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Mr Goring and Mr Fox were
particularly intent on stopping
Miss N Haigh’s group from
winning again. The students
got stuck into the competition
and collaborated effectively
with their team members to
perform the best in each of
the team-building activities on
day one. Students took part in
a nightline activity in which
they made their way through
courses in the woods with their
team, blindfolded. Their hard
work was rewarded with toasted
marshmallows on the camp fire
and a few ‘interesting’ stories
from Mr Goring and the Post
16 students.
After a night of very little sleep,
the Year 7s were woken by their
least favourite song through the
loud speaker, a song they would
come to love. Breakfast time
was Mr Andrews’ favourite part
of the day.Whilst the weary
students made their way into
the food hall, they were joyfully
greeted by Mr Andrews and his
rendition of any Meatloaf song
or, in fact, any song made before
1990. Students played rounders,
orienteered themselves around
the countryside, splashed in
the nearby streams, created
shelters from wood and rope
and became sumo wrestlers,
amongst many other activities.
It was not long before students
were ready for their big
performance, the team sing off.
With the Post-16 judging, it was
a tough crowd to please. After
thoroughly upsetting Miss N
Haigh, probably paid to do so
by Mr Goring, the judges were
wowed by Mr Andrews’ team’s
performance and their dancing
abilities.
Day three saw students have
just enough energy for one last
shot at gaining some points and
changing the leader board. Led
by Mr Fox, It’s a Knockout was
a fun and messy event before
getting everybody back onto the
coaches and waving them off.
N Haigh
Oh, what a picture!
“Please may I have a selfie?”
Not the kind of question I was
expecting from a Year 7 student
on our Enrichment tour of the
nearly-new Derby City
Council offices!
It was decided that the Year
7 Enrichment visits needed a
re-vamp. With the generosity
of local business we pulled
together an outstanding
programme of events for the
Year 7 students over the two
days that they were based in
College.
Marketing Derby spokesman
Andrew Lowe gave up his
time to come and talk to the
students about all the possible
developments that were on
the horizon for the Derby
skyline. Over the two days we
encouraged students to think
about their own ideas and
possibilities for derelict sites
in Derby.
A lovely canal walk took us to
the I-Pro stadium, Derby Arena
and The Roundhouse. Students
were given a tour around the
venues which enabled them
to find out more about these
organisations and the business
elements of clubs like Derby
County. The Roundhouse has
retained many historic features
and was inspiring and the
Derby Arena tour hopefully
encouraged students to re-visit
and use the facility.
Nearer to home, students did
the iconic Derby Ghost Walk led
by Edd Felix which has become
a Landau Forte College ‘rite of
passage’. All students in the
College have scary memories of
being in the Derby Gaol, and the
tutors have scary memories of
the screams!
You might be wondering about
the ‘selfie’ question I posed
earlier? Yes, the highlight for
one Year 7 student was indeed
a selfie photo with the very
obliging Mayor of Derby!
T Fazekas
An Enriching Experience
An Enriching Experience: Marketing Derby
Year 7 made the exciting journey to Kibblestone during Enrichment Week this year, where they spent
two nights and three days. Students were placed into their teams, each having a team leader and the
competitive rivalry began instantly.