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New College Worcester needs your votes

The wonderful people at Ecclesiastical Insurance are giving 120 charities, across the country the opportunity to win £1000 each in their yearly campaign ’12 days of giving.’ It goes without saying, that we would really like New College Worcester to be in with a

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NCW is now part of Worcester Community Lottery

Would you like the opportunity to win £25000 each week whilst supporting New College Worcester? Our amazing Parent Fundraising Forum suggested that we join a lottery to raise funds for the College. So, we listened and we are now part of Worcester Community Lottery.

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“A musical opportunity of a lifetime!”

On Saturday 6 November, myself and four other students received what was for most of us an opportunity of a lifetime – to sing in Handel’s ‘Messiah’ with an adult choir; Wolverhampton Chamber Choir, professional soloists and accompanied by a live professional orchestra; The Salomon Ensemble.

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Adult male from Hable with female VI student exploring the different braille displays

An afternoon of accessibility for students

On Thursday 11 November, students at NCW had the opportunity to experience an afternoon all about accessibility. With organisations such as RNIB and Great Western Rail at the event, students were able to talk to a variety of professionals and explore a variety of different accessible products. 

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Chocolate Heaven!

On Monday 8 November, students DJ, Rahel, Toby and Corey, along with a group of (just as excited) NCW staff boarded the minibus to ‘Chocolate Heaven’ – aka Cadbury World.

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Students on Google Meet with international peers from Erasmus project

Adios and Na Razie

This term we have been writing the final reports for the Erasmus project which has linked us to five schools across Europe for the last three years. Erasmus is the EU-funded project which is all about getting people to travel and share ideas and

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Amy’s University Lowdown!

Every student who wants to go to university has to go through the same process when considering where they want to go and what course they want to study. When you have a disability, this process can be made even more complicated – you have to consider various different aspects to get the best out of the opportunities available.

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Three carved pumpkins, each boasting a different creepy face, lit up in the dark with tealights

Pumpkins!

With Halloween being a popular time of year for many of our students, it was only right that the NCW Art Department launched a themed competition for over the half term holidays! 

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