 

challenge for A level students and 

been offered places to study for 

medical degrees in September 2013. 

Alaina Turner has a place at the 

Royal Veterinary College to read 

Veterinary Medicine; Susie Crocker- 

Buque (Keele University), and Annie 

Parker (Nottingham University, 

not pictured) have places to read 

medicine; Sarah McClory was also 

offered a place to read medicine 

by both Birmingham and Cardiff 

Universities, but has decided to read 

Chemistry at Southampton. 

To get this far the students have had 

to excel in a wide range of academic 

and non-academic pursuits. They 

are confidently expected to get the 

required straight As in their A Levels 

this summer. In addition they have 

been successful in both the UKCAT 

and the BMAT entry tests, one or 

other of which is required by 

most universities, and they need to 

demonstrate a wide range of personal 

qualities and achievements including 

having to carry out extensive work 

experience and performing well in 

very challenging interviews. 

Through its Aspire Programme for 

high achieving students Worthing 

College offers considerable support 

to students to help maximise their 

chances of success, including 

running a medical conference for 

A Level students in conjunction 

with Worthing Hospital, liaising with 

Worthing Hospital to set up work 

experience placements, giving 

practice interviews and support in 

preparing for the tests. 

Worthing College Aspire Coordinator 

Antony Allchin said “Universities 

only want the best and these are 

outstanding students who will make 

a valuable contribution to the medical 

profession in the future. 

Walt has 

designs on 

new laptop 

in national 

competition 

Worthing College student Walt 

Liu was the winner of a national 

competition to design a laptop cover. 

Walt, who is studying A Level Maths, 

Statistics and Chinese, was delighted 

with his prize. He specialises in 

Manga style hand drawn illustrations 

but this was his first effort at using a 

PC to help his design. His success 

has stimulated his interest in 

Computer Programming and Design 

as a career. 

Walt was presented with his own 

unique laptop by James Kitchen from 

Ergo Computers in Nottingham who 

organised the competition. James 

said “We received 19 entries for 

the competition in February and 

there were a number of great 

designs, but Walt’s imaginative, 

creative and colourful design was 

the deserved winner!” 



ADULT EDUCATION AND MORE 

AT WORTHING COLLEGE 

From September 2013 the new 

Worthing College is offering a new 

range of evening classes. With the 

opening of the new Worthing College 

we are excited to once again offer 

a range of evening classes. Brief 

details of these are provided here but 

please watch our website for updates 

because we will be adding more. 

www.worthing.ac.uk 

If you are interested in joining any 

of these classes please contact 

info@worthing.ac.uk or telephone 

01903 243389. 

Starting your own Business – Introductory fee £150 

Have you ever thought of starting your own business? Are you 

itching to get cracking with something but don’t know where to 

start? Then we can help! Worthing College is offering a new course 

in setting up your own small business. The following areas will be 

covered and you will be able to meet like-minded people: 

• Developing your idea 

• Assessing your suitability for enterprise 

• Legal and regulatory requirements when running a business 

• How to market and sell a product or service 

• Exploring the financial needs of a business 

• How to start and run a business 

Our experienced trainers will help you to develop your own 

business plan for your enterprise idea. 

Science GCSE 

This course allows you to qualify in one of the 

three core subjects of the National curriculum. It 

is designed to provide you with a basic knowledge 

of Biology, Chemistry and Physics and how these 

ideas are relevant to your life. You will also take part 

in practical work related to the themes covered and 

develop your communication and data handling. 

Most people use this course to improve an existing 

GCSE grade, so the more you can remember from 

Key Stage 3 and GCSE Science the better. All the 

aspects you need are covered again, though, so the 

main thing is to be keen to learn about science. 

You will need to be well organised and prepared to 

learn the work as you go along. The pace is fairly 

rapid so you need to keep on top of the work. Your 

practical skills will be assessed and you need to 

be good at problem solving and applying scientific 

knowledge to new situations. 

To enrol on this course you will need a minimum of 

two Grade Ds at GCSE including a grade D in GCSE 

Science. 

The Sealight Youth Theatre at 

Worthing College 

Open to 14 - 18 year olds these drama workshops 

consist of a mixture of theatre games, improvised, 

devised and scripted work. This community provision 

will enable young people to work together creatively 

in an enthusiastic and positive environment. 

There will be 10 workshops per term, teacher led 

although much of the work is student centred. 

Participants will be encouraged to use skills 

from other disciplines such as music and dance, 

according to the project. There will be a performance 

showcase and/or a production at the end of each 

term. 

Entry is by audition - no formal entry requirements. 

Progression: Students could progress onto Level 

3 courses at the College and will receive advice 

and guidance to support them in doing so.Cost 

to Students: £100 per term (10 weeks per term). 

Start Day/Time: Termly – from 29 September 2013, 

Wednesday 6.00pm - 8.00pm 



Evening classes beginning 

in September 2013 

Science GCSE 

(33 weeks) 

Geology 

(8 weeks) 

Sealight Youth Theatre 

(10 weeks) 

Starting Your Own Business 

(10 weeks) 

Spanish for Beginners 

(10 weeks) 

Chinese for Business 

(10 weeks) 

Day 

Tuesday 

Thursday 

Tuesday 

Thursday 

Tuesday 

Tuesday 

Archaeology of Human Remains 

Time 

19.00 - 

21.00 

19.00 - 

21.00 

18.00 - 

20.00 

17.30 - 

19.30 

18.30 - 

20.30 

19.00 - 

21.00 

Fee 

£365 

£86 

£100 

£150 

£95 

£95 

What can we learn about the lives of people in the past from their deaths? 

On this course we will be using actual human skeletal remains as well as 

images from Sussex and around the world to assess sex, age-at-death, 

health and disease, trauma, occupation, and appearance of individuals 

from the past. We will also discuss beliefs as evident from the way the 

dead are treated. Although the course will be predominantly illustrated 

with archaeological specimens from Britain there will be the opportunity 

to discuss forensics or any specific area of archaeology (ie Ancient Egypt, 

Roman, Native North American, Ancient China) that is of interest to course 

participants. The course will be suitable for anyone with an interest in the 

past. This course will begin in January 2014. 

Graduate 

Employability 

It can be hard to get a new 

job these days. To help you, 

Worthing College will be 

offering a range of skills 

development courses and 

workshops for adults. 

Keep an eye on our website 

for details. 

www.worthing.ac.uk 

Other courses coming soon 

include: 

Certificate in Event Planning, 

Chinese for Leisure (Basic), 

French for Business, Certificate in 

Leadership and Management and 

Photography AS Level. 

We want to develop a wide 

range of classes. If you have 

a special skill or expertise, 

are an experienced tutor 

or trainer and interested in 

running an evening course 

please get in touch 

via info@worthing.ac.uk 

Trip to London helps ESOL students 

get to grips with language and culture 

Tori Bond and Helen Mathieson took 

ESOL students on a brilliant day out 

in London recently. Photos show 

students engaging with the ‘cultural’ 

side of the capital’s life. Photos show 

Nicky Gigg (left) getting top actress 

Judi Dench’s autograph. Mohammed 

learns how to street fight in Trafalgar 

Square (centre) and Ikramullah 

Waziri and Mohammed Eshaqzadeh 

meet a street entertainer in Covent 

Garden (right). 



Worthing College sporting 

highs celebrated at Academy 

of Sport Awards evening 

The Annual Sports Awards Evening is 

held at the Assembly Hall, Worthing 

and continues to be one of the largest 

and most prestigious awards nights 

in the whole county. The evening was 

attended by students, parents and 

carers, friends, staff, partners and 

college Governors. 

Over 200 students received ‘Colours’ 

in recognition of their year-long 

commitment and dedication. Awards 

were also presented for the Coaches 

and Players’ Player of the Year for 

each of our squads. The evening 

culminated with the presentation of 

the Fundraiser of the Year, Team of 

the Year and Sports Person of the 

Year trophies. 

A brilliant evening was had by all as 

tales of the season’s highs and lows 

were told by all the coaches from 

the various factions. Guests were 

entertained particularly by the verbal 

jousting between Dave Hall from 

Men’s Football and Ben Coulson from 

Men’s Rugby. 

Nominees for Sports Person of the Year, goalkeeper James Binfield, Izzy Burt 

who has represented England Colleges at Women’s Football, Worthing College’s 

first England International, Ryan Fergany, and Lewis Maslen who has represented 

Worthing Raiders 1st XV in National league 2. 

Speeches were also made by 


and College Director Paul Cox who 

emphasised how proud they were of 

the achievements of such a talented 

and committed group of students. 

Congratulations to all the award 

winners and all the other students 

who contributed to one of Worthing 

College’s best ever sporting seasons. 

Tina Price (above) is presented with 

a bouquet by Emily Begley 

Peter Corrigan presents Amelia Smith 

with Volunteer of the Year award (above) 

watched by Ben Coulson, Mark Rugman 

and Colin Illsley (left) 



Aliss Piduck and Eloise Paine, 

Women’s Football 

Jordan Dudas, Jack Fagan, Callum Meeney and Jarred Rance picked up 

awards for Men’s Football 

Sportsperson of the Year, Ryan 

Fergany, Men’s Football 

Netball’s Katie Hermann, Shannon Brightman, Sophie Johnson and Beth 

Finn with their awards 

Women’s Doubles badminton 

champions Emily Waitland and 

Georgia Short 

Men’s Rugby award winners Lucas Calleja, Jack Ware and Jack Lake show 

off their awards 



Elite League play-off final: Worthing 

College play their part but lose out 

in “great advert for college rugby” 

Coleg Llandrillo proved to be too 

strong for Worthing College running 

out as 42 – 13 winners in the Men’s 

Rugby Union Elite League playoff 

final at Sutton Coldfield Rugby Club 

on Wednesday 15th May. 

It was Worthing who had the first 

points on the board within 10 minutes 

converting a penalty to take 3 – 0 lead. 

However it wasn’t long until Llandrillo 

took control of the game scoring two 

unconverted tries in quick succession 

to take make it 10 – 3. 

Llandrillo extended their lead following 

a superb finish from their winger to 

score a try. Worthing continued to 

try to get back into the game, but 

were stung by an efficient Llandrillo 

who Intercepted a Worthing chip kick 

meant for their wing, Llandrillo turned 

defence into attack by breaking out 

from within their own 22yd line where 

the winger sprinted home from half 

way to score his second try of the day 

and extend the lead to 22 – 3. 

Worthing’s task was soon to become 

more difficult by having a player sin 

binned for a deliberate knock on, 

and indeed they were punished by 

Llandrillo who just before half time 

turned the ball over to score a try to 

make it 27 – 3 at half time. 

Llandrillo then scored three tries 

within the first 15 minutes of the 2nd 

half leaving Worthing with a mountain 

to climb. However, they remained 

competitive and were rewarded for 

their efforts with an unconverted 

try from a catch and drive move off 

a line out with around 10 minutes 

remaining. Worthing were not done 

yet and following a Llandrillo high 

tackle and a sin binning, Worthing 

scored their second try of the game 

to make the final score 42 – 13. 

Liz Fletcher (Regional Sports Coordinator 

for the West Midlands) 

said,”It was a great game of rugby, 

competitive to the end and the 

players were a credit to their colleges 

and coaching staff. This was a great 

advert for college rugby’. 

Narrow semi-final defeat leaves Men’s Football 

Performance Programme 1st XI heartbroken 

The Men’s Football Performance 

Programme 1st XI came home 

empty handed after a 1-0 defeat to 

Myerscough College (Preston) in 

the ECFA National Champions of 

Champions Semi Final at Lilleshall. 

Worthing started like a train and could 

have easily taken the lead on more 

than one occasion in the first twenty 

minutes when chances fell to Jared 

Rance, who was Worthing’s best 

player and Jack Barnes who expertly 

curled an effort from 40 yards out, 

only to see it come back off the 

crossbar with the keeper well beaten. 

Myerscough are deemed to be the 

best College for Football in the 

country at the moment and this quality 

was in evidence when they took the 

lead when a slide rule pass evaded 

centre half Greg Gander and found a 

Myerscough striker who slotted past 

Worthing keeper James Binfield. 

This goal really opened up the game 

and made it an extremely entertaining 

affair with high quality of skill on show. 

Both sides had further chances and 

Worthing felt they deserved a penalty 

when Smith was clearly tripped by 

his full back, but the official waved 

away any protests. Myerscough too 

could have had a penalty with Jacob 

Parazo lucky to get away with a 

handball appeal. 

Both sides attacked each other right 

through until the final whistle and 

unfortunately for Worthing it was their 

northern opponents who progressed 

to the final against Monkseaton 

School (Durham). 



Worthing College student 

picked for England 

Women’s rugby squad. 

Ex-Worthing College player Amy 

Worthing College were crowned BCS 

Mixed Beach Tournament Winners 

on a glorious Sunny day, at West 

Wittering Beach. 

Because of the growing interest 

at the college for the girls game, 

Worthing were able to enter two 

teams. Worthing College ‘A’ made 

easy work qualifying for the knockout 

stages beating teams such as 

Angerming, Shoreham Academy and 

Itchen College. Worthing College ‘B’ 

Wilson-Hardy has been selected for 

the England squad that will contest 

the Nations Cup in Denver against 

Canada and USA later this Summer. 

Amy is a regular at Roundstone Lane, 

when not in Bristol, often watching the 

Raiders and coaching the Worthing 

Girls Squad whenever she can. Last 

season she even played twice in the 

Summer Touch Rugby mixed league 

with the Worthing Girls! Well done 

Amy and good luck for the summer. 

Worthing College win Mixed Beach 

Rugby BCS National Tournament 

had a harder route to the Quarter 

Finals losing to Birmingham College 

twice in the group stage but still 

winning their other games to progress 

to the knock-out stages. Worthing 

College ‘B’ lost out in the Quarter 

Finals losing narrowly to Angerming 

School in a Extra-Extra time thriller. 

However, Worthing College ‘A’ 

brushed past Christ Hospital ‘A’ 

before thumping Angerming 20-0 

in the Semi Finals to set up a final 

against Birmingham College. 


presented Worthing College’s 

Dave Hall with a framed 

photograph of the Sussex 

Schools team that won the 

ESFA National Counties Final 

against Cleveland. Dave was 

joint coach and manager of the 

victorious Sussex squad which 

also included six Worthing 

College players. 

The final started tentatively for 

Worthing, however as soon as they 

got into their stride the floodgates 

opened and they won 15-0, with Jade 

Widdows scoring a memorable try in 

the corner. 

Mark Rugman Worthing College 

Women’s Rugby Coach said “The 

result today for both teams shows the 

strength and depth the College has 

in both the male and female game. 

With performances like this, plus the 

exciting news that the College has 

gained RFUW AASE accreditation 

means there are exciting times ahead 

for the Women’s rugby Academy at 

Worthing College”. 

The RFUW AASE accreditation 

means Worthing College are only one 

of seven colleges in the country to 

allow top level women rugby players 

to combine academic study with high 

levels of training and playing, which 

is another excellent addition to the 

sports provision at Worthing College. 



Students have an 

EYE for the future 

Three Worthing College Students 

visited the 6th Annual Worthing and 

Adur E.Y.E. Project Eco-Summit at 

Davison High School on 30th April 

2013. Hannah Riches, Hannah 

Roberts and Elizabeth Tinnion from 

the Environmental Sustainability 

BTEC went to the Summit to see the 

activities that were taking place. 

They visited the ‘Minibeast Hunting’, 

‘The Science of Cleaning’, ‘Dolphin 

Rescue’ and ‘Making Wind Turbines’ 

workshops. It was the first time that 

Worthing College has been involved 

in the summit, and it is hoped that 

we can become more involved in the 

future, possibly hosting the summit in 

future years and running workshops 

on sustainability. 

DATES TO REMEMBER 

15 August - A Level results party 

at The Warren, 12pm - 2pm 

22 August - GCSE Results. 

22 August - The new Worthing 

College Open to the Public 

28 - 29 August - Enrolment at 

The Warren 

2 September - Week Zero, Term 

Starts at The Warren 

Students go for gold on Brecon Beacons 

A hardy group of Worthing College 

students braved the cold for their Gold 

DofE training and practice led by Jo 

Ireland.in the spectacular landscape 

of the Brecon Beacons recently. 

A BIG welcome to new staff: 

Ryan Ball, Emily Begley, Luke Calleja, Gordon Coree, Nikki Gatland, 

Marie-Clare Gauthey, Aiden Goodwin, Kyran Harding, Angharad Hills, Ross 

Hodges, Cathy Hooper, Casey Jeffrey, Bradley Lewis, Catherine Luxford, 

Barney Lyons, Jana Modrovicova, Rebecca Perry, Ed Pillai, Anne Pithie, 

Ryan Quirke, Jacqui Scerri, Gabbi Simmonds, Rebecca Simmonds, Rhys 

Thompson, Elliott Trussler and Jack Ware. 

Farewell to: 

Dan Cook, Sally Crathern, Darragh Gallagher, Antony Allchin, Andrew 

Lawrenson, Judith New, Gillian Buque, Kim Hards, Neil Turner, Chris Worth, 

Susan Bayliss, Julia Lynn, Caroline Searle, Will Hall, Diana Hannant, Paul 

Wright, Richard Bryant, Robert Williams, Anika Warburton, Stephen Gilbert, 

Fleur Charman-Kitchener, Katie Pearcy, Lucy Somes, Katie Trevis, Paige 

Walder, Rob Duke and Joshua Klose. 

Jo followed this up by taking the 

silver qualifying group for training to 

the New Forest. She said “Everyone 

did brilliantly but we are hoping for 

slightly warmer weather. 

About ‘Celebrating Worthing College’ 

Celebrating Worthing College is produced by the Worthing College 

Marketing Team. If you have any comments about this publication email 

info@worthing.ac.uk or call Chris Hughes 01903 243389 ext 315.

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