A group of bright Year 9 pupils from Madeley High School had the opportunity to experience a typical A Level Psychology and Sociology lesson at Newcastle-under-Lyme College. The students who were about to make their GCSE choices, were given the opportunity by their Humanities teacher Mr Green to come to NULC and meet current students on those courses.
Assistant Head of 6th Form and Psychology lecturer Adele Richards talked about Prison life from a psychological state of mind and explained the effect of the imprisonment on their personalities. Marianna Glazewska commented: “I liked how we compared different prisons”.
Not just content with learning about prison life in Psychology, students were also introduced to the world of Sociology. Assistant Head of 6th Form and Sociology lecturer Jon Stanfield discussed how a society is formed and how our own role within our society affects others around us. The pupils were shown some incredible videos of how our own human society can be linked to packs of wolves and how their ‘pack’ instincts can be similar to ours was fascinating to the pupils.
Jenna French was asked what she enjoyed most about the taster she replied: “Learning about the baby wolves and people wolves”,
The taster day was designed to encourage students to consider choosing Humanities as a GCSE subject and how it can benefit students applying for Psychology and Sociology at A Level. Humanities teacher Mr Green commented about the sessions: “I felt the lessons were pitched perfectly with a good pace”.
If you are a teacher and you would like to bring a group of students to a taster at Newcastle-under-Lyme College, please contact the School Liaison Team; Gareth & Tara on 01782 254347 or email schools@nulc.ac.uk
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