Regents Review Winter '16

The Regents Review Winter 2016

GENERAL NEWS

Open Evening 2016 Open Events: The Biggest and the Best Yet! Once again Regents Park opened its doors to welcome parents and prospective students. A range of open events took place from our biggest and best yet, open evening, guided tours during the school day and our popular Saturday taster sessions.

Evening, were given guided tours by the headteacher. Finally, we are always proud to show off the school during the working day. This year a record number of parents took us up on the offer to visit, getting the opportunity to view our facilities but more importantly experience our learning culture and see our students in action! Feedback from parents and Year 5 and 6 students about all our open events was overwhelmingly positive and we look forward to welcoming many of them to Regents Park Community College next academic year.

Victorian Crime Scene created by history, the ever-popular Kung Fu Punctuation in English and much, much more. The evening was supported by over 150 of our own students – a testament to the pride they have for their school. One October Saturday morning, when they could have been out playing, over 50 Year 5 and 6 students chose instead to come to school! They participated in taster sessions, where they got a chance to learn the Regents Park way. ‘Lessons’ included making Pop Art, uni-hoc in PE, ordering ice-creams in Spanish, dilemmas in RE, the spaghetti challenge in science and using ICT for calculations. Parents, who were unable to make the Open

Open Evening was a huge success, with hundreds of attendees. Highlights included the science department’s methane fire bubbles and screaming jelly- babies, the polo tournament in our pool, MFL’s Café Bable, the

Children In Need This year we raised £708 in aid of Children in Need. We would like to thank everyone who came in to school in non school uniform and contributed to the donation.

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