NEWSLETTER Friday 5th July Dear parents and carers, It seems unbelievable that we are nearly at the end of this academic year. It has been a rich and busy year in which the academy continues to move forward with commitment and passion to provide the very best learning experiences and successes for students both in and out of the classroom. We have high expectations for what we can achieve as an academy and consider ourselves to have much more to do but celebrate our successes this year as we move ever forwards. This week we have had much on as ever and tonight is one of the absolute highlights of the year with our Creative Arts Showcase. This evening will deliver a number of events, performances and exhibitions from the Creative Faculty and we are very much looking forward to this exciting event which brings together the hard work and passion shown to the arts at Cowes Enterprise College across the year. In addition, this week we have had a number of students experiencing sailing at UKSA and visiting the 1851 Trust in Portsmouth. The 1851 Trust support the America’s Cup sailing team and students were taught about the science behind sails and made their own model sails, as well as experiencing the hands on tech deck. We have also had our GCSE Geography field trips for Year 10 this week and I have enjoyed hearing from the students how useful they found this experience. On Monday we had our sixth form induction day and we were delighted to see the vast majority of our Year 11s return to us for this day, and also to meet such a large number of external students who are joining our Cowes community in September. Students spent the day getting to know each other as sixth formers and rotated through a number of workshops and taster sessions which aimed to get them confident and well set up for September. Students also had time to begin to plan how they would make our sixth form charter bespoke to them; our charter involves a set of guaranteed experiences designed to ensure that students can excel. In addition to our Russell Group and Oxbridge support programme, Young Enterprise and the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, this offers opportunities to have weekly timetabled work experience to support university applications, for instance at St Mary’s Hospital, for our medical applicants. I continue to enjoy my parent surgeries as meeting parents and hearing your thoughts is key for me. This term 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 Click the arrows or swipe to turn pages
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