Cardiac Testing for Students

UPDATE VARNDEAN COLLEGE CARDIAC TESTING FILM STUDIES STUDENT WINS 24 HOUR FILM FOR STUDENTS COMPETITION Varndean College A Level Film Studies student, Jules Stockwell, along with fellow student and assistant crew member Will Palmer, won ‘Make it Short’, a competition held as part of the Lewes Short Film Festival, in association with Brighton Film School. Budding filmmakers competed to A POCKETFUL OF create the best short film shot in a 24 DREAMS AT THE hour period, which was launched back TEXTILES STUDENTS on 6 October at Lewes’s new Depot WARREN IN MAY! Cinema. Filmmakers were invited to Varndean BTEC Performing Arts VISIT TO THE V&A shoot and edit a 3 minute film in just students will be taking to the one day on 7 October, using specific On 14 March, Varndean College was the venue for hosting CRY CARDIAC TEXTILES STUDENTS VISITED THE BALENCIAGA EXHIBITION TESTING for young people aged 14-35. stage at the Brighton Fringe for the locations and an allocated prop. thirteenth consecutive year this AT LONDON’S VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM IN DECEMBER. The finished piece of work could be Tragically, and very sadly this only came about as a result of the sudden May. This is a great opportunity for THE EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE WORK OF SPANISH either a drama, documentary or an death of one of our students, Annie Edwards, three years ago as a result of a our Performing Arts students to COUTURIER CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA, WITH OVER 100 experimental piece shot on either the rare heart condition. Until then, Annie had been a fit and healthy young 17 be showing work in a professional PIECES CRAFTED BY ‘THE MASTER’ OF COUTURE, HIS Straight 8 app, or on a camera of the year old with her entire future ahead of her. She was at Varndean studying environment as part of England’s PROTÉGÉES AND CONTEMPORARY FASHION DESIGNERS student’s choice. Each film could have A Levels in English Language, Classical Civilisation and Graphic Design and largest Arts Festival. The plays WORKING IN THE SAME TRADITION. a crew of no more than two people. had planned to go on to study English and Classical Literature at Birmingham that the students are making and The shortlisted films were then University. creating respond to a selection of shown at the All Saints Centre in As a result of Annie’s death, Mike Bonsor, the father of Annie’s very close songs as stimulus, ranging from Bing Lewes on 15 October with the judges friend Ruth, felt compelled to do something to help prevent other families Crosby to Portishead. Come to The being Jerry Rothwell (How To Change going through similar tragic circumstances and in 2016 began raising money Warren for these honest funny and the World, The Town Of Runners, for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). This funding he would then at times provocative, plays exploring Donor Unknown), BAFTA winning use to provide heart screening locally for young people like Annie. In June how we can look to the past with an animation director, Steve Smith, and 2016 Mike made his first sponsored cycling trip, riding over 1000 miles eye on the future. artist filmmaker, Abigail Norris. from Land’s End to John O’Groats and 18 months later is still actively raising A Pocketful of Dreams takes place The winning prize of £100 was money for the charity. on Mon 14 and Tues 15 May at donated by the Brighton Film School. So, thanks to Mike and his family, Varndean was able to offer 100 students 6.45pm at The Warren, St Peter›s the opportunity to take up a place at the Cardiac Testing Day and these were Church North in Brighton. For tickets all snapped up within the first day of becoming available. go to www.otherplacebrighton. If anyone wishes to contribute to Mike’s fundraising page in order help co.uk | 01273 987516 provide funding for further screenings for young people, please visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mike-bonsor3 PATHWAYS INTO BUSINESS AND LAW AS PART OF THEIR BTEC DIPLOMA, BUSINESS STUDIES STUDENTS ORGANISED A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON 8 MARCH CALLED ‘PATHWAYS INTO BUSINESS AND LAW’. OPEN TO BOTH BUSINESS AND LAW STUDENTS, A WIDE RANGE OF WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS WERE ORGANISED WITH 11 EXTERNAL SPEAKERS FROM PLUG IN MEDIA, ACCOUNTING PLUS, NATWEST BANK, WORKING OPTIONS, FRIEND JAMES CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, INSTART, UNIVERSITY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY AND UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH. INTERNATIONAL CHEMISTRY NEWS PARTY TIME WHAT A LOT OF WASTE! Varndean A Level Chemistry students had a brilliant day out back in November , superbly organised and run by Southern Water. Sally Lambert, Paul Clark and Ritchie took the students and tutors around the Peacehaven Waste Water Treatment Plant and explained the complex treatment of how our waste water is treated and disposed of. INSTITUTE OF MINES MATERIALS AND MINERALS (IOM3) Back in December, the College hosted a tea party for its 71 International students. The tea party was a lovely opportunity for all students in On 14th November, four Chemistry college, not just the International ones, to taste food and tea from different students went with tutor John Luton countries and also to make new friends! The henna tattooing seemed to a Surface Engineering Conference the crowd’s favourite, with many students getting their names written in Grantham, organised by IOM3. in Japanese and Chinese. Some students even decided to play the piano The event consisted of various talks and drums which made the atmosphere even more the merrier! conducted by leading researchers “I even got one of my friends to henna tattoo a Chinese character on my and those closely involved with the arm, best of both worlds!” said Stephanie Anne Rodrigues, a Varndean A field on the application and research ABOVE (LEFT TO RIGHT) ARE: TASH WILCOCK, Level student and International Buddy. of different aspects of surface CHEMISTRY CONFERENCE: JESS SIMPSON, ANYA REHMAN-WOOD AND engineering. For the 18th year, Varndean College’s LOUIE GARNETT. The group left from Brighton ChemSoc ran its annual Chemistry LOVE POETRY CAFE early in the morning and arrived Conference at the University of CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD at the site just on time for the first Brighton on 2nd March. Supported The Voice@varndean Love Poetry This year some 32 students were talk. The speaker, Dr David Rickerby, by the RSC Downland Trust, the Cafe was an event held in February entered for the Chemistry Olympiad contrasted the development timeline conference was attended by all to celebrate love in all its diversity. and we await, with baited breathe, of a mirror against an aerospace of Varndean’s A Level Chemistry Well attended by students and the results. Last year the College component in order to highlight the students and comprised of a series of staff from across the college, gained an impressive 13 bronze and 6 pace of recent developments in the talks. Opened by John Luton, Head of students either read and performed silver medals and we hope to repeat field. While discussing the aerospace Chemistry for Varndean, a welcome their own work or poems written that success again this year. component (jet turbine rotor address was then given by Professor MUSIC FOR by published authors. Some of the blades) he illustrated the degree to Andrew Lloyd, Dean of Science STUDENTS GET ADVICE YOUTH REGIONAL poems can be seen on display in which a materials properties may and Engineering at the University FROM EX-STUDENT FESTIVAL the English corridor and around the be altered through engineering of Brighton, followed by talks on NATASHA WILCOCK college. Money was raised through its surface - with a highly refined ‘Spectroscopy & the origin of the Ex-Varndean student, Natasha Varndean College students participated in the Music for Youth Regional the sales of cakes and poems for the British Heart Foundation. coating, the rotor blades could be elements, molecules and the ‘early Wilcock, who is currently in her Festival in February. Two groups performed - Rose Bullen and Anna We warmly thank all those who exposed to temperatures well above life’ experiments’ by Dr Jonathan third year studying Medicine at Braddick who played “Czardas”, a very demanding showpiece, and the the main material’s melting point Hare, University of Sussex; ‘Dying to UCL, gave a very informative talk to contributed and welcome all to Jazz Ensemble who played “When it Rains” by Brad Meldhau. Musicians upcoming events. while remaining cool and solid. The be Beautiful’ by chemist and author, Varndean students recently. Natasha on this piece were: Isobel Manson, Rose Bullen, Ollie Fabb-Pullen, talk concluded on the importance Dr Kathryn Harkup; ‘Learning from visited the College to give advice on Myles Blair and Philip Carpinteiro Olofsson. The judges were really of designing a product with the the Leaf: Harnessing the Power of the completing UKCAT (medical school impressed with both entries. The technical and emotional aspects of functionality and properties of the Sun’, Dr Steph Pendlebury, Imperial admissions tests) and three of our the performances were particularly noted, as well as the choice of the surface in mind, as opposed to using College London; and ‘How to enjoy Year 1 IB Chemistry students also surface engineering as a means of your job and get away with it’, by visited Natasha at UCL earlier in the jazz piece. The students compared highly with the standards of other fixing issues after the manufacture of Prof. Hal Sosabowski, University of year where she gave them an insight performers. the product. Brighton. into studying Medicine at university. UPWARDS SPORT AT VARNDEAN THROUGH VARNDEAN COLLEGE Varndean College boys’ football has three in the league.

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