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Friday 1st February
Dear Parents and Carers, This has been another busy week, particularly for our sixth form. Thank you to all parents who attended our sixth form parents’ evening and I do hope that you found the evening essential in letting you know how to support your child as they move towards their external examinations. This week the senior team have also been meeting with all year 11s one to one and discussing with them their aspirations following Year 11 and what they need to do to achieve them. We were delighted to hear how many students are now revising in earnest and to hear many pledges made by students to focus significantly on revision this week and onwards. Students are reporting using the myriad of revision support tools on offer such as GCSE Pod and revision guides, Seneca Learning and flash cards. We advise between 2 and 4 hours of revision an evening from this point onwards. We are also proud of the students who have been receiving Celebration Breakfasts this week because of their excellent attendance. Congratulations to them all. Students who miss school regularly develop knowledge and skills gaps which are difficult for them to catch up and this can lead to difficulties both in the shorter and longer term so thank you to all parents for valuing attendance at school. Finally, this week you may have received an email from a Cowes Enterprise College email address which was sent via a nationwide malicious phishing attempt. If so, we recommend you change your password if you opened the email. Thank you to those parents who emailed us during this situation. My parent surgeries continue this term 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