Germany Exchange 2011

05 July 2011

The 13 Barntrup students who hosted Wyke College students in April, came as guests to enjoy a sunny week in Hull at the end of June. Together with their partners they enjoyed the scenic delights of Beverley, York and Whitby as well as Hull and the Humber Bridge. As well as sightseeing they enjoyed lunch in a church and three different evening barbecues, one with a Hawaiian theme.

They thoroughly enjoyed their stay, really appreciated sampling British family life and are all keen to come again. Some German students have already made plans to return for the 2012 Olympic Games and some Hull students are planning to return to Germany during the summer holidays.

Drama student accepted at Juilliard!

20 May 2011

Rob Aramayo, a second year A level Drama student at Wyke has successfully auditioned for one of only 18 places at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York.

The audition process is intensive; from the original 4,000 applicants only half are given the opportunity to audition. Rob visited during December 2010 and his initial audition took place in January in New York. His last call back was in March when, having spent days being assessed, from the original group of over 2,000 who auditioned, he became one of the successful final 18 students who will enrol in September. Previous Juilliard students include Kevin Spacey and Robin Williams.

Wyke Student wins Accountancy Scholarship

20 May 2011

Christopher Hopkins, a second year Wyke A level student studying Accounting, Law and Applied ICT, has won a regional scholarship with Kaplan Financial’s Accountancy Scheme.

New Bus Services, Great Prices!

20 May 2011

Worried about travel? Wyke makes it easy and affordable. Wyke is committed to providing convenient and competitively priced travel for students from all areas of Hull and the East Riding and will providing a new service bus for East Hull and a new minibus service for Holderness villages from September 2011. The maximum single fare for a journey to Wyke will be £1.

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Wyke College street dancer Emma Smith wins £10,000 award

20 May 2011

Emma Smith, who is studying for her A-levels at Wyke Sixth Form College, has won the Schwarzkopf national street dance competition. She learned the dance movements by watching videos of her favourite choreographers on the internet.

Watch Emma perform and talk about her experience in this BBC Look North report.

"I used to do contemporary dance classes but then I just started watching all the choreographers on YouTube and Sisco as well and just tried to copy it and get my own style." Emma entered the Schwarzkopf national street dance competition through the internet and, after just two auditions, was competing in the finals in London.