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Friday 15th March
Dear parents and carers, This week I have an important and very exciting announcement to make regarding our already excellent and cutting edge facilities here at Cowes Enterprise College. I am thrilled to let you know that work starts today on a state-of-the-art £1m 3G football pitch at Cowes Enterprise College which will be the first on the Island. The full-size floodlit pitch won planning approval from the Isle of Wight Council and work is now underway. It should be complete and ready for use for the start of the new academic year in September, available for use by our pupils during the day and then for community use in the evenings and at weekends. Funding for the pitch has been provided by the Isle of Wight Council and by the Football Foundation. We are so excited that work is underway on what will be an amazing facility when complete. It’s the latest step in Cowes Enterprise College’s ongoing success story but I am also delighted that this will be a facility that the whole community will be able to take advantage of. We are a school that is incredibly proud to serve its community and we really do want everyone to make use of what is the first 3G pitch on the island. Thank you also to all Year 7 parents who attended parents’ evening this week; I hope that this was a positive and informative evening for you and your child and thank parents for their positive feedback on the evening. My parent surgeries continue on Tuesday afternoons. 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
SAFEGUARDING We were really fortunate to welcome a visitor to the Academy today - Mr Omar Sharif. Mr Sharif is a Prince’s Trust Young Achiever and Pride of Britain Award winner. With thanks to our local Police, we were able to be a part of an awe-inspiring presentation from Mr Sharif for our Year 10 students in a special assembly about how young people can be the change they want Omar Sharif and Mrs J Harding to see in the world. Mr Sharif talked about his experiences after ‘becoming involved in the gang culture he lost three friends to knife crime and watched others be imprisoned, and realised that he needed to change.’ Mr Sharif described his experiences and spoke to our students about: “Growing up in an area of London where gun and knife crime were a way of life, Omar became involved in a gang when he was 16 years old. But when three of his friends died as a result of knife crime, it was a horrifying wake-up call and Omar knew things needed to change. And now, with help from The Prince’s Trust, he has turned his life around to help deter other youngsters from following the same destructive path.” Mr Sharif concluded his presentation with a story about a 5 year old child who wanted some of her Daddy’s time in an evening. He described how the girl’s Daddy gave her a map of the world and ripped it into pieces, telling her that if she could put it back together correctly, she would be able to have anything she wanted from him that evening. The girl did put the map back together and her Daddy was so amazed at how his 5 year old daughter could’ve done this, he wanted to know how she had. The girl turned the pieced together map over and on the back was a picture of a person. The girl said: “Daddy, I knew that is I put the person together right, I could fix the world.” This was such a poignant story that left the academy in such thoughtful reflection and we shall be continuing Mr Sahrif’s theme of the ability of one person to make a change throughout our curriculum. Further information regarding Mr Sahrif can be accessed here: https://www.prideofbritain.com/component/k2/omar-sharif
ATTENDANCE #AttendanceMatters.
Thank you to all parents and carers regarding the feedback on our attendance initiatives. The children love the attendance celebration breakfasts that run half termly to celebrate high tutor group attendance and are enjoying the recognition their attendance at school brings in assemblies too. As part of our holistic attendance educative approach, it’s great to hear that our weekly social media blasts reminding everyone about the importance of attendance helps to keep the subject of attendance at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Just as a reminder – these texts and social media blasts are sent to everyone, regardless of the child’s attendance figure. The texts aim to place attendance expectations high on parents’ radars, as attendance and punctuality are e s s e nt i a l for progress at school. We have screened our data and found that students with high attendance and punctuality achieve significantly higher progress than students with lower attendance and that there is a tangible link between attendance and success at our academy. We are therefore keen to keep attendance high on our communication agenda as we are determined to do our very best for every student in the academy in all ways. We are really pleased to see that since introducing our attendance initiative students’ attendance to the academy has notably improved. Thank you to all parents/carers for your support in supporting us to achieve the best possible outcomes for your child.
DOWN’S SYNDROME AWARENESS WEEK
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In support of Down’s syndrome Awareness Week next week, we will be taking part in the #LotsOfSocks odd sock day on
Thursday 21st March. It would be great to see as many students sporting odd socks as possible. Voluntary donations towards The Rainbow Club who are an island charity that support children and their families with Down’s syndrome would be appreciated. We will also be holding a bake sale during break time. #LeaveNoOneBehind
MISSING LIBRARY BOOKS We have a large number of library books which are overdue, or which have simply gone missing from our bookshelves. As you can imagine, this is incredibly frustrating for children wanting to read the books. Please could you search at home for any books belonging to the library, and encourage your children to return them as soon as possible? Please rest assured that students will not be in any trouble returning long overdue or lost books. Mrs Bowen would be very grateful to get them back.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH EXPEDITION TRAINING Walk and cooking a substantial meal – Sunday 24th March Meet at Portland Inn in Gurnard at 2pm and pick up from Cowes Enterprise College car park at 5:00pm.
Key expedition dates: Wednesday 27th March- 2:45 – BU11 - Expedition routes and menus. Thursday 4th April – 7pm – BT11 – Essential parents meeting for all students and parents / carers.
SUMMER EXAM SEASON 2019 All students that are sitting External Examinations this Summer will be receiving in an Exam Information Pack in the post next week. The pack contains two copies of your child’s Individual Candidate Timetable which shows the date, time, room and seat number for each of their exams. Also enclosed is a letter to Parents/Carers, a student guide and copies of the JCQ Warning to Candidates and No Mobile Phone posters. If you or your child have any queries please contact our Exams Officer ahambley@cowesec.org
This is just one of the amazing outcomes from our Year 10 Design Technology students. This piece has been designed to be used as a shoe rack and a stool to sit on while you put your shoes on. The students have all completed a stool, looking a t d e s i g n , measurements, ergonomics and researching the best type of joints, adhesives and fixtures to procedure a solid and practical outcome.
Update on DT board game making journey! Students have made working circuits and have been carrying out the next stages, sanding their wooden boxes and pinning their hardboard bases.
Well done Year 10, we are very proud of your achievements.
RAISING MONEY FOR COMIC RELIEF There were lots of fundraising activities going on in the academy today for Comic Relief! Year 7 had a Bake Off – well done to Ewan, his amazing creation won! 8PBG (with Ewan’s cake) raised £51.65 for their bake sale and 8JLG, who also held a bake sale, raised £52.17! 8BSA arranged a quiz, which raised £7.16 8KLW raised £12 for Guess the Cake (an Official Comic Relief challenge) 8AHU ran a tuck shop which raised £10.52 8LAA had an Indoor Football Competition in the Old Sports Hall at lunchtime and raised £30.30 Sixth Form students arranged a Sponge the Teacher fundraiser which raised £34.42 And we’re not done with the fundraising yet! Next week, 8DVF will be holding a Dodgeball competition.
REMINDERS & INFORMATION YEAR 8 PARENTS EVENING THURSDAY 28TH MARCH Invitation emails for Year 8 Parents’ Evening were sent to parents and carers of Thursday 14th March. If you are unable to make this please contact us either via email (info@cowesec.org) or call 01983 203103 to let us know. Appointments are filling fast so if you would like to attend, please book ASAP. If you require any assistance or need us to re-send the invitation email, please let us know.
REPORTS—YEARS 7, 8 AND 9
SEN SURGERY
Reports for students in Year 7, 8 and 9 have been emailed and posted online. If you have not received your child’s report please email info@cowesec.org.
We are offering SEN surgeries from 15:00-16:40 on the last Thursday of every month, with Thursday 28th March being the next session. This is a chance to come in and discuss Important Notice for Parents and Carers of your child’s provision; appointments will be 20 Students Sitting External Examinations in minutes in duration, through pre-bookable Summer 2019 slots.
Please be aware that the Joint Council for Qualifications have timetabled a contingency day for Wednesday 26th June 2019 for any GCSE and/or GCE examinations that may sustain national or local disruption during the June 2019 examination series. Therefore all students that are sitting exams next Summer must still be available to sit exams until this date.
In order to answer your questions effectively and efficiently we must know in advance the questions or queries that will be raised at the time of booking.
If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact Any queries please email our Exams Officer Mrs edowner@cowesec.org who will arrange a time slot. Hambley ahambley@cowesec.org
TERM DATES
UPCOMING ACADEMY DATES Thursday 14th March
Invitation emails sent for Year 8 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 21st March
Wear odd socks for World Down’s Syndrome Awareness Day
Friday 22nd March
LAST DAY FOR Y8 OPTIONS FORMS
Thursday 28th March
Year 8 Parents’ Evening
Friday 5th April
Last Day of Spring Term
Monday 8th—Friday 19th April Easter Holidays Monday 22nd April
Bank Holiday
Tuesday 23rd April
Start of Summer Term
6th April to 23rd April 2019 22nd April 2019 23rd April 2019
Easter Holiday Bank Holiday Start of Summer Term
6th May 2019 25th May to 2nd June 2019 3rd June 2019
Bank Holiday Half Term Holiday Return following Half Term Holiday
17th June 2019
Staff Development Day
19th July 2019
Last Day of Summer Term
20th July 2019
Summer Holidays Start
(early closure)
Click here for 2019/20 term dates.
ACADEMY CLUBS Club Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Time
Location
Cowes Combined Cadet Force (ages 12-18)
5-7pm
Capstan House
uCECLele Training Band
Lunch
MU02
Chess Club
Lunch
BT11
GCSE Art Catch Up Session
3-4pm
CA12
Year 7 Military Skills
3-3.30pm
CCF Office
Oasis Homework Support
2.45—3.30pm
Oasis
Child Development/Health & Social Care Support
2.45— 4.00pm
BT12
GCSE PE/Sports Studies Intervention (Coursework/Revision)
Lunch
PE
STOMP (jazz percussion group)
2.45—3.45pm
MU02
Jazz Band
2.45—3.45pm
MU02
Science Club
2.45—3.30pm
SRC
BTEC Business Revision
2.45—3.30pm
BU11
GCSE Art Catch Up Session
3-4pm
CA12
Communication Club
2.45—3.30pm
Reception
Oasis Homework Support
2.45—3.30pm
Oasis
CPLD/HSC Support—Years 12 and 13
2.45— 4.00pm
BT12
uCEClele (auditions required)
Lunch
MU02
Chess Club
Lunch
BT11
Badminton Club
2.45pm—4.00pm
Winder Centre
Props, Costume & Scenery Club
3-4pm
CA15
Oasis Homework Support
2.45—3.30pm
Oasis
BTEC Business Revision
2.45—3.30pm
BU11
GCSE PE/Sports Studies Intervention (Practical Trampolining and Exam Prep)
3—4pm
PE
IntoFilm
3—5pm
CA13
Choir
Lunch 3-4pm
MU02
Basketball Club
Winder Centre
SPORTS CLUBS Club Tuesday
Time
Thursday
Friday
Teacher
Badminton—All years
Lunch
Sports Hall
Miss Duffin & Mr Hughes
Netball South of England Training
3—4pm
Sports Hall
Miss Vidovic & Miss Duffin
BTEC Coursework—Year 11
Lunch
SC14
Miss Vidovic
BTEC Coursework—Year 11
3—4pm
SC14
Miss Vidovic
Outside Pitch/ Sports Hall
Mr Hughes & Mr Hartup
Indoor Football - All years
Wednesday
Location
Sports Leaders—All years
3—4pm
Sports Hall
Miss Vidovic
Rugby—All years
3—4pm
Outside Pitch
Mr Brown
Girl’s Football
2.45—4pm
GCSE/BTEC Practical and Revision - Year 11
3—4pm
Sports Hall
Miss Vidovic & Miss Duffin
Rugby—All years
3—4pm
Outside Pitch
Mr Brown
Indoor Cricket—Year 7 to 9
3—4pm
Winder Centre
Mr Hughes
Basketball—All years
3—4pm
Sports Hall
Mr Hughes
Sports Captain’s Activities—All years
Lunch
Sports Hall
Miss Vidovic
Mrs Beck
SCIENCE REVISION SESSIONS Unless otherwise states, sessions will be on Wednesdays from 3pm Date
Triple
Teacher
Combined
Teacher
20/03/2019 27/03/2019 03/04/2019 08/04/2019 15/04/2019 24/04/2019 01/05/2019 08/05/2019 14/05/2019 15/05/2019 16/05/2019 21/05/2019 22/05/2019 27/05/2019 05/06/2019 07/06/2019 11/06/2019 12/06/2019 12/06/2019 14/06/2019
P5P6 B6 C6
LMP (SC11) CHD (SC18) CMU (SC16)
P4 B6 C6
RML (SCO4) LYG (SC03) (29/03/19) RML (SCO4)
Easter Holidays P7P8 C1C2C3 B1B2B3 B1-B3 & B7 C1C2C3 C1-C3 & C7 P1P2P3P4 P1-P4 & P9 B4B5B6 B4-B6 & B7 C4C5C6 C4-C6 & C7 P6P7P8 P5-P8 & P9
LMP (SC11) P5P6 SSC (SC19) (02/05/19) B1B2B3 CHD (SC18) B1B2B3 PM P1/P7 RML (SC04) C1C2C3 AM P3/P9 LMP (SC11) P1P2P3 PM P5/P11 May 1/2 Term CHD (SC19) B4B5B6 PM P2/P8 SSC (SC16) (10/06/19) C4C5C6 AM P4/P10 LMP (SC11) P4P5P6 AM P6/P12
RSS (SC13) PBG (SC03) DDD (SC03) PM CMU (SC16) AM RML (SC04) PM CMU (SC16) PM RML (SCO4) AM RSS (SC13) AM