Dudley Sixth A Level awards ceremony took place on the evening of Thursday 5th September with The Evolve theatre acting as the venue in which Curriculum Manager; Ben France and Dudley 6th staff, warmly welcomed back a large number of our A Level students who left in the summer. Many parents and relatives also attended as proud guests of the award nominees.
Our former students received special awards, in each of the A level subjects we offer, with award winners being chosen by their subject tutors. This led to some very heartfelt moments when staff spoke directly to their winners explaining how they had chosen them as deserving of the prize, often in a field of high achieving peers. The unwavering commitment and consistent effort of learners was often cited as the reason for their award but so too were a variety of other reasons, for instance Ravneet Kaur was the outstanding winner of the French prize because she secure 120/120 marks in her speaking examination, a feat unheard of for a non-native speaker of the language. Kimran Dudley (English Literature winner) was commended for the five practice essays she would submit each week for her tutor to mark and Tripat Sagoo (Law winner) for her whole round contribution to Dudley Sixth as a very active Ambassador, helping on open days with her easy ability to connect with visitors and talk passionately about her subject. Xiao Wang (Physics winner) was described as a “gifted student” whose quiet demeanour belied his exceptional ability.
As Master of Ceremonies Ben brought the event to a conclusion alluding to his own discipline of Philosophy saying that whilst “You can never predict the future, he was willing to stick his neck out and predict each and every one of the students there would go on to achieve amazing things.”
The ceremony was preceded by drinks and canapés, provided by Stir Catering team.
Pictures from the evening can be found in our Flickr album here.