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No 1

June 2018

Christ the King College News

Spanish Exchange Visit


Christ the King College The Church of England and Roman Catholic 11 - 18 Secondary School for the Isle of Wight

Lead Stories

From the Headteacher’s Desk

W elcome to the first edition of our newsletter. It is packed with information about the activities and events in College. I

would ask that you take time to read these. I have also included calendar information and important policy and procedure around attendance and holidays.

It is confession time; I did not watch either of last month’s major television events - The Royal wedding or the FA cup final. I don’t know what the viewing figures were but I suspect a significant pro-portion of the planet watched one or the other on a balmy May day. Pundits have described the FA cup final as “ordinary” whilst on-lookers at the wedding used superlatives such as “amazing”, ''spectacular'' and ''dazzling''.

However, one element of the wedding service that I did watch on ‘catch-up’ was the sermon. Many people are saying the preacher, Bishop Michael Curry, Head of the Episcopal Church in the USA, stole the show. If you haven’t watched the sermon, Google it. Many media outlets have posted the full text of the sermon - how often does a sermon reach out through social media platforms?

Bishop Curry preached about love, a subject that moves people’s hearts. We’re all yearning to know that we are loved, that our lives have purpose, and that the world can be transformed. That’s the power of love, and that’s exactly what Bishop Curry spoke about. Unfortunately, our world’s narrative is too often populated by vio-lence, poverty and hatred but this does not have to be the last word. We hear in the Gospels that love, hope, justice, and mercy have the final word. That’s the “redemptive love” that Bishop Cur-ry was preaching about.

Our College represents two Christian traditions, Anglican and Catholic. One thing that binds both traditions is that God loves us. Different traditions might have different ways of describing God or the Divine, but the message that God loves us is common to all. We might then go on and describe God’s love as an unconditional love that has no limits and no boundaries and is shared equally with all, although what we receive of that love depends on our openness to it and how we share it with those around. It is this that strikes at the heart of what a Christian School should be.

Last half term was very busy, if not short. Efforts were focussed on examination classes. I would like to acknowledge the hard work of all staff who have run holiday, weekend, lunchtime and after school sessions; I have also bumped into staff running breakfast sessions. Many colleagues have gone above and be-yond in preparing students for the public examinations. The best of luck to all students completing public examinations this sum-mer.

Year 11 started their study leave at half term, after their final as-sembly together . My thanks to Mrs Groves and the Year 11 tutor team for all their hard work over the years.

Finally, I am aware that a number of students and staff are experi-encing personal difficulties at the moment, a number of whom have experienced bereavements, or are in the process of caring for infirmed dependants and relatives. Your prayerful support is very much appreciated.

Matt Quinn

From the Headteacher 2

Rotary Youth Speaks ~ Regional Final

3

Year 7 Rugby Boys’ Team Experience Their First

Tournament 3

Young Enterprise Region-

al Finals 4

Voice Box Competition 4

Bournemouth Digital Industries Workshop

5

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Awards Evening

6

Global Rock Southern

Open Finals 6

Hampshire Athletics Multi-Events Championships

7

Cricket Results 7

Holly Playing for Pompey 9

Ice Hockey Result for

Year 9 Student. 10

Inter Schools Dressage

Competition 10

Inter School Show Jump-

ing Competition 11

Meeting our MP 12

Christ the King wins Isle of Wight Geography Quiz!

12

Spanish Exchange Visit to Calahoora

13

News Snippets 14

Absence Policy 15

Noticeboard 17

Calendar 18


Christ the King News

Rotary Youth Speaks ~ Regional Final

T he College Public Speaking Team represented the College, the Isle of Wight and Hamp-

shire admirably once again at Rotary Youth Speaks Regional Final in Shaftesbury, Dorset

on Saturday 21st April 2018.

With their presentation defending the modern relevance

of William Shakespeare and his works, the team of Han-

nah Knowles (Year 12 - chair), Georgina Turner (Year 12

- main speaker) and Zoe Bushby (Year 11 - proposer of

vote of thanks) delivered their customary professional

performance, arguing their views with passion and poise.

Yet the standard at this stage was stunningly high, as

winning teams from a range of Rotary Districts came to-

gether to compete. In the end, victory went to a superb

team from Bishop Wordsworth's College in Salisbury,

who now go forward to the National Final next month. The College Team were disappointed

not to win but were proud of their efforts, and most importantly have gained valuable experi-

ence in the difficult art of public speaking.

Thanks are extended to Ryde Rotary Club who organised the local heats and supported the

College Team throughout their campaign, as well as Wightlink who kindly sponsored our travel.

Mr Leahy

Year 7 Rugby Boys’ Team Experience Their First Tournament

T he Year 7 Rugby team had their first outing at a recent Island tournament. Three schools

took part and for many of our team it was their first

experience of the game.

The boys played an experienced Medina team in their

first game and went down by 7 tries. The score line did

not really reflect the possession of each team and after

driving the ball up the middle of the pitch on a number

of occasions, we found ourselves outflanked by quick

and wide counterattacks.

Determined to do better in our next game against

Sandown (who had already beaten Medina!), we found

ourselves conceding 3 tries early on. Our character shone through in the second half of the

game and our dominance in the rucks led to a try of our own followed by 2 more. With a minute

to go it was anyone’s game and Sandown just nicked it with a late try. We held our heads up

high after the game and got stuck into the chips and sausages back at the clubhouse. We ’re

now looking to recruit more Year 7 players and come back stronger.

Thanks to Josh Barlow and IOW Rugby Club for a great afternoon!

Mr. Loughlin and Miss. Brooks



Young Enterprise Regional Finals

O n Wednesday 25th April, six Year 12 students com-peted in the regional finals for Young Enterprise Company of the Year.

The event was hosted by Ordnance Survey in Southamp-ton in their state of the art headquarters. Competing against four other teams from across Hampshire, the team, led by Managing Director Hannah Cooper and ad-vised by Mark Rhodes of Hose Rhodes Dickson, im-pressed judges with their professionalism, resilience and team work. Their business, Peak, won the award for best company report and, as runners up in the best company category, were successful in securing a place at the re-gional finals on the 13th June in Guildford Cathedral.

Other team members are Moritz Berkowsky, Johannes Pedersen, Will O'Regan, Emily Chiles and Abigail Key-te. The group first set up their business in September; since then they have managed to create and publish a se-ries of guides to English slang for foreign students. We wish them the best of luck for the next stage of the com-petition!

Mrs Foster

Voice Box Competition

I n November last year, I entered a competition at school. The competition was a joke compe-tition that was open for members of the school to take part in where they could tell a joke of

their choice. I won the joke competition and was entered into the national competition, the final of which took place in London, or to be more specific Parliament. The competition was called Voice Box and is run by the College of Speech and Language Therapists. Out of one thousand people, myself and twenty-four lucky others were chosen to take part in this incredible oppor-tunity and tell our jokes to each other and then be 'rated' in the competition. My joke was "My sister bet me £100 that I couldn't build a car out of spaghetti... You should have seen her face as I drove PASTA."

The competition began at half twelve on Wednesday, 24th April. When it was the selected time, we walked to the Speaker’s House and went through security. Security is everything you'd ex-pect it to be with bag scanning and a body search. When we got through security (around twelve forty five) we waited patiently for the competition to start and it did so at around one o’clock. Parliament's 'fancy' entrance (the main one after security) had high ceilings with large glass windows inside. The leader led us to the left through a hallway what was down some stairs. This hallway had statues on the wall of lions and unicorns that may have been made out of gold! When we had walked through the hallway, we were outside and then walked around some buildings and a fancy car park filled with new cars that must have been worth a fortune! We entered a building and were instantly greeted with large steps inside. The stairs were stone with a red carpet and golden rails; we prepared for the competition in this area for around five to ten minutes before going upstairs. Upstairs was beautiful. There are fancy paintings of peo-ple from generations ago who were chosen as the speaker of the house. Three rooms were at the top of the stairs. One being a drawing room, another a lounge and a dining room.



Here we waited with lunch for thirty minutes before being al-lowed to go into the room where the competition would take place. The room the competition took place in was narrow but long and decorated with chairs and paintings and, of course, the stage that held a microphone. I was one of the eldest of the twenty-four people. We sat listening to the jokes such as "Knock knock. Who's there? Britney Spears. Knock knock... oops I did it again." and "How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it." When my name was called, I walked up to the stage and told my joke. After, I took a picture with the host of the competition and walked back to my seat. Not long after the last joke was told and we were sent back out to the lounge before waiting for 15 minutes for the results. Two girls won the runner up position and a boy won the entire com-petition winning an iPad and bragging rights to his classmates when he got home. Everyone else received a mini-bag that in-cluded: a joke book, notebook, 3D buildable Big Ben and a plaque with our name on.

This competition was fun to be involved in and has definitely improved my confidence in speak-ing to people which is good for someone shy like me) I would like to thank Ms. Ryan for enter-ing me into the competition in the first place and supporting me throughout. Also, a thank you to my parents who came with me to London and supported me and told me they were proud. Thank you to all!

I didn’t win… but I won in bribing my parents to buy me a Greggs.

Jodie Kelly, 9YRO.

Bournemouth Digital Industries Workshop

Y ear 10 Art and Design students took part in a Digital and Crea-tive Arts workshop on Wednesday, 25th April 2018. The work-

shop was organised by the Southern Universities Network (SUN) and it took place at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth. Students worked with employers throughout the day to help them understand potential Creative indus-tries, what specific skills they require and the commercial partnerships they require in order for their businesses to succeed.

Contemporary methods of advertising and other ways of reaching out to the consumer was a key component of this workshop. Judging from the students' positive interaction responses dur-ing and after the workshop, it was a very useful learning experience away from the classroom. We hope to encourage more of our students to attend future workshops and also to continue to forge a good partnership with the Southern Universities Network.

Mr Mwamuka



Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Awards Evening

E lsie Lewis, Jeunais Farrell, Katie Green, Zoe Bush-by, Josie Button, Hugo Cordon and Alfie Downey, attended a DofE Awards Evening to receive their

DofE Bronze Awards.

Many of these students have already started to work towards their Silver Awards.

Well done!

Mrs Stirling

Global Rock Southern Open Finals 27th April 2018.

Introduction: From the shackles of oppression 26th February 1718.

A slave ship arrives in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras festival. At the auctioning of the slaves, a mother and daughter are sold to different masters, the rebellious mother is killed.

Spirits draw tribal ancestors to the heartbroken child spurring her on towards revenge for her people's enslavement. Can she inspire the repressed to break their oppressive shackles?

Another brilliant day. A fabulous group of students. A great team of staff and volunteers. We performed last, but it was well worth the wait! The 8 minute performance was the best it has ever been, as evidenced by the following awards of excellence:

Student Leadership Video

Concept Entertainment

Lighting Stage Crew

Drama

Thank you very much for all the support from the

College community, especially the parents. There is a video of the performance available on the Google classroom

https://classroom.google.com/c/MjQ2MzI2ODcxOVpa Code 5fmgj2, to which all the participating students have access. The students, both performers and committee members, have once again exceeded our ex-pectations and we look forward to beginning preparations for next year’s theme!

Mr Gale

Images from the performance in March can be seen on the College website

http://www.christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk/Photo-Gallery

A Full Cast & Crew list is on the website in newsletter Issue 23, 9th March 2018.



Hampshire Athletics Multi-Events Championships 2018

T he 2018 Hampshire Athletics Multi-Events Championships took place at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth on Mon-

day, 7th May. Athletes from all over Hampshire came to this event ranging from the junior quad kids to senior athletes. Condi-tions were difficult with it being the hottest May Day on record.

In the U20 Men Pentathlon, Ben Holdsworth (Year 12), compet-ing in this age group for the first time and representing the Isle of Wight Athletic Club, achieved personal bests in 200m and jave-lin. After four events, he was in fourth position but thanks to a blistering 1500m, he moved up into second position winning the silver medal with 2697 points. This score ranks him third nation-ally for U20 Men Pentathlon in 2018 and twenty-fourth in the all-time rankings.

In the U15 Girls Pentathlon, Naomi Holdsworth (Year 8), again competing in this age group for the first time and representing the Isle of Wight Athletic Club achieved personal bests in high jump and long jump to finish seventh in the competition with 1940 points.

Mabel Lewis (Year 9), Milly Bacon (Year 10) and Dylan Holdsworth (Year 10) also took part in the mile and 3000m races held on the same day.

Mr Holdsworth

Cricket Results

U13 Boy’s Cricket

T he first league game was a win against Medina College on Tuesday, 1st May. The boys bowled well and man-

aged to keep Medina’s batters to a score of 59-5 off 16 overs. In reply Christ the King College reached 60 for 0 in just 9 overs. With Joe Haydon 21 not out and Alex Hughes 16 not out.

A special mention needs to go to Man of the Match Joe Haydon, who managed to get an amazing 4 wickets in four balls.

The following Tuesday, 8th May, the boys beat Carisbrooke College. Carisbrooke batted first and were soon bowled out for just 32. Wickets for Ptolly Letchford, Alex Hughes, Gabe Wells and a caught and bowled by Charlie Adkins.

In reply Christ the King chased the total down very quickly getting 35 for 0 in just seven overs. Joe Haydon 16 not out and Oliver Sweatman 5 not out.

The boys U13 team played again against Ryde Academy on Tuesday, 15th May,

The team batted first against Ryde. Ryde restricted Christ the King to only 73 -1 off 16 overs. In reply, Christ the King bowled magnificently only giving two wides away in the whole innings. Ryde Academy finished ten runs behind. This means Christ the King go to the top of the league table with three wins out of three. They now have three more matches to play after half term.

Team members: Charlie Adkins, Rory Allen, Joe Haydon (Captain), Alex Hughes, Ptolly Letch-ford, Chris Packham, Bradley Salmon. Daniel Sanderson, Alfie Snow, Oliver Sweatman, Gabe Wells.



Year 7 Boys vs Medina College

O n Thursday ,10th May the Year 7 team played Medina. Christ the king won 80 for 5, with Alfie Snow reaching 25 not out, to Medinas 30 all out.

U13 Girls Cricket

T he girls played their first game of the outdoor cricket season against The Island Free School. Six of the team were new to cricket and had only been to one training session so

we were going in slightly nervous, however excited by our first match.

Christ the King fielded first and a great first over by Jade Serjent got the game off to a good start. However the Free School soon turned up the pressure and a great first batting partner-ship saw them hitting the ball for 4’s. Although some great fielding from Evie Chessell, saw an amazing catch on the boundary to split this partnership. Lily Barclay’s calm and accurate bowl-ing meant they only scored 2 off her first over! Also some wonderful wicket keeping from Mad-die made sure we were kept in the game!

The Island Free School innings finished 66-1.

Opening the batting for Christ the King was Callie Jacobs and Rosina Knowles, their great communication and gutsy running between the wickets saw them get some runs on the board. Also in the innings, we saw great batting from Connie who scored the most runs for Christ the King. Finally we had Lolly Groom step up to the crease at the end of the innings. She had de-termination in her eyes and was set on scoring as many runs as possible!

Christ the King ended the innings with 38 runs.

Miss Simmonds and Mr Haydon

U15 Girls Cricket

O n Wednesday 9th May our U15 girl’s cricket team hosted the Free School. In what was a replay of last year's final, it was always going to be a tough game.

Captain, Lara Crouch, decided to bowl first and both her and Sophie Bruce started by bowling tightly but couldn't force a mistake from the Free School bats-women. The two Free School openers went on to form a good partnership before a great catch from Lara, bowled by Erin Lovely ended the Free School's strong start.

The Christ the King team were able to take one more wicket with some good cricket producing a run out of the other opening bats-woman whose top score was an impressive 21 runs. The Free School ended their innings on 64 for 2 wickets.

Year 9 student ,Eden Canning, opened the batting with Erin Lovely, with both girls eager to get on with things as Eden had other commitments to head off to. However, the Free School bowl-ing was particularly tight and their bowlers were able to make regular in-roads. The key Christ the King partnership between Lara and Sophie threatened to overhaul the Free School total, but when Lara was caught by a superb catch in the deep, as she was going for her second 6 of the match, Christ the King were just not able to hit the boundaries needed to surpass the Free



School score. Sophie finished on 18 not out as Christ the King fell short by 14 runs.

There was some superb cricket played by both teams. We will need to beat Cowes Enterprise College in our next game and hope that they do us a favour against The Free School if we are to reach our 4th Cup Final in 4 years. Hard luck this time girls!

Team: Captain Lara Crouch, Sophie Bruce, Sophie Nolan, Molly Taylor, Alice Aldridge-Snell, Erin Lovely, Eden Canning, Caitlin Townshend

Mr Brett

Another victory, 3 for 3!

Y ear 7/8 Boys Cricket Team, Tuesday 15th May.

The team batted first against Ryde Academy. Ryde restricted Christ the King to only 73 -1 off 16 overs.

In reply, Christ the King bowled magnificently only giving two wides away in the whole innings. Ryde Academy finished ten runs behind.

This means Christ the King go to the top of the league table with three wins out of three. They now have three more matches to play after half term.

Well done boys.

Mr Haydon

Team: Captain Joe Haydon, Rory Allen, Brad Salmon, Oliver Sweatman, Gabe Wells, Charlie Adkin, Alex Wells, Alfie Snow, Daniel Sanderson.

More Cricket Success

O n Friday 18th May the Year 7 cricket team played the Free School.

The Free School batted first and were amazingly bowled out for just 17! The boys bowled so accurately and fielded very professionally.

In reply it took Christ the King just three overs to reach 18-1.

As the game was over so quickly, the two teams carried on in a 'friendly' game to give their bowlers practice and some time at the crease for our other batsmen.

Well done boys, they are now in the semi-final of the IOW Schools Cup.

Team: Chris Packham. Alfie Snow, Ptolly Letchford, Alex Hughes, Daniel Sanderson, Rory Al-len, Brad Salmon, Charlie Adkins

Mr Haydon and Mr Loughlin

Holly Playing for Pompey

H olly Stephan 7GHG has been successful at recent trials for the Pompey Girls U13's Development Squad for the 2018/19 sea-

son. She will be playing against other teams across the south of Eng-land in the Winchester League. Holly will have to attend training once a week in Havant and travel over for matches on Saturdays.

She currently plays for Newport Girls U12's on Saturdays and West Wight Youth U12's in the IOW Youth Sunday League.

Holly would like to thank Richie Ford (Newport) and Paul Bradshaw (West Wight) who have helped her on her way to this great achieve-ment.

Well Done Holly



Ice Hockey Result for Year 9 Student.

O akley Shaw-Lusted 9 SGH, playing for Solent Junior Devils ice hockey team, ended the season on Sun-day, 13th May, with a massive win over Bracknell

12-0!

His team are now the Champions of division 3 and will be promoted to division 2 next season, 10 points clear of sec-ond placed Oxford.

The 5 talented lads that now have to travel from the Island to Gosport, to play Ice Hockey, have made a major contri-bution to the team and this incredible achievement has seen the team climb the scoreboard.

Oakley contributed 8 goals this season and 9 assists (when a player has shot, passed or deflected the puck to-wards the scoring teammate) which is amazing – we are all really proud of his achievement.

Well Done Oakley.

Inter Schools Dressage Competition

T his was the fourth Annual Inter Schools’ Dressage Competition that Christ the King College students have attended. This year the weather was kinder to us with a clear blue sky,

bright sunshine but quite a cold strong wind. We were hopeful of building on our success of last year and the day got off to the best possible start with our first rider Charlie Adkins scoring an amazing 78.46% in his test. At the end of the day it transpired that this was the highest score of the competition in the senior section. A total of forty students from eight schools and colleges attended the High School Category, making a total of eight teams. We had four stu-dents wishing to compete whom made up our Christ the King team. Each team was split in two and their tests were scored by different judges to ensure scoring was fair.

Our Team consisted of Lani Rand and Milly Collins Year 10, Georgia Ellsworth Year 8, and Charlie Adkins Year 7.

All of our students performed amazingly well and we achieved a total of three rosettes in the individual competition. Charlie Adkins came 1st Section A, Lani Rand came 1st Section B, and Georgia Ellsworth came 3rd Section A. The results for the Team competition were incredibly close but we ended up the competition winners in the senior category.

1st Christ the King, 2nd Ryde School, 3rd Medina College and 4th Island Free School

I would like to take this opportunity to express how grateful I am to our wonderful parents, grandparents and instructors, some of whom took time off work to transport our students and their mounts to the competition. Without you, this event could not have taken place.

Secondly, thank you to our impressive team of young people who showed an exemplary level of conduct whilst representing themselves and the College.

Finally, thank you to Mrs Lambert for accompanying us, and to Karen Begley and Barry Penn for once again organising this event for all the Island Schools.

Ms Inglis



Inter School Show Jumping Competition

T hank you to all the parents, family members and trainers who accompanied our students and their mounts to the Inter Schools Show Jumping Competition at Little Kennerley Farm.

Many thanks also to our wonderful students who made it a truly fun packed day.

We were able to take one team of students to compete in the Years 7-9 section and one team to compete in the Years 10 upwards. There were teams from seven Colleges ,The Island Free School, Carisbrooke College, Ryde Academy, Sandown Bay Academy, Ryde School, The Pri-ory, Medina College and Christ the King College.

Our junior team consisted of Charlie Adkins riding Daukester Hector, Molly White riding Harry and Georgia Ellsworth riding King Bob.

In our senior team, we had Lani Rand riding Maricopa, Lara Crouch riding Jester, Georgina Weir riding Bobby and Milly Collins riding Jackeroo.

The junior competition got off to a very good start with examples of super pony partnerships and clear rounds from all the competitors. Each student completed two rounds of show jumps over two different courses; those with double clears went into the jump off. Our team repre-sented themselves and our College superbly, it is always exciting to see the students in a dif-ferent light. The results for the Junior Competition were Ryde School 1st, Island Free School 2nd, Carisbrooke College 3rd and Christ the King College 4th.

In the senior competition, the standard of horsemanship was equally as high. Out of the 24 competitors, only nine students jumped a double clear, our very own Lani Rand and Georgina Weir being two of them. The jump off was very fast and furiously competed with hundredths of a second deciding the placings. In the individual competition, Lani Rand came a very creditable 2nd overall.

The senior team results were Median College 1st Cowes Enterprise College 2nd Carisbrooke College 3rd and Christ the King College 4th.

It was a very long day but both Mrs Lambert and I are so proud of our students. Thank you all for a wonderful day.

Ms Inglis



Meeting our MP

Y ear 9 students have been learning about the United Na-tions Sustainable Development Goals in their Citizenship lessons.

The focus has been on 'Life below Water', 'Climate Action', ‘Quality Education' and 'Gender Equality'. So, it made sense to work on this year's Send my Friend campaign which combines the issues of accessibility to quality education and gender equality.

This year's campaign calls on world leaders to make all schools safe for children around the world. A group of students were selected to meet Bob Seely MP to speak to him about the campaign. They were also able to ask their local MP questions on a range of issues from how to get into politics to transport on and off the Island.

Mrs Stirling

Year 11 Leavers Worship 25th May 2018

A full list of all the award winners can be found on the Year 11 page of the College Website.

http://www.christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk/Year-11

Christ the King wins Isle of Wight Geography Quiz!

O n the 5th June, six Year 10 Geogra-phers travelled to Ryde School to

participate in the Isle of Wight Geography Worldwise Quiz, with questions provided by the Geographical Association. A num-ber of schools competed with a total of eight teams from Christ the King, Ryde School, The Island Free School and Me-dina.

A range of challenging questions were asked, including rounds on capital cities, OS map skills, landmarks and geography in the news. The difficulty of some questions didn't faze our teams and we are pleased to say that they did extremely well to finish 1st and 6th against tough competition!

Well done to Paul Drogou, Rufus Wood, Caitlin Mooney, Toby Batchelor, Abi Lacey and Daniel Harris for all being excellent ambassadors for the College. Thank you to Father Mike for driving the minibus and to Ryde School for hosting an enjoyable afternoon.

Miss Joynes

http://www.christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk/Year-11



Spanish Exchange Visit to Calahoora ~ June 2018

W e set off on Saturday from a sunny East Cowes and arrived into Calahorra some 12 hours later, weary, but happy to meet up finally, with our exchange

partners. Today, Monday, we sat in on an English lesson at the start of the day and then made our way to the Town Hall where we got to sit in the council chamber. We heard a few facts about Cala-horra from the local councillor, an Australian from Sydney! Our next stop was the cathedral where we discovered a carving of a very old mobile phone in a restored part of the doorway arch. We also saw the stunning interior which was explained to us in English by our enthusiastic guide. Finally, we went back to the school and saw the areas where they offer vocational training in mechanics, nursing and mechanical engineering. At 2.30 it was back home with our exchanges for lunch. Day 2 Today, Tuesday, we went to Tierra Rapaz, a bird of prey centre, where we learnt lots about dif-ferent types of raptors and, particularly, owls. We saw the very smallest, a pygmy owl, to the very largest, a Siberian eagle owl. We found out how owls are able to fly silently and even got to see a 10 day old owl chick. We also learnt how to make an owl believe it’s a human and why that’s not a good thing! The high point of the day was seeing the spectacular show which included golden eagles, per-egrine falcons, storks, kites and vultures amongst others. After passing through the gift shop, it was back onto the coach and back to school, but not be-fore having to give way to a huge flock of sheep. Finally, we met up with our exchange part-ners at school and headed back home for lunch. Ms Doughan

In front of the

Town Hall

More images in The

Photo Gallery on the

College Website

http://www.christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk/Photo-Gallery



News Snippets

DofE Silver Award

Congratulations to Oliver Nolan, Head Boy, he has completed his

DofE Silver Award.

Abigail Year 9

Abigail has had her hair cut and she is donating it to a children’s charity that make wigs for child cancer patients.

Before

After

Congratulations

Four boys from Christ the King College, helped Bembridge Youth U13s Football Team to a

League and Cup Double.

Well Done Luke, Harry, Joseph and Oliver.

Exam Expectations

Many thanks to all those students currently sitting exams for their general conduct and behaviour, observing examination rules and

regulations.

Thanks also to the students in other year groups for showing respect to the exam stu-dents, observing all the 'Quiet Please' signs and allowing the exams to proceed without

disruption.

Not long to go before they're all over!

Mr Leahy - Exams Officer



Absence Policy

We are currently receiving a large number of holiday requests. This is a concern as holidays taken in term time do have a negative effect upon a child’s education. In addition, some students are being tak-en away on holiday without completing an absence request form. If you wish to take your child out of College during term-time, you need to request permission from the College by submitting the absence request form. When the College considers any absence request from parents, the most important con-sideration must be the effect such an absence would have on your child ’s learning and education. It is important that parents consider carefully the implications of taking the child out of the College during term time. Research suggests that children who are taken out of school may never catch up on the work they have missed.

The law states parents do not have the right to take their child out of school for holidays during term time. If a child is taken out of school without prior permission from the Principal, this will be recorded as unauthorised absence and noted on the child’s record of attendance. This may result in parents being issued with a fixed penalty notice.

When the College considers leave during term time, the following factors are taken into account:

The child’s age and stage within the college

The time and duration of the requested absence

The child’s record of attendance

Previous term time leave

There are times during the academic year when absence from class during term time may cause the child problems, such as:

Close to examinations, assessments or tests

During examination preparation

During the first year at Christ the King College

At the beginning of a new College term

If the College refuses a request for term time absence and the child is still taken out of College, this will be recorded as an unauthorised absence and noted on the child’s record. Parents should always con-tact the College for advice on the absence prior to booking a holiday.

Authorised Absence

Only the school may authorise an absence.

A letter or telephone conversation does not automatically mean an absence may be seen to be authorised. A school must receive written confirmation from the parent or carer. Following this the school will make the decision as to whether they will authorise the absence.

A range of criteria may be considered when a school decides whether to authorise an ab-sence. The following may constitute a part of these acceptable criteria:

Sickness of the pupil, such as they are unfit to receive education or be present in the education-al establishment;

Unavoidable emergency medical or dental treatment or consultation;

Days of religious observance, such days to be agreed beforehand by the Principal, whereupon

their observance will be respected;

Exceptional family circumstances – such as bereavement;

Visits to other schools, agreed in advance, for the purpose of transfers, interviews or examina-tions;



Family Holidays During Term Time

The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 removes references to fami-ly holiday and extended leave as well as the statutory threshold for ten school days. The amendments make it clear that headteachers may not grant any leave of absence during term-time unless there are exceptional circumstances. Headteachers should determine the number of school days a child can be away from school if exceptional leave is granted.

There are 175 non-school days in which holidays can be taken.

The Local Authority expects schools to not grant any period of leave during term-time unless sufficient evi-dence to support an exceptional circumstance is provided by the parent.

Exceptional Circumstances are not:

A trip to work in the family business

Cost

Seasonal work

Work commitments (exception given to Armed Forces)

Family get together

Once in a lifetime

Birthdays

Weddings

This is not a definitive list and when reaching a judgement of whether an exceptional circumstance has been met, headteachers will always look at individual circumstances. Where leave is not granted but tak-en by the family, the absence must be unauthorised and the College may recommend to the Local Author-ity to implement Penalty Notice procedures.



Noticeboard

All dates and times are accurate at the time of going to press.

The school reserves the right to make alterations.

A Few Gentle Reminders …

Please remember to let us know if any of your contact details change, including mobile numbers, new

place of work, different emergency contacts. This is important if Student Services need to get in touch

should your child be unwell or hurt. Thank you.

Please telephone the Attendance Office or Student Services by 10.00 am at the latest if you child is un-

well and will not be attending College.

Uniform Shop

The Simmonds Uniform Shop is open to purchase College uniform during the follow-

ing times:

Monday 8.00 - 10.00

Tuesday 13.00 - 14.00 students only

Wednesday 13.00 - 14.00 students only

Thursday 15.30 - 16.45

If you have some good quality uniform that your child has outgrown, we would be pleased to receive your

donation for our ‘pre-owned’ uniform shop. This helps many families. Please bring clean items in good

condition to the Lower College Reception. Thank you.

End of Summer Term 2018 Friday, 20th July 2018

Term Dates 2018/2019

Autumn Term 2018 Monday 3rd September to Friday, 21st December

Half Term: Monday, 22nd - Friday, 26th October

Spring Term 2018 Monday, 7th January to Friday, 5th April

Half Term: Monday, 18th - Friday, 22nd February

Summer Term 2019 Tuesday, 23rd April to Friday, 19th July

Half Term: Monday, 27th - Friday, 31st May

INSET Days are as follows: Monday, 3rd September, Tuesday, 4th September

Student Return: Wednesday, 5th September phased return for Y7 & Y12

Thursday, 6th September all students to return

Term Dates


Christ the King News Noticeboard

All dates and times are accurate at the time of going to press.

The school reserves the right to make alterations.

Friday 15th June Mass and Communion 9.00

Friday 15th June Year 10 Citizenship Trip to Marwell Zoo

Tuesday 19th June An Introduction to Christ the King College for Prospective Year 5 Parents’

6.00 pm

Thursday 21st June SEN Tea Party (by invitation only)

Tuesday 26th June Sixth Form Taster Session

Wednesday 27th June Sixth Form Taster Session

Year 6 Parents’ Evening

Thursday 28th June Year 6 Transition Day

Friday 29th June Year 6 Transition Day

Year 11 Prom

Saturday 30th June Bronze DofE Final Weekend

Monday 2nd July Creative Arts Festival during this week

Monday 2nd July Year 8 Parliament Trip

Tuesday 3rd July Sports Day

Wednesday 4th July Gecko Physical Theatre Workshop

Cambridge University Residential visit until Thursday

Summer Music Concert

Thursday 5th July Year 10 London Art Galleries Trip

Year 10 Geography Fieldwork

Year 12 Biology Beach Study Day

Silver DofE Final until Saturday

Friday 6th July Year 10 Geography Fieldwork

Access Champions - Southampton University

Year 13 Leavers Ball

Wednesday 11th July Gold DofE Final until Tuesday

Monday 16th July Juniper Hall Trip until Wednesday

Wednesday 18th July Year 7 and 8 Summer Party

Thursday 19th July Terminal Velocity Trip

Friday 20th July Last Day of Summer Term

Sunday 22nd July World Challenge Visit to Morocco until Monday, 6th August.

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