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Message from the Principal

It is with great pleasure that I share the Christ the King College Summer Newsletter 2013 with you.

I know that you will enjoy reading it, browsing the photographs and, hopefully, leaving copies on coffee

tables, in churches, on reception desks and, indeed, anywhere where the wonderful talents and achieve-

ments of Christ the King College students can be seen and celebrated. This Newsletter is about them and

all that they have achieved since the last Newsletter. I am sure you will agree that our students are re-

markable young people, wonderful ambassadors for their College, their communities and parishes and,

of course, their families.

This past academic year has been yet another exciting, enjoyable and successful stage in our journey as

Christ the King College. I would like to thank everyone reading this newsletter, students, staff, parents

and all friends of Christ the King, for their continued support of our work; I look forward to the coming

year and all that it will bring.

My very best wishes to you all for a safe and relaxing Summer break.

CELEBRATION WORSHIP WEDNESDAY 27TH MARCH 2013

Students across all year groups are presented with certificates to celebrate their effort and progress and awards are given from various over activities in and out of College. We will Report on the Summer Worship Event which took place on Wednesday 24th July 2013, in the new academic year.

Inter-House Art Competition

~ Aletha Lawrence

Art Kudzai Kapuya Hayley Nugent

Marisa Carbonell Niall Martin

Emily Tongue

Business Studies Conrad Lewandowski Bethanie Joy Breach

Citizenship Benjamin McLaughlin

Tessa Crosbie Jack Mcgrath Sinead Adams

Design and Technology Harry Drysdale

Alethea Lawrence Adam Rann

Holly Beckley Sam Rawlinson Jonathan Biss

Drama and Performing Arts Freya Baxendale Caitlyn Hoolan Jaime Belcher Bronte Ramsey Rebecca Powell

David Jowitt

Economics Ben Jessup Jack Salero

English Tegan Nicholls

Charlotte Phillips Bradley Taylor Lydia Pitman Anna Minnigin

Tazmyn Stockdale Bethany Rayner

Charlie Goodstein-Oliver Rosie McGlinchey

May Wheeler

French Driscoll Green

Christie Drysdale Chloe Parker

Molly Rasmussen May Wheeler

Anna Minnigin

Geography Alanah Hersey Joseph Sutton Talei Cleverdon

Molly Rasmussen Anna Stanley Jack Stapley

History Zsanette Stockdale Katherine burton

Eva Newell James Shelley

Anna Minnigin Daniel Rue

Latin and Classical Civilisations Chloe Smith

Andrea Mae Consolacion Charlie Goodstien-Oliver

Emily Slatter Anna Stanley

Miranda Hersey

Maths Victoria Watts Imogen Briscoe

Lucy Daly Oliver Fry

Matthew Honnor Sam Rawlinson

Media Callie Penny Jadoda Lutek

Tazmyn Stockdale

Music Polly Green

Joella Maddin Jay Whatson

Natalie Aghajanian Jonathan Whitehouse

Tom Barker James Green

Photography Drew Blackley Hannah Wilson

Lottie Tubb Shannon Brookes

Physical Education Christina Tapper Keegan marsh

Ben Stagg Lucy Daly

Anya Bennett Scott Wheeler

Religious Studies Brandon Dyer

Rachell Hartnell Jack McGrath Ashleigh Gibbs Caitlyn Napier Olivia Williams

Science

Tessa Crosbie Nico Ostler

Charlotte Davey Elle Dobinson

Ross Dent Eloise Radestock Katie Harrison

Sophie Cusworth Kit Marfleet

Spanish

Rachel Thornton Eboney Pearce Emma Forrest James Turner

Shannon Green Rebecca Campbell

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Celebrating Certificates and Awards

Rotary Club Youth Speaks Intermediates

Saskia Robertson (chairperson) Amelia Mills (main speaker)

Rachel Thornton (proposer of vote of thanks) Seniors

Ishbel Tregear (chairperson) Bonnie McLaren (main speaker)

Phoebe Callaghan (proposer of vote of thanks)

Inter-House Art Competition Aletha Lawrence

Teen Star

Charlie Walkden

Music Awards Imogen Briscoe ~ Merit Grade 5 Trumpet

Nico Ostler ~ Pass Grade 5 Cornet Eliott Whatson ~ Merit Grade 7 Tenor horn

Hannah Measey ~ Merit Grade 4 Piano

Ventnor Music for Fun Festival Jay and Elliott Whatson

Isle of Wight Sports Awards

Zac Lacey Junior Disability outstanding achievement

in swimming

Charlotte James Junior Girls for outstanding success in swimming

Luke Herbert

Junior Boys for outstanding success in swimming

Ed Newnham & Charlie Norman Junior Team Trophy as the junior rowing team from

Ryde Rowing

IOW Athletics Club Presentation Ceremony Ben Holdsworth

Hampshire School of Rugby

George Lawrence

Dance Millie O'Connell Briony Andrew Sophia Chichon Eloise Preston

for events in and outside College

IW Music Festival Competition Jasmin Brooks

Hannah Knowles Nico Ostler

Hannah Cooper Alanah Hersey

Alice Humphreys Phoenix Lopes Thea Callghan Ella Measey James Dixon

Eden Crumplin

Hampshire Schools Inter Counties Cross Country

Ben Holdsworth and Eden Crumplin

Brickfields Schools Jumping Competition Amy Stubbs

Georgie Stubbs Katherine Bellamy

Eleanor Moore Hayley Gregory

Comic Relief does Glee Club

Resonate ~ Thea Callaghan, Harriett Back & Lizzie Back

Year 11 Football Final

Liam Newbold Tom McDowall

Ben Stagg Ashley Holloway

Jack Saunders Tom Newnham

Tim Maddin Nick Rhodes Ed Newnham Oliver Bolland

Dan Mew Ross Dent

The Florida Photo Album can be viewed on the

College website on this address:-

http://www.christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk/trips-2012

ISLAND SCHOOLS CUP FINAL Following a fantastic season of school football, the Year 11 College team qualified through to the Is-land Schools Cup Final against Sandown Bay Acade-my. Their qualification to the final followed some excellent performances against the other Island High Schools which resulted in Christ the King Col-lege finishing second in the Island League to Sandown Bay Academy.

Having previously lost 5-2 to Sandown in the league, the final was always going to be a difficult challenge for the Year 11 team. Played under the floodlights on the last day of the Easter Term, the students were bowled over by the number of Christ the King College staff who gave up their evening to watch and support. With over 50 members of staff packed into the stand the students were inspired to produce their best performance ever. A wonderful early goal from Christ the King College midfielder Tim Maddin was a major influence on the match as the students set out to support one an-other tremendously throughout the match and worked to defend their early lead. Following 90 minutes of fantastic, enter-taining football the final whistle blew and Christ the King College were crowned Island Schools Champions for 2013. Following jubilant celebra-tions the students climbed the steps to the presenta-tion area of the stand where they were congratu-lated by the Principal Mrs Goodhead, before lifting

the trophy to fantastic cheers from staff and par-ents.

Team Captain Liam Newbold said, “Every player helped each other. It was amazing to have all our teachers there. It was just such a great experi-ence.” Mr Clark, who has coached the Year 11 team for the past 3 years, paid tribute to the team after the match, praising them for their effort and tremen-dous team spirit, adding that “the students have always been proud to play for the College and cer-tainly tonight everyone is very proud of them.” The Team Included: Joe Greedy, Ashley Holloway, Tom McDowall, Ben Stagg, Luke Ward, Liam Newbold, Tim Maddin, Tom Newnham, Ross Dent, Oliver Bolland, Nick Rhodes, Laim Esscandell, Ed Newnham, Dan Mew, Rich Salmon (Assistant Manager)

THE ISLE OF WIGHT SCHOOLS INDOOR CRICKET FINALS

Finals held at Cowes Enterprise College on Monday 22nd April 2013. Christ the King College finished second in both the Under 12 and Under 13 Boys trophies at the Isle of Wight Schools Indoor Cricket Finals hosted by Cowes Enterprise College. In both finals Sandown Bay Academy beat Christ the King College but the U12 Final was a very close affair going down to the last ball of the 12 over-a-side game.

Christ the King’s Under 12’s set a total of 105-4, with Louis Malkin compiling an assured 34 not out, though a large number of wides from Sandown’s bowlers inflated the total. Christ the King College’s bow-lers were equally generous and this allowed Sandown to reach 101-4 needing just 5 off the last over, de-spite losing 2 wickets in two balls to Alex Breach, including a stunning caught and bowled. But with only 2 scored off the first five balls, Sandown had to scramble 3 from the last ball to scrape home at 106-4 for a 2 wicket win.

Sandown’s Under 13 victory was more decisive. Sandown totalled 107-4 in the 12 overs with some im-pressive batting from their openers. Christ the King College’s opening pair of Louis Malkin (21) and Zac Wells (31) threatened that total but once they were separated, Christ the King College’s batting fell away to 85 all out, leaving Sandown victors by 22 runs.

Christ the King College beat both Carisbrooke College and Cowes Enterprise College on route to the finals.

Year 7 Alexander Breach, Charlie Doorbar, Ned Guy, Jack Lees, Louis Malkin, Finlay Robinson, Kieran Tavener ,Zach Wells, Solomon Wood & Year 8 Joseph Newnham.

INTERHOUSE RUGBY COMPETITION Lisseter House were impressive winners of the inau-gural interhouse rugby competition, for boys in Years 7, 8 and 9.

Their huge squad of 21 players proved too strong for a gallant Hollis House in the semi-final. In the final they met Stevenson House, who gained a walkover against Ratcliffe House (the latter only had three players), though these two houses mixed and played a friendly game instead of a semi-final.

In the final, Stevenson were allowed to use two Ratcliffe players to bring the match up to nine-a-side and ensure a competitive match. This it cer-tainly was, as it took Lisseter most of the first half to break the deadlock and lead by one try at the break. Stevenson had their moments but the Lisse-ter defence proved impregnable, and Lisseter were able to add three further tries for a deserved 4-0 victory. Congratulations, lads! All those who took part will be awarded house cred-its for themselves and their house.

SUCCESS AT THE NATIONAL INDOOR ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Friday 15th March, Mr Clark arranged for Year 11 student, Charlie Norman to travel up with the Sandown Bay Academy representatives and he won the silver medal for his age group which was a considerable achievement. Charlie's successes in the two seasons he has been participating in the sport have been impres-sive.

He rows for Ryde rowing club and he and his young crew moved up two categories within their first season. They entered their second season in the Junior/Senior category and it was expected that they would be rather out of their depth competing against men, however they went on to win the South Coast Championships (the youngest crew ever to achieve this). Charlie has shown an outstanding commitment, deter-mination and resolve to be the best that he can be and, and is an excellent representative of Christ the King College.

ISLAND SENIOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The athletic season began on Thursday, 8th May with Sandown Bay Academy hosting the Island Sen-ior Track and Field Championships. Christ the King College was well represented by over 50 students selected to compete from Years 9-11. It was a very successful day with 20 students finishing within the top 2 of their chosen events and who will now go onto represent the Island at the Hampshire School Championships held at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth.

Stand out performers were: Asia Harris ~ 2nd Intermediate Girls 200m

George Biss ~ 1st Junior Boys 400m Harry McBride ~ 2nd Intermediate Boys Shot Putt Izzy Grandcourt ~ 2nd Intermediate Girls 1500m

Jack Sanders ~ 2nd Intermediate Boys Javelin Jacob Lewis ~ 2nd Junior Boys 800m

Joe Greedy ~ 1st Intermediate Boys Discus Josh Hall ~ 2nd Intermediate Boys High Jump

Kaya Simpson ~ 1st Intermediate Girls 3000m Louise Ryan ~ 1st Intermediate Girls 800m

Lucy Blake ~ 1st Intermediate Javelin Luke Ward ~ 2nd Intermediate Boys 800m

Meg Crockford ~ 1st Intermediate Girls 1500m Robyn Dunford ~ 1st Intermediate Girls 300m Robyn Sanders ~ 1st Intermediate Girls 100m

& Intermediate Girls 200m Tim Maddin ~ 2nd Intermediate Boys 1500m

Tom Newnham ~ 1st Intermediate boys 3000m Wallis Canning ~ 2nd Intermediate Girls Shot Putt

Will Hughes ~ 2nd Intermediate Boys 100m Will Turtle ~ 2nd Junior Boys 100m

YEAR 10 BOYS CRICKET ~VS ~RYDE SCHOOL

After a close defeat to Medina College the previous week, the Year 10 boys, set out to take on Ryde School in a T20 Match. (20 overs each team) Having won the toss and elected to field, captain Joe Craig also put the pads on to keep wicket. With new introductions to the bowling line-up, the team, filled with some talented Year 9 students, warmed up rigor-ously. Alfie Carey opened the bowling for Christ the King College, with two very accurate overs. Some great field-ing from the Christ the King College boys, capitalised on a lack of communication from the opposing pair,

led to the first wicket taken as a result of a run out. A change of bowling saw Alfie Hancock take 2 quick wickets stunning the runs of the opposition to 37 for 4 wickets. Callum Morgan bowled a quick spell causing trouble for the batsmen also and finished with figures of 2-22. Another inspired performance came from Adam Newton, with the left-armer taking 2-16. After breaking a key partnership, Christ the King College skittled through the tail, bowling Ryde out for 110, the pick of the bowlers being Alfie Hancock taking 3-9. With 110 the target, an all Year 9 opening pair of Dan Witham and Alfie Hancock took to the challenge, fac-ing some hostile and pacy bowling from the opening bowlers. A good start saw the opening partnership con-tinued to 28 for no losses after 5 overs, scoring steadily from Ryde’s top bowlers. The fall of Dan Witham brought Captain Joe Craig to the crease, who notched a quick-fire 10, before being caught out. With the score reaching 57-2 at the halfway stage, the run rate was up to speed, and the victory would surely be Christ the King College’s if they continued it. Joining Alfie was Callum Morgan, a senior player in the side. They put on a steady partnership of 30 before Al-fie Hancock fell to a returning opener. With the score on 82 for 3, with 5 overs remaining, it was always going to be a tight finish! Callum batted freely to 15 runs including a huge straight 6, however he departed the very next ball aim-ing to emulate the brilliant shot that came before. At 95 for 4 with just 2 overs remaining, Jack Powell joined Alfie Carey at the crease. With the two Year 9 students in together, and the best of Ryde’s bowling back on, the run rate slowly declined leaving 7 from the last over required. Chasing the runs, the boys inexperience unfortunately showed as both Alife Carey and James Powell were run out chasing some all-important runs. Adam Newton contributed a run, leaving Kane Crouch, an impossible task of hitting a 6 off the last ball for victory. Despite the heroic swing he took, the connection wasn’t a clean one, meaning Christ the King College had just fallen short of the required total. The team should take great pride in how they played and also behaved on an unfortunate, yet excellent away fixture. Man of the Match was awarded to Alfie Han-cock Team: D. Witham, A. Hancock, J. Craig (C), C. Mor-gan, A. Carey, J. Powell, A. Newton, K. Crouch, L. Ward, L. Joynes, J, Wareing, J. Belcher.

YOUNG ENTERPRISE FINAL WINNERS

Spark, Christ the King College Sixth Form’s first Young Enterprise Company swept the board at the Young Enterprise Isle of Wight Finals (Wednesday, 8th May). The group of students included May Wheeler (Managing Director), Jack Wilson (Finance Director), Jack Salero (IT Director), Fraser Norris (Operations Director), Jonathan Whitehouse (Human Resources Director) David Parsons (Assistant Operations Direc-tor), Arty Vince (Marketing Director), Dan Rue (Sales Director) and Shannon Green (Company Sec-retary). The company, who have been making woodcraft products including Christmas decorations, personal-ised jewellery and key fobs for Walk the Wight were formed in September 2012 and have been operating as a limited company since then. At the finals, we were competing against 9 other teams including teams from the Isle of Wight Sixth Form, Island Innovation Sixth Form and Ryde School. Spark came top three in every award cate-gory winning best Trade Stand, Best Company Re-port and Best Presentation on the night as well as the Company of the Year Award. The team will now be going on to compete against teams across the South East at the regional finals in Egham on the 20th June. Well done to all students involved and many thanks to the staff, parents and our business advisor Mr. Denis Chergwin for supporting the team along their journey. We wish them the best of luck for the Re-gional Finals. Further report will be available follow-ing the finals Mrs Foster

YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR Congratulations to Year 12 student, Amy O’Regan for being awarded Young Citizen of the year by Sandown Council. She has been volunteering on the Sandown medical centre Patient Council, the Alzheimer’s café, the Hospice and Check It Out (mystery shopping of medical centres for young people). Mrs Foster

CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE WORSHIP EVENING

On Friday, 4th of May, the Christ the King College Worship band, with the support of Isle of Wight Youth for Christ, hosted a night of modern and sensitive praise and worship.

The event was well attended by College Students and other members of the local community. The evening was hosted by Sixth Form student Da-vid Parsons, alongside Youth for Christ worker Ben Crouch and featured an engaging and reflective talk delivered by Dave Burton (The Castlehold Church Youth-work Coordinator) on the topic of worship.

Dave Burton

Attendees also enjoyed times of intimate and cele-bratory praise and worship. The students involved would like to thank all those who donated cakes for the evening - they were delicious and well received! The College would also like to thank Sixth Form stu-

dent Joseph Shurmer for his time, efforts and or-ganisation that enabled such a wonderful evening to take place.

Tom Turtle & Joseph Shurmer After such a successful time we are now looking to the winter term to hopefully host a similar event. Samuel Hughes 6th Form

THE GOOD SHEPHERD MASS AT THE

CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST IN PORTSMOUTH

ON WEDNESDAY, 8TH MAY 2013. A group of students (Polly Green, Driscoll Green, Lot-tie Osman-Dent, Katie Malabar, Grace Carroll, Kudzai Kapuya, Ben Melia and Joe Newnham) from Christ the King College, made up of 4 singers from the College Choir and 4 of the students recently confirmed at St Patricks in Shanklin by Bishop Philip, attended the Good Shepherd Mass for our Diocese. supported by Mr.P.Gale and Mrs.S.Gillespie.

The Good Shepherd Mass is a celebration for all the Catholic Schools in each Diocese and an opportunity to give thanks for the charity fund raising that has oc-curred over the period of Lent.

It was a wonderful experience as the full Cathedral comes to celebrate Mass and I am sure that all the stu-dents in attendance were able to realise and appreciate that we belong to a much bigger Christian Community of which our own College is a growing part. Mr..P. Gale FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOR SCHOOLS: photos from the Good Shepherd Mass on 8th May 2013 are now available in the Stop Press section of the Department for Schools’ website: http://www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/schools/stop_press.php

BUSINESS STUDIES VISIT TO JR ZONE

Students in Year 11 Business Studies were treated to a visit to JR Zone on 3rd and 7th May. The own-er, Mr. Peter Thomlinson was on hand to lead a dis-cussion on business costs and profits. The groups were given an exclusive insight into the real life costs and challenges of running a small business as part of their Business Studies finance revision. Prior to visiting, students were challenged to re-search and estimate how much it costs to run JR Zone in a year and what their Net Profit would be. Many of the students were shocked at how much tax the business had to pay as well as how much a laser gun costs to buy!

Year 11 Business Studies Students and Mr. Peter Thomlinson discussing the challenges of

running a small business. Students were left with the message that although running a business can be tough, the personal re-wards and benefits to the local economy will always outweigh this. After all that thinking, there was one final thing left to do- play! Congratulations to Rachel Harding and Jemimah Minnigin for getting the closest estimates on the day and many thanks to Mr. Peter Thomlinson for your hospitality and support with the students. Mrs C Foster

GLOBAL ROCK CHALLENGE 2013

T his year’s Global Rock Challenge entry, called ‘Deception of Pink’ was a performance, loosely based on the films of the Pink Panther.

Ninety students from Year 7 to Year 12 from Christ the King College, accompanied by staff and parents, com-peted in the local heat in Portsmouth, on Wednesday, 23rd April. The eight minute performance was the cul-mination of eight months preparation. The Global Rock competition, which was originally cre-ated in Australia and brought to the UK by Hampshire Police in 1996, has involved many staff at College, who have been involved for a decade or more, indeed some of our students have taken part 7 times! This is the kind of commitment that the Global Rock anti-drug initiative always hoped to create.

The aim of the competition is to give the students an opportunity to experience a drug-free high, by creat-ing a live performance on a professional stage in front of a large audience. The benefits of taking part in the Global Rock Chal-lenge is not just the founding charities of the ‘Be your Best Foundations’ anti-drug message, but nationally,

has improved attendance at schools and colleges. For us at College, the benefits to students are not so obvi-ous but are equally important.

Which brings us to the first ‘thank you’, to all of the students who showed such great commitment to at-tend so many rehearsals after the College day and during the College holidays. The students have devel-oped an understanding of real team work and individ-ually gained confidence and self-esteem.

There are 3 main aspects to the performance; the dance, the set and the technical side. Each section deserves a full explanation to show the Colleges ap-preciation of their work towards our performance. For the first time, the College has used a committee of students to develop the theme, soundtrack and choreography. So, to Tayler Canning, Sophia Chichon, Megan Anderson, Georgia Batchelor, Lucy Harrison, Lucy Ingram and Briony Andrew, thank you for their ideas and talents committed to the performance. The student committee would want to thank Mrs. A. Batchelor, Mrs. S. Dutch and Miss. L. Simmonds for their work in making the rehearsals possible, their creativity in the dance and making sure, together with Sally Kennedy from Masqueryde, that we had costumes to wear. The entry would not be possible without them.

A thank you is also owed to Dr. K. Dean and his team of builders and painters for making the set and getting it to Portsmouth and back and making sure it remained upright on stage. With that in mind, ‘thank you’ to Mr D. Lisseter, Chair of Gover-nors of Christ the King College, for giving up his day and night to drive the mini-bus and shine the spot-light.

On the technical side, Mr. B. Stolborg made sure we had a Video Director and Jay Watson, Year 11, lit our show to a prize winning level again! Also thank you to Mrs. L. Clarke for her support, encouragement and advice.

Many parents believe in the benefits of the Rock Challenge, but, on behalf of everyone at College, thanks are due to all parents involved for the com-mitment to making sure their children take part in the Rock Challenge. The appreciation and kind words about this year’s performance extended to-wards the staff make this team effort come to life. It all came together on the night, when we were successful, winning awards for Drama Skills, Light-ing, the Most Entertaining Performance and the Spirit of the Rock Challenge (an award voted for by the other students taking part, given to the most

supportive and encouraging team on the day of the performance). We were positioned third overall, with a score that has placed the College amongst the 10 highest scoring teams in the South, which means we are invited to compete in the open finals on June 19th, in Portsmouth.

STUDENTS TAKING PART IN GLOBAL ROCK

Adriana Caws Alice Hawksley Alice Tongue

Amie Gray-Ling Antonia Tomlinson

Ben McLaughlin Blaize Murray Walsh

Briony Andrew Bronte Ramsey

Charlotte Ferguson Charlotte Turner Chloe Wheeler Ciara Stratton Drew Blackley Elizabeth Back

Ella Measey Ella Phillips

Emelia Matthews Emily Boynton

Emily Snow Emily Tongue Emma Orlik Enya Angell

Florentine Southwell Frazer Norris

Freya Baxendale Freya Baxman

Gabriella George

Georgia Batchelor Georgia Turner Grace Vincent

Gregory Tapper Hannah Nicholson Noctor

Hannah Sutton Iona Kinch Waugh Isabelle Macdougall

Ishbelle Norris Jasmine Murphy Jessica Rhodes Jessica White

Jocasta Townsend Katherine Burton

Katie Ball KatieLinnell

Keira McMahon Laura Anderson

Laura Huish Laura Prouten Lauren Clark

Libby Routledge Louise Ryan

Lucy Harrison Lucy Ingram

Matthew Honnor Megan Anderson

Megan Harman-Entwistle Mia Harris

Millie White Milly O’Connell Molly Rasmussen Morgan Williams

Naomi Ashall Niall Martin

Nicola Scovell

Paige Webb Penny Clark

Phebe Seaward Philippa Tsang

Phoebe Stimpson Poppy Cordon

Rachael Edwards Rebecca Pearce

Robert Sice Ryan Neill

Ryan Tulloch Sadie Quinn

Saffron Harvey Sam Rawlinson

Shannon Brooks Shannon Thomas

Shaun Hillier Sophia Chichon Sophie Grandcourt Sophie Reed Tabitha Hayden

Tayler Canning Tessa Crosbie

Treya Carroll John Victoria Reader

Weronika Nowark Winnifred Morrison

Zak Kaye Zoe Langhorn

What next?

OPEN SOUTHERN FINALS Read on…..

WEDNESDAY 19TH JUNE 2013 PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL

Rock Challenge 2013 Finals

This year the College Global Rock Challenge entry was placed third in our heat but we scored highly enough to be invited to compete in one of the two open finals being held in Portsmouth on the 19th

June. This meant that the staff and the excellent student committee had to try and improve our set and choreography to raise our performance up to an even higher standard. Thus the rehearsals on a Thurs-day evening continued and others were added on Mondays and during half term; changes were made

and the commitment of the students was greatly appreciated. The Rock Challenge entry is always a lot of work and it was nice to be given the chance to perform it

again. I would like to thank the students, staff, admin, student services and site teams and of course par-ents, all of whose support is essential to making taking part in the Rock Challenge possible.

Those who saw our final performance recognised that our efforts were worthwhile and our performance improved. The judges’ post performance comments were very positive and we were awarded 2 prizes,

one for make-up and one for concept interpretation. This was our best entry yet as a whole College, the value of this competition is well established in our culture and traditions. Individually students can benefit greatly from taking part, growing in confidence

and appreciating commitment, team work and performance. Plans are afoot for next year!

Global Rock Team

YEAR 11 VISIT TO WALES & WEST UNIVERSITIES

“In These Stones Horizons Sing” Looking forward to the prospect of a weekend away from revision, visiting some of the top Universities in the country, some of Christ the King College’s Year 11 students were preparing for a motivational and educational weekend. DAY ONE : The coach was buzzing with excitement as we made our way to University number one – Bath. The view of the city was stunning as we ap-proached and this became ever clearer as we made our way further inside the city. Bath is a modern campus university with a relatively small student population. We were divided into small groups and each allocated a student representative from the university as a tour guide. Each student showed such enthusiasm and passion

for their course, facilities and social life that their university had to offer. Most of us came away feel-ing that we needed to go there, despite any course limitations! Bath specialises in Sports Science, as well as being number one in the whole country for Architecture. It was very clear that the students take an active role in how their university is run and most of us were unaware of how important this is to university life. Our guides told us about the work of the Student Union and about the amazing variety of societies on offer. We were fascinated to learn

that every society welcomes all people (including meat eaters to the Vegetarian Society!). One out-standing fact that we took from Bath was the im-portance of not just academic, but equally social involvement in your chosen university. After being reluctantly moved on from the universi-ty, we hit the shops – the only negative of which was that two hours was nowhere near enough time! Being in the heart of the city gave us a taster of what was in store for us at Bristol, later that day ….. Bristol University could not have been more differ-ent from Bath and visiting them both in quick suc-cession split Year 11 opinion. Bristol is a city uni-versity and its facilities are scattered throughout. The vastness of the university was clear as we walked between buildings – and that was just the English faculty! Bristol offers a very wide range of courses, all to a very high standard. The universi-ty’s infrastructure varied from historic and tradition-al to brand new projects. We were blown away by the Great Hall, which can be likened to a visit to Hogwarts. Some of us were shocked by how much a city university differs from a campus and this provoked much debate on the coach journey to our hotel. DAY TWO :

Saturday began with an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet to set us up for the day. We boarded the coach with high expectations as we travelled into Cardiff. Having now seen a campus and a city uni-

versity the previous day, Cardiff had good elements of both. Many of the buildings were very old and beautiful and most of the university facilities were close together in the centre of the city. We pre-sumed that student social life in Cardiff must be ex-emplary, due to the large amount of student bars and pubs the city has to offer. Cardiff Bay made us feel at home by the coast as we visited the Milleni-um Building which bore the motto “In these stones horizons sing” which seemed to sum up our week-end perfectly. Still full from breakfast, we were then led into a tardis of a restaurant where we were presented with a wide array of cuisines from all

around the world. Once we had eat-en one or two platefuls (or, in the case of some of the boys, sev-eral more!) we then left for some more retail thera-py. The city had a brilliant atmos-phere and, to quote Mrs. Good-head, “the shop-ping is the best in the UK outside of London”! After having our third large meal of the day we

began to discuss the evening’s entertainment, the

play ‘The Woman in Black’. The two man produc-tion was so clever and had us on the edge of our seats. Mr. Jones got much enjoyment from teasing on the way back to the coach, causing the majority of us to run from “the girl in dark clothing”. DAY THREE : We packed our bags after our last night and were looking forward to a day in Oxford. Oxford is very well known for its prestigious reputation, academic courses and outstanding results.

This university is unique with its high regard for an-cient ceremony and tradition which, once again, caused controversy amongst the group. Many of us felt that this is a vital part of the university’s appeal and success; however, some preferred the more

modern approach. It was clear from the minute we arrived why Oxford is ‘number one’ in many of the league tables. It is home to the second biggest li-brary in the UK, and with access to every single book ever published it is understandable how stu-dents can thrive there. Unlike the other universities we had visited, Oxford is separated into colleges

which are independently run and therefore students get increased individual assistance, even from appli-cation. The coach was much quieter on our return to the Island, as our exhausted year group contemplated the vast array of facts and thoughts flying through our heads. Many of us were filled with a new-found motivation towards the achievable goal of universi-ty. The trip no doubt spurred on hours of last-minute revision for our upcoming GCSEs. Many thanks to Mr. Goodhead for his superb organi-sation. By Polly Hayden and Bethany Crockford

MIDSUMMER DREAM TAKES A MODERN TWIST IN ELECTRIC WOODS

During Whitsun half term, there was something magical happening in the Electric Woods at Robin Hill Adventure Park and Gardens. Students from Christ the King College helped to bring the event to life. There were two, half-hour performances each evening of Shakespeare’s come-dy, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, there was also surreal dream-like characters and wandering per-formers promenading through the woodland trails capturing the magic of a mystical summer’s evening where quite literally anything could happen. The cleverly condensed half-hour version of the play was suitable for all the family, and performed from 27th – 30th May.

Mr.S. De La Mare, Head of Drama at Christ the King College said, “This was a wonderful event, to be able to perform one of Shakespeare's most endear-ing and magical comedies plus adding street per-formers in such a magical setting has become a lasting memory for all involved.”

There were mime artists, fairies and a bizarre range of wonderful characters that appeared around the glades to interact and entertain visitors, young and old.

Following auditions, Drama students from across Year groups 9 to 12 were selected in either an act-ing or technical role which included design, sound

and lighting, hair, make-up and stage/event-management. Backstage also involved ‘Spotters‘ (people who look after them, just like in touring shows). The costume ideas and characters were collaborative. The performances took place in Robin Hill’s woodland bowl amphitheatre.

Principal Pat Goodhead said, "I am delighted that Christ the King College has established such an ex-citing partnership with Robin Hill. It is a wonderful opportunity for our talented students to work with the Island community, bringing fun and enjoyment to Island residents and visitors, whilst also showcas-ing their dramatic talents through a much loved and entertaining Shakespeare play. It is a wonderful success for all concerned".

Mr. J. Seaward Assistant Principal, attended the per-formance at Robin Hill and took a few photos and created the montage over the page. He writes, "The weather gods were kind to us, and our students gave an excellent performance of A Midsummer's Night’s Dream, confident, well-rehearsed and were a credit to the College and themselves. I went backstage afterwards and con-gratulated the students and Mr De La Mare on their wonderful performance …. there was even a dog!"

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STAGE REVIEW FROM THE IW COUNTY PRESS BY SARA BRYCE

PUPILS from Christ the King College, Newport. defeated the wind and rain to create A Midsummer Night’s Dream over half-term. The students took one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies about lovers and amateur actors being manipulated by mischievous fairies, and condensed it into a half-hour production, performing it in the suitable surroundings of Robin Hill’s woodland amphitheatre.

While waiting to take a seat in the amphitheatre, the cast of fairies promenaded among the audience, sneaking up and creating the feel of an enchanted forest. Though the rain was coming steadily down — one student dashed dutifully around wiping the wooden seats as one wet Bottom was sufficient for this play — the students worked hard to create the whimsical story set on a balmy evening.

The cast were always visible, using all the of the amphitheatre as their set and never breaking character. I jumped out of my skin when I turned round and found a fairy perched on my seat peering at me.

The students had clearly worked hard to put their own stamp on the 16th century production with modern references in the added dialogue, the fairies dressed in leop-ard-print leggings, hoodies and wings and Kitty Cooke’s Puck was dressed in a biker jacket and DM boots.

When Bottom, played brilliantly by Jamie Belch-er, is mobbed by fairies after Charlie Schofield’s Oberon uses the flower love-in-idleness to cast a spell on fairy queen Titania, played by Freya Baxendale, he shouted about the Lynx effect.

Not all of the costumes were modernised, however, with the dress and wings worn by Titania being classically beautiful and all the male characters wore classic dress.

There was a collie dog dashing about among the set and though I could not work out whether it was part of the cast — it did have a costume on — it was a charming element to the production, uniting the cast of humans, magical characters and beasts.

The students all clearly loved what they were doing and were confident and witty performers — Belcher and Thomas Turtle particularly stood out — and though the weather was a grim British summer’s night, it was easy and enjoyable to sit back and be transported to a warm midsummer night in Athens.

CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE RECEIVES A DEFIBRILLATOR FROM ISLE OF WIGHT

AMBULANCE SERVICE

Commercial Training Team member and Inclusion Manager, Mrs. Gard, was offered the unique oppor-tunity of receiving a lifesaving piece of equipment called an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for the College and Carisbrooke Primary School’s use in the unfortunate event that it might be needed. The full article is available from the following link. http://www.iow.nhs.uk/asp/news/index.asp?record=612

CLLR CHRIS WHITEHOUSE VISITS CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE SIXTH

FORM STUDENTS Christ the King College welcomed Cllr Chris Whitehouse on Thursday, 10th May, as part of the on-going Guest Speaker Programme for our Sixth Form. Mr Whitehouse, the recently elected Councillor for Newport West, delivered an interesting speech, high-lighting how politics within the UK operates today. Cllr Whitehouse gave an introduction to Psephology (the study of political elections) and covered a range of topics including the potential referendum over the Eu-ropean Union. He also provided a summary of his ca-reer so far, including his work with parliamentary groups and charitable trusts. Students found the views of Cllr Whitehouse compel-ling and posed some challenging questions for him, initiating debates about euthanasia, religion within

politics and immigration. In response to points raised by the students, Cllr Whitehouse said, “It is not enough to happen to be a Christian in public life; I am in public life because I am challenged to be so by the teachings of the Gospel. My motivation is to address injustice wherever it may occur.” College Principal, Mrs Pat Goodhead, said, “Global citi-zenship is central to any School or College in preparing young people for 21st Century life. Cllr Whitehouse’s wealth of experience in parliamentary affairs provided a valuable insight for our students.”

Cllr Whitehouse enjoyed his visit to the College and said, “It is always a pleasure and a privilege to have an attentive audience whose questions really keep a speak-er on their toes. Party politics to one side, education is the biggest single issue on the Island and engaging with all five schools in and around my ward is a top priority for me. Christ the King Collegeis an excellent school, but I want all the Island schools to be outstanding; nothing less is good enough”. Miss .G.Long

Presentation at St Mary's Hospital Ambulance Station.

Cllr Chris Whitehouse

BBC NEWS SCHOOL REPORT DAY 2013 A group of Year 10 GCSE Media Studies students swapped their textbooks for video cameras when they spent the day making the news that mattered to them.

The day, which took place on Thursday, 21st March, saw thousands of schools across the UK taking part in the annual initiative, in which students research, write and present the news stories that affects or inter-ests them. Before the day, students at Christ the King College had to research the different job roles involved in TV news production and then write a personal statement to ap-ply for their preferred role. They were then placed in news teams and had to choose a story to research and cover. They then arranged interviews, carried out vox pops and filmed their pieces-to-camera. Students also

learnt the basics of news writing, presenting and edit-ing, using the teaching resources provided by the BBC. Special mention has to go to Bonnie McLaren, who managed to secure herself a phone inter-view with Dan Smith, the lead singer from top band Bastille. He was so impressed with Bonnie's interview-ing technique, that he tweeted her later that same day! On the day itself, stu-dents had to organise themselves and keep to tight deadlines to ensure the 'broadcast' was ready for the 2pm deadline. Subject Co-ordinator for Media Studies, Mrs.S. Leahy, said, "The students worked incredibly hard in the weeks leading up to the day and it was fantastic to see their enthusiasm and effort pay off on the day itself and to see them reporting on the news that they felt was im-portant to them and their peers."

The finished programme can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9zytEggS2c

ETHIOPIA TRIP 2013

This summer, nine students from Christ the King College are undertaking a month long expedition to Ethiopia. This trip will be the first of its kind under-taken by the College, and will be the culmination of eighteen months of planning and fundraising.

The nine students, Emma Forrest, Sarah Tinsley, Polly Hayden, Ashleigh Gibbs, Beth Rayner, Darren Selwood, Sam Rosewell, Ryan Tulloch and Matthew Honnor, accompanied by three teachers and an ex-pedition leader will be participating in a project in Gonder in Northern Ethiopia. The project will in-volve helping to build and decorate part of a school, teaching, and joining in with the local community. Whilst in Ethiopia, the students will have the chance to develop their independence and leadership skills, whilst being immersed in a different culture, and a range of sights that they will not have come across before.

Throughout the past eighteen months, all students have been participating in a range of fundraising activities to raise funds towards the cost of this trip, giving up many hours of their time to complete bag packs, quiz nights and dinners, race nights, disco’s, concerts, rowathons, an abseil, sponsored runs, cake sales and too many car washes to count.

In October 2012, the team undertook their practice weekend. For this, the students were required to go shopping as a team for their own food, and whilst a couple of hours in the supermarket was quite a long time, the resulting meals over the weekend were well worth it.

Both the fundraising as well as a few social evenings have allowed the team to gel before going on the trip, and whilst there will no doubt be some up’s and down’s whilst we are there, the team will no doubt support each other through anything that comes up.

I look forward, in a future issue reporting back on the expedition and the work that we have carried out on the project. In the meantime, we would like to thank everyone that has helped to support our fundraising events, and I would personally like to thank the parents of the nine students involved for their support over the past eighteen months. Have a great summer. Mr B. Stolborg

ABLE GIFTED & TALENTED MATHS

WORKSHOP

WHERE MATHS AND WEATHER COLLIDE!!

Talented young mathematicians took part in a maths workshop to learn the basics of collecting different weather data in a challenge task that will see them predict the weather!

The event organised by Medina and Carisbrooke extended services saw around 45 Able, Gifted and Talented children from Island Primary Schools, aged between 10 and 11 years of age visit Christ the King College on Wednesday, 5th June to learn about the process and methods for collecting, re-cording and analysing different weather data in or-der to try and accurately predict the future weather over a period of one month.

They then returned to the college on Wednesday, 3rd July to present their findings through a 5 mi-nute presentation. The schools that came back to showcase their Maths produced some fantastic and inspiring pieces of work using both technology and written work to present their weather forecasts to the rest of the groups, no mean feat for Year 6 pu-pils! The forecasts that the pupils created were based on all the hard work they had previously done over the last month collecting data from both primary and secondary sources. Six Year 7 students from Christ

the King College judged each school giving them a mark out of 50. These were then collected and af-ter a long discussion the top three schools were presented with a prize. This was in the form of a weather station which they could take back to their schools and use again across curriculum subjects.

The standard of the work produced was outstand-ing and the use of ICT was both magnificent and intricate. Mr L. Gifford, Mathematics teacher at Christ the King College, was really impressed with all the Year 6 pupils who stood up and spoke confi-dently about what they had been doing and what they had found to help them predict the weather. All the pupils enjoyed themselves and definitely took something worthwhile out of the experience. One school used PowerPoint expertly to display their electronic graphs and data and another school used a blue screen to project their pupils into a BBC newsroom and on the couch of the This Morning set!

This was definitely a workshop which helped show the hard work and dedication of Gifted and Talent-ed mathematicians across the island in Year 6! Well done to all of those involved! Mr. L. Gifford

HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Saturday 8th June, Christ the King College had nine students selected to compete at the Hampshire Schools Track and Field Championships, held at Al-exandra Stadium, Portsmouth. All students per-formed very well in their chosen events and were a credit to the College. The athletes were: Joe Greedy- Discus Lucy Blake- Javelin Wallis Canning- Hammer and shot-put Louise Ryan- 800m Meg Crockford- 1500m Jacob Lewis-1500m Eden Crumplin- 1500m George Biss- 300m Kaya Simpson 3000m Both Wallis Canning and Louise Ryan will progress into the next round. Well done to both athletes. Mr. K. Phillips

YEAR 10 CRICKET V SANDOWN MATCH RE-

PORT WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE The Year 10 cricket team travelled to Shanklin Cricket Club to play a very strong Sandown side. Sandown opened the batting and started off very quick, making 42 runs after the first 3 overs. Captain Joe Craig and Vice-Captain Alfie Hancock, changed the bowling ac-tion bringing Adam Newton to make his mark. With-in his first over he took the opening wicket and slowed the run rate down. Jack Powell came in at the other end and he also managed to pick up the second wicket, adding extra pressure to Sandown’s batsmen. Sandown continued to bat well, steadily picking up the run rate. Captain Joe Craig saw a time to make another change bringing Callum Morgan back into the action. This proved to be an inspirational decision as he took an-other wicket for Christ the King College. Sandown bat-ted out the 20 overs, setting a target of 141 for Christ the King College to chase. Opening pair Ben Watson and Alfie Hancock started well, slowly picking up the required run rate. With the pressure increasing from the Sandown fielders, Alfie Hancock went for another boundary, but got caught

after making 15. Ben Watson was next to follow Alfie Hancock after being bowled making 19 runs. Callum Morgan (27 runs) and Joe Craig came into bat and tried to pick up the run rate, however the fielding from Sandown proved too strong. Joe Craig got bowled for 14 and the 141 target seem just out of reach for Christ the King College. After the 20 over Christ the King College fell short, to lose the game by 18 runs. A val-iant effort, but Sandown stood firm to take the victory. Bowling figures- Jack Powell (1-15), Alfie Hancock (1-20) and Callum Morgan (1-28). Batting figures- Ben Watson 19, Alfie Hancock 15, Cal-lum Morgan 27, Joe Craig 14. Mr Phillips

CRICKET: YEAR 10 VS. COWES ENTERPRISE

COLLEGE

The Year 10 team travelled to Northwood Cricket Club for this encounter. After arrival, Captain Joe Craig won the toss and elected to field. Callum Morgan began the overs with a hostile first over, bowling with purpose and pace, however edg-es and a few wide’s led to a good start from Cowes. Alfie Carey took the ball from the ‘skate park end’ and bowled with accuracy and cunning, taking Cowes’ opener with a lovely swinging delivery. Christ the King College kept working in the field, however the Cowes batsmen pushed singles very well and rotated the strike in order to secure a steady partnership. Talented Jack Powell bowled with flight and took the wicket of one of Cowes top order batsman. Despite bowling and field changes, and the usual tight bowling of Jack Powell, Alfie Hancock and Alfie Carey, the Cowes number 1 and 4 batted well, manipulating singles and punishing bad balls to the boundary. Chances for catches were near misses, run outs were very close and the game just didn’t seem to go Christ the King College’s way in the first innings. De-spite picking up a wicket with the last ball of the in-nings Christ the King College were chasing a mam-moth 142 to win. With a small boundary and good previous batting performances under our belt, the boys felt confident going into the chase. Unfortunately, our new opener Jamie Belcher, an aggressive batsman, was a little too over confident, swinging hard, yet missing the initial ball of the innings, which went on to smash the stumps. 0 for 1 off 1 ball! The boys had a moun-tain to climb needing 140 from now 19 overs.

The key players Callum Morgan, Alfie Hancock and Joe Craig, chipped in with double figures, however after failing to bat for any significant length of time, the victory was in doubt. A devastating Cowes spell saw a hat-trick! Three Christ the King College batsmen fell within three consecutive balls! A match winning performance with the ball ripped through our lower order, leav-ing a resilient Alfie Carey (17) to try and accelerate to victory a task which turned out to be impossible. A good performance from the boys, with a little more luck in the field, and a little more application with the bat, the result could have been a different story.

Team: Jamie Belcher, Alfie Hancock, Callum Mor-gan, Joe Craig (captain), Alfie Carey, Jack Powell, Kane Crouch, Adam Newton, Daniel Whitham and Luke Joynes.

CHLOE’S GOING TO "PET SCHOOL"

During the summer holidays Chloe Murray, present-ly in 7SBA will be one of nine lucky applications tak-ing part in the popular CBBC programme "Pet School". Chloe has to prove to her mum that she can be a responsible pet owner. She will be record-ing for two weeks in August for the show to be aired sometime in the autumn. We will let every-one know when to tune in!

FOURTH ANNUAL ISLE OF WIGHT INTER-SCHOOL SPELLING BEE.

Christ the King College has successfully hosted the fourth annual Isle of Wight Inter-School Spelling Bee. The Key Stage Two event saw students from twelve primary schools competing against each other to win the coveted title of “Star Speller”. Christopher Smith (11) from The Bay CE Primary School’s ‘The Bowmans’ team was the Last Player Stand-ing during an incredi-bly tense last Spell-Off round. The other award that the teams had their eye on was the “Star School” trophy, which eventually went to Newchurch Primary School’s ‘Beat the Buzzers’, a feat

made all the more impressive given that due to illness, they competed with only two play-ers! Particular mention must go to the six Year 9 students, led by

previous Times National Spelling Bee semi-finalists, Saskia Robertson and Rachel Thornton, who acted as fantastic am-bassadors, welcoming and supporting the teams, as well as providing a demon-stration of how each of the rounds worked - which was made all the more challenging by Spell Master Mr. K. Leahy choice of some really difficult words! There were several comments made by the members of staff who accompanied the children about how wonderful our students were on the day and how much they had enjoyed the day. Thanks to everyone who helped and supported the event! Mrs.S.Leahy and Mrs.J.Crossley

FAITH AND FOOTBALL BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE

CHALLENGE Since January, a number of different students in Year 9 have taken part in the Faith and Football Business and Enterprise Challenge.

The competition requires Year 9 students to work in groups of upto six, to run a business or enterprise over the course of four months. Students that have undertaken the challenge this year have included teams that have run events, designed and created driftwood ornaments, designed decorative clocks, created and sold wristbands and run a competition. On Tuesday, 11th June several of these teams visit-ed Fratton Park to partake in the presentation. The event was co-hosted by Linvoy Primus and Mick Mellows who has run Faith and Football for many years. This year, one of our teams, ‘We Love Wight’ came runners up out of thirty eight teams that had sub-mitted portfolios. The team consisting of Charlotte Phillips, Josh Taylor, Luke Joynes, Jacob Lewis and

Amelia Consolacion. The team created an annual competition which gave those living on the Island, as well as tourists, the chance to vote for their fa-vourite place. The team raised over fourteen hun-dred pounds and submitted a five hundred plus page portfolio. Throughout the competition each team member exhibited dedication, teamwork, in-dependence and a desire to complete all pieces of work to the highest standards. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all students that took part. Overall, Christ the King College raised nearly two thousand pounds for Faith and Football, which will aid many of those less fortunate than ourselves both here and abroad. Well done to all. Mr.B.Stolborg.

SPARK ATTENDS THE YOUNG ENTERPRISE SE REGION FINAL

On Thursday, 20th June eight members of Christ the King College’s team Spark attended the Young Enter-prise SE Region finals at Royal Holloway University in Egham. The SE region had 392 Companies operating through this academic year and the event had the final nine Companies at the Regional Final, many of whom were public schools in the Surrey and Sussex region.

The team comprised of: May Wheeler, Jack Wilson, Jack Salero, Daniel Rue, David Parsons, Fraser Norris, Arty Vince, Shannon Green and Jonathan Whitehouse.

Of the six awards on offer, Spark won the Corporate So-cial Responsibility Award for their recyclable products and their partnership with the Earl Mountbatten Hospice.

The students had a great day and have all thoroughly enjoyed the Young Enterprise company programme. The programme, which has been running since 1962, is internationally recognised and has helped over 1 mil-lion young people to experience starting up and run-ning their own company. The process of setting up and running a company as well as presenting their year to an audience of judges and fellow students is one which many Young Enterprise alumni have cited as being in-valuable in helping them to set up their own businesses as well as supporting applications to University courses and graduate programmes.

The team would like to take the opportunity to thank their fantastic business advisor Mr. Denis Chirgwin from Animals at Home for all of his support and ad-vice over the course of the year. This was Christ the King College’s first attempt at en-tering this competition and we are thrilled with the results. We are now on the lookout for students start-ing Year 12 in 2013 to form the next company.

Mrs. C. Foster

GUEST SPEAKER DEE BECKER, STYLE COACH

The Sixth Form were able to welcome Dee Becker, a Style Coach, to College on 25th June. Dee gave an entertaining and stimulating talk on how to present yourself on a variety of different occasions.

She covered the importance of first impressions with an ‘icebreaker’ that saw her dressed in garish clothing and mumbling a lot, she quickly changed and went on to explain that most people form an opinion of you within the first 40 seconds of meet-ing you, and that you should ensure the opinion they form is a good one. She placed emphasis on the fact that confidence can be borne from the way you present yourself and the way you conduct yourself. Dee offered insight on how body shape is irrelevant and we are all individuals, able to dis-guise the bits we may not be too happy with and enhance the bits we are.

The talk was not just aimed at the girls, Dee also had style tips for the boys and overall the students found the talk interesting and helpful. Mrs. Y. Jupe

Auction of Promises 2013

Christ the King College is absolutely delighted to an-

nounce that over £4000 was raised at its “Auction of

Promises” evening, held on Saturday, 29th June.

The Auction of Promises was organised as a part of the Col-

lege’s current fundraising drive, with the overall aim of raising

funds for the Sixth Form facilities, in particular the fitness suite

equipment. Thanks to the generosity of so many, the College is

now well on its way to purchasing some excellent

equipment.

Members of staff at the College worked incredibly hard

to organise the event, which included an exceptional

three course meal, a raffle and the auction. The sup-

port shown for the College was truly amazing and eve-

ry raffle and auction promise, and the majority of the

food for the meal, was donated by Chartwells, local

businesses and suppliers.

A group of year 11 and 12 students volunteered to sup-

port the event and, donned in their finest waiting attire, served the guests all evening, providing an

outstanding service. The student jazz band also provid-

ed a wonderful setting for the evening, as they played

an enjoyable ensemble in the courtyard, whilst a sum-

mer cocktail was served to the guests.

Warren Riches, experienced valuer and auctioneer at

the Island Auction Rooms, expertly led the proceedings

on the evening. The vast range of auction lots included

items such as Lunch for two at the House of Commons,

the services of a carpenter, accommodation at Her-

mitage Court Farm, a family photo shoot, clay pigeon

shooting, and work experience with a London Barrister for a week. However, the star auction lot

on the evening was a sailing experience on Gypsy Moth IV during the Panerai Classic Regatta in

Cowes!

A wonderful evening was enjoyed by all and the Col-

lege is extremely grateful to all who supported this

event. College Principal, Pat Goodhead, said “It was a

wonderful evening for many reasons. It was lovely to

see so many members of the local community together,

including the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner. We are de-

lighted with the amount of money raised which will be

spent on the specialist Sixth Form facilities that our

young people truly deserve, due to open this Septem-

ber. We are extremely grateful for the range of donations received from staff, parents, friends of

the College and local businesses and would like to thank all involved in making the event such a

success.”

Auction of Promises 2013

The Auction of Promises was organised to raise funds towards the new Sixth Form accommodation

Thank you to all of the following organisations, parents

and friends of Christ the King College who donated so

generously towards the event

Belle of the Ball Dress Hire

Black Designs

Chessell Pottery Barns

Clay Pigeon Shooting from Arnold

Heal Ltd

Coast and Country Catering Equip-

ment

Chartwells

Coastline

Doris Pinks Florist

Emma Watts Photography

Farmer Jack’s

Fresh Indulgence Mobile Spray

Tanning

Freshwater Pet Store

Gypsy Moth IV Trust

Halls Plastering

Hermitage Court Farm

Honnor & Jeffrey

Island Images

Isle of Wight Pearl

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Islebookit.com

Jaks Hair and Beauty

JR Zone and Betapak

Marks and Spencer’s

MG Carpentry

Mr Goodhead

Mr and Mrs Jessup

Mr and Mrs Landahl

Mr and Mrs Sheath

Mr and Mrs Whitehouse

Mrs Chris Ince

Mrs Longhorn

Picture This….

Planet Ice Arena

Premier Ford

Priory Bay Hotel

Richard Payne Tree Services

Rob Clark Photography

Robin Hill Adventure Park and Gar-

dens

Sainsbury’s

Scuba Diving with Mr P Downes

Sir Peter Bottomley MP

Specsavers Opticians

Spyglass Inn

Take 2 Hair and Beauty

The Garlic Farm

The Heights Leisure Centre

The Monitors

The Royal Hotel

The Seaview Hotel

Tregear Pottery

Waitrose

Wight Business Services

SAILING EXPERIENCE ON GYPSY MOTH IV

The sun was definitely shining on Christ the King College as it hosted its fourth annual Sum-mer Music Concert on Wednesday, 3rd July as part of Creative Arts and Technology Week. Parents and students who attended the event were treated to an entertaining even-ing of music and dance, as well the stunning Art, Photography,

Design, Graphics and Technology exhibition in the Sports Hall. There were a good number of first time performers: Alanna Warren and Alice Humphreys with their beau-tiful ballet performance, impressive vocal performances from Maddy McIntosh, Jasmin Brooks, Ellie Willis (all Year 7 students - well done to them!) and, of course, Louise Ryan with a gorgeous solo rendition of 'Hey Soul Sister' by Train, accompanying herself very com-petently on the ukelele.

There were other notable vocal items from Alice Tongue with a jazzy 'Feelin Good', Megan Rogers with the laid back 'Don't Know Why' by Norah Jones, Laura Prouten with 'Little Lion Man' by Mumford and Sons, Naomi Ashall, Amie Gray-Ling, Emilia Matthews and Charlie Walkden who performed 'Please Don't Say You Love Me' by Gabrielle Aplin, members of the Year 10 GCSE class - Phoebe Whittingstall, Antonia Tomlin-son, Megan Rogers, Hanna Dean and Jonah Priddle - with 'Upside Down' by Paloma Faith and the wonderful Polly Green and Lottie Osman-Dent with a lovely and somewhat Mumford-inspired version of the ubiquitous 'Wonderwall' by Oasis, accompanied by Mr. J. Gray on the banjo.

Polly returned just before the interval with a guest, her sister Grace (a former Trinity student) and another Year 9 student, Katie Malabar, as the Andrews Sisters-style vocal group 'The Brunettes', accompanied by Mr Clive Malabar with a fabulous three part harmony jazz version of 'I Will Survive'. The new lunchtime Choir run by Mrs Tressa Lambert had their concert debut with a very soulful and full sounding performance of 'Tears In Heaven' by Eric Clapton, while the Chamber Choir entertained every-one with confident performances of 'You Raise Me Up' by Josh Groban and 'Titanium' by Rihanna. The instrumental performances were stunning as well. Phinn Sajous started the evening off with an amazing blues vibraphone solo, showing an incredible rate of progress with the instrument as he only started a few weeks ago. Our A level Music students provided three more instrumental performances, starting with Tom Barker and a tricky solo piano arrangement of 'Black Coffee' which he played very competently, using a high

level of expression and phrasing. Caitlyn Napier performed three movements from a Handel recorder sonata beautifully, accompanied by Mr David McCulloch on harpsichord, and Jonny Whitehouse followed at the piano with a lovely version of 'La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin' by Debussy. Finally, the College-based bands showed once

more that they are making fantastic progress, starting with the String Ensemble in the first half, then the Wind Band, Jazz Band and Worship Band performing in the second half. The high level of musicianship, ma-turity and commitment to rehearsing was again demonstrated wonderfully by members of these groups. Assistant Principal, Mr. Wayne Davies said, “Once again, students at Christ the King College have demonstrated both their skill and ability in a variety of forms, whether that be dance, music or art and technology. This evening has been amazing and I am very much looking forward to the next one already!”

by Kennedy McCarthy and Mr. J. Gray

Creative Arts and Technology Week For a week in July the Upper College Sports Hall is turned into a wonderful art gallery, taken over with the amazing range of work created by students throughout the College. Every year group has work dis-played and the hall becomes a colourful creative show piece for all the hard work achieved by students. The complete range of subjects that is under the umbrella of Creative Arts and Technology is represented in interesting and unusual ways. The work this year included Key Stage3, GCSE and AS Level in the di-verse range of subjects Christ the King College offers, Art, Applied Art, Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Photography, Music, Food Technology, Resistant Materials, Product Design & Graphics, Textiles, Creative Crafts – Wood. This years exhibition held an Open Evening which included Drama, Music and Dance performances along with the Eisteddfod competition entries. If you didn’t managed to get to this years exhibition, the follow-ing pages will try to show the flavour of the show. EISTEDDFOD 2013:-The focus of Eisteddfod is very much on ‘Celebrating Achievement’ in a whole variety of competitions, and this supports the aims and the ethos of the College in promoting successful, happy learners. This year’s topic was ‘The Environment’. This has been interpreted in a wide variety of ways. The staff at Christ the King College put together various competitions for students to take part in. The competitions were for the four Houses to compete against one another in gaining points from different subject areas. Students submitted some exceptional entries, and a selection of work was displayed in the Creative Arts Exhibi-tion. Certificates were given at the Celebration Worship on the last day of term.

YEAR 11 PROM AT COWES YACHT HAVEN

Year 11 Prom 2013 has been an amazing experience.

First of all, a big thank you to Lucy Scholes and Jack Sanders who helped with the fund raising car wash, they helped raise £100! Secondly, congratulations to Kate Garnham and Wallis Canning for their profes-sionalism, organisation and effort during the plan-ning process for the Prom. They did an absolutely fantastic job, and the night was a huge success. Students started to arrive around 7:15pm, transport to the event included a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, Limousines, Motor Bikes, Horse and Carriage and even a Tank! Surprise, surprise the Tank won the award for Best Arrival.

We continued into the Cowes Yacht Haven, where students enjoyed a mocktail and homemade cake made by Mrs.Y.Henry’s Nan. They sat down to a tomato and mozzarella forno, followed by a Prime pork loin roasted with a hint of fresh sage served with chive mashed potato, roast potato and summer vegetables topped with apple brandy gravy. This was followed by student and teacher awards pre-sented by Mr.D.Murphie and Mr.P.Gale.

Student awards were given to the following: Foghorn: Joe Greedy

Chattiest: Callie Penny Quiet as a Mouse: Jonah Ashurst Drama Queen: Millie O’Connell

Best Dressed: Saffron Floyd

Best Arrival: Liam Newbold and Max Foreman in the Tank

Albert Einstein Award: Bradley Sheath Heart of Gold Award: Kate Garnham Determination Award: Kit Marfleet Biggest Texter: Jessica Eastwood

Teacher Awards included: Tutor Award: Mr Brenchley

Teacher of the Year Award: Mr Gurney Biggest Inspiration: Mr Murphie

Biggest Kid: Mr Merry After the awards the student marvelled in a retro Sweetie Table for desert. This was a table full of Bananas, Shrimps, Rainbow Drops, Haribo, Choco-late, and much more! The entertainment was provided by the band 30/ten, who played a medley of current tracks and old tracks to get the crowd up and dancing! The band was fantastic, cheering on the dancers and provid-ing a party atmosphere. This was followed by Glyn Taylor from Isle of Wight Radio, who played the lat-est tracks until midnight. A big thank you to all that made the night a huge success. Mrs.Y.Henry Photo Album on the College Website ~ Link http://issuu.com/ctkc/docs/year_11_prom_2013_photo_album

ECOCLUB 2012-13 EARTH CARE, PEOPLE CARE, FAIR SHARE.

True to the permaculture principle of observe before acting, this year Ecoclub have been looking carefully at the environment around us at Christ the King College before planning how to improve the environment for all. Outside One of the tasks for the garden area was to find a loca-tion to grow vegetables. Frequent observation on Lower College showed that the current area of raised beds was unfortunately too shaded to successfully grow vegetables so the hunt was on to find a suitable replacement. We are pleased to say that the new fence is now in place and the area behind the Music Mobile can now be developed with relocated raised beds and water butts.

Recycling is key and so we are reusing pallets and old wood for compost bins, old cricket matting as all-weather paths, and parts of broken tables and chairs as plant supports. Storage needs putting in place for the many items collected by the students through the Morrison’s Let's Grow scheme and then it's full speed ahead! The area at the other end of the plot remains a 'natural' area. However, we have started putting several fruit bushes and other woodland-loving plants into pots in this area, and plan to clear a space for a relocat-ed raised bed. Now that the fence is in, work can also begin again in earnest on the pond area to produce a viewing area and suitable planting to encourage wild-life. For the future, we are looking at ways of alleviating the occasional flooding that takes place on Lower Col-lege during extended periods of heavy rain, possibly through the use of carefully sited rain gardens.

Inside Inside the buildings work has been done to identify methods of recycling that could be implemented. Fol-lowing a successful trial in the Autumn term of House Credit recycling challenges (including old pens, milk bottle tops, stamps amongst other things), the plan is to put a permanent cycle in place from the coming Autumn Term on Lower College, whilst looking at how to manage it effectively on Upper College. We are also planning to trial systems to manage the paper recycling which can be unwieldy at times due to the volumes of waste paper generated.

The Food bank collection for Christmas was very successful with more t h a n 1 0 0 items collected and delivered to the Cowes depot, and this is another area we are keen to expand.

All in all, a good year for Ecoclub as a clear suitable path forward has been identified in several areas. Roll on next year when we can put into place all the excit-ing plans and come up with some more ideas! Mrs.H.Dale

New area ready for raised beds.

Wild Area

Food Bank Collection

Hello from Hauteville

Year 8 French Visit July 2013

Phew, what a scorcher! This year’s visit to France for our Year 8 students has been one of the hottest we can remember and students have had to prepare each day for the activities by ensuring they have plenty of water in their bottles and high factor sunscreen applied to any exposed skin. If they have a hat, this is the time to wear it. As they say at Acorn: SLIP (on a T shirt), SLAP (on a hat) , SLOP (on sun cream) ,SLURP (plenty of water).

Although a hot day, this is just what you want when the activity is raft building or kayaking on the river and there is a chance you may end up in the water. The students have been split into activity groups and during the course of the week they will all have an opportunity to rock climb, face the challenge of the high ropes and learn bush-craft as well as the water based activities.

Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery As in previous years, the group spent an afternoon visiting the D Day beach of Omaha, scene of

some of the bloodiest fighting in World War 2. The group relaxed and had a Bar-B-Q on the beach

before following the path taken by the American First Division on the morning of June 6th 1944 as

they fought their way up from the beach, through the German defenses, to the top of the hill where

the American cemetery now stands.

After visiting the American Cemetery and Visitors Centre, and also having a moment of reflection led

by Mr. Murphie in the Cemetery Chapel, the group made a small detour to remember those of

German descent who died fighting in France. This cemetery was a far more austere experience with

its focus on the tragic loss to the family of a loved one.

Wednesday 10th July 2013 Issue 1

Omaha Beach, yesterday afternoon

La Cambe German Cemetery

Days off site

Year 8 French Visit July 2013

The Mont St Michel Due to the Tour de France holding one of its events at the Mont St Michel during our stay, it was necessary to move our visit to the final Thursday of the week. The Mont is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Normandy and is always very busy. Thursday was no exception but the students did have the opportunity to visit this spectacular medieval town perched on a rock in the bay.

The evening preceding this visit was an opportunity for the students to do a little shopping in the supermarket in Coutances.

Market and Circus

Sunday of the week we were staying was July 14th, an important public holiday in France. There was

a festival air in the town of Hauteville sur Mer and just next to the campsite, in preparation for the

weekend, the circus came to town. The students were awoken in the morning by the sound of lla-

mas, camels, horses, geese and lions in the distance. Unlike circuses in the UK, many circuses in

France still have animals although they appear in the big-top as more a “show –and-tell “ than an

act. The morning had been spent at the local market in Coutances, near the Cathedral. The products

were a mix of usual cheap market goods and local fruit, vegetables and produce sold by those living

in the region. The students were able to browse, buy and enjoy some of the food snacks available

from the various stalls.

Friday 12th July 2013 Issue 2

Visit to the Circus

Le Mont St Michel

Keeping Cool!

ROUNDERS U13

The U13 Rounder's Tournament took place at Ryde Academy. The first match was against Ryde Acade-my. All of our students played with maximum effort and showed great team work. The U13 team lost however, this proved a great first game for the Christ the King College. The second game was against Sandown Bay Academy. This was always going to be a tough game as they finished in a high position last year, but Christ the King College fielded well and Sandown Bay Academy hardly scored any rounders. Christ the King College came into bat and were determined to score, however Sandown Bay Academy were fielding very well, meaning we were not able to score enough rounders to win! The final game was against Ryde School, the winners of last years U12 rounders tournament. The students were anxious to start the game, and when they did they were fantastic. Christ the King College students fielding had improve throughout the tournament and now they were not letting much go. It was the end of the innings and Ryde School had only scored 10 rounders. Christ the King College came into bat and were hitting the balls way out deep. After a fantastic innings they scored 6 rounders. This was a great performance by Christ the King College. Over-all the students came 5th, however, they played well and represented Christ the King College with pride. Mrs.Y.Henry

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT

Ariela Richardson, Year 7, attended her third Wes-sex League Competition of the season on Sunday 7th July representing Southampton Athletic Club. She achieved a fabulous discus throw with a Per-sonal Best of 24.99 metres, coming first in the B string. This means that she is now ranked number 7 in the United Kingdom for under 13 Girls Discus. She also threw a great javelin throw of 22.28 me-tres, again coming first in the B String. She is now ranked in the top 10 in the South Region for Shot Putt and in the top 20 in Javelin.

SPORTS DAY 2013

This year, Sports Day was held on the top field and students were encouraged to come as spectators to support their House during lunchtime. The atmos-phere was superb and the encouragement for one another was overwhelming, especially in the very hot weather conditions. The exceptional help from

the Year 11 and Year 12 students was invaluable to the smooth execution of the events, and the PE team are to be congratulated upon their effort in making it a very enjoyable, competitive but support-ive event. Miss.J.Shyvers was tremendous in calcu-lating the winning teams and which is to be an-nounced, alongside the medal ceremony in the end of year Celebration of Achievement Worship. It was wonderful to see the Chair of Governors Mr.D.Lissetter supporting his House, and Father Mike cheering the students on. A wonderful day for all involved! Mrs. J. Payne

LISSETER HOUSE WALKS AROUND THE WIGHT

FOR LAYLA’S TRUST Staff and students from Christ the King College’s Lisse-ter House have walked 72 miles around the Isle of Wight to raise over six hundred pounds for local chari-ty, Layla’s Trust.

Twenty eight walkers took part in total, with several choosing to walk the whole 72 miles, whilst others walked various stages of it. Several students only missed out one or two sections

because they went to play in a football match – and then they came back for more! And all of this on one of the hottest weekends of the year so far! The route saw the team start and end at Ryde Pier

Head, walking in a clockwise direction around the is-land. They followed coastal paths and roads for the ma-jority of the walk. The team from Layla’s Trust sup-ported the event by providing much-needed refresh-ments at various points along the route. The event was organized by teachers Kevin Dean and Ben Stolborg, who share the role of Head of Lisseter

House. Kevin Dean said: “Walking is a really social ac-tivity and when you walk with such dynamic and en-thusiastic young people you can’t help but have a won-derful time. It was so impressive to see students work-ing together and supporting each other in completing such a challenging goal. ”

If anybody would like to add to their fundraising total, please log on to: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/lisseterhouseckc

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT VISIT

We were very fortunate to have received from our Island MP Andrew Turner an invitation to be escorted around both Houses of Parliament and the Palace of Westminster. Our party, of mainly Year 10 students, set off by coach on a gloriously sunny day to drive to London. We were extremely grateful to have the services of Southern Vectis and Keith our driver who was very knowledgeable about the best way to get there and where to drop us off.

We therefore arrived in good time and spirits and passed through the airport style security into the vast Westminster Hall where we met our guides for the tour. Our three groups were given an extremely interest-ing and in many ways exciting tour, including being in the corridors of power, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

It was a really enjoyable tour lasting 75 minutes where we were able to learn the history, the tradi-tions and the way our country is governed. We then had a short walk over Westminster bridge to the South Bank where we took a lunch break, some free time and then a relaxing and very inter-esting River Cruise down the Thames to Tower Bridge and back. There was a very clear and in-formative commentary and we all enjoyed the cool-ing breeze on the Thames.

On our return we went straight to the London Eye for our flight and the opportunity to see London from a panoramic perspective.

After that we re-joined our coach for the journey home with Keith, our driver, managing to get us back in time for an earlier ferry saving us all an hour which was very welcome at the end of an exhaust-ing but hugely rewarding and stimulating visit. Students were superb, arrangements worked ex-tremely well and everyone had a fantastic time. Again, special thanks to Andrew Turner and South-ern Vectis for giving our students a day they will never forget and to the Chair of Governors, David Lisseter, and his wife, Rose, for accompanying us. Mr. D. Goodhead

NEWPORT JAZZ WEEKEND The Christ the King College Jazz Band preformed in Newport Minister on Saturday 20th July, between 10-30 & 11.30 am as part of the Newport Jazz Weekend.

The performance was free and everyone was welcome to drop in and listen.

Quote from Emily Scotcher, from www.yoppul.co.uk "The jazz band were incredible, a real credit to themselves and to Christ the King College. I wish it had been in existence when I was at what was then Trinity - I'd have been up and singing like a shot! Natalie has got the most beautiful voice, she truly has, and to see so many talented young musicians up on stage and delivering such brilliant music should reassure the international jazz stars that attended the weekend that the next generation of jazz musicians are well on their way up!"

The College Jazz Band were also involved in the Post First Communion Party hosted by Cllr. Chris Whitehouse. All students and staff involved were enjoyably entertained and impressed by the high standard of the Jazz Band. We would like to take the opportunity to thank Mr. J. Gray for leading the Jazz Band and all the student members.

UNIVERSITY TRIPS

Students have already had the opportunity through the London and the Wales and West trips to experience Bristol, Bath, Cardiff and Cardiff Metropolitan, Kings College, UCL, LSE, Queen Mary and Imperial. They also attended the UCAS Fair at Portsmouth University which gave them access to many other Universities via the literature on offer and the chance to talk to representatives from those Uni-versities. In addition, following on from the results of a questionnaire survey, visits have been undertaken to various Open Days during June

and July. The first visit was to Falmouth in Cornwall, which be-cause of the distance involved, required an overnight stay. This was welcome as students had the chance to sample first hand the sort of accommodation they would stay in if attending Falmouth. We were rather spoiled on this occasion as our accommodation

was brand new and we were the first people to use it. Thus our 14 students enjoyed a fantastic visit to a top ranked University with specialisms in the Arts, Media and Dance. We were given breakfast and lunch, a thorough tour of both sites, a look at their fantas-tic end of year displays showcas-ing the works students had creat-ed and we also had the oppor-tunity to ask questions. A really fabulous and rewarding visit much appreciated by the stu-dents, particularly as this location would have been difficult and ex-pensive to arrange for them-selves. The next visit was a much shorter journey to Oxford for both the

University and also Brookes University. This fol-lowed the pattern for most Open Day visits where

the 8 students visiting were given in advance the full details of the day and then had to plan their individual timetable according to their needs. Having been escort-ed to the Welcome and Admin-istration Centre where they could collect additional literature includ-ing prospectuses, they were then able to use their own time well, to attend the subject talks and visit the subject areas and Colleg-es of their choice before meeting back for the journey home.

The weather was very good and the central nature of Oxford University allowed students to sample what the city had to offer culturally and socially as well as for study.

The following day we took a full minibus of students to the Univer-sity of Surrey at Guildford. This is

an excellent University with many subject strengths and is a fine example of what a Campus style Uni-versity has to offer. It has superb and modern fa-cilities all contained within a very manageable area and the City Centre can also be reached quite com-fortably on foot. All in all, it has a lot to offer and our students were very impressed by it, but not with the weather; it rained all day. It was a massively busy day with thousands of people there but thanks to our ad-vance planning, we were able to cut the registration queues and get straight on to our visit.

The following week saw us un-dertake a long visit to Cam-bridge University. There had been a debate as to whether we

would travel up the night before, but after thorough research and careful planning, it was decided we could do this in a day. This meant a fairly early start; 06.30, a ferry to Portsmouth, a drive to Wo-king, train to Waterloo, tube to Kings Cross and then train to Cambridge. This all sounds fairly com-plicated, but actually worked very well. We were able to travel at off peak rate from Woking and avoid all the usual peak time commuter traffic on the M3, M25, M11 morning and evening. We actually arrived in Cambridge at 10am which was fantastic really and I am sure couldn’t have been done if we had driven all the way. Students were also able to relax more on the train and have more energy for the day ahead.

The pattern was the same as for other University Open Days and students had a good chance to look at everything on show before we left for our jour-ney back.

The final trip was the shortest journey over the water to South-ampton whose Open Day was

again extremely busy with huge queues for the ma-jority who were again being shuttled in on buses. Again, thanks to our planning, we were able to avoid the queues and drop students at the very point of Reception and collect them from there at the end of the day.

These then were the visits for the Summer term. There is a further round of Open Days in late Sep-tember and early October. Provi-sional plans are in hand to visit Warwick, York and Durham. As with all our University visits, we have worked hard to keep costs to an absolute minimum so that students are able to visit the Uni-versities of their choice without feeling constrained. Some costs

we have subsidised so that no visit has exceeded £35, which given the distances involved and ferry costs is a great achievement. We do feel confident that given the visits we have arranged, the visits to come, the advice and guid-ance available, that our students will have been well supported to make the best possible choices for their further studies. We have tried hard to be both realistic and aspirational so that they will work hard to achieve the best grades to access the best cours-es at the best Universities. Please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Goodhead for more information.

VISIT THE SIXTH FORM BUILDING

We were delighted to be able to give the opportuni-ty to six of our present Year 11 students to visit the

Sixth Form Building on Friday, 19th July. The stu-dents involved were Laura Goodhead, Bradley Sheath, Laura Overton, Becca Herman, Wallis Can-ning and Kate Garnham. All of the students thought the work was exception-al and are excited to see it once it is completed. It has given them an even greater insight on what to expect in September when our excellent Sixth Form Block Opens. The facilities in place will include classrooms, sci-ence laboratories, design and technology suites, ICT facilities, Drama and Dance studio, fitness room,

common room and even an open top common area. One student, Bradley Sheath, said “Great to see the progress be-ing made and the building looks fantas-tic!”

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