Last Wednesday, the Year 7 girls played their rearranged indoor tournament. Due to a clash of fixtures with a basketball tournament, there were not many other teams there unfortunately. We played and won in true Medina fashion though! The girls improved with every game and played some lovely football. They enjoyed bringing home their medals and trophy. Great work girls!
Miss Caddick
I would like to start this week with a reminder about the Year 9 virtual Parents’ Evening, which is next Wednesday, 30 March between 4pm and 7pm. Letters and links to the system have been sent home. Thank you to all of you that have booked appointments already. If you have not yet done so, then please do book them as it is especially important to have these conversations because of the KS4 Pathways process that is currently underway.
We are very much looking forward to the Federated ‘Treasure Island’ performances next week, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, which are being held at Carisbrooke College. Thursday is the performance where the Medina College students will be taking the lead roles. If you have not yet bought tickets and you would like to, then please do so through School Gateway, It promises to be a fantastic evening.
Easter revision sessions for Year 11 are being planned and information will follow next week regarding what is on offer. As always, please encourage your child to keep on top of their revision. The more good habits they can get into now, the easier it will be for them once the exams start. It is equally important to make sure that students who do feel anxious and revise a lot, also take time out to do something different that they enjoy and find relaxes them.
Finally, a huge well down to our Year 9 basketball team who played brilliantly and won the IW Basketball Tournament held at Medina on Wednesday. They went unbeaten winning all seven of their matches. More details will follow on our social media and website.
I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mr Parr-Burman
The Year 7s and 8s took on the Island Free School last week and came out victors 36-5!
There was some excellent defence on display with debutant Nicholas, Ethan and Colby leading from the front. George and Jack led by example in attack throughout the match, scoring many of the tries.
It was a real team effort and the boys should be extremely proud of how they played and represented the school. It bodes well for next season!
Thank you to everyone who wore their mismatched socks on Monday to celebrate and support World Down Syndrome Day.
Year 11 student, Chris, also raised £77 on the day for the local charity Rainbow Club Isle of Wight. The Rainbow Club does amazing work to support children with special needs and their families. Chris spent his break time selling sweets and rainbow wristbands whilst raising awareness. Well done Chris!
Year 8 played in their first basketball tournament today (Tuesday 22 March) and, although results didn’t go our way, they were competitive in all of their games, playing some fantastic basketball.
Big shout out to Rory and Ashton for scoring huge 3 pointers. Well done boys, keep practising.
Mr Williams
Welcome to my update for this week.
Firstly, thank you to all of the Year 9 students and parents/carers who came to our in person KS4 Pathways Evening on Wednesday evening. We were pleased, from the feedback we had, that you found it useful and that it has sparked some conversations about the potential future opportunities. If you were unable to attend, then your child should have brought home the Pathways booklet and more details can be found on our website: Pathways Information. A link to a straw poll form has been emailed to all year 9 parents and we ask that this is completed and submitted by Wednesday 23 March. We hope that our Year 9 students also enjoyed the ‘Music morning’ held in the Theatre today, which will have also given them some more insight into that curriculum area.
There are only just under eight calendar weeks (six school weeks), before the Year 11 exam season starts. Students need to make sure they are taking their revision at home seriously, attending revision sessions that are being run and need to make sure that sessions that are offered over the Easter break are used to maximise their learning. 100% attendance is vital for all year groups, but especially so for Year 11, as they need to use every opportunity to ask questions and share concerns as well.
We have a Federation performance of Treasure Island on Tuesday, 29 and Thursday, 31 March, which is being held in the Hall at Carisbrooke College. Medina College students will be starring in the leading roles on the Thursday evening performance. Tickets can be bought through the School Gateway.
Please make sure you follow our social media sites on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as these are updated frequently during the week with exciting news stories and a wealth of information.
I hope you have a good weekend.
We were privileged to be able to take a group of year 9 students to Southampton University for a careers event this week. Whilst we were there, the students were shown around the university and able to talk to student ambassadors about life at university. It was really useful to be able to ask questions and see what a real university looks like. Most of the students were blown away by how big the campus was but also the range of courses and things to do.
During the day, the students competed against three other schools in challenges run by a company called UNILOC. These were designed to encourage communication and teamwork skills. In the afternoon the students had to design an app for future students to use to help guide them through making career choices. They had to identify the main features that would be most useful, design a logo and talk about how the app would function. Once they planned this they then had to present a five minute presentation to some course leaders and answer questions in a dragons’ den style format. We are pleased to report that Medina came in second place!
The year 7 Boys headed over to The Island Free School (TIFs) for their first away rugby fixture this week. The game was well contested by both teams. It was great to see committed tackling throughout and some fantastic tries scored. Well played lads.
Mr Dye
Year 7 took part in the Island Schools’ Basketball Tournament on Thursday (17 March). For all of them, this was their first experience at playing competitive basketball. They played really well and never stopped running. Well done lads!
Mr Williams
On Wednesday 2 March, the U13 girls A and B teams attended the annual 6-a-side tournament at Cowes Enterprise College. Both teams had a ‘Football Activator’ as a team manager who coached and encouraged them during their games. It was a chilly evening but all the girls gave it their all and their behaviour was exemplary. Well done girls!
On Wednesday 9 March, it was the turn of the U15 girls at their tournament. After a slightly timid start and a couple of position changes the girls got stuck in and matched the physicality of the other teams. They improved with every game but missed out on the medals. Amazing effort girls.
