Thank you to all of the students and parents/carers who attended our Federated Careers Information Evening on Tuesday evening. It was an important event as it highlighted the wide range of opportunities available to students after they finish Year 11. For any students who were unable to attend, the information booklets will be distributed for their perusal. For any students who need some advice and guidance around post 16 options, please contact our Careers team.

Our post 16 provision, The Island VI Form is currently arranging the taster day, on Friday, 25 November, giving students opportunities to spend a day on the VI Form site, experiencing subject tasters. This will be an exciting opportunity for them to get the first feeling of how they will be treated if they decide to follow this route. Year 11 will be sitting trial exams, w/c 9 January, so it is important that students are already revising and in good routines.

Tomorrow, Independent Arts in Newport are allowing a ‘Student Takeover’ event, between 10 am – 4 pm. Students from across the Federation will be taking on roles such as managers, creative practitioners, meeters and greeters and fundraisers. All details have been designed by our students, including publicity, window displays, workshop ideas and music. Please pop in if you are able.

As shared last week, tickets for our Federative production of Wendy and Peter Pan are on sale, so if you have not already done so, please support our young people by buying tickets for one of the performances on Wednesday 7, December or Thursday, 8 December. Tickets can be bought online through Medina Theatre.

Please ensure that students keep up their good routines of arriving on time, in full school uniform with equipment ready to learn and a good attitude to learning. This needs to be maintained throughout the year, day in day out, week in week out.

I hope you have a good weekend.

I would like to start by saying how proud I am of all of our students and staff for the respect they displayed during the two minutes silence at 11am today, observing Armistice Day.
‘At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them.’
The marking of this, is a whole school act of respect that is becoming a significant event in our school calendar. Similar events are held at our other two federation sites. A full write up will be shared next week.

On Tuesday 15 November we have a Federated Careers event being held in the Theatre, including exhibition stands in the Sports Hall. The presentation starts at 5.45 pm, the doors will open at 5.30 pm. It is an important event as it will raise awareness of the range of options that students have following their GCSE exams in the summer. Information will also be shared about revision techniques and exam preparation routines.

Rehearsals for our Federative production of Wendy and Peter Pan are well underway. The students and staff are showing great dedication to making this a fantastic event. Tickets will be going on sale shortly, so please support our young people by buying tickets for one of the performances on Wednesday 7 December or Thursday 8 December. Tickets can be bought online here.

As the weather starts to get colder, please do remember that we do have school jumpers available to buy which can be worn under blazers. Coats can obviously be worn to school but are not allowed to be worn in the buildings. Please support us by discouraging your child(ren) to bring hoodies to school, they are not allowed to be worn and if they are, will be confiscated.

Please do follow us on our social media platforms as there are many events and activities coming up this half term. Links can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.

I hope you have a good weekend.