Regents Review - Summer 2021

REGENTS PARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

SUMMER 2021

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WELCOME

Headteacher’s Welcome

As I write this, the sun is brightly shining and we are dealing with yet another challenge with record temperatures getting us all rather hot and sticky. This year we have all become very resilient in dealing with challenges and as a school, Regents Park has kept shining throughout every new opportunity the pandemic has given us. At Regents Park we have seen a Golden Generation of students emerge with skills that will support their lifelong journey: increased creativity, increased independence and a real love of community and learning. As a community, we are focussing on ‘Bounce Back’ after the pandemic whilst carefully balancing the inevitable changes as life unlocks once again. Every day I feel proud of what we have achieved and never has the ‘Green and Proud’ slogan been more apparent around our school as you will notice in this wonderful summer edition of our Regents Review. This of course, is traditionally the time of year to say farewell to staff and students and get ready to welcome the new members to our Regents Park Family. Firstly, I want to pay tribute to the Year 11 students that have just left us. They had a tough end to their educational journey with the lockdowns and the uncertainty about what was going to be expected of them with regards to the government’s decisions on exams and assessments. Throughout this time of uncertainty, they kept positive and worked hard to be the very best that they could be and I wish every single one of them the very best in the next part of their journey. Also leaving us this year to move onto pastures new, I want to say farewell to several members of staff. Within the LSA team it is wonderful to know that Regents Park has inspired a new cohort of teachers, Miss Hatcher and Mr Morling are both moving on to complete their teacher training and we wish them luck. Miss Ottaway is also very excited about completing her teacher training and I know she will be very missed within PE and around the school and maybe we will see her return in the future to re-join the team. From the

teaching team we wish Mrs Hirst and Mr Russell farewell and as they leave us to take on new opportunities within other schools. In September we will formally welcome new members of staff to our community and I am delighted that we have a full team of subject specialists ready to teach our inspiring curriculum to our students. Miss Rendall and Miss Davenport are already very much part of the Regents Park team but in September they will join us in the science and maths department as ECT’s and we already know how lucky we are to have them. Sociology has been growing in popularity at Regents Park and so I am thrilled to have a new post within our staffing team with Mrs West joining us as subject lead for Sociology. I know she will take this subject to new levels. To fully compliment our staff team, we also have Miss Robinson join our PE team with skills and interests in many aspects of sport. Watch this space for some exciting new clubs as she supports the PE team to find our sport superstars. Regents Park is growing and for the third year in a row we are oversubscribed so improving and extending our team is essential to maintain our high standards so our final addition is Mr Walker who will join our English team as an ECT. All our new members of the Regents Park team have been in regular contact with the school and it has been wonderful to see them all visit their departments during this term I know they are all very excited to join us and I know that you will join me in welcoming them. A year with many changes but not one of those changes could have been made and managed without the fantastic work of every single member of staff that works at the school. Please join me in thanking them all for their commitment and determination to keep our school shining. As always enjoy reading this addition of our Regents Review and have a safe and restful summer. I look forward to welcoming students, staff and parents back to the school in September. Mrs Barnes Headteacher

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Kooth Wellbeing Kooth is an online chat and emotional well-being support service available to all children and young people in the area. Kooth is a completely safe and anonymous website where young people can go to gain advice and support, 365 days a year. https://www.kooth.com/

Calling all ex students! We would love to hear from any ex students that would like to be part of our growing alumni community. For more information, please visit: https://regentsparkcollege.org.uk/alumni/ Please contact us via our email address if you would like to be a part of our alumni: info@regentspark.southampton.sch.uk

RPCC Diversity Day 2021

Year 6 Transition Information Parents of Year 6 students Please visit the link below to our transition page for important transition documents. https://www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk/parents/ year-6-transition

RPCC’s first ever Diversity Day was a great success! It was our endeavour to dedicate an event to supporting Diversity in our school and in our community and as ever, RPCC staff and students rose to the challenge! Our students and staff managed to raise an impressive sum of money on the day - nearly £500!

Year 7 I really cannot believe Year 7 are coming to the end of their first year at Regents Park. I am so proud of how students have risen to the challenges of their first year, given the current circumstances. I am confident this level of resilience and determination to succeed will stand them in good stead in years to come.

The current COVID guidance in schools has had a positive effect with regards to year group bubbles. This has meant that Year 7 could not to mix with other year groups. The effect of this meant they have bonded well as a year group and formed their own unique identity in school. The road closure of Richville Road enabling students

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to safely cross the road at the end of the day was put in place partly as a result of a Year 7 petition. The increasing number of cars to collect students at the end of that day meant the volume of traffic was causing issues to students leaving at the end of the day.

I would like to congratulate the top students for achievements since September:

Sienna Amelia Mae

Bryony Andrei Well done to these students.

Have a great summer holiday and I look forward to students arriving back in September for Year 8! Mr Sinclair Head of Year 7

The attendance of Year 7 is the best in school, which further demonstrates Year 7’s determination and desire to learn at Regents Park. Well done to the following students for 100% attendance. Alfie, Aditya, Rose, Mae, Victoria, Resham, Luca, Umar, Leo, Jelan, Rebeka, Hannah, Andrei, Joshua, Max, Krishanth, Sophie, James, Julija, Joshua, Archie, Lewis, Amelia & Taisia

Year 8 Wow! Our second year as a team has come to an end! What a year it has been, even though we have been in lockdown and hiding our smiles behind our masks, we have still had a full on year. Recently we have been trialing our option subjects which has been great fun. We have had our summer ‘Hot 50’ and in June we completed our delayed PSHE day, where students started to think about their future, careers and universities. It was fantastic to see the students thinking about their future and testing the computer programme to see what job their skills would lean towards.

place, led by us. This includes, using sports equipment during breaks, bringing in a place where students can relax and introducing a quick pre-ordering system. We have also brought in ‘Kindness Mondays’ which lifts our hardworking and overall tremendous teacher’s wellbeing. It is reassuring that if there is ever a problem, we know that it is easy to bring it up and it will be sorted as soon as possible. We always feel listened to and it is nice to know that even through the tough times, we carried on even if it was over the internet. It has enabled us to experience other opportunities such as being part

This year we have continued to develop College Council, adapting into a strong, effective group who have made decisions, led the year group and supported the Student Senior Leadership Team to create change for the future of Regents Park. As part of the leadership role, Stanley has written his overview of the year: “It has been great being involved in College Council this year. Mrs Bishop makes it very fun and we are able to have our own banter and get to know each other. It’s opened a road to making our school a better

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wonderful things about our peers at school and we look forward to adding ‘Kindness Mondays’ into our year group plan for next year. We have had 38 students with 100% attendance throughout this year, which is incredible. A huge well done to all of these students below:

of the wellbeing change team. It has given us time, where we can use skills needed in adulthood like responsibility and independence through being a representation of our tutor groups. I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and I hope to continue this journey into Year 9.” As Stanley has discussed we introduced ‘Kindness Mondays’ which was a huge success, some of the nominations were: • Miss Harrison - “For having enjoyable lessons.” • Mrs Timmis - “Because she helped with a difficult problem in tutor.” • Miss Fison - “For helping me in class and being helpful.” • Mr Barron - “Always keeps the class calm and doesn’t shout. He explains the tasks really well.” • Mr Stone - “Because when I’m in his lesson he always helps me and tells me that I’ve done well. • Mrs Moth - “She is really funny and always helps people.” • Mrs Cosford - “Is the kindest and funniest teacher I have, she is my favourite teacher and I love doing the practicals.” • Mrs Morrissey - “Because she is always kind to me and I thought it would be nice to nominate her.” • Miss Chegwidden - “She always helps me when I need it.” • Mrs Stanness-Witcher - “She taught me how to draw using a different piece of equipment.” It’s been lovely to hear such

this year as well - well over half of the year group, a huge congratulations to all students below:

Connie Ayisha Belle Daisy Daniel Eren Eve Grace Haydn India Isabella

Alfie Benjamin Casey Charan Daniel Daniel Erin Georgia Harvey Jack James Jasmine Julia Junior Leo Lilla Liwia Lola Lucy Marcus Martyna Maya Michaella

James Jamie Leah Lewis Lewis

Lilla Lola Lottie Mahdi Manjeet Marcus Millie Milosz Oskar Robert

Ruby Ryan Sean Shayne Sophie Louise Stanley Sylvia Tyler

Mina Oscar Owen

Sophia Stanley Tyler

William Willow We have had 92 Zero Heroes

Whitlee William

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opportunity to thank you for your continued support, it has been a pleasure to be the Head of Year, alongside the support of Miss Moore. We hope you have a fantastic, healthy and safe

summer. Bring on Year 9. Mrs Bishop Head of Year 8

Willow Zahira As we move towards the summer, I would like to take the

Year 9 Year 9 have had a hugely positive and enthusiastic term! They have been making fantastic progress in their GCSE optional subjects and are showing such pride in their theory and practical work across the board. Alongside this, they have been making strides towards embracing the transition towards KS4 and starting Year 10 in September. They have attended resilience workshops, study skills seminars, growth mindset development and had access to a range of mental health support and guidance, to ensure they feel prepared for this journey. Year 9 have also recently been on a trip to Paulton’s Park, where they experienced the tourism industry and represented the

Zero Heroes

Puja Rahma Reuben Robbie Rosie Sharneh Sophie Tallulah Theo

Alex Amelie Charlie Codie Emily Ethan Filip Freya Grace Holly Holly Humza Iman Isaiah Jake Jakub Jessica Julia Julia Katie Lavante Lily Lunlana Mariella Mia Mitchell Mya Oliwia

Victoria William Zuzia 100% Attendance

Alfie Emily Felix Harry Isaiah Julia Katie Lily

school with pride. Top Conduct Points

Lunlana Mariella Mia Misha Olly Robbie Zuzia

Charlie Filip Freya Julia Mya Oliwia Rosie

Omar Oscar

Mr Stone Head of Year 9

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Year 10

Well, what a busy few months Year 10 have had since being back in school! Now that our year group is officially the oldest in the school, we have spent lots of time in tutor thinking about the future, moving on to college next year and how we still have time to turn it around if things aren’t currently working the way we would like. During tutor time, we have continued to use the revision booklets to encourage students to be engaged in their studies and fully prepared for next year and moving closer to our GCSE exams. In the last few weeks, Year 10 have been incredibly busy with taking their exams and taking part in virtual work experience. The students worked really hard to ensure they felt prepared and ready to complete their in-class assessments to the best of their ability, which, from the overwhelmingly positive feedback I have received, seems to have gone really well. The virtual work experience events that had been excellently organised by Mr Winson, allowed the students to gain an insight into the world of employment and hopefully have given them a new outlook towards their future career paths and next steps they will take after Regents Park. Also looking forward to next year, we have put together a ‘Prom Committee’ to get us ready for hopefully the biggest event of 2022! The students are working

with our wonderful Head of Year Support, Mrs Jarvis to select the venue, a theme of the evening and all the fun activities. If you’ve got any ideas, please let our Year 10 Prom Committee know! In other news, we have recently had a large number of students apply to be part of our Student Leadership Team and we are currently in the process of the selecting the roles – wishing each

of the students the best of luck in the interview process. Wishing you all a lovely and safe summer break and I look forward to seeing you all refreshed and ready for your last year at RPCC! Miss Grassie Head of Year 10

100% Attendance

Matus Nathan

Alex Holly

Kimi Josh Lisa

Hayden Eashan

Anna

Denisa Craig Chloe

Nicole

Wanessa Bradley

Kareena

Cassie

Abigail

Top 20 Conduct Points

Matus Nathan

477 460 377 360 356 344 333 333 318 316

Alex Holly

315 313 312 304 300 297 294 285 281

Kimi Josh Lisa

Hayden Eashan

Anna

Denisa Craig Chloe

Nicole

Wanessa Bradley

Kareena

Cassie

Abigail

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Year 11 Over the last term we have said goodbye to our lovely Year 11s. It was a really emotional day on the last day when we said our goodbyes, hosted a virtual leavers assembly and polished off lots of pizza. It was not the last day anyone wanted, but in true Year 11 style, they had a great day and showed the resilience they have built up throughout their time at Regents Park. We also hosted our Hollywood leaver events in school at the beginning of June. We had two amazing nights celebrating their time at Regents Park. Students made the most of it and really enjoyed the experience. A huge shout out to all the staff involved in planning, picking up items, decorating and supporting the night. The biggest shout out of all has to go to my amazing ‘Prom Committee’, who planned the event and helped set up and put away equipment both days. A huge thank you to Eleanor, Ashleigh, Sophie, George and Josh who made the nights a huge success. I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that has worked with me on supporting the year group over the last 4 years. They truly are an amazing bunch of students and I know they will all succeed in whatever they would like to do in the

future. I look forward to seeing their successes and have already claimed my 10% on any royalties! Thank you so much for all your support over the years, it really has been a pleasure and the students

will certainly be missed. Best of luck in the future. Mr Gates Head of Year 11

PSHE & Careers

Year 8 PSHE day This half term, Year 8 took part in their postponed PSHE day from back in March time. This was a really effective and engaging day covering a range of different topics including mental health, prevent & online safety, dangerous relationships, college/jobs, alcohol & smoking and money management (spending & prioritising). It was really interesting to see their views on jobs and colleges and to start them investigating the possibilities of where their GCSE choices, that they start next year, may take them.

Year 10 PSHE Day At the start of the term, back in April, Year 10 had the opportunity to cover a range of topics as part of their PSHE day. These topics were delivered by our own staff and external providers Yellow Door, Solent Mind & myBnk. The sessions covered mental health, sexual abuse, college research, money management (payslips & taxes) and drugs & alcohol.

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Year 9 Resilience Session

skills in employability and CV writing. Additional sessions on apprenticeships & traineeships was delivered by Aspire Learning. To finished their 3 day experience off, we had a session run by Elite Sports (army), covering team building skills which was a brilliant the session. It was really fun and engaging, covering strategies for how to effectively overcome problems they encounter both in school, socially and beyond. It used topics such as developing a growth mindset and being aware of what things we can control and what we can’t.

We ran a bonus event for Year 9 this term looking at developing their resilience skills, using an extended tutor time we had the provider ‘positivelyMAD’ deliver Year 10 Virtual Work Experience The week beginning Monday 5th July, Year 10 took part in the first ever Virtual Work Experience sessions. We had to run it differently for the whole year group, as so many employers were not in a position to have students. We have advised the year group that if in the future there was a work experience that they would like to do, we will see if we can support this. As part of the work experience, students had to choose between 4 different career areas with sessions supported by a range of businesses. • Business – WSX Enterprise • Construction – Jackson Rowe • Creative – Hampshire Futures, Fareham College, Surrey Heath Theatre • Health & Social Care – Rose Road, Hampshire Futures They were provided with tasks and opportunities to meet and understand the different types of job role in the sectors chosen. Students also covered general

way to end a very different type of work experience. For Year 10 moving into Year 11, we will be spending more time looking and applying for their colleges/other pathways during September.

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Wellbeing Award

Well-being is extremely important to all of us at Regents Park. We are very excited to have the opportunity to work towards achieving a well-being award for our school. This will take place over the next 12-15 months. In order to achieve the award, we will need to achieve all 7 objectives set out by the awards criteria. To help us achieve this, we will send out regular questionnaires to our stakeholders. The results from these will form an action plan for us to develop. An inspector will visit to check on our progress throughout the process. We will of course keep you up to date. Keep an eye on our social media platforms. Some of the things we have recently introduced are ‘Well-being Wednesdays’ to staff and students. We have a mental health support worker, working with our students, as well as well-being champions. We have slots within tutor times, where we can specifically discuss wellbeing.

Meet the Wellbeing Change Team: As part of the well-being award process, we have set up a change team to help drive this forward. Here is the team: Staff:

Students: Steph Julia

Parents: Mrs G Stafford (Parent Governor) Mrs P Simmons Mrs C Selfe

Mrs S Barnes Miss C Amos Mrs P Simmons Mrs K Stanness-Witcher Mrs N Highmore Mrs C Selfe Miss J Madden

Mina Belle Sean

Their role: - To coordinate, communicate and help implement the wellbeing award across the school. - They are not solely responsible.

Key Info about the Well-being award at RPCC • Everyone is responsible for making this happen • The way it has been described is, if RPCC was a cake, every slice of the cake will include wellbeing (behaviour,

kindness…) • There will be regular

questionnaires to complete for all stakeholders • Action plans will be written from the questionnaires • An inspector will visit throughout the process to monitor our progress • The award takes between 12 and 15 months

Together, we can do this!

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Where to get support at RPCC Well-being support available for you at RPCC • Head of Year support team/ student support • No Limits in school every Monday after school • Prefects and school mentors • Mental health support • Wellbeing Wednesday’s in tutor time • 12 rocks • Links on our school website for outside agencies External support available • Samaritans 116 123 • Mental Health Matters 0800 107 0160 • Calm helpline 0800 58 58 58 • Education Support Partnership 0800 562 561 • Anxiety UK 08444 755 774

12 Rocks of Wellbeing Research suggests if you do all 12 rocks everyday your wellbeing will improve. This is something we have introduced to our staff and students

• Depression Alliance 0300 123 3393 • Education Support 08000 562 561

Wellbeing Wednesday A snippet of some of the starting points for discussion, during tutor time.

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A Whole Year of Accelerated Reader!

Despite the difficulties of online learning, Year 7 and Year 8 students have smashed it this year on the Accelerated Reader program. In total we have read 30,403,989 words and passed 1,856 book quizzes. Well done to everyone involved. Top 3 Year 8 Readers:

Freddie - 2,834,988 words read Ernest - 2,014,870 words read Julia - 1,496,452 words read Top 3 Year 7 Readers: Umar - 1,466,093 words read Jake - 1,440,795 words read Jessica - 1,088,290 words read Top 5 Quizzers: Freddie - 41 quizzes passed Jake - 39 quizzes passed

Regents Park Dance Company We are looking for keen and enthusiastic students to join our Dance Company! Starting in September, we will be looking to hold after school sessions to build a team of dancers to perform at school events, go into local junior schools and compete in local competitions. If you are interested, please contact Mrs Anibaba as soon as possible. No previous dance experience is necessary and all dance styles will be considered.

Bryony - 38 quizzes passed Sophie - 37 quizzes passed Beau & Yassin – 35 quizzes passed I wonder if we can do even better next year!

New Website Design - COMING SOON

Keep an eye on our website as it’s design will be changing soon! We can’t wait to share it with you. https://www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk/

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Regents Park History Celebrating RPCC throughout the years...

Ardeche Memory One of my fondest memories is of a Year 9 trip to the Ardeche, south France. Kayaking down the river felt like survival to a 14 year old! But we came away with confidence, a sense of achievement and a realisation of what we were capable of. It strengthened friendships through shared experience and is still something that crops up in conversation every now and then! The worst part was learning that scorpions were in our campsite! Not to worry though because a sprinkling of talc around the perimeter of our tent would keep them at bay (apparently). It still didn’t stop me forensically searching my bed and shaking out my sleeping bag each night though! What a fantastic opportunity! Attached is a photo of me and my friend conquering the river! (I am at the back)

Rock Challenge - 2012

School group photograph - 1951 - 1957

Girls’ mosaic traces history - 2006

Visit to Paris - April 1956

Ardeche Trip 1995

High School Musical production - 2013

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Regents Park Community College - 1930

Tony Blair’s visit to RPCC

Shelina Permalloo - ex student wins Masterchef 2012

GCSE Results - 2007

House of Commons Visit - 1950

Rock Challenge - 2011

House of Commons Visit - 1950

School reunion

Careers Fair - 2008

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Mathematics DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Foundry Lane Visit RPCC On Tuesday 6th July, the maths department were delighted to welcome teachers from Foundry Lane in to observe how Year 7 are working in Maths. They were very excited to see some familiar faces, and the improvement that students have made since Year 6. Our students were able to demonstrate the fantastic problem- solving skills that they have been mastering throughout the year. Foundry Lane even went away with some new maths problems to solve! It was also lovely for some of our students to see their old teachers, and be able to show off their maths books! Stretching High-attaining Students We want to give students the opportunity to achieve or exceed their expected level of progress. In maths, 9BW are regularly given ‘CHALLENGE’ questions, so all students in the class have this opportunity. These questions have appeared in starter grids and weekly in-class assessments, based on topics previously learned in class, but not in the same form. For example, the starter question pictured is solving an equation, but also requires knowledge of fractions and negatives. The weekly assessment question pictured is a combination of area of sectors, pythagoras and area of triangles. We have also added an ‘additional questions’ section to their end of unit assessments. These are all using, or inspired, by past paper questions from higher exams.

Can you solve this maths puzzle?

Converting & Ordering We have been ordering decimals fractions and percentages by converting numbers into decimals. Here are some beautiful examples of converting and ordering FDP! A special thanks to 9GY for showing off maths their work .

TTRS & Celebration Assembly

Times Table Rock Stars is completed at the start of every Year 7 lesson, and we have been tracking their progress since September. It is a carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practice. Each week concentrates on a different times table, with a recommended consolidation week for rehearsing the tables that have recently been practised every third week or so. This has very successfully boosted times tables recall speed among our students. We are now in the process of organising a Times Table Rock Star celebration assembly before the end of term, for our Year 7 cohort to celebrate their achievements throughout the year. This will be about an hour-long event, where students will have the opportunity to show off their times table skills (speed and accuracy) in a pressured condition. Students will also get the chance to compete against Regents Park staff and hopefully beat them, on doing times table with speed. Awards and certificates will be presented to the most improved Year 7 students based on the data collected throughout the year. Well done to all our Year 7 students for their excitement and enthusiasm at times tables throughout this year.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Top Performers in MathsWatch

Year 7

Year 8 Lewis Stanley Adarsh Sylvia Daniel

Year 9

Year 10

Gayathri Parmeet

Michael Manipal Humza

Vernessa

Amandeep

Amelia

Leyla Yanni

Julija

Puja Erika

Bryony

Ella

Top Performers in Tassomai

Our students have continued to use MathsWatch and Tassomai for their homework this term. Tassomai is used by our KS3 students, giving them multiple choice and short answer questions. They should be completing 3 daily goals a week. MathsWatch is used by all year groups for their main homework task. Homework is set via the MathsWatch website on Fridays and students have a week to complete the homework. Homeworks will consist of a range of videos to watch followed by some interactive questions to complete. Students can return to the video at any point if they are struggling. Students have all been given their usernames and passwords, however their class teachers can reset passwords if required. We have seen great progress from students who use these programs consistently as it helps to embed their learning and gives them a chance to practice outside of class. Students have also said that they like that they can watch the videos as many times as they like before attempting the question.

Kiera Gayathri Eliza Jelan Parmeet Belle Lewis Daniel Charan Stanley

Science It’s been another term of excitement in the science

who then performed their own tests using a range on indicators. Thanks to Mr Grainey for sharing the photos.

department. We have been making use of our lovely new labs at every opportunity. Having the new labs has encouraged the science staff and students at Regents Park to get creative with experiments, for example the technicians have developed an impressive rainbow fizz indicator demonstration which was shared with some of our Year 7 students

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Innovative Teaching This term the science department wanted to re-inspire our students. It’s been a tough year with live lessons over the internet, COVID-19 isolation and teaching from the front with face masks on. To reinvigorate students’ learning in science, we implemented our science ‘Innovative Teaching Week’, encouraging our staff to think creatively (but safely) about science lessons. The team were enthusiastic and certainly creative in their lesson planning! In his recycling lesson, Mr Muller played the guitar, while students encouraged recycling by rewriting lyrics to well-known pop songs. In contrast, Mr Makepeace’s was silent in his lesson and taught without talking. Mr Timmis had his students collecting information from all over the classroom. Our own eco-warrior, Mr Grainey had his class debating energy production method, whereas Mr Ashworth’s topical lesson investigated whether his class were ready to play in the Euros. Finally, Mr Ramshaw’s class made revision body suits. We all enjoyed Mr Ramshaw wearing a disposable jumpsuit. All in all, it was a great week, enjoyed by the students and the teachers alike.

the hard questions about the changes we all need to make to save the environment. Students had until the 16th July to enter the Eco Awareness Initiative competition.

The Science Department would like to thank the Royal Society of Chemistry for their kind donation of KS4 revision guides. These were really useful in supporting our Year 10 and 11 students in preparing for their GCSE Chemistry assessments. The guides were returned by their previous owners, and in true recycling tradition, are now being used by the current Year 9 students to prepare for their chemistry exams next year. We’d like to celebrate our top Tassomai users. The following students have made the most Tassomai progress in their year group. Y7 - Gayathri It’s also important to celebrate ‘bounceback’, with the following students having answered the most questions on Tassomai in their year group: Y7: Gayathri Y8: Belle Finally, the science team would like to welcome Miss Rendall to the department. She has been with us all year on placement, and has now officially joined the team. We are all really excited that Miss Rendall has decided to start her teaching career at Regents Park. In addition, Mr Muller will also be staying at Regents Park and we are very lucky to have him with us next year. We have also welcomed back Mrs Cooper from maternity leave to complete our team of science specialists. That just leaves me to say thank you and have a restful summer. Mr Moth Curriculum Leader of Science Y9: Humza Y10: Molly Y8 - James Y9 - Humza Y10 - Eashan

Curriculum Leader, Mr Moth, has been liaising with the schools in our Trust to see how our science specialist staff can support the teachers and Science Coordinators in our primaries. He was very excited to visit Foundry Lane Primary School during this term, to work alongside the Year 6 teachers to plan an exciting day - the highlight of which was heart dissections as part of the human body topic currently being worked on by the Year 6 students. Mr Moth enjoyed meeting the Year 6 students and their teachers and shared some of the exciting science experiments students do at Regents Park. During the month of July, we launched our ‘Eco Awareness Initiative’ giving students the chance to consider their impact on the environment, asking

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS English & Media Year 11 Leavers We all miss our Year 11 students a lot. We’d love to take this opportunity to say a big well done for getting through your GCSEs in such tumultuous circumstances. Congratulations! Year 9 Speaking & Listening Our Year 9 students have really impressed us this half term. We have seen them flourish in front of our very eyes through their ‘Spoken Language Endorsement’ – the first stage of their GCSE English Language course. Students select a challenging topic and deliver a speech to the class about it, covering its relevance, counter arguments and statistical evidence to support their view. Not only have they demonstrated wonderful independence and

English Stars of the Term Ani 10BZ

Archie 7BW Caitlyn 11GY Craig 10BZ Ella 11BZ Harry 11GY Jack 8BY Jamie 10GZ Josh 9GZ Kacper 9GZ Lily-May 8BZ Louie 8GX Luke 10GX Marta 9GY Megan 10BZ Natan 10BW Ryan 7GZ Steph 9GY Suhkraj 9GY Vernessa 10GY

engagement within their research, but they have also embraced the challenge of speaking in front of their peers and teachers (and even Head of Year, Mr Stone) with such flair and confidence. What an excellent start to your GCSE! Product Design Year 7 have jumped into the world of the entrepreneur this half term with our Product Design unit. While some classes have explored the brand of Cadbury and their guerrilla marketing tactics, others have been comparing tastes and marketing of chocolate and crisps. Yum! All of our Year 7 students are now in the process of designing a new food product, creating its packaging so it is psychologically

appealing and will be pitching in our very own Dragons’ Den! We wonder who will win… but it looks like it’ll be a close race!

Top 10 for Tassomai

Belle Daisy

Gayathri Georgia Harvey Humza Leighland Lewis Neil Olivia

Alana’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Chocolate!

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Shakespeare in Year 8: We love teaching Shakespeare (okay, we may be slightly biased). When you have incredibly talented Year 8 students producing gorgeous Othello work like this, who wouldn’t love teaching the bard’s famous works?!

Year 10 Exams With the rise in COVID-19 cases in Southampton, the decision was made to cancel the in-hall Year 10 mock exams and sit them in class instead. This change in situation could have thrown our students, but they #bouncedback and have demonstrated such resilience. It is very clear that they know how important this exam is. We see how hard you are working Year 10! Media - Year 9 Magazines Our GCSE Media Studies students in Year 9 had their first go at some practice NEA (coursework). Here are some fabulous examples of the magazine cover and contents pages they made!

James Bond Year 9 media studies students have also embarked upon their official GCSE course with the introduction of their James Bond unit. We compare ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’ to ‘Spectre’ and apply lots of complicated theories to the products! They have risen to the challenge wonderfully and are demonstrating they can handle the manipulative world of the media!

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Creative Arts & DT Year 7 Art

Year 7 art students have been researching into African art. They have been using their research drawings to design a range of clay tile designs. Most recently, students have started to create their favourite clay tile design. During the making process, they have been developing their clay skills to create different layers and textures. We are looking forward to exploring with the painting process, once they have completed the sculpting part.

Barton Peveril Art Competition In the spring and summer term, photography students entered the Barton Peveril art competition. Although we did not win, all of our entries are in the online exhibition. I’m sure you will join us in celebrating the student’s incredible photography work and effort they have put into this - https://artcomp.barton.ac.uk/year-9-10-11

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Music

Drama - Year 8 Whilst Year 8 have been honing their

It’s been a crazy time over the last few months in school, then out, then in for a while before we were out again. This has obviously been a very difficult time in relation to continuity for practical subjects and especially those that require specialist equipment such as musical instruments. That said, the students were provided with a choice of practical or theoretical lessons during the distant learning in order to cater for those both with and without musical instruments at home. Now that we are back in school, we have focussed more and more on practical elements of music to encourage participation and inclusion in musical activities. It is with this performance focus in mind that we are now turning our thoughts to live performances again. So, this term our next planned event has been launched to the pupils. REGENTS PARK’S GOT TALENT . Yes, it is on! Next September, students from all year groups will be steadily rehearsing to put on a BGT style contest, replacing our old ‘Regents Park X Factor’ competition. We are currently unsure if the event will run live or through the schools multi-media platforms, but one thing is for certain, the event promises to showcase the broad width of talent that the students of Regents Park have in bucket loads. Keep an eye open for this one early next academic year.

improvisational skills most of this year, they have also explored the concept of ‘Epic’ theatre and the practitioner, Bertolt Brecht. They completed their Key Stage 3 studies with a scripted performance of ‘Stone Cold’ – a play that deals with homelessness. There were some very sensitive performances dealing with this subject – well done Year 8.

BTEC Performing Arts Year 11 completed their final pieces of work – improvisation and written before they officially left us. We would like to say a huge well done and good luck for the future with whatever they have chosen to do. Year 9 have begun rehearsing their parts for next year’s school musical – at last! They are directing and rehearsing together in lessons, as well as after school – fantastic commitment Year 9, we are so proud of you. School Production Rehearsals School Production Rehearsals have begun at last! All students across all year groups have lines and dances to learn and songs to sing for next years production, so get those scripts out occasionally over the summer. It has been amazing, being able to get together – all be it in year group bubbles – to rehearse after school. Students and staff are so happy to be there. A huge ‘SHOUT-OUT’ goes to Alisa and Erin In Year 10 for choreographing and recording all the main dances for the show already!

Drama – Year 7 This term, Year 7 have been exploring the ‘tools’ an actor has to be able to perform on stage. They have experimented using a single word ‘rhubarb’ to demonstrate their tone of voice, they have experienced being ‘The Master’ and ‘The Servant’ to explore the concept of ‘Status’, which all culminated in a final performance. Year 7 have demonstrated their amazing creative skills all year – they should be very proud.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Year 9 – Healthy Eating & Recipe Adaptations Our Hospitality and Catering group in Year 9 have been exploring the government guidelines of ‘The Eatwell Guide’ and ‘The 8 Tips For Healthy Eating’. We looked at adapted recipes to make them more healthy and had some wonderful results. Adding more fruit and vegetables, using healthy alternatives and increasing our fibre intake have all been strategies they tried in their chosen recipes. Try incorporating the ‘8 Tips For Healthy Eating’ into your meals.

Fin, Y9 - quorn & vegetable fajitas

Sarah, Y9 - vegetable cous cous with a balsamic glaze

Holly, Y9 - vegetable rice with smashed avocado

Josh, Y9 - wholegrain breakfast muffins

Year 10 Choux Pastry Chefs The Rotary Club very kindly donated Regents Park some ingredients and we have really enjoyed using them to make a variety of different recipes this term. Our Year 10 Hospitality & Catering class made some lofty choux pastry and enjoyed learning the science behind the steam lift! Their chocolate glaze worked a treat and they enjoyed getting to grips with this difficult technique.

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ICT DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

iMedia – KS4 In our first full term back, Year 9 Creative iMedia have continued to work on their first controlled assessment, creating designs and gathering assets for their Sci-Fi Book cover. We have developed our understanding of legislation related to copyright and other graphics. When we return in September we will be developing our photo editing skills to create an impressive final product showing off our talents. Our Year 10 students have been completing their second controlled assessment creating a promotional website to attract visitors to Southampton. They have been tailoring their work to suit their chosen target market and been using a wide range of interactive techniques including rollovers, animations and image maps to increase the appeal of their products. Additionally, they have successfully completed their first full mock exam, which has built on knowledge and practice from our lockdown live lessons and interactive resources on Google Classroom. All of this will be leading up to them sitting their exam next year for real. Cyber Ambassadors Our ambassadors had their live training in June and were awarded their badge and certificate. The ambassadors had a full day of training and really enjoyed all the activities. They also had their first event to organise on 30th June, World Social Media Day. One of our ambassadors, Ani, created her own Kahoot on social media facts for tutors to run during tutor time and we had some really positive feedback from some tutors. They also had another activity at break time, encouraging students to fill in a post-it note about a positive fact they want to share with others. For more information on the scheme, please visit this website: https://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/get-involved/ cyber-ambassadors

IT – KS3 Our Year 7 students have been busy planning and designing their game/story using Scratch software to improve their programming skills in preparation of learning Python programming language in Year 8. Some students have been really excited learning more skills in Scratch than what they were used to in their primary school and some are producing great games. A’ron from 7G2 produced a very good game, showing very high level skills in programming. Our Year 8 students have been researching trends in technology and concentrating on ethical, social, legal, environmental effects of the technology on our lives. Students are also researching real life examples of these effects which will support their knowledge further about online safety. Students have been busy preparing their presentation about their chosen technology, which they have presented to their class during the last week of term. Computer Science – KS4 Our Year 9 students have been developing their programming skills and increasing their range of techniques. They have explored their ability to create programs to some given scenarios or problems by their teacher. Additionally, students have been able to apply their skills in an open format in creating their own text-based RPG (Role Playing Games). A number of students have created some original and inventive adventures that demonstrate their increasing skill base and coding ability. Our Year 10 students have been studying the ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology and students have been able to model real life examples of the effects of the pandemic and remote learning are having on us. They have completed the system software unit, as well as studying the operating system in details. They also carried on developing their programming skills. Additionally, they have successfully completed their first full mock exam of a previous exam board paper, and they were introduced to the mark scheme to boost their confidence and knowledge on how to answer exam style questions.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Social Sciences Paultons Park Trip 24th June 2021 We took our first trip since the COVID-19 outbreak and it did not disappoint! Travel and Tourism students had the opportunity to visit Paultons Park for the day, to not only experience some thrilling rides but to understand the different visitor attractions we have in the UK. 40 students attended the trip and had a blast! Everybody adhered to the COVID-19 safety rules and the staff commented on how polite our students were throughout the day. The students enjoyed some much needed leisure time and there were smiles all round - it was a ‘hoot’!

Pen Pals This year, 7G3 have had an exciting pen pal system with ‘The Walk Centre’ in Nakuru, Kenya! They have been finding out all about what life is like for kids their age, which they have found very interesting and informative, asking lots of questions and enjoying reading through their responses. We look forward to continuing this connection as we move into the next academic year!

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Physical Education DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

I hope when reading this you and your families are in good health. It’s been fantastic to see the students take full opportunity of the returning extra-curricular programme (albeit in a slightly different format!) Every club has been at full capacity and the students have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We are really looking forward to next year, when we hope competitive fixtures will return and we can continue the excellent run of our football, rounders, track and field and swim teams. Plans are also in place for the return of our successful Enrichment Day programmes aimed at developing key skills necessary for successful play, workshops to develop understanding of key rules, strategies and tactics and participation in competitive game situations in a variety of sports. Keep your eye out for further details. The PE Champions held a brilliant week, where students from different PE classes competed against one another in a variety of sporting challenges. Despite a challenging year, our PE Champions have been working

hard to be creative and bring the joy of sport to all. They, and some lucky winners of the PE raffle competition have enjoyed a day at New Forest Activity Centre this term – thank you and well done to all! We currently have an exciting opportunity for our current Year 8 students, which was launched on the Year 8 Google Classroom page. We have started the process - slightly early, to recruit our next team of PE Champions. If you are interested in applying, please visit the Google Classroom group or a member of the PE team for all the details. This is a fantastic opportunity and we look forward to seeing who will become a PE Champion 2021- 2022 (really proud to see 7 of the 9 students interviewed for the Senior Student Leadership Team being previous PE Champions). We ran our sporting extravaganza on the last week of term. Each year group had 4 periods off- timetable where they were able to sign up to two of our eight sporting workshops: dodgeball, football, water polo, dance, basketball, superstars, netball and rounders. This was our fourth ‘Sports Day’ variation in 4

years and are very proud of the students and their approach to makes these events a success.

We’d like to take this opportunity to remind parents and students that they should not be wearing hooded tops for PE (or in school). Students should be complying to the school PE uniform policy which can be found on the school website. The PE team wish you a restful and safe summer. We are really looking forward to welcoming you all back and playing sports together again!

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