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Reach Cambridge

Program 2: Leader 2017 – Day 3

Today was another busy and exciting day at Reach!  The students attended their various morning classes across Downing and Trinity Hall College. The Medical Science and Chemistry classes had a particularly exciting time learning about pre-hospital emergency medicinal practice. This included our Supervisor and Welfare Coordinator James being carried off in a stretcher (just for…
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Reach Cambridge

Program 2: Leader 2017 – Day 2

Today marks the second day of our Reach Leader program! Students have all settled in now and we have had a great day of classes, activities and the Reach Photo. Students once again started the day with a hearty breakfast in either Downing College or Trinity Hall before being escorted to their lessons by our…
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Reach Explorer

Program 2: Leader 2017 – Day 1

Today marks the first day of our second Reach Cambridge program – and what a day it turned out to be! The day started with our students having breakfast in the lovely Butterfield café of Downing College and the awesome dining hall of Trinity Hall, before being escorted by our amazing team of orange-shirted supervisors…
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Reach Cambridge

Program 2: Leader 2017 – Arrivals Day!

We can barely believe it. It feels we have only just said goodbye to our wonderful Program 1 students, and already it is time to welcome another group of incredible teenagers to the Reach Cambridge family! I regret to report that the students have had the absolute quintessential British summertime experience today: it’s been grey…
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Sports at the Paddock

Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 18

The penultimate day of Reach was action-packed; classes in the morning included delving into the mental habits of happiness in Psychology, and questioning what freedom means in 20th-Century Britain in the Politics & International Relations class. In Life Sciences & Medicine, students got into some problem-based learning, exploring clinical scenarios, and in English Literature &…
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Fundraising with Sabre

Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 17

  Today was a big day here at Reach Cambridge – SABRE day! Central Cambridge boomed to the sound of African drums this afternoon as part of a charity fundraiser organised and run by our Community Outreach students. Reach has a long established relationship with the SABRE charity, who work with the Ghanaian government to…
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Cake decorating

Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 16

Today was off to a dynamic start, with the Physics and Engineering class getting the opportunity to build and launch their very own rockets (see video below)! The Law and Politics classes also got to venture into London on a day trip, where they visited a top City law firm. The firm was so big it even…
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Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 14

Once again, we were off to London! Rather than Shakespeare and the South bank, today the day consisted of Museums and finished off with shopping mayhem: a balanced day overall! The flurry of students were divided into two equally high-spirited groups. One of which went to the Science museum and the other which attended the…
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Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 13

Today we headed out of Cambridge for a fun-filled day at Stratford-Upon Avon and Warwick Castle. Stratford-Upon Avon is famous for being the 16th century birthplace of English playwright William Shakespeare. Possibly the most famous writer in the English language, students enjoyed a tour in the morning, where they saw Shakespeare’s birthplace, home and burial…
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Reach Explorer

Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 12

Friday morning saw a dynamic range of classroom topics, from structural engineering and probability theory, to Shakespeare and Rawls. The Law class even put on a mock trial – complete with wigs and gavels! After classes today, the students channelled their enthusiasm for the weekend excursions into an active afternoon of sports. An energetic game…
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Personal Statement Workshop

Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 11

Today’s blog comes in the form of a poem, courtesy of supervisor Katie!   Sports and classes,  learning and volleys, filled Reach Cambridge, Students wearing their sunnies.     But the shades came off, and we didn’t keep still. Teaching architects, Young Leaders or application skills.     And on the eve, our corridors feasted,…
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