We were honoured to welcome His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Brent River College on 7th December 2017.
His Excellency visited the students in their classrooms and talked to all of them. He was very interested in their aims and ambitions.
He spoke to the whole school about his time as a lawyer and a judge and his commitment to education as an investment in our childrens’ futures.
He presented everyone with a Presidential wristband with the motto for his oath and everyone stood and recited the oath after the President.
“Do the Right thing : It is the Right Thing to Do”.
He also presented the school with a book called The Carnival Suite a book about the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
We are very grateful to Andrew and Michael Mohammed of The Investigators, who work with our students and provide motivational workshops, for arranging the visit.
His Excellency’s visit totally reinforced our values and was both inspirational and uplifting.
Students were also tested on topics covered in their sessions with the Mohammed brothers this academic year: the 13 steps to success, finding the leader within, looking at the programme developed by the US Marine Corps which is used to train their own leaders and famous high achievers: Wilma Rudolph who overcame overwhelming odds to pursue her goals, Cory, a young boy who started his own business and Ben Carson, branded a failure at school, a target of bullying, became a leading surgeon in his field of expertise.
Great trip with our Year 10 to Parliament. They had fun on the tour around the buildings. They were learning about our Democratic systems. They took part in workshops to make their own laws and learn about rules of debating. In the final debate they had to wear their team’s bowler hats to present their arguments.
We held our third MacMillan Cake Morning at both KS3 and KS4. We raised £60.45 altogether. We had fantastic displays demonstrating our student’s excellent cake decorating skills. I can guess why this event is so popular.