A plaque celebrating the accomplishments of James Roby, a former student and current Saints captain, was unveiled on Tuesday, 18th July.
James Roby, the whole of our Year 7, our Chair of Governors, Mr Anders and staff filled the atrium as Mr Sheeran spoke about James being a student at Cowley and how we all should be inspired by his achievements. Mr Sheeran went on to talk about James’ career highlights.
The plaque, which is displayed in Cowley’s atrium space, has a quote from James that reads:
“Effort and hard work lay the foundation for success”
James was a student at Cowley from 1997 – 2004 and played rugby throughout his seven years with us. James is a great inspiration to many students and this was more than evident when a Year 7 student started singing a chant in honour of James being his favourite player!
On Monday, 10th July, 15 lower school students who are our ‘Millionaire Readers’ enjoyed a reward trip to St Helens SuperBowl.
As part of our way to celebrate the successes in reading, students who read a million words or more are rewarded. We are immensely proud of these students’ approach to reading and congratulate them on this fantastic milestone achievement.
This year, we decided to reward our Millionaire Readers with a trip to St Helens SuperBowl. We saw some dubious bowling strategies as part of the trip; in particular, the students who were determined to beat Mrs. Cunliffe’s score!
Bowling strategies aside, all of these students were a credit to Cowley and their behaviour and attitude during this reward trip was outstanding.
All students enjoyed some time in the arcade before heading back to school.
Mrs Piercy, Literacy Coordinator at Cowley said: “I am so proud of their dedication to reading across the year and have told the Year 7s that I hope to see them next year on the same rewards trip!”
Our Year 7 students participated in our annual Founders Day on Monday, 10th July. Founders Day is an occasion to commemorate our founder, Sarah Cowley’s life and accomplishments, and to educate about the fascinating history of Cowley.
Founders Day was held in our Sixth Form building, which is full of history and was a perfect setting for the occasion.
Our Year 7 took part in a number of entertaining and interesting events, such as a treasure hunt across the Sixth Form campus to discover memorial plaques and other significant details about Cowley. In addition, students had the opportunity to experience 1950s Cowley uniform and typical Victorian food that they would have eaten in class. Students also got the chance to learn what school would have been like in the early 1900s.
Our students were really astounded by the volume of Cowley’s rich history and they particularly enjoyed scouring the photos from past years to try and find members of their own family who attended Cowley. A highlight from the day was definitely trying on the old uniform!
Learn more about Cowley’s history here
A week on from the events at Progression Week, Cowley Sixth Form College Year 12 students today took part in a Progression assembly.
Discussed were the opportunities available in College next year as they progress into Year 13 (including the elections for Head Boy and Head Girl), the UCAS application process and deadlines for universities as well as information about apprenticeships and employment.
There were a number of awards handed out to students who had excelled during Progression Week in the following categories:
- Good communication
- Leadership
- Time management
- Team player
Students were chosen for each of these categories from each tutor group, and a selection of photographs can be found below of our winners. Congratulations to everyone involved!
Photos from our Class of 2023 Prom.
If you want to send over your photos, email: marketing*AT*cowleysthelens.org.uk
Some independent study has been set for all students in Years 7-9 who will not be in College on Wednesday, 5th July and Friday, 7th July due to the industrial action.
Please find links to the two days’ worth of independent study below:
College will be re-open to all students on Thursday, 6th July and Monday, 10th July and it is a requirement that all students attend.
Every year, we offer our Year 12 Cowley Sixth Form College students a Progression Week, a week-long event to help them think about what they’d like to do after sixth form college, and this year was no exception with a fantastic week of events being held on-site this week.
Progression Week takes the form of:
- University Day – featuring a careers fair (market place style) with universities from around the UK, university-based talks and sessions as well as a presentation around UCAS applications.
- Apprenticeship and Employers Day – featuring a careers fair (market place style) of apprenticeship providers and employers from a wide range of different industries plus talks and sessions about apprenticeships and industry-based topics.
- Mock Interview Day – each student sits a mock interview with a professional to help them prepare for university or employment interviews.
- Work Experience – each student partakes in a work experience placement for three days (students in some courses will do more than three days) to gain valuable experience in a workplace.
We were delighted to welcome the following organisations in to Cowley Sixth Form College for the Progression Week events this year and thank them all for their support:
Universities:
- Glyndwr (Wrexham) University
- Edge Hill University
- University of Stirling
- Staffordshire University
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Northampton
- Loughborough University
- Lancaster University
- Northumbria University
- Bangor University
- University of Essex
- University Centre St Helens
- University of Salford
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Liverpool Hope University
- University of Cumbria
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Spirit Studios
- University of Huddersfield
- Blackpool College of the Arts
- University of Central Lancashire
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- University of Chester
- LMA Liverpool (Music, Media, Arts)
- University of the West of Scotland
- University of Hull
Apprenticeship/Employers:
- HMS Works
- Waterside Training
- White Cross Vets
- Co-Op
- Army
- Bluebird Care
- Navy
- Pure Gym
- iTech
- St Helens Chamber
- Merseyside Police
- NHS
- North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- McLaren Group
- Seqirus
- Royal Air Force
- Sellafield
- Alcedo Care
- Miguel Doforo
- United Utilities
- Puratos
- Home Office
- Airbus
- Career Connect
- Barclays Bank
Photos from the week’s event:
With the latest Summer Menu 2023 having completed its first 3-week cycle, we are now giving students an opportunity to have their say in developing the next menu and what they would like to see served in the College canteen this winter.
Please can we ask students to complete the following short online survey: Cowley Menu Survey (office.com)
A week until Prom!
We are looking forward to seeing our Y11s next Wednesday (5th July) for Prom.
Here at the all important timings:
Student arrival: 5:15pm
Coach departure 5:45pm
Plenty of time for photos with friends as everyone arrives.
We will be doing another online Prom Gallery, so if your daughter/son is happy to be included, send over your best prom photo to marketing@cowleysthelens.org.uk . As this is a work email, can we please ask for photos to compressed or fairly small in file size.
We can’t wait to see all your photos!
We understand that you may be a bit nervous about making new friends and getting around without getting lost.
We have some really great things planned for you and we promise that we include fun activities to help you to get to know other people in your class that will help you to make new friends.
As for getting lost in the building, well, you are lucky that we have a school full of helpful people and you only need to ask someone for help so that’s that problem sorted.
Now, take a deep breath, empty your mind of anything worrying you and be prepared to have a brilliant few days with us!
We are really looking forward to welcoming Y6 students for your induction/transition days with us next week!
Monday 3rd July – Orientation Day – 8:30am-2:40pm
Tuesday 4th July – Lesson Taster Day – 8:30am-2:40pm
Wednesday 5th July – Cognitive Ability Tests – 8:30am-1:30pm
Please note the earlier finish time on Wednesday 5th July. This day will finish at 1.30pm
What students need to bring
Parents – we kindly ask that your child brings with them normal school equipment:
- full pencil case
- school bag
- water bottle
Please note that PE kit is not required as we are not running any PE sessions over any of the 3 days.
What students need to wear, plus details on lunch
Students should wear their primary school uniform (no jewellery / makeup is permitted). Please bring around £3 cash for lunch (or a packed lunch if preferred). Students can also bring a healthy snack.
What the students will be doing as part of the induction
Over the course of the three days, the children will be getting familiar with the school, enjoying some taster lessons and assemblies as well as meeting all the key staff including the Year 7 Team and Gatsby, our lovely therapy dog 
Students will get to meet their new Year 7 team: Mrs Cunliffe (Head of Achievement) and Mrs Rowland (Year Co-ordinator).
We have a fabulous team of current Year 7 students who will be helping our Year 6 throughout the day. We incorporate this in so that our new Year 6 can chat with our current Year 7 and ask any questions that they have about Cowley.
We can’t wait to meet our new Cowleians!
A message for our parents
We know that this must be a nervous time for our Year 6 parents/carers, but we promise that we do everything we can to ensure your child has the best few days here at Cowley.
