Academic Enrichment BLOG
- Read MoreGlow Your Own – Six online workshops, weekly from Wednesday 9 October Glow Your Own is a six-week online creative coding workshop which takes place October-November in partnership with our local festival, IF Oxford.
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Routes into stem face-to-face, for Years 9 and 10
ETrust are excited to let you know that they are now accepting applications for their Oxford Face to Face Routes into STEM course experience that will take place locally for our students over the upcoming half term – 29 - 31 October.
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Creature fest - 11th October!
For all who are fascinated by mythological creatures as well as Dinosaurs, there is a Creature Festival at Cheney School on Friday 11th October, after school, and it is FREE. But you do need to book in advance.
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COMPOS - a free online course for mathematicians and physicists in Years 10 - 13
The University of Oxford has opened a new FREE online course for students in Years 10-13 who love maths and physics. Registration is open until 3rd October, so don't miss out!
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The Dr Mark Caplen Young Writers competition
The Dr Mark Caplen Young Writers Competition is a new event run by the Wantage Literary Festival, and it asks young people to write a review of a favourite book, film, TV show, play or podcast. There are different age categories and some great cash prizes!
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Chemistry cartoon competition for Years 12 and 13
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) are always thinking up unusual competition ideas to put students' understanding of Chemistry to the test, This is their latest offering!
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Chemistry advent calendar competition for years 7 and 8
Royal Society of Chemistry - Competition for Students in Years 7 and 8: The Chemistry of Christmas!
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The Sir Christopher Ricks talk 2024 - Marcus Brigstocke
Join us for a fascinating evening with Actor and Comedian Marcus Broigstocke, who will aim to persuade you that the Arts are not important but absolutely essential.
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The Year 7&8 STFC Science Essay Prize 2024
To enter this competition, you need to write a 500-word essay on "Why I love Science". The winner will receive an Amazon Fire 7 Tablet. Entries open on 1st September and close on 8th November.
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Story Museum Youth collection Ambassadors
The Story Museum is looking for young people aged 11-16 to become Youth Collection Ambassadors to help develop its 1001 Stories Programme.
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Free course on python programming, for girls aged 12-18
This is an entirely FREE course (no strings attached) aimed to teach girls aged 12-18 to program using Python, the world's Number 1 Programming Language. No previous experience of programming required.
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Our forthcoming kaaep talk - 2nd July 2024
This promises to be a fascinating talk by Professor Emeritus Andy Kempe, who will outline the significant contributions that locations nearby made during the preparations for the biggest invasion in history: D-Day.










