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News<br />
BOURNEMOUTH & POOLE COLLEGE FOOD WORKSHOP<br />
In <strong>Dec</strong>ember, six Year 10 students<br />
from Poole High took part in the<br />
Jack Petchey’s ‘Speak Out’<br />
Challenge. The aim was to<br />
provide speaking and<br />
communications skills, enabling<br />
young people to speak with<br />
clarity, conviction and impact.<br />
Such important skills unlock an<br />
individual’s potential with benefits<br />
spreading from school and home<br />
and further afield to work, the<br />
economy and society.<br />
SPEAK OUT CHALLENGE<br />
All six students spoke passionately on different levels and the judges had a tough job but,<br />
after much deliberation, the two places went to Grace and Holly who go through to the<br />
Dorset finals.<br />
Fifty eight students have taken part in Year 10 ‘Peer to Peer’ Academic Counselling<br />
Workshops every Friday since the start of the academic year.<br />
‘Inspired students’ with an average AtL score of 3.5+ have been working with ‘Academic<br />
Partners’ to raise attainment and attitude in their studies across the school. Recent track<br />
point data has shown a considerable increase in many of the students AtL scores.
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