Cambridge Academy
for Science and Technology

22 July 2019

CAST student represents USA at World Championships in Roller Figure Skating

Ben,  from Year 11, has just returned from the World Championships in roller figure skating, where he represented the USA in the junior men’s freestyle event.

It was an exciting trip, with some amazing freestyle skating from the best in the world in freestyle, pairs, and dance.

22 July 2019

GCSE student secures one of the most prestigious Engineering Scholarships in the UK

A huge congratulations to Ethan, from Year 11, who has managed to secure one of the most prestigious scholarships of its type in the UK.

The aim of the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship is to inspire and nurture school-age students to be the country’s future leaders of the Engineering Profession.

Each student that is chosen has to partake in a rigorous selection process and is then supported through the two years of their A levels or equivalent qualifications.

Ethan will benefit from extra funding, mentoring and access to events, lectures and competitions – so well done Ethan!

19 July 2019

CAS Week at CAST

Year 8 students from across CAP have spent the first half of the week at CAST taking part in lots of fun activities relating to Science.

Around 300 students from Trumpington, Parkside and Coleridge were working to the brief of ‘COLONISING MARS’ – so were dissecting rats (as part of the medical requirement), building rockets and designing space suits. We hope they had lots of fun – and that we passed on our love of Science.

Whilst the Year 8s were busy in school, our Year 9s were going back to nature, with Born to Survive, the CAS week activity for this year group across the Cambridge Academic Partnership.

In small groups, students and their teachers had to navigate their way from Coleridge Community College to Abington Woods, which took anywhere from 4 hours to 6 hours, depending on the route taken. Once at the campsite, the students had to pitch their tents and cook dinner. Some games were played in the evening before settling down to sleep. Students then walked back to Coleridge the following morning. One of the days involved an in-school activity day which consisted of rounders, ‘who should we eat?’, disaster planning and making a sustainable island society.

Well done to all of the students who took part! You should be very proud of yourselves! And thanks to the staff at CAP who organised the event and helped out.

19 July 2019

Year 10 Work Experience

All our Year 10s have been out on their work experience this week – with placements including various departments of the University of Cambridge, hospitals, doctors surgeries, Museum of Technology, ARM, Mott MacDonald, TWI, and many, many more.

Work experience provides many benefits, giving students skills and experiences that will allow them to stand out to potential sixth forms/universities/employers as well as helping them choose the right sector to further their studies or work in the future.

Alistair Easterfield, Assistant Head, said:

“This is a fantastic opportunity for our students. We are one of a few schools where all of our students have an opportunity to complete work experience in year 10 and 12. We’re really pleased that almost all our students gained placements relevant to their future career plans. I’d like to thank Melissa for all her hard work in organising this and all the employers for their support.”