To open the quiz, Annabel Martin of the Children’s Hospice South West gave a presentation about the charity and how the raised money would help to benefit it. 

Like all quizzes should be, everything began in a light hearted manner, until the 3^rd question of the opening round on music where all teams became determined to win!  The final round of the night saw teams engaging in a critical game of Pictionary and the top teams battled it down for the first and second positions. 

As well as the quiz, a raffle was drawn with impressive prizes ranging from an iPod Docking Station, to a signed cricket bat from Marcus Trescothick prompting much excitement, especially from the sporty participants!

Rosie Coles who helped to organise the event said “We chose to support the Children’s Hospice South West because it’s a local charity with a chain of hospices over the south west, including here in Somerset. The charity works with both children and their families in helping to support and care for children who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.  We had a great time organising the event and were really pleased it was such a success.”

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Dr Caroline Burt said of her visit: “It was great to have students and parents from feeder schools there… We’re always trying to impress upon students in years 10 and 11 the importance of good A Level subject choices for opening doors…. It’s always a very great pleasure to come to Richard Huish College.” 

Senior Tutor at Cambridge, Richard Partington added: “We had some fantastic questions from students at the partner schools, and I was delighted that so many parents came.” 

Huish has been working with these tutors and others over a number of years now and they always say how intelligent the questions are and how polite and welcoming the students hence their continued willingness to travel considerable distances to help our students. 

Organiser Karen Revans said “I am delighted to welcome Caroline and Richard again as they are informative and truthful but make Cambridge an accessible ambition for our students.  I am very proud also of the intelligent and thoughtful responses of our students which shows why so many of them make successful applications and are well set up to make a real contribution to society in the future.  This was a very enjoyable and happy occasion and I thank Richard and Caroline for making it possible.”

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Following on from the success of last year’s show (described as ‘oozing brilliance from beginning to end’) Huish Photographers have done it again! Despite working from set themes, the young artists have pursued individual approaches and no two pieces of work are the same. Endlessly inventive and stunningly creative, be sure to visit this ‘must-see’ exhibition by the photographers of the future.

Image by Gemma Nelmes, current AS Photography student

Dickie Hughes presents Live Music Gig

Meg’s Band
Vintage Blazers
Sophie Merryfield
Qualia
Lumos
Manners
Rumpaige
Oh, Fences!
The Fatigues

Tickets: £2.50 on sale in Redwood at lunch and break times

Bar available

Tickets are available from the college Box Office (01823 320810) or at the church on the evening

(Adults £5, concessions £3, families £12).

The Huish team were relatively inexperienced compared to their  competitors but they still managed to finish in 2^nd place out of the 47 teams involved.  In fact, each member of the Huish debating team was commended in their debating topics involving students Reece Warren, Ciaran McDiamond, Huw Davies and Ben Wylie.

Karen Revans, the Huish Debating Coach said: “They all launched in and gave it their all, were really engaged, loved it and did themselves and us proud!”

‘Best Delegate’ winner Reece Warren added: “The experience was absolutely phenomenal, and having the chance to compete in such a format was extremely enjoyable. My topic was Human Rights, and I eventually won the best debater award out of a delegation of over 40 teams. I’d recommend this to any single person, as the day itself was well-structured, and gave us the opportunity to really fight for what we (and our nation) believe in.”

The Huish teams are currently honing their debating skills ready for the next round of Model United Nations in July and hope to do some major national competitions in the next academic year.

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Students qualified for this event back in the Autumn term by winning their South West Regional Tournaments in their respective sports against strong competition from other South West Colleges. Huish boasted Men’s Hockey, Women’s Hockey, and Women’s Basketball teams at the National Championships, as well as numerous individuals who qualified as part of the South West team in Cross-Country, Tennis, Squash, Swimming and Trampolining. The Huish students were treated to a weekend of glorious sunshine to compete in fantastic facilities against the best athletes from colleges in the other 8 regions of England, Scotland and Wales.

Richard Huish students returned with a remarkable 55 medals in all – a record haul for the college, beating 51 medals in 2006 and 2008. Hayley and Sophie Butland won bronze medals in the women’s tennis doubles competition, and silver and bronze medals were won by Paige Merrick and Fred Cooper in the elite trampolining events.  Sophie Nurcombe and Sarah Ovens won bronze medals in the Swimming event as part of the South West team.

Men’s Hockey continued their extraordinary record at the BCS National Championships, with a fantastic Sunday performance to snatch a Bronze medal, and Women’s Basketball had a phenomenal tournament, taking bronze having rubbed shoulders all the way with the silver and gold medalists.  But even better was to come; Rowan Preece and Jamie Coles romped home to win gold medals as part of the SW team in the men’s Cross Country, and Rachel Langbein, Emma Wilson, Ellen Cheetham and Josie Kimber ran great races to win SW team Gold in the Women’s Cross Country.  On top of this, Rachel Langbein ran the race of her life to win individual Bronze in a 60-strong field of runners from across the country.

Finally, after a rocky start on the Friday of competition, Women’s Hockey showed great strength of character to win 6 matches on the bounce against some high class opposition to swoop the Gold medal and become British Colleges National Champions!

All in all it was a highly enjoyable and extremely successful Championship for all involved with Huish Sport and this was topped off, as the South West fended off the other 8 regions to become the overall winning region and claim the Wilkinson Sword trophy for the first time since 2006.

With the largest college representation of the winning region, and an astonishing 55 medals, Richard Huish College have once again cemented their position as one the leading 6^th form colleges in the country for sport!

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The tuition delivered by the ISLA language school was carefully planned and totally fulfilled the needs of the students as one of them described it as “better than I could have ever imagined!  I looked forward to school each morning knowing we would be interacting in Spanish in small groups whilst revising the topics we have been studying this year – a brilliant way to revise before the oral examination in a good-humoured atmosphere”.

Day trips were fitted in including visits to Sierra de la Francia with its stunning views, and the ancient city of Avila.  Students also had the opportunity to climb the Cathedral tower, visiting St-Esteban convent, Salamanca University (the oldest in Spain) as well as taking part in a Photo Rally and having Salsa lessons to name a few.

Student Kate Holden said “Quite simply, the Huish trip to Salamanca was the best trip I have ever been on!  Of course, the main aim of the trip is to develop your linguistic skills but it is also an amazing cultural and social experience.   The trip incorporated certain activities to allow us to try their different delicacies such as the Paella supper, Tapas Tour and of course, the famous Chocolate con Churros!  It was a truly amazing linguistic and cultural residential visit!”

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All 2011 leavers were invited to join in the celebrations involving a formal presentation of prizes to students who were chosen as being outstanding in their subject.  Special guests included those from the Arthur C Clarke Foundation, Taunton Chamber of Commerce and Wellington Motors who presented their awards to deserving students.

Following the presentation of prizes there was an informal buffet where past students had the opportunity to catch up with friends and staff.

Principal Dr Peter Avery commented: “The class of 2011 were a very fine year group and achieved examination results and enrichment successes in keeping with the high standards that Huish has become known for.  Richard Huish College is recognised as one of the very best sixth form colleges in the country and by setting a new record high for A level examination results, the class of 2011 has played its part in ensuring that the college continues to viewed in this way. The evening was a great success and we look forward to celebrating the achievements of the ‘Class of 2012’ next year.”

With a wide variety of music from traditional ballads to stomping swing and the bar will be open all evening.

Tickets are available at the Box Office
£5 adults
£3 concessions
£10 for a family ticket (2+2)