NEWSLETTER Friday 14th February Dear parents and carers, It has been a rich and busy half term and I would like to thank you all for your support of the academy across this half term. It’s been a time of focus and learning, revision and mock exams and we wish all our exam age students a good revision filled half term. We are delighted to have received confirmation this month that our students of last year’s Year 11 once again performed strongly in their GCSE exams, with CEC being ranked again by the Government as the highest performing secondary school on the Island for progress at GCSE.
Beyond these successes, our notable highlights include hosting the Noel Turner Science Festival and welcoming a number of external speakers to the academy. In addition, the whole of Year 7 has seen a live screening of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the National Theatre to support their English curriculum and our newest cohort of Bronze Duke of Edinburgh students – our largest ever – has also now begun training for their expedition. With Year 8 visiting university, theatre trips and Speakers Trust workshops also taking place, and our celebrations of both Children’s Mental Health Week and Apprenticeship Week also happening this half term there really have been too many experiences to do them all justice here! It was a year ago today we held our first event to connect at school level to the Youth Strike 4 Climate agenda. Today we held our 6th such event and students planted seeds in biodegradable pots which will be lovingly nurtured until ready for outside planting. Our plants will then form a wild flower meadow here at the college. Students could also choose to write a brief love letter to the planet to mark Valentine’s Day on the accompanying recyclable and biodegradable plant marker stick.
My parent surgeries continue on Tuesday afternoons over the next half term. Please either email dharrison@cowesec.org or phone the school on 01983 203103 asking for Donna Harrison to book a pre-booked slot. With best wishes, Rachel Kitley Click the arrows or swipe to turn pages