Safe Drive Stay Alive

Today, a significant  number of our Year 12 students attended the 'Safe Drive Stay Alive' campaign in Oxford.

This is produced by a road safety partnership including Thames Valley Police, local councils, and Thames Valley’s emergency services.  This campaign aims to reach new and pre-drivers in an emotive and hard-hitting way, influencing behaviour and attitude on the roads.

The statistics on accidents involving young drivers are very disturbing:

• Last year,  over 841 people aged 16-19 were injured on Thames Valley roads
• Last year, an average of 3 young people per week were killed or seriously injured.

• Young drivers are much more likely to be involved in a crash on the roads, often due to inexperience and a lack of knowledge of the risks.

• Around 1 in 4 deaths on the roads is aged 17-24. This summer Thames Valley Police also caught 69 drivers under the age of 25 for drink driving!

Post 16 Studies at The Cooper School is committed to raising awareness of safety for our valued students.

Money issues ..... Children in Need

Making our students financially aware

As part of the Year 12 Speaker programme, today we had a presentation from 'Credit Action' on key financial issues students will need to consider.  The talk covered topics on the need to budget, reduce outgoings and increase incoming income, be aware of APR, to prioritise financial needs and ultimately to start saving!!

The key financial messages can be downloaded for free from creditaction.org.uk.

Children in Need ....

Supported today by Year 12 students who came to school in a vareity of wonderful costuems and colours. All monies collected will go towards supporting the vital charity work that this fund raising  day supports.

2012 Post 16 Open Evening

 

The 2012 Post 16 Open Evening was held last night . We were overwhelmed by the numbers of prospective students. Over 200 students attended with members of their family and it was 'standing room only' in the performance hall for the presentation.

Current Year 12 & Year 13 students supported departments and explained the courses to the new students. I received many compliments from visitors about the enthusiasm of our sixth formers and also the content of the courses. Parents repeatedly stated how impressed they were by the Post 16 facilities, the staff and also the professional manner of the current sixth formers. It was a very positive evening and an absolute delight to have welcomed so many current Year 11 students to the school and to give them an insight into the range of courses we are offering Post 16.

 Thanks go to all the students and the staff for their continued motivation and commitment to Post 16 education at The Cooper School.