Author: Ellie Stevens

The Royal Mint Commemorative coin

To celebrate the life and legacy of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, The Royal Mint has released an official commemorative coin. 100 commemorative coins, accompanied by a letter of thanks from HRH The Earl of Wessex and Forfar will be …
7th December 2021

Christmas card competition winner

Thank you to all the students who took part in our competition to design the official 2021 Orchard Hill College digital Christmas card. We received so many entries from our talented and creative students! The designs filled us with festive …
1st December 2021

Transition Events

The college hosted three Transition Events over Southwark, Sutton and Kingston this week. The events were a chance for our students, their parents, carers and local schools to have the opportunity to gather information on services and organisations in the …
26th November 2021

Anti-Bullying Week

Across the college students have been doing work for Anti-Bullying Week. Students have been taking part in tutorials around bullying, as well as themed games and quizzes. This has helped to increase awareness around bullying, how to spot signs of …
19th November 2021

Rainbow Sensory Garden

Our students from Beaconsfield were pleased to be invited to the join The Mayor of Epsom and Ewell at the official opening of a new Rainbow Sensory Garden at Wandgas Football for All. The college students have been allocated two …
4th November 2021

The winning cake!

The college were thrilled to be announced as a winner of the #ShareTheLoveOurColleges Competition as part of the Association of Colleges, Love Our Colleges week. The students entered a cake design and were announced as one of four winning entries! …
27th October 2021

Love Our Colleges

This week is the Association of Colleges, Love Our Colleges week. Our students were excited to take part in the #ShareTheLoveOurColleges Competition. The students designed and made a cake from scratch and used edible icing to showcase writing and artwork …
19th October 2021

A new apprentice!

Louis joined a WorkStart course at the college following a period of unemployment and being unsure of his career path after finishing school. Louis demonstrated excellent ICT and organisational skills during his course. His hard work and determination lead him …
18th October 2021

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Over the last year our students have continued to progress towards both Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards despite the restrictions that have been in place. Students found a number of ways to combine work for their awards whilst …
5th October 2021

Completed the London Marathon 2021!

An amazing effort was made by one member of staff; Ashleigh Magner, who ran the London Marathon to raise funds for the college. Ashleigh completed her first marathon in a breathtaking four hours and 18 minutes. We are all so …
4th October 2021

The Royal Mint – commemorative coin

To celebrate the life and legacy of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, The Royal Mint has released an official commemorative coin. 100 commemorative coins, accompanied by a letter of thanks from HRH The Earl of Wessex and Forfar will be …
4th October 2021

Sport Inclusion Hub

The college has been pleased to be involved in the Association of Colleges (AoC) Sport Inclusion Hub programme. This was introduced in the 2019/20 academic year as an opportunity for AoC Sport to gather insight into how colleges can effectively …
21st September 2021