The Regents Review - Winter 2015

The Regents Review Winter 2015

WELCOME

Headteacher’s Welcome Welcome to the autumn edition of Regents Review.

activities, but I hope the articles contained within this newsletter will go some way towards demonstrating a very successful few months. There have been so many highlights this term, but our Open Evening must rank towards the top of the list. We had fantastic support from students, staff and prospective parents, which ensured our school was very busy on the night. We followed up on our Open Evening with tours of the school, during the working day, spread over two weeks and our first Saturday taster day for Year 5 and 6 students. This has culminated in another increase in the number of parents who

have chosen Regents Park as their number one choice school. Another highlight was our Certificate Presentation Evening, when the ‘Class of 2015’ returned to receive their examination certificates. I never cease to be impressed by the efforts, skills and dedication of our students and staff, which – when combined with the support from parents – ensures an excellent environment for learning. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Jonty Archibald

Is it really a year since the school’s ‘Good’ Ofsted inspection? As parents who attended the parent forum this term will tell you, the school is not relaxing; if anything we have higher expectations for Regents Park Community College in the future. As the school moves forward, we welcome a new governing body led by the new chair of governors: Mrs Beverley Higlett. I would like to thank the IEB – Interim Executive Board for their support, especially the chair of the IEB: Mr Ian Fielder. It’s a real challenge to sum up an autumn term packed with positive Samuel Lacey, a Year 9 student, has a lot to be proud of as he now has a total of 4 ‘Blue Peter’ badges to his name. The badges were awarded for participating in a range of activities linked with the show. His first badge – the standard ‘Blue Peter’ badge – was given to him for writing to the show with his ideas. Later, he wrote in again, giving constructive criticism on how he thought the show could be improved. His ideas must have been great as he was then awarded a ‘Purple Award’ badge. Inspiring a friend to take part in a new sport earned Samuel the coveted ‘Sports Award’ badge. This involved him inviting a friend to his church group to take part in a table tennis tournament. Now he has been awarded a ‘Silver’ badge for, once again, writing into General News

Year 9 student is awarded 4 ‘Blue Peter’ badges

School Website We have recently updated and improved our school website. Please log on and take a look at www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk . We would welcome your feedback. We have introduced new features to help parents and in the top right hand corner there are icons for the following:

thank the show for their help in his learning. Samuel is dyslexic and explained that as he sometimes struggles with his homework, he often found ‘Blue Peter’ to cover interesting and relevant topics that helped with his understanding of things that he had been learning in school. Well done Samuel! We look forward to hearing of any future badges for your great contributions to the show.

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