Principal’s Message

With two significant parent events this week, I cannot

begin the Principal’s Message this week without thank-

ing our parents for their continued support for our Col-

lege and of course the support you always show to the

events we hold to support and care for the students at

our wonderful College.

On Wednesday evening, the Sixth Form Hall held our

second Year 11 Revision Strategy Evening. The pur-

pose of the evening was to further support our Year 11

students with their preparation for the Summer Examina-

tions. Our previous evening had a focus on coursework

and controlled tasks and steps that were needed to

achieve the best grades in these. The second evening,

held last week, had a much more direct focus on Revi-

sion Strategy and techniques to support students now

that, in many areas, controlled tasks are nearing com-

pletion. The feedback, as is always the case I am de-

lighted to say, has been overwhelmingly positive.

Our second parent event this week was our Year 9 Op-

tions Evening, held last night, on Thursday, 4th Febru-

ary. The evening began with an explanation of the pro-

cess and the very detailed and clear Options Booklet.

The timeline indicated in the Options Booklet has very

clear deadlines and steps needed over the next few

months to ensure that the best options are chosen for

our students and the timetable that best fits their individ-

ual needs can be built. It was wonderful to see a full

Sports Hall during the talks and even more the excite-

ment and exuberance around the Upper College site as

students and parents explored what best fits career

plans, interests and future aspirations. As was men-

tioned, the College is here to help over the next few

months and so please do not hesitate to contact us for

any advice, guidance or support needed.

Finally, I would like to draw your attention to the notice

to the right regarding our Lent Mass & Communion ses-

sions each Friday morning over the next few weeks. It

would be lovely to see as many parents able to attend

these as is possible, as we prepare for our Easter cele-

brations in and beyond the College. Thank you all again

for your continued support of our work at the College.

Year 9 Parents’ Consultation Evening –

Wednesday, 24th February 2016

On Wednesday, 24th February 2016, you will have the opportunity to meet your child’s Subject Tutors. Appointments can be made using the online booking system. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teach-ers. Appointments can be made from Friday, 5th February and will close on Monday, 22nd Febru-ary. Please either visit https://christtheking.parentseveningsystem.co.uk to book your appointments or via the link on the College website in the Parent Information section. Please login with your child’s first name, surname and date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy). Please do not hesitate to contact Student Services if you have any prob-

lems, Tel: 537070 ext. 2.

Voluntary Mass and Com-munion throughout Lent – We

are delighted to be able to in-form students and parents that, as we did last year, each Friday of term time, beginning on Fri-day, 12th February, we will be holding Voluntary Mass and Communion for students and

parents who wish to attend. The final Mass and Worship before Easter will be held on Wednes-day, 23rd March. We look forward to being able to welcome all those who wish to participate. The Lent Voluntary Mass and Communion will be held on Friday, 12th February, 26th February, 4th March, 11th March and 18th March. Catholic Mass is held in the Sixth Form Hall and Communion is held in the Sixth Form Drama Studio. Thank you. Any questions please do not hesitate to contact the

College.

Issue 20 5th February 2016

Prayer taken and adapted from www.catholicdoor.com

Lord, make each of us an instrument of your love. May we see each circumstance in our life as an opportunity to

grow in love. Lord, when we are tempted to be impatient, help us to be patient; when we are tempted to become

unkind, help us to be kind; when we are tempted to become jealous, help us to be tolerant; help us to be loyal to

those you have given us to love; help us to believe in them, even when they do not believe in themselves. Lord, all

gifts and powers come from you. All will come to an end, with one important exception, the gift of love. Amen.

Diary Dates

February

Friday 12th Last Day of Half Term

Monday 22nd College reopens for second Half Term

Wednesday, 24th Year 9 Parent Consultation

Evening

Thank you for your support so far with regards to our fort-

nightly Literacy Focus.

Our current focus is on:

Apostrophes are used for two main reasons:

This is when words are abbreviated (shortened) and letters missed out. We use an apostrophe in the place of those missing letters e.g. wouldn’t (would not). This was the last fortnightly focus.

Our new focus is on using apostrophes to show ownership…

We also use an apostrophe when we want to show that something belongs to someone e.g.

The apostrophe is put at the end of the name of the ‘owner’ and followed by an s. Only put an apostrophe if you are showing ownership –not in any word that ends in an s!

Literacy Focus

Theme: Love

You are the father who welcomes home the prodi-

gal who has wandered far; you are the father who

prepares a meal when others would simply ignore;

you are the father whose love extends beyond our

thoughts or minds; you are the father who knows

our hearts and yet loves us as we are. You are the

father whose word we trust, in whose presence we

have no fear; you are the father whose tender

touch makes a wounded spirit whole; you are the

father whose only son was born that he might die;

you are the father whose gracious love we cele-

brate.

Please support us in our bid to develop literacy

skills and accuracy by helping your child to

check through his/her work and look out for the

correct use of apostrophes.

Ms L. Brinton

Governors’ Building Fund - A reminder

to all parents that we rely on your contribu-

tions to this fund. £2 per week, either by

School Gateway or standing order. Thank

you.

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For all Year 7 Students

The BookTrust, who organise Bookbuzz, are interested in receiving feedback from students on how they found the Bookbuzz programme.

The student survey is available on the Bookbuzz website at www.bookbuzz.org.uk and the link is on the right hand side in the ‘Most popular’ section. Students can click on the link that says ‘Students – what do you think of Bookbuzz?’ to complete the survey.

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In Years 7-8?

Want to win some great

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Sign up at:-

Eisteddfod 2016 - Students in Years 7 and Year 8 are reminded to enter the

Eisteddfod. The focus is very much on ‘Celebrating Achievement’ in a whole variety

of competitions, supporting the aims and the ethos of the College in promoting suc-

cessful, happy learners. Entries continue to be submitted for the competition with the

standard very high. We look forward to receiving more over the next few weeks prior

to the half term holiday.

A reminder to all students in Year 7 and Year 8, the topic this year is ‘Storytelling’.

Students are encouraged to enter as many of the subject Eisteddfod tasks as they wish. Entries are due

in on Tuesday, 23rd February, the first Tuesday back after half term. The Eisteddfod booklet can be

found on the College website, using the following link

http://www.christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk/Eisteddfod-2016.

Pieces of original writing can be submitted, either individually or as part of a College group, until 11 March 2016.

Category winners will win a VIP family experience to the West End production of Wicked, including an exclusive backstage tour and

cast meet-and-greet, £50 book/eBook tokens, plus £100 worth of books for the College Library donated by Hachette Children’s

Books. The individual College with the highest number of entries will receive a bespoke writing workshop at their respective College.

Three Fiction Categories Write a story, a poem or a drama script

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Wicked: For Good Award For Non-Fiction

This Non-Fiction Award is for 15-25 year olds. The brief is to write essays or articles that celebrate the positive impact that people can

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Christ the King College Weekly News

5th February 2016

Year 10 Netball Christ the King College vs Medina College

A recent match was organised between Christ the King College and Medina College as both teams enjoyed playing each other at the last tournament and it was a very evenly matched game, so this was the much anticipated rematch. The Christ the King College girls were very excited as they were still buzzing from their fantastic performance in the tournament. Christ the King College started off very well, winning the first quarter they showed great team work and really started to gel as a team. Medina College came back at us in the second quarter showing some great linking play and some very direct passing. In the third quarter Christ the King Col-lege played well, however Medina College kept fighting back at them and Christ the King Col-lege struggled to find their rhythm. The final quarter, Christ the King College really upped their game, they had taken on board the advice given in the team talk and they started to show what they were really made of! The match finished with Christ the King College winning 11-4. A

great match!

This team has come on leaps and bounds since September, Margaret Plaga quipped that ‘Its because we have started listening to you in training Miss!!!’. If there was an award for ‘Most improved team of the year’ they would be outright winners! Also a mention has to go out to Jasmiin Wellenreuther, an exchange student from Germany, who had never even heard of Netball before attending our College and now has become an invalu-

able member of the team!

Team: Bella Cuoghi-smith, Ellie Bacon, Hannah Cooper, Jasmiin Wellenreuther, Margaret

Plaga, Temeesha Hobbs, Bella Harvey.

Christ the King College Weekly News

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Runners Get Muddy!

Two Isle of Wight Athletic Club members and Christ the king College students, travelled to Parliament Hill in London on Saturday, 30th January to compete in the South of England X Country Championships. Ellie Bacon (10 TBE) ran 4km in the Under 15 Girl’s race and Eden Crumplin (11JRB) ran 5km in the Under 17 Women’s race. The undulating muddy course was a tough challenge for the two young athletes but both ran strongly against over 200 competi-

tors with Ellie finishing in 44th position and Eden in 149th in their respective races.

Both girls enjoyed the experience and are now looking forward to the final competition in the

Hampshire X Country League in the New Forest before starting the track season in April.

Table Tennis Zone Final

The Girls Under 16 Hampshire Champions, Temeesha Hobbs, Sophie Westhorpe, Rosie Hancock, and Rebecca Pearce, all from Christ the King Col-lege, travelled to Morpeth School London on Sunday, 31st January to take part in

an ESTTA Team Zone Final.

The girls started their first fixture against Tanbridge House West Sussex, who they lost to last year. Temeesha and Rosie both won their two games, Sophie then picked up an extra victory

to win outright 5-3.

The girls romped to victory 7-1 in the next fixture.

In the 3rd fixture, they lost to a strong Bushey Academy from Hertfordshire. 7-1.

The final fixture left us tied with Dane Court Grammar School Broadstairs, a young but very

impressive side who had had experience at the Under 13 Nationals the previous year.

The Christ the King College girls fought valiantly and at the halfway point, of 2-2, it could have gone either way. Temeesha won again and Sophie and Rebecca won their first game. This however was short lived as they then lost 3-1 each. Rosie pulled a set back but too fell 3-1. Disappointingly, the girls missed out on the next national round by 1 solitary game! Truly heart wrenching stuff, however the girls played excellently throughout and will continue to drive on

for next year.