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The Regents Review
Summer 2017
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GENERAL NEWS
Library
I cannot believe it has been a full school year
already. Thank you once again to everyone that has
made me so welcome here at Regents Park. It has
been a year full of changes, hopefully for the better!
I hope you all enjoyed visiting the library during
the school fete on July 13th and found something
to interest you amongst the books provided by
Usborne books. A thank you should be extended
to Mrs Freeman and Ms Bambrook from Usborne
for making the evening possible. If you missed out
on the fete we still have some second hand books
available in the library for free.
Accelerated reader results 2016 – 2017
Congratulations also to Hannah McArthur and
Aaron Lacey for their Library Service Award.
Once again a special mention goes to all my student
librarians for their hard work this term. I am
continuously impressed by how enthusiastic you all
are and I hope to continue working with you all next
year.
Stay tuned for the winner of the 2017 reading
challenge in the new term!
End of year congratulations:
Well done to all the students who have taken on
the challenge of Accelerated Reading and improved
their reading ages this year. Below are the most
improved students across Years 7 and 8.
Most Quizzes
Completed
Most
Points
Collected
Most
Improved
(in years
& months
added to
reading
age)
GOLD
Arash Najd
41 quizzes
Mathilda
Parker
118.9
points
Arash Najd
+4.01
SILVER
Emma
Gorsuch
38 quizzes
Arash Najd
52.5
Manpreet
Taak
+3.06
BRONZE
Minshal
Muneer &
Dawid Sikora
30 quizzes
Talal
Alzahrani
37.1
Patryk
Krawczyk
+3.00
Into University
Year 7 and 8 students took part in sessions run and
organised by Into University, an organisation which
focuses on encouraging students to succeed in
education and beyond.
Year 8 students, who begin their GCSEs next
academic year, evaluated their own learning styles
and how they can use this understanding to help
with exam preparation and revision. Students
then learned about different careers and the
qualifications and experience needed.
Year 7 students focused on key skills such as
communication, teamwork and problem-solving.
Their practical sessions involved the human knot,
blindfolded puzzles and line whisper drawings!
Students competed as teams for points and prizes
and one student from each year group won a
memory stick in recognition for their positive
contributions to the sessions. In Year 8 this went
to Daniel Gill and the Year 7 prize went to Riley
Knowles.
Thanks to Into University for delivering such
engaging and productive workshops for Regents
Park KS3 students.