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The Regents Review
Summer 2017
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GENERAL NEWS
Rotary Club
Trainee Teachers
It was with a great deal of sadness that we said goodbye to our
trainee teachers at the end of June.
Mark Baseley (Science), Laura Ebblewhite (History) Jasmine Fison
(English), Bill Furie (Geography), Pauline Genevet (MFL) Ruth Mc
Clure (Art), Gill Tavender (English) and Lily Thorpe (Science)
all
made excellent progress over the course of the year and showed
passion and commitment towards their chosen profession. It was
a pleasure to see such sustained professionalism and enthusiasm
over the course of the year. All trainees immersed themselves fully
within the life of school including running extra- curricular clubs,
supporting with revision workshops and sports clubs, assisting with
Rock Challenge and participating in the charity fund raising quiz.
All trainee teachers have been successful in securing NQT positions
at a number of schools in Southampton (including Regents Park),
Hampshire and beyond. This bears testimony to the expertise and
dedication of the curriculum mentor team at Regents Park and
their commitment to nurturing raw talent.
I am delighted that Laura Ebblewhite, Jasmine Fison and Gill
Tavender have been appointed to NQT positions in history and
English at Regents Park.
Miss Jones and two Year 11
pupils, Jess Crouch and Tayla
Drodge, were invited to lunch
with the Southampton West
Rotary Club at The Concorde Club
in Eastleigh.
The Rotary Club generously
donate money each year towards
the school’s Rock Challenge
performance and we took along
some of the costumes and props
that volunteers had made with
their financial support.
We also showed them the DVD
of our winning performance in
the Southampton heat back in
February. The members were
suitably impressed with the
quality of the choreography,
lighting and costumes!
We gained a valuable insight into
the wonderful charitable work
of The Rotary club, chatted to its
members and took a photo with
the club’s President, Mr Grayson
Williams, with one of Room 101’s
nightmare spiders!
We look forward to continuing
this collaboration with The
Rotary Club and to welcoming its
members to future school events.