NEWSLETTER Friday 29th November Dear parents and carers, I am proud to report to you today that our whole school election question time on climate change has been a fantastic event for the school community, which you may have followed on our live twitter feed this morning. I would like to thank the 5 local election candidates for joining us this morning for our hustings: Bob Seely of the Conservative Party, Vix Lothian of the Green Party, Richard Quigley for the Labour Party, Carl Feeney and Karl Love, both independent candidates. It was really quite something to have 1200 students together to experience our wholly student-led hustings. Students wrote and democratically selected questions which they asked themselves to candidates and every moment of the entire event was run by sixth formers, ably led by Beth Pitts, Head Girl. The chair for the hustings was our Head Boy Kieran Wetherick. I would like to pay particular thanks and congratulations to Kieran for demonstrating such accomplished compering skills – he ran the event with real brilliance and confidence and is clearly a David Dimbleby of the future. The entire school community were wholly focused on the event and you could have heard a pin drop during the entire session. Questions written by students from across every year group included: ‘How can we help you and how can you work with us to achieve a more sustainable future for the Isle of Wight considering the lack of time we have?’; ‘What has been the biggest change you personally have made to your lifestyle concerning climate change?’; ‘What would be the first thing you focus on, regarding global warming, if/when you get into power?’ and ‘Are you going to reduce bus prices on the Isle of Wight to reduce car emissions?’. Bob Seely fed back to us at the end of the event that it was the best hustings he had ever taken part in and I thank everyone involved for making this event receive that kind of acclaim. The British value of democracy and also considering environmental questions and the issue of climate change are both key priorities for our curriculum here at Cowes Enterprise College. With best wishes, Rachel Kitley Click the arrows or swipe to turn pages
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.