Regents Review Spring Edition 2023

REGENTS PARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

SPRING 2023

Dance Live

Go Lead Programme

Award Winning Dancer

Saints Player Visits RPCC

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WELCOME

Headteacher’s Welcome

I think the front to back of this edition of the Regents Review tells the story of Regents Park so well. Staff and students embrace the opportunities that the school community offers from dressing up for world book day to student leadership and amazing dancing, are just part of our vibrant offer. As always our ethos shines throughout the edition: RESPECT : The media trip to GottaBe, the trip to Saints and work experience all resulted in positive messages from external companies on the joy of meeting our respectful and confident students. PRIDE : The wonderful photographs, the food technology dishes, the Dance Live and our Cyber Ambassador winners all make us #GreenandProud CREATIVITY : The staff costumes, the new library books, the debate club, The This Girl Can Ambassadors and the PE champions all highlight just how creative we all are at Regents Park. CHALLENGE : Competitions, sports teams and PiXL offer students a real chance to try something new and develop resilience. To celebrate all the wonderful energy and commitment, we officially had ‘Creme Egg Friday’ on the last day of term, where I delivered over 900 chocolate treats to every single student and member of staff.

As we finish the spring term and get ready to enter the summer term, I would like to acknowledge two members of our community that are leaving for promotions in other schools. Mrs Cooper and Mrs Timmis have both given a huge amount to our Regents Park family and we wish them well in their new roles. Finally schools cannot get the best out of students without the full support of home, so thank you for all that you do to get your child to school. I would like to wish Year 11 the very best for their upcoming exams and I look forward to our ongoing work as a community to have the highest ambition for each other. Mrs Barnes Headteacher

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Award Winning Dancer A massive congratulations to Adelina in Year 8, for achieving 1st place in ballroom and 3rd place in Latin categories during the World Dance Festival in February. This is a huge achievement for her, as she had competed in the under 16 category against other talented dancers from Spain, Italy, Moldova, Ukraine and other countries! Well done for this great achievement Adelina and keep up the fantastic dance work!

Attendance Badges We have brand new attendance badges, which will be handed out to students who receive 100% attendance for each term! We also have an extra special badge, which will be awarded to those students with 100% attendance for the whole school year.

Year 6 Welcome Postcards

Welcome postcards have made their way to next year’s, Year 7. #greenandproud #nextgeneration

Swimming Club Come along to our swimming club with Mr Ellis and Miss Grannum every Tuesday after school - all years welcome - just bring your kit. A full list of our clubs & classes can be found at the end of this newsletter.

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Year 7

Year 8 We are now two thirds of the way through Year 8 and I’m sure you will all agree that this year has gone extremely quickly. It has been excellent to see students now concentrating on developing their work to show further progress in the build up to Year 9, where students will start to think about GCSE options. It has been a busy term for Year 8, with sporting fixtures and tournaments and an extremely successful Dance Live competition. Year 8 students have been fantastic through all of these events It is incredible that we are now two thirds of the way through Year 7 and as a school we are already looking at our list for the new cohort joining in September. It feels like yesterday that Mrs Blakely and I were looking at the list with all your names, eager to meet you and get you started on your Regents Park journey. Since joining us, you have all achieved so much: you’ve made new friends, settled into a bigger learning environment and grown up so much. I’d like to say a massive thank you and well done to those students that have been involved in extra activities, such as Dance Live, sports fixtures and the school production. It’s wonderful to see students shining, whilst putting themselves outside of their comfort zone. Up to the end of February, 166 ethos badges have been awarded to students. Congratulations to Millie-Lou and Jacob, who have already achieved 6 each! As well as ethos badges, it’s important to celebrate the success of our students who have attained a high number of achievement points. Here are our top 20: Name Carlos Freya Tutor Points BBR 448 MBR 441

Poppy Johnny

BBR 434 MBR 432 PWE 417 MBR 413 NKH 399

Alfie Lois

Jessie

Michael

JFI

388

Millie-Lou RKI 387 Mohammad MBR 383 Hastiin MBR 382 Ash NKH 380 Czarina MBR 373 Eden MBR 365 Roksana BBR 360 Alice PWE 359 Olaf RKI 348 Yonis NKH 338

I’d like to wish all of Year 7, a wonderful break from school, stay safe and I look forward to welcoming you back for your final term of Year 7.

Mrs Mouland Head of Year 7

and have been a massive credit to themselves by showing focus, maturity and success across all areas. There are several fantastic opportunities available to students at Regents Park and I urge all students to participate in as many of these opportunities as they can. I have great pride in overseeing the development of Year 8 and look forward to carrying on sharing the successes with Year 8 students in to everyone’s favourite term, the summer term. I would like to celebrate the following who are currently, at the time of writing, at the top of our overall and half termly conduct leagues.

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Half-termly Conduct League

Overall Conduct League

Alicja

115 109

Alicja

616 546 545 500 492 467 466 463 444 424 418

Julia

Julia

Fatimah Umbert

90 76 75 75 73 73 72 70 65 62 60

Fatimah

Ianis

Ianis Ayan

Jessica

Safi

Bradley

Ayan Bella

Rose

Jessica Bella Oskar

Bradley

CJ

Kara

CJ

Jacob 416 Mohammad 410 Umberto 409 Enis 406

Humeryra

Have a wonderful Easter and I look forward to seeing you all and the sun in April! Mr Gates Head of Year 8

Year 9

We are now over half way through our learning journey at Regents Park - where has the time gone? Students have settled well and seem to be enjoying their option subjects, building their knowledge and understanding as they approach Year 10. We continue to reward students each week and to date, 49 different students have been recognised for their efforts in school, well done to:

Alana, Alana, Aleksandra, Andrei, Angel, Ava, Bryony, Camsy, Cherice, Daisy, Eliza, Ema, Emma, Gayathri, Hikmet, Izzy, Izzy, Jack, Jelan, Jessica, Joanna, Joshua, Julija, Kiera, Kingsley, Leo, Lily, Litiana, Luca, Mae, Natalie, Olivia, Omar, Priya, Rayyan, Rose, Savannah, Sophie, Tolu, Umar and Wiktor. I would like to wish all Year 9 students and parents a lovely easter holiday. We all very much

look forward to welcoming Year 9 back for their final term before moving on to Year 10. Mr Sinclair Head of Year 9

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Year 10 have had a hugely successful term since Christmas. They have continued to mature and work hard towards their studies. Behaviour points have decreased and achievement points have increased. This is wonderful. At the beginning of March, Year 10 went out on their work experience with 129 students going to real placements. Students that completed virtual work experience, took up the challenge and enjoyed a session in school about apprenticeships. Work experience placements were keen to make us aware that our students had done well, suggesting how proud we should be of their work ethic and behaviour. It is always great to hear what I already know about our wonderful team. Now that Year 10 are back on site, they are continuing to use their developed skills to help them with their prep for GCSEs next year. We are quickly approaching Year 11. Over the next half term we have the revision day for Year 10 and parents’ revision evening on the 20th April. The race for Head Ambassadors will be starting and the real GCSE chemistry exam is in June. As always, please encourage your child to use our online platforms to start revising every day, in order to have a successful year. If you need anything, please do get in touch. Congratulations to these students who have achieved 100% attendance, since the start of the year:

Stanley Tyler Willow

We have so many Zero Heroes still for this year. A massive congratulations to them.

Inaaya Connie

Harry Ellah

Robert James Harvey Sophia Oksana Marcus

Rauf

Amelia

Whitlee

Jack

Ezra

Lex

Nadia Declan

Tyler

Megan

Heera

Lucy

Jamie

Melissa

Ari

Natalia-Mai Mohammad

Maja Eren

Gabe

Jinx

Alysha

Eve Lola

James Owen

Jake

Ayisha Julia Mina Lottie

Stanley

Lilla

Grace

Salvo Sean Hong Zahira

Lilly

Manjeet Willow Georgia

Alex

Teegan Daniel

Layla

Millie Remii Ruby

Robyn

Isaac Daisy

Ben Jack

William

Julia

Daniel Oscar Dylan Isabella

Sophie Louise

Austina

Belle Benjamin Charan

Junior Oliwia Milosz

Ethan Lewis Ruby India

Dylan Hong Lilla Melissa Mohammad Owen Ruby

Eddie

Mateusz

Suheera

Lewis

Lucy

Mahdi

Josh

Mrs Bishop Head of Year 10

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GENERAL NEWS Year 11

Year 11 have had a fantastic start to a very challenging term, where they have proven themselves to be incredibly hardworking and dedicated towards their upcoming GCSE’s. This term, we as a school, have provided a wide range of different interventions to help support student’s development for their upcoming exams. This has included subject specific revision seminars, individual mentoring, targeted subject development lessons and tutor resources for Year 11 to utilise. As we push toward the inevitable GCSE exams, I want to continue to encourage Year 11 students to attend these revision sessions and create those everlasting habits to improve their confidence and competence for these exams. We understand that this time can be stressful for our students and also the impact it can have on their mental wellbeing. I want to take this opportunity to remind students and parents of the wealth of support that we have here at Regents Park and that students have access to this support at any time. Mr Stone Head of Year 11

Name Sandra Zukhra

Reg KBL LLO TPI GBI TPI EGT GBI EGT EGT EGT LLO KBL ALU GBI LLO ALU

Conduct Points

305 296 264 250 220 213 202 200 197 197 194 193 191 189 181 180

Emily Millie

Mya

Kacey

Czhelsea Jessica Samuel Vikram

Jacek

Brogan Grace Rosie Katie Humza

Careers Year 10 Work Experience Our spring work experience has been a massive success! The amount of students attending a face-to-face placement has increased by 240% and over 87 businesses hosted our students. Teacher checks found some exceptional examples of student success, including students who have been invited back to work! Here are some of the highlights:

Students had a reflection on their placements and will be focusing on post-16 taster days and applications in the summer term.

“… was quite quiet at the beginning of the week, but he has grown in confidence.” “Nice having someone around who was so passionate and enthusiastic about the work.” “ … has been a pleasure to have and is a real credit to the school”

“Been a pleasure to have him here this week!”

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GottaBe! Marketing Visit A group of Year 10 media students had a fantastic day of work experience in January, visiting ‘GottaBe!’ marketing agency. The day began with an introduction from managing

director, Tomasz Dyl and then students heard from different members of the agency, who enlightened students about their career journey and the current role. Students were then put into two groups in order to design a fictional marketing campaign for Superdry. They had to consider all aspects of the

campaign from press releases, social media and budgeting. They negotiated with different members of the agency team to get the best deals and to create the designs. It was an incredibly insightful day for the students and they gained many valuable skills during the process. Thank you to GottaBe! for hosting!

Dance Live On Tuesday 21st February, Regents Park competed in Dance Live at Portsmouth Guildhall. It was a long day of rehearsals and preparation for the students who were an absolute credit to the school. They performed brilliantly and competed against other schools and colleges from across the south. We were awarded a creative achievement award for our LED screen and all dancers should be congratulated on their hard work, dedication, and excellent etiquette. A huge thank you to all the parents and staff for their support in rehearsals and for coming to cheer on the performers on the evening. We could not continue to give the students these opportunities without your support. A massive thank you to Miss Ballard – this performance would not have happened without your help and encouragement and to Mrs Fishlock for her invaluable help with costumes! Mrs Anibaba

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Library I cannot express enough how impressed I am at the progress of our Year 7 cohort with Accelerated Reader this year. When the winter edition of the Regents Review was published, Year 7 students had read a total of 2,704,959 words. This has now increased to a massive 15,160,166 words read in total. I wonder if we can finish the year at 20 million words read? A big well done to Miss Robinson’s 7BW class, who are still topping the leaderboard, with an intimidating 4-million-word lead. There is still time to topple them though! Rank Class Words Read 1 7BW 6,106,546 words 2 7BZ 2,499,618 words 3 7GZ 2,130,558 words 4 7BX 1,721,859 words 5 7GX 1,263,568 words 6 7BY 1,173,201 words 7 7GY 264,816 words However, in terms of progress to their reading ages, Mr Lucas’ class is top of the leaderboard, having increased their age by 10 whole months on average when tested in January. I’m looking forward to seeing which class will improve the most when tested in April! The first round of challenge ethos badges were recorded just before the Christmas break for the top 6 students in each class. Well done

Top 3 Readers (by quizzes passed)

to the following students. Ace, Carlos, Chloe, Eden, Ethan, George, Hastiin, Holly, Ibrahim, Isla, Jacob, Joshua, Junior, Keven, Kyron, Lando, Lilly, Louie, Louis, Mehreen, Millie-Lou, Mohammad, Nicole, Phoebe, Poppy, Rebecca, Rhys, Riley, Roksana, Ruby, Sam, Sanny Sebastian, Shaan, Shahid Sophia, Tahiya, Umair, Vaneeza Yonis and Zuzia The top 10 students across the year group were also issued extra achievement points at this time. These students were: Carlos, Isla, Mehreen, Mohammad, Ruby, Sam, Shahid, Tahiya and Umair There will be another opportunity to earn a challenge badge and more achievement points at easter. Don’t forget, for every Accelerated Reader quiz a student passes, they get an achievement point, meaning a whopping 1,576 points (not including extra end of term bonuses) have been uploaded this year already! Our current ‘Accelerated Reader Superstars’ are below. Top 3 Readers (by word count)

Name

Class Quizzes Passed

Sebastian 7BZ 56 Isla 7BZ 52 Mohammad 7BW 50

Finally, a little update on the resources available in the library: we now have a brand new selection of scented gel pens, highlighters and pencils for our mindfulness colouring, as well as, box upon box of new manga, horror and EAL books, which have been added to the library system ready for borrowing.

As always, you can find more information and updates about the Regents Park library on Twitter: @RPCC_Library. Mrs Highmore

Name

Class Words Read

Yonis 7BW 1,423,697 Mohammad 7BW 1,418,721 Umair 7BX 748,105

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Business Manager’s Update

school-meals/ . We are trying to encourage students to pre order food as this will allow the students to avoid the queues and ensure they can order their favorite items without being disappointed if we run out. Please visit this link to use our preorder system: regentspark.swift-order. co.uk/ • Access to our Parents Evening Booking System is also available from the website using the ‘family’ icon on the right of the homepage: regentsparkcommunitycollege. schoolcloud.co.uk/ • Calendar – This is updated on a regular basis, with additional events: www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk/ home/school-details/calendar/. • Skoolkit / KoolSkools - Please visit the dress code page on our website for up to date information on our uniform: www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk/ home/parents/dress-code/ • Lanyards/Cards – please ensure your child remembers to wear their lanyard and School Card as this is part of the school uniform. Not only is this used to purchase lunch, as part of the fast track service, but it is also needed if your child needs to use a laptop in the library. • FSM – is your child entitled to a Free Hot Meal at school – please complete the online form to see if you are eligible. cloudforedu.org. uk/ofsm/southampton/

• Friends of Regents Park – please check out our website, as we are currently recruiting parents to get involved and help us to fundraise regentsparkcollege.org.uk/ home/parents/news/friends-of regents-park/ • School Street – we currently have a road closure on Richville Road at the start and end of the day to allow safe arrival and exit by the students. Please can parents ensure that they are parking appropriately on King Edward Avenue and Oakley Road. Please avoid blocking driveways, double parking or parking on yellow lines. • Clubs & Classes – We have a range of different clubs & classes that run after school. For a full list of these, please visit: regentsparkcollege.org. uk/home/parents/clubs-and classes/ • Breakfast Club – Students have the opportunity to start their day with toast and a chat with Mrs Simmons, Welfare Officer, at Breakfast Club which will be running every morning from 8:00am – 8:30am in the hall. • The school is working with Edulettings to provide clubs and classes in the evening for both young people and adults. Please keep an eye out on our website for a timetable of these clubs. • The school is offering swimming courses during our holidays. Please look out for any emails and correspondence regarding this on our website.

Welcome to the Spring edition of the Business Manager’s update. The school is continuing to improve its streamlined communication system. Our website is the hub of all information where daily school news can be found. • All general letters will be emailed, they are also available to view under the parent section on the website. regentsparkcollege. org.uk/home/parents/letters/ • Access to Twitter is available from the website so that you can follow the school news or Spencer, our Therapy Dog – use the ‘bird’ icon on the right of the homepage. twitter.com/ RegentsParkCC • You can also follow us on our Facebook page for up to date news and information facebook.com/RegentsParkcc • Access to the SCOpay online payment system for school meals, trips etc is also available from the website using the ‘£’ icon on the right of the homepage: regentsparkcollege.org.uk/ home/parents/online-payments/ • Catering - Please visit the City Catering page on our website for information regarding the current school meals menu

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home/school-details/contact-us/ • Phone: 023 8032 5444 • If you wish to speak to the Headteacher, Mrs Barnes, please contact Fiona Hayward,

We welcome feedback from you and this can done in several ways: • Email: info@regentspark. southampton.sch.uk • Contact Form via the website regentsparkcollege.org.uk/

Headteacher’s PA, on 023 8072 5711 Carlene Amos Business Manager

Saints Player Visits RPCC We were very fortunate to have Tino Livramento, Southampton football player, visit us on the 8th March, who saw our students for a meet and greet and answered any questions that they had!

Bronze Tier Ethos Badge!

Well done to Zaine in Year 8, who is one of the first students to receive a Bronze tier ethos badge for achieving multiple RPCC ethos badges! #respect #pride #creativity #challenge

SIMS Parent App Sims Parent App enables you to access real-time information. • Achievement points

Calling all ex students! We would love to hear from our ex students to see what you have all been up to! Please contact us if you would like to be part of our growing alumni community at info@regentspark.southampton.sch.uk: regentsparkcollege.org.uk/alumni/

• Behaviour points • Student timetable • Attendance • Calendar

• Update student data information • School reports (when available)

If you wish to register for SIMS Parent App, please contact us via telephone or email.

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Mathematics DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Further Maths We would like to wish the first Year 11 students to be entered for further maths GCSEs, the best of luck! After some amazing results in their recent mock exams, we believe in all of them! The Year 10 cohort have been set the following project as their current challenge, based on an A-Level coursework! Quadratic equations, and some cubic equations, can be solved simply through observation and algebra. Your project is to look at equations that cannot be solved this way because they do not have integer roots, and you will investigate how they can be solved using two, or three, different numerical methods. The numerical methods you need to research and use are: - Decimal search/change of sign - Newton Raphson Challenge #1 : Rearrangement/x=g(x) For each method, try to use a different equation and find at least one root of the equation, if not all of them. Some suggestions: x 3 - 2x 2 + 0.5 = 0 2x 4 - 3x 3 + 0.5 = 0 x 5 - 9x 2 + 3 = 0 Challenge #2 : Each of the equations below result in a failure for at least one of the methods - explain why. (2x 3 + 3x 2 - 4) 1/3 = 0 -5x 3 + 176x 2 - 9x + 0.1 = 0 x = (9x 2 - 3) 1/5 Challenge #3 : Use one of the equations which was used for a single method and find the same root using the remaining two methods. Compare how ‘quickly’ the three methods find the same root (how many iterations).

Maths Puzzle Move 3 matches to fix the equation.

Maths Mastery This term we teamed up with St Marks C of E School to develop our mastery teaching skills. We sent our mastery representatives to view each other’s lessons and discuss the mastery based techniques that are being used, and how to further improve. A concept discussed most was, using previously learnt skills to learn new content. For example, using negative number tiles to solve equations. Negative number tiles use the concept of ‘zero pairs’ as when together, they represent zero. Below is 4 pairs of negative number tiles. In total, they represent zero.

In the above example of solving equations with variables on both sides, the zero pairs have been used to explain how to rearrange to isolate the variable. As this concept is already familiar with students, it makes the idea of adding or subtracting on both sides easier to understand as we can see where the numbers ‘disappear’.

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MathsWatch Masters

PiXL

Emilia Kundai Mariam Year 9 Nelly Bryony Sana Jess Gayathri Year 10 Eren Ben Gabe

As a PiXL school we are launching the PiXL Maths app with our students. Students can download the app from the PiXl website. An advantage for our students is during KS4, we can upload their mock exam scores to allow the app to be personalised to each student’s strengths and weaknesses. Currently, Year 11 are working in the app and those who engage, are finding it a useful tool to use, as part of their revision.

MathsWatch is the main app we use for setting homework in maths. Homework is set weekly based on the topics the students are studying in class. Students completing homework, benefit from being able to practice the skills they have learned in class, which is all part of the retrieval practice skills they are mastering. Top 5 students

Year 7 Milana Hastjyot Vaneeza

Daniel Darcey

Top 5 Students

Year 11 Mohammed Jakub

Bobby Poppy

Mohammed Carly Puja Eddie Oliwia

Erika Holly Kelly

Year 8 Fatimah Corey

Why do GCSE Statistics? In Year 10, we offer an additional maths-based GCSE, which focuses on the statistics part of our syllabus. It is a great opportunity for students to support their learning in maths and extend it on to topics which will be covered at A level. During their studies, students will be expected to carry out their own experiments and analyse their results. These have included: testing the human brain (reflex skills), predicting the classes’ basketball skills and holiday destinations. By the end of Year 11, students will have gained an additional GCSE, which will look very appealing to employers and help support any A levels in maths, economics, business studies etc.

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English National Teen Book Awards This term, students at Regents Park have been participating in ‘Speakers for School’s National Teen Book Club’, which is a prestigious event partnering schools around the country to share student Careers in Maths Graduates with maths-related degrees are amongst the highest earners in society, with median salaries of £40-£50k, five years after graduation. However, individuals even successfully studying maths to GCSE or A-Level, are at an advantage in the workplace, developing skills such as problem solving, analysis and data handling, which can be applied to practically any job. Here are 3 careers you may not have considered, that use maths: Hairdressing/Barbering Besides having a good understanding of shape, colour and symmetry, hairdressers also need confidence with basic chemistry and maths when

spray can and an inconveniently timed patrol car. Amir is the angry boy who won’t talk about the brother he lost – but he won’t let his name be forgotten either. Eman is the awkward girl whose favourite evenings are spent at home watching TV with her Nani. Kemi is the determined athlete, who knows she deserves as good a shot as anyone else – if only she can get to the starting line. As they spend more time together they learn more about themselves, and in the process, realise the true cause of Amir’s brother’s death… This is one summer they will never forget! The highlight of these sessions is always the opportunity for students to engage with others around the UK, as well as professionals linked to careers within the novel and the author herself! introducing colour and other products to hair. Many hairdressers/barbers have their own business and use skills from GCSE maths to calculate tax, bills, pay their staff correctly or take out a loan. Catering A chef’s routine includes maths calculations on a daily basis: counting portions, increasing a recipe yield, determining a ratio for preparing a stock, calculating a plate cost, or establishing a food and Since tools and components routinely measure less than an inch, car mechanics must have a firm grasp on basic arithmetic involving fractions. Most automotive technicians should also be able to conduct quick conversions between metric and imperial units. labour budget. Car Mechanic

experiences whilst reading a modern fiction text. This term we have been studying “Good for Nothing” by Mariam Ansar. This exciting, newly published novel, follows the story of three teens who are landed with a community service order, after an incident involving a

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If you think the National Teen Book Club might be for you, or you would like to find out more, please drop in to see Mrs Moth in room 10 for more information.

We loved seeing those students that joined us for our March sessions reading, “Good for Nothing” by Mariam Ansar.

Debate Club This term in Debate Club, the students have discussed the contraversial views and language of Andrew Tate, whether falling in love is bad for us and how we could improve the prison system - among many other questions! As always, they have been mature and respectful

when tackling some tricky topics! All welcome – please feel free to join us on Thursdays. (Room 14, 2:40pm - 3:30pm)

Regents Park Celebrates World Book Day! World Book Day 2023 was celebrated on Friday 3rd March at Regents Park. This year, students celebrated all things reading, with a cornucopia of World Book Day activities, including creating ‘What do you need to know about me as a reader’ post cards and ‘My Book Maps’ in tutor time. Students also received digital World Book Day ‘coupons’ this year! Students enjoyed World Book Day themed lessons, as well as this year’s ‘Story in Six Parts’ being read by teachers from across the school. This year we chose a grisly and gruesome tale by Roald Dahl that fitted beautifully with our theme of heroes and villains. Mrs Highmore, our Librarian,

planned a day of World Book Day fun too. Staff dressed up for the day, so students had fun guessing which literary hero or villain they came as!

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Film Studies Year 10 Film Studies students have been working incredibly hard within their study of all of the component 1 films required for their GCSE: Attack the Block, Tsotsi, and District 9. Their study of mise-en scene, aesthetic, narrative and representations is complex and their work has proved to

be excellent in quality. Their mock exam next term, will offer them an opportunity to demonstrate all of the skill and knowledge they have accumulated throughout the year. Year 9 Film Studies students have demonstrated an ever-insatiable appetite for

new genres, terminology, perspectives and skills. They have developed their practical skills in a screenplay and subsequent production of a ‘monologues’ project centred about dark characters. We’ve experimented with lighting, tripods and new editing software, that has produced some excellent films.

Media Studies Year 10 media studies students, have nearly finished all of their component 1 products. We have studied: GQ, Pride Magazine, Quality Street, This Girl Can, The Man With The Golden Gun, No Time To Die, the 007.com website, Fortnite, the Fortnite website, The Archers to name but a few! We’ve moved on to studying Brexit and its representation in The Sun and in The Guardian – a complex and interesting topic! They have produced a magazine front page and double spread this term, both of which have

been of excellent quality. They are excited to begin their official non-exam assessment next half term. Year 11 media studies students have completed another mock exam, which demonstrates the huge increase in confidence when tackling complex issues of representations of gender and ethnicity in the media today. We have also officially completed our non-exam assessment of a DVD cover and banner poster for an original rom-com or sci-fi film. So, all in all, a huge term for Year 11 media studies students. A massive well done to you! The science department have a dedicated team of specialist teachers, able to deliver all three subjects: biology, chemistry and physics to our students at Key Stage 3 and GCSE. Regents Park is quite unique in that it offers the full courses of all three sciences to all of our students. Our Year 10 students have the opportunity to sit their GCSE examination for chemistry in June, while our Year 11 students focus on taking their GCSE biology and physics only. Both Year 10 and 11 students, have recently completed a second round of mock examinations and are now actively revising for their examinations in June. Regents Park supports our students by providing in-house revision sessions after school, every Friday afternoon and additionally make active

Science

The science department is proud to have a dedicated team of scientists able to deliver the science curriculum to a diverse range of students regardless of age, need and ability. The department benefits from seven amazing and well-equipped, bespoke, purpose-built modern laboratories that were commissioned just over two years ago.

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use of digital technology to provide extra content and help through Google Classroom. As for previous years, the science department is involved, once more with British Science Week. The general theme of this year’s events, that ran from the 10th - 19th of March was connections. As part of the British Science Week, Regents Park entered the national poster competition and will be submitting some absolutely fabulous work from our students. This year, the science department is offering a number of clubs / activities aimed at supporting students with their learning and their enjoyment of all sciences: The Year 7 and Year 8 science club, which runs on

Tuesdays after school - Mrs Khan offers Key Stage 3 students, to carry out practical activities and challenges focussed on STEM subjects (science technology, engineering and mathematics). This has proven to be a big success in improving the profile of science at Regents Park. After the interruptions to learning in the last three years, Regents Park is now returning to normality and soon will be offering opportunities for more out of school activities and trips.

Creative Arts & DT Year 7 Food Tech Year 7s are learning about sustainable and seasonal eating this term, with a range of delicious recipes, starting off with peeling and knife skills to develop

their confidence. They have been making scrumptious recipes in the kitchen such as: fruit salads, seasonal vegetable cous cous, scones and fruit crumble.

Year 7 Graphics In graphics this term, we are learning about typography, how it’s used in everyday advertisement and how we can create our own. Students have been learning skills of refining design, looking at Serif and San Serif Fonts and creating a final outcome of a three dimensional letter.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Year 8 Art Year 8s completed their final piece inspired by Jasper Johns, using a range of materials including: oil pastels, watercolour, coloured pencils and paint. They have now started a new project inspired by the late artist, Wayne Thiebaud. Year 8 students have also recently started a project based on confectionery. They have been focusing on observational drawings of biscuits. They started with some fun-timed activities such as continual line drawings, changing dominant hand and contour drawings. They then built up the time given, to add greater detail and tone to their work. Students have moved on to using pen and creating backgrounds for their drawings and have really engaged in their work, making great progress.

Year 8 Textiles In textiles, the Year 8s have been delving into the interesting and fascinating world of the artist Hundertwasser. The students have been creating different examples of textiles including: weaving, tie die, hand-sewing and machine sewing to create a final outcome of a phone case.

Year 8 Graphics Year 8 graphics students have been studying Ben Eine, creating an information page on him, followed by designing their own letters inspired by Ben Eine. They first created 6 different ideas using a theme of either the sea, feathers or clocks. They then chose their favourite design, where they enlarged onto A4 art paper and used a variety of colouring techniques including pen and wash.

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Photography This year, we have entered the photography competition run by Ringwood school again. It was great to get involved in working collaboratively with so many schools. We had an amazing number of entries and we look forward to hearing who makes the finals. Here are a few of our entries.

Theatre for Life Workshop On Monday 6th March, ‘Theatre for Life’ visited our Year 9 and 10 BTEC performing arts students and spent the day exploring the ‘brain’. Students took part in a full day workshop and escape room experience with ‘Theatre for Life’ and Solent University. They were immersed in an interactive light-up brain dome and rounded off with a session from a carer at the dementia support service ‘Remind’, about breaking down stigma around dementia and supporting loved ones living with the illness. They looked creatively at how the brain works, functions, grows and expands, to explain how change for the better is possible i.e. with mental health recovery, linked to dementia and other diseases. They took part in a performance based around their findings and talked to professionals from Southampton University and ‘Solent Mind’. They also explored how negative VS positive lifestyle choices students make today around diet and use of technology, can reduce their chances of early onset dementia by an unimaginable 40%. The interactive ‘escape room’ experience organised

by LifeLab at University of Southampton, which blends science and art together, helped them explore how the ‘Theatre for Life’ could create a piece of performance, which they will bring back to school and perform once they have developed it. The students enjoyed the experience and are looking forward to seeing the work within the final performance. An outstanding experience for our students, not only linking science with the arts, but also the effects of our everyday life and how it can impact us later on. Well done Year 9 & 10 – great work! Mrs. Freeman

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS ICT & Business KS4 Computer Science Year 11 have completed their second mock exam. This was paper 2, that includes the programming assessment and some students improved their grades compared to paper 1. Special congratulations to the following students: Katie and Olly gaining 9. Robbie and Daniel gaining 8. Jake gaining 7. Revision materials are available on Seneca, Tassomai, Python programming and our own resources available on Google Classroom. There will also be additional papers with mark schemes for students to practise exam style questions. This will help to develop core knowledge to support with final exams, our first paper will be on Friday 19th May 2023 and paper 2 on Thursday 25th May 2023. Year 10 started practising their skills in exam style questions and will be sitting their first mock in July. Special mention to Hong for always maintaining being above his progress measure. Year 9 have started learning programming skills through Python. The NEA project is no longer required to be submitted to the exam board, but students still need to make up 20 hours of coding and we have already been working towards completing this. Students are enjoying the coding process and special mention to Andrei, Hikmet, Leo and Luca, for mastering the coding skills.

ICT Creative iMedia – KS4 Year 11 sat their real exams early back in January and we would like to congratulate all students in general for their performance. Special mention to the following students who achieved level 2 Distinction: Ades, Mani & Dagmara. Students are now working on improving their second and final coursework ready for submission this summer. Year 10 are in the closing stages of completing their first controlled assessment covering making visual identities and digital graphics about the metaverse. These will be sent off this summer, to the exam board. After that, we will be looking at exam skills and making preparation for their next assessment, which will involve creating interactive websites. Year 9 have been developing their website skills this term, creating interactive products promoting both the local area and topics of their choice, in readiness for their first controlled assessment. Cyber Ambassadors Our cyber ambassadors have been very busy during the week beginning 7th February, they prepared a presentation that was delivered virtually in assemblies to all year group as part of Safer Internet Day, which took place on Tuesday 7th February. On the day, all of our cyber ambassadors were able to attend the Safer Internet Day conference at King Edward School hosted by Hampshire Police & Crime Commissioner, where they took part in workshops. Regents Park won the award for the best social media and school activities, Julia, Stanley and Zaine collected the award from the commissioner on behalf of our ambassadors.

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Year 10 Enterprise and Marketing Students are in the closing stages of completing their first controlled assessment covering designing a new product (baslow bags). These will be sent off this summer to the exam board. After that, we will be looking at exam skills in preparation for mocks and making a start for their next assessment, which will involve pitching for their new bag. Special mention to Sophie, Robert and Daniel, for completing their coursework to their progress measure standards. Year 10 Business Studies Students have been studying marketing and finance and preparing for their first mock towards the end of the summer term.

Year 9 Enterprise and Marketing Students have been studying the theory of enterprise and marketing and all the elements needed for their exam unit, as well as their first controlled assessment, designing a product, that will start in September.

Year 9 Business Studies Year 9 business studies class, have been studying product portfolio and marketing. They also were preparing for an end of unit test on marketing.

Social Sciences Geography Year 11 students studied West Quay South and the rejuvenation for the city as their Geography fieldwork. Students surveyed members of the public to collect data on the opinions of West Quay South and the impact it has for the city. The students were extremely polite and explained their intentions well to the members of public that they spoke to. The customers of West Quay were more than willing to offer their opinions and improvements for the area! It was a delight to see our students using their community strand of our ethos so well!

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Physical Education Football Round Up

The Year 10 football team have come up against some strong opposition in the league this season. However, they have produced some fantastic team performances against teams who gave consisted of 5 or more academy players. The season has been troubled and we’ve struggled to get a good run of games together, but the team’s positivity and committing has been exemplary. Good luck in the remaining games!

This half term, girls football club has started back up again, where we have seen a keen intake of new students attending training and joining our Years 7, 8 and Years 9, 10 teams. We are proud of the growth and development of girls football at Regents Park and are proud to see this in the representation through our teams. The Year 7 football team have had a great season, which has consisted of some fantastic wins and some really intense competition against other schools. We are very proud of the team, as they have always upheld the values and ethos of Regents Park through positive sportsmanship and respect. Every player has represented the school through each game with integrity, to which we could not be prouder. It has been a pleasure to oversee the progress of Year 8 in the Southampton Schools League this season. We have consistently had over 25 boys to training sessions weekly and lots have been given the opportunity to represent the school in fixtures. The boys have shown a real sense of the Regents Park ethos and have represented the school brilliantly. We have had nothing but compliments from other schools about the attitude of the boys and the teamwork they show on the pitch. We are currently sat fifth in the league with the highlight being a draw to Deer Park, who are currently 2nd in the league. At the time of writing, we have one fixture left in Year 8 and look forward to next season in Year 9. The Year 9 football team have played against a number of schools in the Southampton’s schools league. The schools include: Cantell, Redbridge, Woodlands and Oasis Lordshill. Unfortunately, we have only managed 1 win at the time of writing this against Greggs, 1:2. All other games we were in the fight, but unfortunately results did not go our way. All players represented Regents Park well, demonstrating great teamwork and sportsmanship. The Year 9 football team have been a pleasure to take to school and I really look forward to the last game of the season against Hamble. Go Regents!

TGC Ambassadors & PE Champions After the huge success of This Girl Can Ambassador and PE Champion Day back in December, students hosted their second major in lessons event, where they again, delivered full lessons to our Year 7 and 8 students. Further to this, our This Girl Can Ambassadors and PE Champions completed a charity swim and row challenge, with the aim to cover 21 miles (across the Channel!) to raise money for Young Lives vs Cancer and CALM. A huge thank you to everyone involved! Additionally, our This Girl Can Ambassadors helped out with the delivery of our Girls Biggest Football Session at the end of this half-term. Our aim was to have as many girls from Year 7 to 10, taking part in activities created by our ambassadors, followed by competing in a tournament. We are looking forward to having female role models from a local football team coming in for the day.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Go Lead Programme

This year, Miss Robinson has also implemented the Go Lead Programme, sponsored by Barclays Game On. This will provide the 12 selected students across Year 8 to 10, with the empowerment to design, create and deliver football activities to their peers, to engage new and different girls in football. It will also support girls to become activators, to understand what Languages Year 8 Spanish

leadership is, and to articulate and apply the skills they have developed into a whole-school initiative. We are excited to see what is to come from these students.

KS4 MFL The AQA GCSE Course for MFL consists of 3 themes. Theme 1 has a subtopic of ‘customs and festivals’, so we regularly make reference to traditions of the French-speaking and Spanish speaking world. This half term we looked at Carnaval with Spanish groups and La Chandeleur (Candlemas).

Year 8 Spanish students have been learning about food. They created their own menus. Here are some examples.

Language Nut

Idiom alert!

Using idioms in your written/spoken work makes you sound more sophisticated!

Il pleut des cordes = It’s raining ropes, i.e it’s raining a lot

We use LanguageNut for homework and when in an ICT suite. Every student studying a language has a username and password.

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Idiom alert! ¡Es la leche! = it’ the milk! (It’s amazing)

World Book Day Key Stage 3 students redesigned book covers for some of their favourite books. Year 8 Spanish students looked at the story of the hungry caterpillar in Spanish to align with their current topic of food and then rewrote the story.

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DIARY DATES FOR PARENTS Term Dates

Term start

Term end

Summer Term (1st half) Summer Term (2nd half)

17th April 2023 5th June 2023

26th May 2023 21st July 2023

School Holidays Half Term

29th May 2023 24th July 2023

2nd June 2023

Summer Break

5th September 2023

Bank Holidays Monday 1st May 2023 Monday 8th May 2023 Inset Days Wednesday 19th April 2023 Calendar Events Monday 17th April 2023 Tuesday 18th April 2023 Tuesday 18th April 2023 Thursday 20th April 2023 Thursday 20th April 2023 Wednesday 10th May 2023 Wednesday 21st June 2023 Thursday 22nd June 2023 Thursday 29th June 2023 Friday 30th June 2023 Monday 3rd July 2023 Tuesday 4th July 2023 Tuesday 4th July 2023 Wednesday 5th July 2023 Thursday 13th July 2023 Thursday 13th July 2023 Wednesday 19th July 2023 Friday 28th April 2023 Friday 7th July 2023

Year 8 HPV Vaccinations Year 9 HPV Vaccinations

Science Intervention Day Trip Year 10 Revision Skills Day

Milford on Sea Trip Year 10 PSHE Day

Southampton Swim Gala

City Champs

Year 7 Parents’ Evening

Regents Got Talent

Year 11 Last Official Day

Open Sessions TBC Open Sessions TBC Transition Evening

Transition Day

Sports Day

Hot 50 / IAG Morning

Year 11 Prom Careers Festival

Friday 21st July 2023

Last day of term (school finishes at 12:30pm)

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