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Friday 5th April
Dear parents and carers, We have had a great week to finish the term, with lots going on and celebration end of term crew assemblies at the heart of our final week. Thank you to the Air Ambulance for supporting our Health and Social Care courses at the academy; students really relished the experience. Well done also to all students who are working hard as they move towards their exams. We are very proud of our Year 13s and Year 11s and know you can do it. You may well have seen the positive press we have been receiving regarding our maritime curriculum announcement. We are delighted to see that the story is proving interesting at both national and international level and has been reported as a model of excellent practice in the Times Educational Supplement, or TES, this week. Over the holidays, Year 11 students have revision plan to support their revision at home. There are also many interventions and revision sessions for both Year 11 and 13s in the academy across the break; please do make sure your child grabs these opportunities and is working with focus and determination. So much progress can be made by students at this point in the year. This term has been a very positive, rich and busy one for us all and such events as we’ve had over the last few weeks are great reminders of all that has been achieved by the students, through their hard work and commitment and with our great teaching and the support and dedication of their families. The summer term starts on Tuesday 23rd April at normal school time. My parent surgeries continue next 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. I should like to wish you all a happy holiday. With best wishes, Rachel Kitley
SAFEGUARDING
ATTENDANCE
We have been alerted to a new app which can help you in keeping your child safe when they are not under your supervision – Holly Guard. Below is an explanation of the app from the app store: Hollie Guard turns your smartphone into a personal safety device. In danger? Shake your phone or tap the screen to generate an alert. Your location and audio/video evidence will automatically be sent to your emergency contacts who can take action to help you quickly. Three alert types - Personal, Stealth, and Deterrent - allow you to choose an alert setting appropriate to your specific needs.
Meeting someone? The Meeting Timer gives you extra protection when you are going to a dangerous meeting or are meeting someone new. Simply enter descriptive information and the duration of the meeting. When the meeting time has expired an alert will automatically be raised. Traveling? The Journey feature allows you to notify your friends, family, and co-workers of your movements while traveling. Enter your start and end point, and an SMS & email will be sent to your emergency contacts when you’ve started and safely completed your journey. To register for an www.hollieguard.org
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Hollie Guard was developed by the Hollie Gazzard Trust (HGT) to help people stay safe. HGT supports young hairdressers and charities fighting domestic abuse and anti-knife crime. The app was created in honour of Hollie Gazzard. For more information about the Trust please visit our website www.holliegazzard.org.
#AttendanceMatters.
Thank you to all parents and carers for your continued support with your child’s attendance the Academy. If you have any questions or require any support regarding any attendance matters, please do not hesitate to contact the academy on 203013. Parents should telephone the academy on 01983 203103 and select Option 1 before 8.30am on each day of absence, informing of the reason of absence and when their child will be returning to the academy, leaving a message on the voicemail. Phone calls need to be made every day of the student's absence. Parents are required to send a letter of explanation of absence when their child returns to school. This should be handed into reception. This letter should detail the duration and reason for absence.
Despite the awful weather, CEC baking enthusiasts bought their bake off entries into school on Thursday ready for professional judgement by Miss Bracegirdle.
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A selection of delicious signature and technical bakes as well as eye catching show stoppers were lovingly created and generously donated.
We held a bake sale today at break time and raised ÂŁ43 for Cancer Research UK! Thank you to the following students: George M Elsie M Maxwell P Harriet-Jane H Mia S, Alanis G Grace G Maddie F Thea H Ella M Niamh K-P Sophie R Connie H Ulla T Katie C Clara A L Miss Gibson
Each student was given a certificate and a feedback form from Miss Bracegirdle.
Huge congratulations to our Bake Off Winners:
MODEL UNITED NATIONS On Saturday 30th March, eight of our year 12 students accompanied by Miss KingswellCleaves and Miss Wisniowski took part in a Model United Nations event at Ryde School. The Model United Nations is a public speaking/debating event for students, especially those interested in politics, where the students take the role of a delegate from a certain country and become the representative of that country in a UN committee. Students from CEC represented 3 different countries at the event. Morgan R and Angeline S represented the US, Beth P, Jennifer M and Millie H represented Poland and Kieran W, Danny F and EsmĂŠ T represented South Africa. Each individual worked incredibly hard to learn about their given country and topics, as well as coming up with position papers and resolutions to be debated. After an early start and a long day of debating everyone performed very well with CEC being awarded 6 out of the 7 potential certificates and the particular honour of South Africa coming top in the General Assembly, with the best delegation award. We are very proud of the way students conducted themselves on the day and the time they put into researching policies for their various counties; they were a credit to themselves and to CEC.
3G PITCH UPDATE It has been very exciting to see the progress of the construction of our 3G pitch. The contractors have been working hard and things are starting to take shape. We will continue to post weekly updates on how the pitch is progressing, so make sure to keep up to date with our weekly newsletter and our social media pages!
WORKSHOPS WITH THE AIR AMBULANCE Students across Years 9-13 spent yesterday attending workshops on the Air Ambulance, providing by the Hampshire and IOW Air Ambulance. Students identified and worked out how to administer medications to intubate a patient and simulated packing a patient using a stretcher. A fascinating and rewarding day had by all. Mr Murdoch and his students are exceptionally grateful for this valuable vocational experience. Thanks to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance for your time, patience and expertise.
DANCING SUCCESS!
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A huge well done to Taylor M and Ruby R who, with dancing group The Starlight Boutique Senior Team, took part in an international dance competition last weekend at Disneyland Paris! They won 1st place in the Senior Category, 1st place in Street Dance, 3rd place in Musical Theatre and Overall Grand Champions with the highest marks in the competition.
Many thanks to the kind gentleman who donated a pile of ‘Wimpy Kid’ books to the college this week. The donation is hugely appreciated
KEEPING LIBRARY BOOKS SAFE We have recently had a number of library books returned to Mrs Bowen, which have been soaked from the rain. If children are carrying library books in their bags, and it is raining – please make sure that the books are in a plastic bag, or located at the rear of a rucksack. Many thanks
WARHAMMER LEAGUE SEMI FINALS Four students, Marcus, Beni, William and Oliver, travelled to Warhammer World in Nottingham on Monday to take part in the Warhammer Schools League Semi Finals.
A huge well done also to Summer-Louise E who also competed with The Starlight Boutique with the junior team. The junior showteam placed third for Musical Theatre and 2nd for Street Dance.
We are so incredibly proud of these girls and their achievements!
Having qualified in February, expectations were high but unfortunately two wins and two draws weren’t enough to qualify for the finals. Although we didn’t progress further in the tournament the experience was excellent and lots of competitive fun was had.
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NEW SOUTHERN VECTIS ROUTE 51 Southern Vectis are really looking forward to welcoming Cowes Enterprise College students on board their new Route 51 and hope that the route will provide a more direct service to and from school for students rather than having to use Route 1 and walking to and from stops on Park Road. The bus will follow the standard Route 1 “via Round House” route and then turn off up Ward Avenue to serve the school. All usual bus stops are served en route. Standard fares will apply as per Route 1, though students can of course take advantage of purchasing either Freedom tickets for 7 days, 30 days or 90 days, or multi-day tickets (which don’t have to be used on consecutive days) in 5 day, 15 day or 30 day bundles, through our Key card scheme. These tickets are a great way of saving money on single fares and also tickets can be used outside of school times eg evenings, weekends, school holidays etc, allowing great flexibility. (the 7 day Freedom ticket can be bought as a paper ticket on the bus as well) For information on registering for the Key card and purchasing Freedom / Multi-day tickets, please visit http://www.islandbuses.info/page.shtml? pageid=1273 or contact our Customer Services department on 01202 678100 (0800-1830 Mondays to Fridays)
REMINDERS & INFORMATION UPCOMING ACADEMY DATES 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
UNIFORM REMINDERS
Important Notice for Parents and Carers of Students Sitting External Examinations in Summer 2019 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.
Thank you to all our parents for working so hard to Any queries please email our Exams Officer Mrs ensure that uniform is correct for your children. Hambley ahambley@cowesec.org A reminder that if students wish to wear a black jumper it should be a plain black ‘V’ neck jumper. Black jumpers with ‘round’ necks and logos are not part of our uniform.
6th April to 23rd April 2019 22nd April 2019 23rd April 2019
Easter Holiday Bank Holiday Start of Summer Term
A reminder also for kilts to have all buttons sewn on please.
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
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CAR PARK SAFETY Please do not use the Academy car park to drop off and collect students without prior agreement from the Academy for you to do so. Drop off and collections should be made on Crossfield Avenue remembering that that no parking is permitted on the white ZigZag lines surrounding the pedestrian crossing outside the Academy. Please could we also remind parents that the disabled bay spaces are for holders of valid Blue Badges only.
SUMMER MENU Please click here for Caterlink’s Summer Menu.
TERM DATES
(early closure)
Click here for 2019/20 term dates.
YEAR 11 EASTER REVISION
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Monday 8th April
English 10 – 2 Poetry. Everyone welcome Film Studies Coursework completion 10-3pm Art Exam Prep—10 –2 for Fine Art Tuesday 9th April English Language Revision- Imaginative Writing 10 – 2. Everyone welcome GCSE PE- FINAL chance to complete PEP 9-3 MUSIC 9-3 Art Exam Prep—10 –2 for Fine Art Wednesday 10th April Film Studies Coursework completion 10-3pm (if needed) History 9am-1pm Triple Chemistry 9-12 (Sc16) Triple Biology 12.30-3 pm Thursday 11th April Geography 9am-1pm Art Exam Prep—10 –2 for Graphics Friday 12th April Mathematics 10-1.30 (Emails have been sent to those invited) Ms Walker’s class Mathematics 10-12 (Emails have been sent to those invited) Monday 15th April GCSE Trampoline students, workshop 10-12, GCSE PE revision 1-3 Tuesday 16th April BTEC SPORT- Unit 6 paper work in a day! (ALL BTEC SPORTS STUDENTS WELCOME) Business studies- Unit 8 in BU11. 9am-3pm HSC and Child Development in BT12 9am-2pm. Wednesday 17th April Triple Physics- 9-12.00 (Emails have been sent to those invited) Combined Higher 9-3.30 Biology and then chemistry. (Emails have been sent to those invited) Combined Foundation- 12.30- 3.30 Biology. (Emails have been sent to those invited) Thursday 18th April Triple Biology- 9-12.00 (Emails have been sent to those invited) Combined Higher 12.30-3.30 Physics. (Emails have been sent to those invited) Combined Foundation- 9- 3.30 Physics and the Chemistry (Emails have been sent to those invited) IT: 10am - 3pm
SCIENCE REVISION SESSIONS Unless otherwise states, sessions will be on Wednesdays from 3pm Date
Triple
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
Teacher
Combined
Teacher
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
BTEC level 2 Tech Award in Enterprise Revision sessions (Exam – Thursday 16 May) th
Each lunch session will be 5 minutes quick revision then an exam question for you to complete. I will mark the exam questions the same day and you can collect them in lesson or the next revision session.
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
Date 23/4/19 24/4/19 25/4/19 26/4/19 29/4/19 30/4/19 1/5/19 2/5/19 3/5/19
Time
Venue
Topic
12:20 12:20 12:20 12:20 12:20 12:20 12:20 12:20 12:20 2:45 – 3:45
DE01 DE01 DE01 DE01 DE01 DE01 DE01 DE01 DE01 BU11
Financial records
2:45-3:45
BU11
2:45-3:45
BU11
7/5/19
8/5/19 9/5/19
RSS (SC13) PBG (SC03) DDD (SC03) PM CMU (SC16) AM RML (SC04) PM CMU (SC16) PM RML (SCO4) AM RSS (SC13) AM
Methods of payment Sources of revenue and costs Turnover and profit Assets and liabilities Statement of comprehensive income Statement of financial position Profitability ratios Liquidity ratios Cash flow statements and forecasts Cash flow problems Solving cash flow problems Interpreting break-even charts Using break-even analysis to plan Limitations of break-even analysis Internal sources of finance External sources of finance
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 and Radio 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
Burnet News Club
2.45—3.45pm
DE11
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
Warhammer Club
3—4pm
DE06
Choir
Lunch 3-4pm
MU02
Basketball Club
Winder Centre
SPORTS CLUBS Club Tuesday
Time
Location
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
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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