THE SIXTH FORM VOICE

This past term has seen the announcement of our new student leadership team for the next academic term.

Congratulations to those who have secured a leadership role for 2023-24.

President- Anna Vijee
VP for Excellence- Nura Bakari
VP for Excellence- Tino Nyamayaro
VP for Faith- Rahbot Wolde-Michael
VP for Faith- Adeline Mathews
VP for Respect- Patrick Salt
VP for Respect- Zara Farooq

Aspire to be More Leader Y7- Gillian Muswizu
Aspire to be More Leader Y8s- Anne Perera and Betiel Aregay
Aspire to be More Leader Y9s- Hamza Baber and Bilal Aslam
Aspire to be More Leader Y10- Nadira Hussain
Aspire to be More Leader Y11- Poppy Trevor

We look forward to seeing you thrive in your new responsibilities and look forward to hearing all the wonderful suggestions you have to continue improving STM.

A huge thank you must also go to our departing student leaders who have achieved so much over the past academic year. Led by Kacper, the student leadership team have organised charity fundraisers, increased the profile of the student council; attended external schools to promote opportunities for young women to become leaders and acted as exemplary role models to the lower school. Well done and good luck in your next steps.

This term, STM, hosted our first 'culture day'.

A request of the student leadership body, the 10th July saw students embracing their identity and culture. Students led stands in the main auditorium; with a broad range of cultures and nationalities represented, including Poland, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Serbia, Canada to name but a few.

Zagros in Y12 proudly represented and educated others on his Kurdish heritage, even bringing a 6ft flag of Kurdistan.

Others such as Adeline, Nadira and Charlene dressed in the traditional attire of their respective Indian, Bangladeshi and Filipino cultures.

We said goodbye to our Y13s with a leavers' meal at The Quarter @ The Potbank on Thursday 6^th July.

All in Y13 have worked incredibly hard this past year and we hope to see them rewarded for their efforts on A-Level results day on Thursday 17^th August. 

We will miss you all very much and we were glad to celebrate your time in sixth form with some great food and company.

Well done to six of our Y12 students who have completed a training programme ran by Gemma and Shereen from the NHS to become mental health ambassadors.

All will use what they have learnt from the programme to become mental health champions for STMCA in the 2023-24 academic year.

A fantastic experience for Nura, Betiel, Amina, Rahbot, Zara and Gillian who took part in the programme. We look forward to seeing you channel all that you have learnt into real life scenarios.

Congratulations to the sixth form students who have achieved recent successes. If you have achieved any recent success which you would like to share, please let the newsletter team or Mr Myatt know.

Touseef Khan and Alia Shahraz

Congratulations for passing your driving tests, stay safe on the roads!

Nura Bakari

Nura has successfully secured three exciting opportunities for this coming summer. Through the Social Mobility Foundation, Nura will be spending a week long placement at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, to help strengthen her aspirations of becoming a doctor. Furthermore, Nura is attending summer camp residentials at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge through UNIQ and The Sutton Trust programmes. We look forward to hearing how Nura gets on with these fantastic opportunities. 

Congratulations to the following Career Ready students who have gained internships through the Career Ready Programme:

Poppy Trevor: Fiskars Group
Hannah Bordoh-Toh: KMF
Angie Wright: Ambs Insurance
Katie Parkes: Heywood Property
Rahbot Wolde-Michael: Caudwell Children
Betiel Aregay: Caudwell Children
Anne Perera: Stoke-on-Trent Civic Centre
Szymon Stawicki: Port Vale Foundation
Jumaana Islam: Port Vale Foundation
Anna Vijee: Johnson's Tiles
Nisba Basharat: Specsavers/Alice Charity
Tamjeed Majeed: Eurostar Global

Fantastic workplace experiences to gain insight into a range of industries, networking with professionals and a real boost to student CVs.

Hamza Baber, Olivia Majer, Isabelle Graham, Charlie Holdham, Amina Ghafar and Loola Goodwin

Thank you for your hard work in updating some of our sixth form and school displays. These have helped to improve the appearance of the school.

The Y12 Philosophy and Ethics class were given the opportunity to visit Manchester Metropolitan University and gain a taster lecture and seminar session from Philosophy Senior Lecturer, Dr Paul Giladi.

The session revolved around the topic of Epistemic Injustice, giving the philosophers the opportunity to put their classroom debating skills to the test, to discuss with one another, a range of arguments and opinions related to social power.

Following the seminar, MMU provided a guided campus tour to allow for an insider view of the facilities and accommodation available at the university. A wonderful opportunity to find out more about what higher education has to offer.

Thank you Dr Paul Giladi, Dr Marie Molloy, Mr Aston and Mr Myatt for making the trip possible.

A particular highlight of the trip for the students was visiting the Archie's Burger and Milkshake restaurant for a late breakfast. All were stunned by the number of Archie's establishments which were passed whilst in Manchester. 'They're everywhere!' cried Tamjeed.

Our David Campbell Soccer students spent a week in Vilamoura, Portugal at a football training camp. The aspiring footballers had the opportunity to play against UK national youth players, as well as Portuguese professional and semi-professional sporting stars.

At the Brown's Sport Resort, students were able to take full advantage of the state-of-the-art sports facilities where in the past teams such as the England National Rugby side and Club Football sides such as Luton Town, Oldham Athletic and Hibernian FC have trained.

Y12, Alfie Brown, was particularly excited to meet Sporting Lisbon striker, Paulinho.

Thank you to the David Campbell Soccer team for providing our students with this fantastic experience.

May saw the end of the Premier League season, and with it, the end of our Sixth Form Fantasy Premier League.

Well done to Mr Barnett for winning the league this year. I'm sure some of our sixth formers will be out for vengeance next year!

As this is our last newsletter of this academic year, we would like to thank Ellie, Oliwia and Kate for their newsletter contributions this year. You have all done a great job at taking on the reins of the newsletter and hope that you have enjoyed being a part of it. We wish you all the best at university and in your future careers!

If you are interested in supporting the sixth form newsletter for the 2023-24 academic year, please see Mr Myatt.

Have a great summer break and keep your eye out for the next sixth form newsletter in the next academic term.