UTC Warrington

Another great Saturday morning session at the UTC with year 11 students preparing for their PPEs and our engineering students working on a live engineering brief, strengthening their Autodesk Fusion 360 skills and working on some applied mathematics. A great use of a Saturday morning!

Once again our outstanding year 10 engineers have been trailblazing in the workshop this week working on sheet metal operations using the guillotine and box pan folder.

This week we welcomed the team from Siemens Industry to lead some training on their TIA system (Totally Integrated Automation). It was a fantastic knowledge transfer session with UTC staff, and students being joined by some of Sellafield's graduate engineers.

REMINDER!
Year 11's are invited into school tomorrow for STEM Saturday ahead of their mocks next week.

What a great day yesterday for our Business Mentoring Day!
We welcomed representatives from J. Murphy & Sons Limited, Van Elle, Sellafield Ltd and Cavendish Nuclear into the UTC to speak with our Year 12 and Year 13 students to give them advice about applications and interview tips.

Thankyou to Andy Carter MP for coming in and speaking with our students today!
Students enjoyed an insightful talk about life as an MP and had the opportunity to ask some questions about local issues.

at this morning’s gym session! 💪🏽💪🏽

It’s all starting to get a little festive🎄🎄
Sally and Laura getting the decorations on our Christmas tree! 🎅🏼🎄⛄️

Year 10 students have started building their shadow boards in their Electical Installation lessons

Another week visiting the Carefoot Site for our Year 13 Construction students. The building stage is now complete for this project, what an amazing experience for our students to have been able to see this project come out of the ground first-hand.

Year 11 students working out the centre of mass of an irregular shape in their physics lesson.

Yesterday we welcomed back one of our amazing our alumni Dan Kirkham (2nd Year Electrical Degree Apprentice with Tenet Consultants) and Scott Rogers,also an apprentice at Tenet, to deliver an Autodesk AutoCAD master class in electronic circuit design to our Year 12's as part of their level 3 engineering course.

Thanks to Neutronic Technologies for speaking to our Sixth Form students today, telling them all about the company and the apprenticeships that they have available with them.

🗣REMINDER!🗣
Next week Year 11 students will have their Mock Exams, here's the timetable for the week.
Attending the exams is mandatory for all Year 11 students.
Please can students arrive on time with the correct equipment. They will need a pen, pencil, ruler and scientific calculator.
👉Extra revision sessions will be taking place this Saturday 26th November for all Year 11 students.

A group of Year 11 students went to Warrington Youth Zone today to work on a variety of skills linked to the Skillsbuilder Framework

Our brilliant year 10 engineers have been back in action this week. Servicing and maintaining MIG welding torches whilst also demonstrating safe work practices on a number of engineering activities.

Thankyou to Lane End Group for delivering a Women in Construction presentation to our Y10 - Y13 Built Environment students this morning. Telling them all about the different opportunities within Construction.

This morning we welcomed our alumni Moneka, Declan and Amber back into UTCW from Sellafield Ltd where they are all currently completing degree apprenticeships.
Our Year 12 and Year 13 students gained valuable insight into the application and selection process that will help them with their own applications.

So great to see our alumni at our Open Evening last night representing the world-class employers they have gone on to work for.
Studying at UTCW gives our students the confidence and skills required to achieve their dream higher and degree level apprenticeship destinations.
A huge thankyou to Nikola, Lilly, Bobby, Sam, Thomas and Ethan for attending our open evening.

Got serious FOMO after missing last night's Open Evening? We can't blame you🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️
❗️REGISTER TODAY for our FINAL OPEN MORNING of the term!❗️
You don't want to miss your chance to find out what studying at UTCW can do for you.
👉Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2p84p266

What a great night last night for our final open evening of the term!🤩🤩
So great to see so many prospective Year 10 and Year 12 students learning about studying at UTCW and the world-class career opportunities studying with us can lead to.
A massive thankyou to our alumni and employer partners United Utilities, Sellafield Ltd, Cavendish Nuclear, Wincanton plc and Tuv Sud who attended the event!
A fantastic evening to round off this term's open evenings!🎉🎉

Thanks to Cheshire Police for coming in yesterday to speak to students about the dangers of knife crime

MOVEMBER UPDATE!
Mr Gee and Mr Johnson rocking their Mo's for a good cause.
You can still donate to their Movember efforts here: https://uk.movember.com/mospace/14774716?mc=1&utm_medium=share&utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=copy-clipboard

This afternoon Year 10 Electrical Installation students began to design their shadow boards before they begin to build them next week

Thanks to Khalil who visited UTC Warrington today to speak to our Year 13’s about the apprenticeship opportunities at Ofcom

We are recruiting!
If you are interested in any of the vacancies posted, please apply at https://utcw.co.uk/information/jobs/ or contact [email protected] for more information.

Year 11 students enjoying their practical in today's science class with Mr Mamwell. Students were using chromatography to separate out the different pigments in coloured ink and analyse the results.
Chromatography is regularly used in forensics, food & beverage testing, chemical analysis and drug testing.
More advanced forms of chromatography will be explored in the T-Level Science pathway next year.
Make sure you register your place at our upcoming open evening for your chance to learn more about Science T-Level at UTCW: https://tinyurl.com/2p84p266

This we're joining the Anti-Bullying Alliance to urge everyone to .

Reach out to someone you trust if you need to talk.
Reach out to someone who's being bullied.

It take courage, but it can save lives.

Let's come together and to stop bullying.

More information about the Anti-Bullying Alliance and the support they offer can be found here: https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/

❓Are you currently in year 9 and have a passion for science?
Are you are considering a career in Science or another STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths) subject? 🧪
UTCW can help you to start your journey towards your dream destination!
Come along to our Year 9 Open Evening on Thursday 17th November and find out what UTCW can do for you!
👉Register here today: https://tinyurl.com/2p84p266

Are you interested in pursuing a career in Science, Digital, Construction or Engineering?
👋UTC Warrington is the Sixth Form for you!👋
Our leavers go on to world-class higher or degree level apprenticeships or STEM related university places.👩‍🎓👨‍🎓
Come along to our Year 11 Open Evening on Thursday 17th November to find out how this could be you.
👉Register here today: https://tinyurl.com/2p84p266

A great turnout for today's gym session! Mr Rane, Mr Skelland and Miss Quick leading the session at Warrington Youth Zone this morning, starting their days off right!

As we commemorate Remembrance Day, Mr Beggs and his cadets delivered an insightful Remembrance Day assembly that reiterated the need for, and importance of, remembrance. During the assembly all staff and students observed a silence to pay respects to those that have lost their lives in the Armed Forces.

UTCW Cadets have been fundraising all week for The Poppy Appeal, helping to raise funds to support serving and ex-serving men and women, and their families.

As part of Digital day 22, UTC Warrington students were able to experience sessions delivered by various industry experts as part of our insight day. Thanks to .digital, Jacobs, Fujitsu, National Nuclear Laboratories, NHS, PWC and Barclays UK for supporting the event today

Its Digital day 22! At UTC Warrington we delivered a Digital Insight Day to all of our students to demonstrate the careers available in the digital sector. Our students are thrilled to have worked alongside .digital. We are proud to have support BIMA alongside RoyalMail and Primark for this initiative which seeks to close the nations’ .

Thank you to the team from National Grid who worked with some of our year 12 and 13 students yesterday. The team shared insights into the early careers framework at National Grid and the amazing opportunity they provide their Higher and Degree apprentices. It's our outstanding relationships with employers that enable our students to be so successful in the job market and when applying to competitive STEM-related Universities.
If you would like to find out more about how we do it come along to one of our open events next week!
👉Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2p84p266

A huge thanks to Carefoot for coming into the UTC and doing a tendering exercise with our Sixth Form Civil Engineering students, helping them to prepare for their upcoming exams.