A big congratulations goes to our latest successful applicants to the University of Birmingham's Routes to the Professions programme. The Routes to Professions programme offers a unique opportunity for Year 12 students to gain a real insight into university study. It focuses on specific vocational courses and provides students with tailored support through the university application process. This 18-month programme has five bespoke streams to support students who are looking for a career in one of the fields below: • Medicine • Dentistry • Law • Accounting and Finance • Engineering Students join the Routes to the Professions programme in Year 12 and receive a range of support through to Year 13 including: careers advice, support with UCAS personal statements, interview preparation, work placement opportunities, mentoring by current undergraduate students, and the opportunity to shadow current students during lectures. Best of luck to those involved. Mr Ruhe.

Round Midnight came to deliver #CuttingTies to our Year 9 students! They role played a situation at school involving bullying and knife crime and asked our students to consider the consequences. #TheatreinEducation #TheatreCompany #CreativeArts #KnifeCrimeAwareness #KnifeCrime

Study Vs Revision One of the key messages for students to understand when talking about study skills is the difference between study and revision. For many students, particularly at GCSE and A level they see them as the same thing and something that is done simply before a test or assessment. To this end, please find below a practical guide, distinguishing between the two, along with effective routines and techniques for transforming subject knowledge into long term memory, ready for retrieval in subsequent lessons and examinations. Whilst certainly offering a timely reminder for our A level learners, and GCSE students alike, it offers a concise overview for parents and guardians wanting to know what effective study and revision should look like, as we head towards the next batch of mock examinations in February.

Fantastic news following today's KS3 county lines charity futsal tournament. Our year 9 boys team came out as CHAMPIONS winning a lovely trophy and plaque. They won the final match 3-1 and have been invited back next year to defend their title. The year 8 boys team also did well in their league competition winning half of their matches and the year 9 girls did exceptionally well too despite playing against mainly boys teams winning a couple of their league matches.

Congratulations to students through to the next round of the MFL spelling bee

Nuffield Research Placements are always a popular choice with many of our Year 12 students during the summer break; What is a Nuffield Research Placement? 'Experience Research in Action, spend your summer holidays developing your research skills on a short project that WILL enhance your university application and career prospects.' More details can be found here; https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/students-teachers/nuffield-research-placements/ Before applying, please read the eligibility criteria carefully: To be eligible, students must: • Be over 16 years old and in Year 12 or S5. • Be in full-time state-funded education in the UK. • Have at least 5 GCSEs at Level 6 or above OR Scottish Nationals at Level B or above, including maths, a science subject and English (or another humanities subject). • Be studying one or more A-levels or Scottish Highers (or equivalent) in science, technology, engineering, economics, geography, psychology, computing, statistics or maths. • Be available for four to six weeks of their summer holiday. Students must also meet at least one of the following criteria: • Be living, or have lived, in local authority care. • Come from a family with a combined household income of below £30,000 a year, or be entitled to free school meals, either now or at any time in the last six years. • Be the first in their immediate family to participate in higher education (not including any older siblings). This means that neither of their parents/carers have participated in higher education, either in the UK or another country. If their siblings have attended higher education, but their parents/carers have not, they are still eligible. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 19TH MARCH 2020

RT @NishkamCentre: Pleasure to welcome @andy4wm @MayorWestMids to @nishkamschool to look at values and virtues education in action. Oppor...

RT @NishkamPE: Well done to the Year 9 boys Futsal team on their 1st place in today's county lines Futsal tournament. Thanks to @RealFilmin...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to all our Nishkam family. This time of year is a point of reflection, to evaluate what is important to us and an opportunity to make positive change. #nishkamvirtues

Delighted to announce that we have Don Stewart delivering a CPD session in Maths on January 23. All Maths teachers are welcome to attend for free. Further details and sign up can be found here: https://t.co/gYPeJ3oCxq Please retweet/tag anyone who maybe interested @cpdWM

RT @ChemOutreachOxf: What a delight to host Y5 and Y6 from @nishkamschools yesterday. Even the teachers had a go at our rainbow challenge f...

Nishkam Primary Wolverhampton Year 5 & 6 pupils marvelled at the wonderful world of chemistry @ The University of Oxford! @ChemOutreachOxf The children were superb showing real determination & diligence during the experiments. #commitmenttoexcellence #aspirations #nishkamvirtues https://t.co/ur6XHgeg6I