Year 7 Federation Games

Written by Lora Shephard on May 15, 2023. Posted in Carisbrooke College, News - CC.

Year 7 Federation Games

On Wednesday, Medina College hosted this year’s Federation Games event. This is an annual event within the federation where all of the year 7 students from Carisbrooke take on all of the year 7’s from Medina in 5 different sports. This year’s sports were Basketball, Cricket, Boys Football, Girls Football and Handball.

The day started with an opening ceremony in the theatre, where we discussed good teamwork and sportsmanship. After moving to their sports areas, the competition got started with a bang. It was amazing, yet again, to see so many young people getting fully involved and working hard. Many of the students have never experienced a full sized sports event and it was great to see them get fully stuck into their events! With the lunch break approaching, it was clear that students were still willing to work hard and some teams had started to show themselves as potential winners of their sports.

After the lunch it was the finals, where the winning teams in each sport would be crowned. The closest two sports were the Football events, where, in both the boys and girls finals, there was a team from each school. The top place rested on these games.They would prove to be spectacular, with all of the teams involved showing great skills and endurance after a long day.

The final results:
Basketball – Winner Medina College.
Cricket – Winner Medina College.
Boys Football – Winner Medina College.
Girls Football – Winner Medina College.
Handball – Winner Medina College.

Therefore the overall winner of the 2023 Federation Games was Medina College.

Congratulations to all of the students from year 7 who took part, you were fantastic representatives for the federation! A special thank you to the year 9-10 leaders from both schools, who officiated the event – you are a huge credit to the federation. A final thanks to all of the PE team for their hard work and to the members of teaching and support staff, who came out to support the event!

A great day had by all. Roll on next year’s event where Carisbrooke will be looking to take the top spot!

Head of School’s Blog – 12 May 2023

Written by Lora Shephard on May 12, 2023. Posted in Carisbrooke College, HoS Blog - CC.

12 May 2023

Our annual Year 7 Federation Games were held at Medina College this week. Thank you to all the students who took part, the PE departments on both sites who made the day a success and to all the staff who helped on the day. Unfortunately this year we lost to Medina College but the event was a great success and enjoyed by all. It was lovely to see and hear about the sportsmanship of all the year 7s across the federation.

Some Year 11s sat their child development exam this morning and next week sees the start of the first full week of exams. Breakfast will be served in the canteen from 8.00 am every morning during the exam season and teachers will be available to offer support and guidance. Research shows that pupils who eat breakfast perform better in exams. Even mild dehydration can lead to tiredness, headaches, reduced alertness and diminished concentration.

By the time it is the night before the exam, all revision should have been done. This is the perfect time for pupils to calm their nerves and make sure that they are ready to enter into their exam well-rested and confident in their ability. Limiting distractions (social media, technology, the internet etc) can help pupils think better and reduce stress. Eating a nutritious meal, doing exercise or doing a relaxing activity the night before an exam can all contribute towards being in the right mindset to succeed in an exam.

Our website has more information on exams and how you can support your child. We are holding some half term Revision Sessions and the timetable for these has been emailed to parents/carers of year 11 today. Website links are here – these will be shared each week of the exam season – Exam logistics and Exams revision.

An update regarding HISP has been sent to all parents/carers today. Please take a few minutes to read the letter.

Have a lovely weekend.

The Young Enterprise IOW Grand Final

Written by Lora Shephard on May 12, 2023. Posted in Careers, Carisbrooke College, News - CC.

The Young Enterprise IOW Grand Final

The Young Enterprise Company Programme Isle of Wight Grand Final took place at Quay Arts on Tuesday 9 May. Both Medina College and Carisbrooke College teams have been working hard towards the big day alongside five other Island School teams.

The event kicked off with each team preparing a trade stand where they showcased their business ideas. Carisbrooke College Wicks of Wight students: Mia G, Sophie B and Jo M produced a variety of handmade products made from soya wax and essential oils, while the team from Medina College: Ruby H and Elsie-May P displayed the physical sample of their online app – Open up, to demonstrate how their mental health game worked.

Both teams experienced the power of business networking when they met and spoke with a range of people from the world of business. After the table top display, each company team presented their business Dragon’s Den style to the eagerly awaiting audience.

Once they had heard all of the speeches, the judges retired to make their decisions.

Carisbrooke College came joint Third alongside St Catherine’s School and will now attend the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Grand Final in Southampton on Monday 15 May.

Well done to all our students involved, they received some wonderful, positive comments about their business ideas!

The Carisbrooke College Young Enterprise Company Programme team are pictured below with their Business adviser – Mark Lounds.

BAE Systems STEM Roadshow

Written by Lora Shephard on May 12, 2023. Posted in Careers, Carisbrooke College, News - CC.

BAE Systems STEM Roadshow

This week students in Year 7 and 8 were taken on a journey from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space when the BAE Systems STEM Roadshow came to Carisbrooke College! The team who represent BAE Systems, The Royal Navy and The Royal Air Force, put on an exciting and informative show. The students were given lots of information and facts about how engineering allows us to explore unchartered areas such as space and under water and the science and technology needed to survive in these extreme environments.

Students were able to participate in a variety of challenges, where their communication and team work skills were put to the test. At the end of the show a five metre diameter model of the Sun was inflated next to a marble. This allowed students to see a scale representation of the Earth, to show just how huge the solar system is.

It was great to see our students so engaged as they learnt and interacted with the show. We hope the roadshow has inspired our students to consider the fantastic career opportunities in STEM!

Head of School’s Blog – 5 May 2023

Written by Lora Shephard on May 5, 2023. Posted in Carisbrooke College, HoS Blog - CC.

5 May 2023

It was lovely to once again welcome parents into school for parents evening. Thank you to all of the parents/carers of year 8 for attending. So that we can gauge how parents/carers felt out the face to face evening, we will be sending out a survey to those that did, and didn’t attend. We would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this as we value the opinion of everyone in the Carisbrooke College community.

Year 7 will have a face to face parents’ evening after the half term break. Further details will follow.

Year 11 Foreign Language oral exams, art and practical Food Tech have all taken place. Next Friday is the start of the written exam season and this year it starts with Child Development. In six school days all year 11 will be sitting their Biology Exam. This is the first whole school exam. They have been briefed in assembly this week on routines and expectations. All morning exams are expected to start at 9.00 am. Students need to meet at the school entrance where they currently line up at 8.45 am. Students taking an exam in the afternoon will have an early lunch. This will be at 12.20 pm. All afternoon exams are expected to start at 1.00 pm. Again students will meet at the student entrance at 12.45 pm. Important and useful information can be found on our website here.

I hope you enjoy the extended bank holiday for the Coronation weekend.

NatWest – Next Big Thing Challenge

Written by Lora Shephard on May 3, 2023. Posted in Careers, Carisbrooke College, News - CC.

NatWest – Next Big Thing Challenge

Last Wednesday Year 9 got the opportunity to participate in the NatWest – Next Big Thing Challenge. The event was delivered by The Inspirational Learning Group.

The day began with a personality quiz where students discovered their ‘personality animal’. The quiz posed questions such as: Do you think before you speak or do you think out loud? Do you work better in a team or are you more comfortable working alone? Apparently if you get ‘Black Bear’ you’re a natural leader! The quiz helped the students decide who would take on which role within the team; who would lead, who would delegate tasks and who would motivate their team.

Find your animal personality by doing the quiz: https://launchyourcareer.com/p/quiz

The students were then invited to think about what might be ‘the next best thing’ for their peers. Students were given lots of advice on marketing, money management, forecasting, choosing an ambassador, designing logos and coming up with slogans. Towards the end of the day students were able to present their business idea and act out the advert they had devised to promote it. Presented were a wide variety of unique ideas, such as: SOLVIT – a foldable shoe to save space; SWEETS 4 U – custom made sweets to order and SIMPLI FOOD – a lunch box that keeps your food warm!

Miss Bracegirdle and Mrs McDowall were given the tricky task of judging! SPRAYED were announced as the winners, with their business idea of a vegan shoe spray to keep shoes smelling fresh! Their chosen ambassador was Usain Bolt. Well done to Matthew, Jack, Flynn, Harvey and Ellis from team SPRAYED!

We are very proud of the whole of Year 9, not only for their impeccable behaviour on the day but we were also amazed by the creative ideas that they came up with!

Head of School’s Blog – 28 April 2023

Written by Lora Shephard on April 28, 2023. Posted in Carisbrooke College, HoS Blog - CC.

28 April 2023

It has been another busy week. Apart from our usual learning in lessons, we have had NatWest in doing ‘The Big Event’ with year 9 and have started Bikeability sessions for our year 7. Feedback about our students from our external visitors was fantastic. Super proud of them all.

I hope that our year 9 students got a lot out of their ‘Take your child to work day’. This is an excellent opportunity for them to find out a bit more about a day at work. Hopefully some have been inspired.

Next week we return to face to face parents evenings for year 8. The evening will run from 4pm to 7pm and we look forward to welcoming you into school. If you haven’t already booked your appointments, please do so using the following link. This is an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with their individual subject teachers.

Please click on the link to see all of the extra curricular clubs that we offer in school.

Just as a reminder, we have a bank holiday on Monday and an Industrial Action day on Tuesday (where we expect all year 11 students to attend school as normal). We look forward to students in years 7-11 returning to school on Wednesday 3 May.

Enjoy your bank holiday weekend.

Rosettes Galore for Carisbrooke’s Show Jumping Team

Written by Lora Shephard on April 28, 2023. Posted in Carisbrooke College, News - CC.

Rosettes Galore for Carisbrooke’s Show Jumping Team

There was success for Carisbrooke students at the Inter Schools Show Jumping last Friday. Carisbrooke A placed 2nd in the team standings and Carisbrooke B finished 3rd.

Lucy got the team off to a brilliant start with two clear rounds on Djocovic, progressing through to the jump off to win third place in section A with Jess also having a good round, placing 5th on Crunchie.

In Section B Amelia went clear in her first round on Monty but just got four faults in round two to take 5th place.

Lastly, in Section C Freya was able to replicate her performance from last year’s competition on the very same horse – Captain, by going clear to secure her place in the jump off, where she achieved the fastest time to take 1st place.

Well done to all of the students taking part, it was a great team performance with lots of fantastic individual achievements!

A special thank you to Jess and Amelia who have consistently represented Carisbrooke at both dressage and show jumping over the years. Jess and Amelia will be leaving us at the end of the year to continue their agricultural studies at Hartpury College – good luck girls.

Head of School’s Blog – 21 April 2023

Written by Lora Shephard on April 21, 2023. Posted in Carisbrooke College, HoS Blog - CC.

21 April 2023

We have had a very good start to the term. Students have arrived dressed smartly and settled back into routines well. I have enjoyed leading the assemblies this week to the year groups on ‘Progress’ – what it means and why it is important. As you know, our core values are built around ASPIRE which are Ambition, Success, Progress, Inspirations, Respect and Equality.

Thank you to parents/carers who attended the year 10 virtual parents’ evening on Wednesday. The year 8 parents’ evening will be held in school Thursday 4 May. Further details will follow. These events give you an opportunity to speak to your child’s individual subject teachers and discuss their progress and any concerns that they may have.

Next Thursday 27 April is a strike day. A letter has been emailed out to parents/carers detailing the arrangements for the day.

Have a lovely weekend.

Head of School’s Blog – 31 March 2023

Written by Lora Shephard on March 31, 2023. Posted in Carisbrooke College, HoS Blog - CC.

31 March 2023

A huge thank you to the students who performed at, and helped to arrange the Spring Concert on Wednesday and also to the parents/carers who came along to watch and support. It was a wonderful evening and I was very proud of the students. I also want to thank the staff who put in so much time and effort to arrange the evening.

For your information, we have set our development days for next year. These are days when students do not need to attend school. The dates are as follows;

Friday 1 September 2023
Monday 4 September 2023
Monday 18 December 2023
Tuesday 19 December 2023
Friday 2 February 2024

For parents/carers of year 11 students, please encourage your child to continue revising for their upcoming exams over the Easter holidays, take advantage of the revision sessions on offer (see timetable below) and also take some well earned ‘time out’.

I wish you all a very happy Easter break and look forward to welcoming all our students back to school on Monday 17 April.