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The Regents Review
Winter 2015
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WELCOME
Headteacher’s Welcome
Welcome to the autumn edition of
Regents Review.
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
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
General News
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
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.
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:
Online payments for trips
and dinner money
Parents Evening
Booking System
Vivo Rewards