St Marys Information Evening November 6th 2014

1. The Principal, staff and students of St Mary’s College
would like to welcome you to our
INFORMATION
EVENING
Please feel free to look around at your leisure and visit all
our departments around the Campus.
Staff and students will be available to guide you and
answer any questions that you may have.

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Life at SMC talks for Year 11s featuring our college video
will be in the O’Neill Academy for Performing Arts Theatre at
6.00pm, 6.30pm and 7.00pm.
Classical Civilisation, Medieval
History, Modern History,
Government and Politics
Room 226
Take a look at the past in our
Museum themed room.
Take part in our quiz.
Religious Studies
Room 227
Have a go at our match the
philosopher quiz.
French and Spanish
Room 227
Test your knowledge with our Euro
quiz.
Economics
Room 217
Come along and find out about the
UK Economy and hear about the
role of the Bank of England.
Find out what £1 would have got
you in the past and what it can buy
in other countries.
HOPE ZONE -
GROUND FLOOR
Film Studies, Media Studies
and Vocational Media
Room 405 & Studio
Try your hand at being a newsreader
in our green-screen studio.
Health & Social Care
Room 117
A range of hands on activities
including first aid observation and
measurements.
MAIN BUILDING -
FIRST FLOOR
Creative Writing, English
Language, English Literature
and English Language &
Literature
Room 231 & 232
Meet and chat with our current
students and gather course
information.
Enter a creative writing competition
to win a mystery prize.
Add a sentence to a story which will
be written throughout the evening.
MAIN BUILDING -
GROUND FLOOR
Digital Photography, Fine Art,
Graphic Design and Textiles &
Fashion
Room 136 & 137
Come along, visit the department
and enter our competitions;
Photography - send us a photo
Art - send us an image or drawing
Graphics - design a logo
Textiles - design a bag
Enter on postcard provided and
send in to the Art Department.
Childcare & Education
Room 119
A range of hands on activities
including First Aid, Baking and
Finger Painting.

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Geography
Room 810
Test your knowledge of global (and
local) places with our world quiz
based on recent events.
Biology and Science Plus
enhancement
Room 813
Observe pond life through a
microscope.
Demonstration of photosynthesis
experiment and rat dissection
conducted by current students.
GRAYSTONE SCIENCE CENTRE
- FIRST FLOOR
Chemistry
Room 910
Talk to our current students about
studying Chemistry at St Mary’s.
Find out more about the Cambridge
Chemistry Challenge and RSC
Chemistry Olympiad.
Take a look at our comprehensive
resources on Moodle.
Psychology
Room 606
A range of hands on activities
including visual processing tasks,
memory tasks and perception.
FINLEY-STOKES CENTRE -
FIRST FLOOR
Sociology
Room 706
Have a go at our ‘Life Chances’
game.
Express your views on an social
issue vote.
GRAYSTONE SCIENCE CENTRE
- GROUND FLOOR
Geology
Room 810
Geology - come and have a go at
identifying some local rocks and
minerals and find out whether you
live in an area ripe for fracking.
Find out what rocks lie beneath
your feet (and home!) and
where the most recent British
earthquakes have occurred.
HOPE ZONE -
FIRST FLOOR
Computing and ICT
Room 505
Demonstrations of basic some
games programming skills taught
on A-level Computing, including
programming a chase, a simple
shooting game and a bat and ball
game. Have a go at playing one
yourself.
Mathematics and Further
Mathematics
Room 506
Find out the day you were born
using Zellers algorithm.
Try using graphical calculators.
FINLEY-STOKES CENTRE -
GROUND FLOOR
Law, Vocational Law and
Criminology enhancement
Room 601 / 602
Come a long to our mock court
room, meet our Law students and
watch our court room drama.
Physics
Room 911
Come and take part in a series
of experimental demonstrations
including;
oscillating phenomena mimicking
musical instruments / oscillation
bridges resonating etc..
Linear air track collisions simulating
car collisions.
Spectra, sodium lamp – how stars
are analysed for their composition.
Electronics
Room 911
Take a look at some past student’s
projects including; humidity
detection, Binary counters, Wind
direction indicator – remote sensing
and Robot on a production line

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You can find and download specific
course information at
www.stmarysblackburn.ac.uk
* The College reserves the right to
make changes to the curriculum
offer.
SMC ENTERPRISE BUILDING -
FIRST FLOOR
Business and Finance
Room 1201
Match the LOGO activity.
Can you identify the brand from
just its logo?
O’NEILL ACADEMY FOR
PERFORMING ARTS
Dance, Drama & Theatre
Studies, Vocational Performing
Arts, Dance Academy and Total
Theatre
Room 1003 and 1008
Be greeted by characters from
‘Annie’ in our BTEC Musical Theatre
performance plus performances
from our A2 Level Dancers.
Music, Music Technology,
Vocational Music and Music
enhancements
Room 1025, Studio and Live
Room
Come along and try our sequencer
programmes and record a vocal/
instrumental track in the studio to
a backing track.
Film & Sibelius Composition
Demonstrations
Sequencing and Live Recording
Workshop /Demonstration
SPORTS HALL
Sport and PE, Vocational
Sport, Sports Leaders, Sports
Academy, Team Sport & Sports
Club
Sports Hall
Practical sport demonstrations –
video analysis of sport technique,
fitness testing, training and sports
massage.
Take part in our fastest shot
competition in football and tennis.
Can you return a 100mph serve?
Support Services
Main Building -
ground floor
Chaplain
Chapel Office
Student Guidance and
High Achievers Programme
Come and see us if you are
uncertain about which courses
to choose or want to know
more about our High Achievers
Programme.
Learning Support Room 114/115
For individuals requiring
Additional Learning Support.
Come along for a chat and a drink
in ‘Frankies’ coffee shop, run by
our students.
SMC Central
Details of bus routes and
travel to college. Scholarship
information and bursaries.
Refectory
Come along and chat with some
of our current students over
coffee and a cake.
Support Services
Main Building -
first floor
Library
Take a look at our wide range of
books and facilities.
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