Mandarin Chinese Barton Peveril will offer a Mandarin Chinese course, from September 2019. The course is officially certified by the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) and is based on the HSK, the standardised Chinese language proficiency test for Chinese language learners around the world. The course, which students can study alongside their programme…
Pride Barton Peveril hosted its annual Pride, celebrating diversity and inclusion amongst its student community. Students planned and organised the event, which featured games, a glitter and face paint stand, live music, and a Bake Sale raising money for Breakout Youth – a local LGBTQ+ support charity for teenagers in Hampshire and the Isle of…
National Theatre Connections 2019 Barton Peveril students have taken part in National Theatre Connections 2019. Second year Performing Arts: Acting students performed Chaos, a play written by Laura Lomas and commissioned especially for the Connections showcase, twice in the College’s Rose Theatre and then in Bognor Regis’ Alexandra Theatre. National Theatre Connections sees students from…
Cup Winners Barton Peveril’s 2nd and 3rd Football Teams have won the Peter Munro Cup and Steve Perkins Cup, respectively. Both finals took place at Sparsholt College, on Wednesday 4th April. The 2nd Team played a closely fought match against Farnborough College of Technology, winning 4-3 on penalties, and are the first ever 2nd College…
Pole2Pole Challenge Barton Peveril students competed in the Blott Matthews Pole2Pole Challenge final, on Saturday 23rd March. The two Barton Peveril teams both received special merit prizes and each received £100 in prize money. The Blott Matthews Pole2Pole Challenge is an engineering competition, where students have to find a way to transport a one tonne…
‘State-of-the-art simulation’ The University of Portsmouth’s Nursing Bus visited Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, giving Health and Social Care students the chance to get nursing experience in a simulation of real life scenarios. The Nursing Bus is a state-of-the-art simulation device, which features a life-like mannequin that has a pulse, can move, talk, breathe and…
Interactive Theatre Barton Peveril students joined up with Nursing students from the University of Southampton for their new Interactive Theatre production, Finding Balance, which aims to explore and reduce exam stress. The production invites audience members to choose the main character’s actions, at several points in the play, using the Vevox app. The Nursing students…
Winning Team The team representing Barton Peveril Sixth Form College in the FA People’s Cup are regional champions and will now compete in the final at England’s training ground, St George’s Park, in April. The team won the South East Regional, held at Royal Holloway University on Monday 25th March, beating teams from throughout the…
Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships Barton Peveril welcomed Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships, the Rt Hon Anne Milton MP, on Thursday 21st March. Ms Milton spoke to current students about their education and plans for the future, before meeting with staff from across the College. Ms Milton first spoke to second…
Unbeatable Barton Peveril’s Netball Teams have both finished their seasons unbeaten, this year. The first team were unbeaten in all of their games in Hampshire and the second team were unbeaten in their league, which they have won. First team player, and former The Toynbee School pupil, Emma Payne commented on the teams’ successes: “I…