Year 9 visit the University of Oxford

A group of pupils from Year 9 had a great day at the University of Oxford. They had the opportunity to quiz a current and recently graduated student about applying to Oxford and what studying there is really like. 

They engaged in a workshop about language, the origin of words and how language changes over time, as well as being encouraged to question the world around them. Finally, they had a tour of the city and some of the colleges. A highlight was learning where C.S Lewis took his inspiration for ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' as shown in the picture (left). It was encouraging to see how engaged our Year 9 pupils were by the great questions they asked throughout the day.