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14 October 2022

Dear Parents, Carers and Students

Supporting and encouraging good mental health is in all of our interests. I know that school and exams can sometimes be the cause of anxiety and for some students, hearing me pushing revision in the weeks prior to our Trial Exam season doesn’t seem to help.

I try to get the balance right with simple advice and giving you plenty of time to prepare.

Other things to consider are:
Try
Get moving – exercise
Setting aside time – downtime / fun
Learning a new skill – not related to school
Share how you are feeling – friends, home, school, online support

Avoid
Overdoing it – not too much fun
Overworking – stick to your revision plan
Chasing perfection – we learn from our mistakes
Bottling up your feelings – speak to someone
To help with the exercise part we will be offering Gym inductions after 1/2 term. Sign up with Student Services.

I would also like to share a message from our VI Form Student Voice: Student Voice is looking for Year 12 students to join the team.

We are the VI Form section of the Federation Student Council – we work together to feed back comments from other students about the college and to come up with ideas and improvements for our VI Form, to help make a collective difference for our federation.

We meet every Friday breaktime in classroom B2 to discuss, plan and work on a range of projects. This year we have:
Planned and run the Year 13 Leavers Prom
Planned and run a summer Activity Day
Raised money for these events and other charities through face-painting, raffles and car-washing,
Liaised with Student Council at Medina and Carisbrooke

Everyone is welcome to join and have their voice heard,whilst building leadership and communication skills – vital skills for your UCAS applications and personal statements.

Have a safe weekend.