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Thursday, 24 November 2011
Year 11 pupils from across the borough have spent the last three
Saturday mornings attending A Level Taster Sessions at Bolton
School.
The sessions, funded by the Ogden Trust Partnership, have
focussed on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and have given the
pupils experience of typical A Level lessons, ranging from organic
chemistry to particle physics. Pupils from Ladybridge, St James's,
Turton, Canon Slade and Westhoughton have joined up with students
from Bolton School Girls' Division and Boys' Division to sample
these Saturday morning sessions.
Miss Sarah Gorner, who has organised the sessions, said: "The
idea is to stimulate a passion in Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics amongst the GCSE students and to hopefully encourage
them to go on to study these subjects both at A Level and
beyond. It has been immensely rewarding to see the pupils
engaged in these subjects outside of normal school time and has
given the pupils an opportunity to ask for advice about their A
Level choices and learn more about what Post-16 study will be
like."
The scheme is run in partnership by Bolton School and The Ogden
Trust. The two organisations also offer bursaries in Physics and
Chemistry for talented students who wish to join Bolton School in
Year 12 to study some of the sciences amongst their 'A' level
courses.
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