Regents Review - Summer 2023

REGENTS PARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

SUMMER 2023

Regents Park Got Talent Page 11

Germany Trip

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Hot 50 Fun!

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The Regents Review Summer 2023

WELCOME

Headteacher’s Welcome

Every year is special in education as you have the privilege of meeting a whole new year group and saying farewell and good luck to a wonderful group of students that you have come to know over the five years they spend with you. What I have noticed this year, is how our young people are developing their voice and student leadership has never been stronger than we have celebrated this year. Our students are passionate about change and they know what they want, so this year we have totally embraced this. Not only have we had the superb views of our Student Ambassadors and College Council, but our Cyber Ambassadors have presented in competitions. Our PE Champions have coached and mentored in school but also at primary school sports days, our This Girl Can Ambassadors have spoken out to achieve equality and we have listened to every single one of them. One of my highlights this term was when our students joined us for our Professional Development Day. Once the students got over the fact that we were all in school working they took part in our ethos workshop and what they had to say made sense and their views are now incorporated in our next school development plan. We also continue to develop school leaders of the future with our staff attending national conferences and completing national professional qualifications. Our ethos of challenge shines strong as we celebrate the success of several of our staff team moving to new promotional posts in the autumn term. We wish Mr Jones, Mrs Lomer, Miss Fishlock and Mrs Moth the very best of luck, as they embrace change and new challenges.

We must also celebrate the creativity that we love so much at Regents Park and some of our staff are certainly being creative as they move across the globe to pastures new. We wish Mr Gates, Miss King and Mr Stone a very successful trip and we look forward to hearing all about the adventures of working in different areas of the world. But you do not need to move across the globe to be creative and so we know Mrs Anibaba will continue to be creative in all that she does and Miss Chegwidden, Miss Duffield and Miss Davenport will take all that they have learnt at Regents Park and share this as they take on new posts. Our next generation of Regents staff are all ready to join our community and I know it will not be long before they feel as proud as I do of the school. I know you will give a warm RPCC welcome to the following staff who will join us in September: Mrs McCarthy and Mr Whatley will join the Regents Park Leadership Team as Assistant Headteachers with responsibility for Outcomes and the Quality of Education. Mr Cunningham will join us as our new Head of Year 7 and I know all of the students and families that attended our transition events have already met him. We also welcome Mrs Scott who will join the pastoral team as Head of Year 9. Mrs Meeghan will join us in our maths team as our new Curriculum Leader and with Miss Eyres will also be joining the maths department. The creative arts team will welcome Miss Cole and the PE team will welcome Miss Fitzsimmons to their department. Enjoy a safe and happy creative summer and I look forward to joining you once again in September for another wonderful school year. Mrs Barnes Headteacher

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Student Ambassadors 2023/2024 We are delighted to announce our new Student Leadership team for 2023/2024. Students were amazing in their final interview and deciding was harder than ever! Head Ambassadors: Julia & Oliwia Deputy Head Ambassadors: Eve, Stanley, Dylan & Lola Prefects: Ethan & Suheera 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

School Vacancies Interested in a role within our school? The school generally advertises vacancies within the TES, however at times, we may also advertise within the Southampton Echo and Hampshire County Council Job Portal. To view current vacancies and apply for a position at the school, please visit the vacancies page on our website and complete an application form: https://www. regentsparkcollege.org.uk/home/school details/vacancies/.

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

• 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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Year 7

around lessons and see students focused, engaged and enjoying their learning. Over this academic year, Year 7 students have been collecting achievement points, please see below the top 10 students and the overall tutor group conduct points.

Mohammad

535 533 532

Czarina Roksana Michael

Wow, how time flies! Year 7 are near the end of their first year here at Regents Park and I couldn’t be prouder. For me, it has been a pleasure to watch the students in Year 7 settle into their friendship groups, enjoy taking on new subjects and being proud of themselves. Year 7 students have thrown themselves into all the opportunities offered here, with many taking part in extra curriculum activities. We had a really positive parents evening recently, which showed how hard students are working across the board. It is fantastic to walk

529 Our overall attendance to date is 91.69% and the top 2 tutor groups are MBR (94.92%) and KGR (94.42%). I can’t wait to see all Year 7 back in September as we start our Year 8 journey. I wish every student a happy and safe summer.

Poppy Freya

642 598 593 578 567 556

Alfie

Johnny Carlos

Mrs Mouland Head of Year 7

Lois

Year 8

Individual Conduct

Alicja Ayan Bella

Fatimah

It feels like yesterday I was doing my first assembly on the first day of Year 7 at Regents Park and now another amazing and quick year is coming to an end. Year 8 have had a brilliant year and it has been a pleasure to oversee the progress of the year group, as well as, seeing the year group develop into young respectful adults. As lots of you will be aware, this is my final year at Regents Park, as I am moving to a teaching role abroad. I leave Year 8 in capable hands and I know the year group will be excellent leading in to the second half of their school journey and the beginning of their GCSE courses. I wish all the students the best of luck in achieving the highest possible grades. I thank all of you for your support throughout the last two years and look forward to seeing the achievements of students from afar. They really are a fantastic year group and in my slightly biased opinion the best in the school! Mr Gates Head of Year 8

Ianis

Jessica

Bradley

Julia

CJ

Safi

Tutor Conduct

BMO 9936

368.00 325.79 234.54 283.64 241.48 326.32 226.19

CDA

9448

GDO 5629

JWA

7091

PMU 6037

PRE

8158

TMA 6107

Tutor Attendance

BMO CDA GDO JWA PMU

90.86% 95.68% 92.84% 90.94% 88.43% 94.30% 89.23%

PRE

TMA

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GENERAL NEWS Year 9

As we face the final weeks of the term, I find myself reflecting over the first three years wondering how quickly this time has gone, to think this cohort have less than two years left at Regents Park. I am also aware that this cohort had a very disruptive start to their time at Regents Park, due to COVID-19, given that, I am very proud of the progress students are making. When we return from summer break, I will be expecting students to push on and focus deeper into their studies to ensure each student

makes or exceeds their own progress targets. I am very pleased that 56 different students have been recognised in the top group of students on a weekly basis and been rewarded in assemblies. Well done to: Kingsley, Mae, Izzy, Joseph, Kiera, Leo, Lily, Sophie, Eleftheria, Izzy, Jessica, Sophie, Wiktor, Alana, Alana, Andrei, Camsy, Hikmet, Rayyan, Sayema, Amelia, Bryony, Emma, Joanna, Natalie, Omar, Vincent, Jack, Julija, Priya, Savannah,

Aleksandra, Ema, Olivia, Rose, Gayathri, Luca, Umar, Daisy, Jelan, Joshua, Litiana, Tolu, Eliza, Riley & Cherice. I would like to wish all Year 9 students and parents a lovely summer holiday. We all very much look forward to welcoming Year 10 students in September in full Regents Park uniform ready to learn. Mr Sinclair Head of Year 9

Year 10

As we finish Year 10 and our final full year as a team, it’s terrifying and super exciting to know that next year our wonderful team will be saying their goodbyes and moving onto their new colleges. It’s incredible to reflect upon their time at Regents Park and this year. We’ve still managed to pack in a lot of events in Year 10: work experience, mocks, real exams (chemistry and hospitality and catering), the Germany trip and we have started our revision focus days to support next years’ exams. I’m so proud of the achievements Year 10 have made this year, with 40,327 achievement points and we have reduced low level behaviour across the year group by 75%. Thank you to all the parents for their support with this. We have a wonderful Student Senior Leadership team for next year and they are already planning for next year to support new students in Year 7 and looking at new ways to improve the school. Year 10 were incredible throughout their mocks, with staff saying how wonderful they were entering the hall, how mature they were and how ready they were for their exams.

Students have taught some of their lessons as part of the Innovative Teaching Week this year and College Council continues to grow and develop, with so much positivity. Some great feedback of the year from students: “Chemistry revision was good on Friday afternoons.” “The science trip was AMAZING.” “We enjoyed our prefect meeting to discuss our plan - we all know our expectations.” “PE is good, added in ambassador jobs.” “I’m looking forward to moving into Year 11” “We had a great time at Regents Got Talent.” “English is so helpful - pure revision and this is really helping us.” I would like to congratulate the following students: 100% attendance for the whole year: Benjamin Charan Dylan

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Top achievement points Alysha

Hong Lilla

Lottie

Austina Ayisha Daisy Daniel Dylan Ethan

Lucy

Nengi Owen Stanley Tyler Willow

Mailie

Manjeet Marcus Mateusz Melissa Milosz Oksana

Zero Heroes

Eve

Alysha

Lilly

Georgia

Ari

Lottie

Grace Heera India

Oscar Remii Robert Robyn

Austina Ayisha Connie Daisy Daniel Declan

Lucy

Mailie

Manjeet Marcus Mateusz Melissa Milosz Nadia Oksana

Isabella

Jack Jack

Ruby Ruby

Jamie Josh Julia Layla Lewis

Sophia Sophie Stanley Teegan William

Dylan Ethan

Eve

Ezra

Oscar Owen Remii Robert Robyn

Georgia

Lilly Willow As we move towards their final year, please continue to support over the summer with bites of revision. There is plenty of revision materials on Google Classroom, Tassomai, Seneca and MathsWatch, should you require any reminders of any logins, please let reception know. We look forward to welcoming the team back in September and wish you a wonderful holiday. Mrs Bishop Head of Year 10

Grace Heera Hong Inaaya

Ruby Ruby Salvo Sean

India

Isabella

Jack Jack

Sophia Sophie Stanley Teegan Whitlee William Willow

Jamie Jinx Josh Julia Layla Lewis

Lilla

Zahira

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GENERAL NEWS Year 11

Year 11 have approached their final term with a fantastic attitude of work ethic, productivity and discipline throughout their GCSE exams. We had a great attendance with students attending prep sessions in departments with extreme focus before each exam. Throughout this very challenging period for Year 11, they have thrived and represented the year group with the highest level of respect. To celebrate this achievement, the year group attended a Leavers Assembly, where we all celebrated their Regents Park journey with pictures, achievements and awards. This was followed by some speeches from our Head Ambassadors and Mrs Barnes. I am incredibly proud of their journey. Mr Stone Head of Year 11

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Inclusion - Resource Hub We are reviewing our creative offer to meet the changing needs of our students. Continuing on the success of our reward activities, like cooking and the allotment we will be expanding on the variety of interventions available to students. Interventions will be tailored to the students needs and focus on success and increasing independence and self esteem. We are having a rebrand and refit of our resource provision and many more students will be able to access support and interventions via our new ‘Resource Hub’.

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School Diversity Week We have had a very successful diversity week for 2023! Building on last year, we have had a curriculum focus so that all subjects include learning from diverse groups and individuals. In science, we have seen breaking the stereotypes of what makes a scientist. In sociology the focus has been the treatment of women and in drama focusing on

communication and language. Every curriculum area has a particular focus that students have responded well to. It is important for our learning community to understand and work together in order to break down barriers and living in an environment that promotes equality and fairness. The assembly focus has been on ‘how to be an ally’ and the importance of collaboration and mutual support and understanding.

At Regents Park, we are proud of the fact we review our curriculum constantly to reflect the changing nature of our community and the wider world. We will continue to celebrate and educate our diverse community.

HOT 50 Fun! Students had lots of fun during our HOT 50 event on Thursday 13th July. Well done to those students who made the final list of this academic year. Remember the four criteria to be in for a chance of taking part in the HOT 50 next time, which is, attendance, attitude, behaviour & achievement.

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Business Manager’s Update Welcome to the Summer 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. https://www. 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. https://twitter.com/ RegentsParkCC • You can also follow us on our Facebook page for up to date news and information https://www.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: https:// www.regentsparkcollege.org.uk/ home/parents/online-payments/ • Catering - Please visit the catering page on our website for information regarding the current

school meals menu https://www. regentsparkcollege.org.uk/home/ school-details/school-meals/. We would like 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: https://regentspark.swift order.co.uk/. More exciting news regarding our catering to follow. • Access to our Parents Evening Booking System is also available from the website using the ‘family’ icon on the right of the homepage: https:// regentsparkcommunitycollege. schoolcloud.co.uk/ • Calendar – This is updated on a regular basis, with additional events: https://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: https://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. https:// www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/ southampton/ • 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. • Alumni – if you are, or you have a child who is, an ex-student, we would love to hear what you/they have been doing since leaving Regents Park. Please get in contact by emailing us at info@ regentspark.southampton.sch.uk • Clubs & Classes – We have a range of different clubs & classes that run after school. For a full list of these, please visit: https:// www.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 – 8:25am in the hall. • The school is working with Edulettings to provide clubs and classes in the evening for both young people and adults. To see a list of these clubs, please visit our website at: https:// www.regentsparkcollege.org.

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uk/community-lettings/hirers timetable/ We welcome feedback from you and this can done in several ways: • Email: info@regentspark. southampton.sch.uk

• If you wish to speak to the Headteacher, Mrs Barnes, please contact Fiona Hayward, Headteacher’s PA, on 023 8072 5711 Carlene Amos Business Manager

• Contact Form via the website https://www.regentsparkcollege. org.uk/home/school-details/ contact-us/ • Phone: 023 8032 5444

Regents Got Talent Thursday 29th June saw the annual RPCC’s Talent Show come round once again. The show has been an annual event since 2015 and has always been a fantastic evening for students to both show and share their talents. As always, we had students representing all years. We had vocal solos from Years 8, 9 and 10, instrumental solos from Years 8 and 9, which included bass guitar, drum kit and piano solos and for the first time ever, we even had a stand up comedy act from a Year 7 student. The evening was well attended and as always the winner was picked by the votes of the audience. While the votes were being counted and verified, the audience were further entertained by a previous winner who played a montage of pieces from the popular ‘La La Land’ musical. Ultimately though, it was Kaydon, who took the title and the prize of a £25 Amazon gift voucher this year. The evening was a great success thanks to the hard work of the acts, the compere, and the students and staff behind the scenes working the lights, sound and presentation. In addition, the evening would be a flop if nobody turned up to watch, so the school sends out a big thank you to everyone who shared in the evening either through participating or attending. See you again next year.

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Library The library and English department are pleased to announce that Year 7 students read 20,751,379 words this year. Year 7 exceeded expectations and should be really proud of their outstanding progress. Half of the credit for this achievement goes to Miss Robinson and Mrs Cosford’s 7BW class, who managed 10,260,334 words. As always, Challenge ethos badges have been issued for the top students in each class, but the top 15 students in the year have also been nominated for a Deputy Headteacher’s award. For the last time this year, here are the Accelerated Reader leaderboards…

Class Teachers

Words Read 10,260,334

7BW Miss Robinson & Mrs Cosford 7GZ Miss Robinson & Miss Donovan

2,568,828

7BZ Mr Walker 7BX Mrs Moth

2,328,908 2,076,319 1,699,237

7GX Mr Lucas & Mrs Moth

7BY Miss Fison 1,361,026 7GY Mr Lucas & Mrs Cosford 456,732

Class

Teachers

Average Progress Made

7GX & 7BX Mr Lucas & Mrs Moth

1 year, 2 months

7GY

Mr Lucas & Mrs Cosford

1 year

Student

Class

Words Read

Mohammad 7BW

2,165,874 1,926,707

7BZ

Mr Walker

9 months 8 months

Yonis Ruby

7BW 7GZ

7BW Miss Robinson & Mrs Cosford

820,011 772,166 669,953

Umair

7BX

7GZ

Miss Robinson & Miss Donovan

7 months

Eden

7BW

7BY

Miss Fison

3 months

Student

Class

Quizzes Passed/Books Read

Over 2,000 achievement points were issued to students for Accelerated Reader, so Mrs Highmore is now looking forward to a typing break before September!

Mohammad 7BW & 7BZ Isla & Shahid 7BZ & 7GZ

70 56 54 53 51

Poppy

7BW 7BW 7GZ

Yonis

Sam

Student

Class

Progress Made to Reading Age 4 years, 7 months 4 years, 5 months

Jayden Adam Callum

7GY 7BX 7BY

3 years, 10 months Alfie & Sofia 7BW & 7GX 3 years, 3 months Yonis & Katelyn 7BW & 7GY 3 years, 2 months

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Careers It has been an exciting year for our careers programme, with students from a variety of year groups taking part in our extensive in-house programme, as well as, activities such as ‘Energyquest’, ‘Advertising Unlocked’ and ‘Your Future’ at St Mary’s Stadium. Next year, we hope to enhance our programme with even more inspirational activities for our students, especially with involvement from employers and training providers. We have dates in the diary for the following: • Post-16 Careers Fair - Thursday 23rd November 2023, 1:00pm - 3:15pm • Year 10 Mock Interview Day - Wednesday 6th December 2023 • Year 10 Work Experience - 26th February - 1st March 2024 • Careers Festival - Wednesday 18th July 2024 If you think you might be able to help with any of these events, please get in touch!

When students complete missions, they can collect reward cards and space themed stickers from any of their teachers! When they fill their cards, they receive a tasty sweet treat from Miss Fison! Students have been working really hard on these challenges – here is a selection of them and their work so far…

Summer School & Swim School We are holding a Summer School and a Swim School for both Year 6 and 7 students during the summer break. During the summer school, students will be able to partake in activities including: swimming, maths, creative arts, reading and humanities - to name but a few! All of the activities will focus on the four parts of our ethos at Regents Park: Respect, Pride, Creativity and Challenge . In our swim school, we will be challenging our students to swim as far as possible and achieve as many meters as they can! Keep an eye on our website and social media pages for news on this during the summer break! T&L Space Missions Last term saw the launch of the ‘Regents Park Space Missions’! When students finish their work to a high standard, they can choose an exciting mission from the ‘Space Mission’ tubs that are in every learning space across the school! Some missions are specific to the subject area and some are much broader or even cross-curricular!

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GENERAL NEWS Transition Day

As part of our transition programme, on the evening of 4th July, we held our annual Transition Parents Evening. New Head of Year, Mr Cunningham, joined us and shared his love of Daim bars – as well as outlining his high expectations for his year group. Headteacher, Mrs Barnes, formally welcomed parents to our community and this year Spencer, our therapy dog, actually behaved himself on stage! Parents were also treated to a performance from our very own international under 16 dance champion, before the Year 7s presented the school uniform in our now famous uniform fashion show. Finally, student leadership was showcased with our student leaders’ parade. The following day saw Year 6s arrive for their first day on site. They were supported by LSAs and a team of student Transition Ambassadors, who kicked off the day with a guided tour of the school and its facilities. Following this, students experienced a range of lessons all linked to our ethos of respect, pride, creativity and challenge . In art, they designed leaves and butterflies, inspired by their personalities and these individual pieces will be collated to form a Year 7 masterpiece which will be on display in the hall when they arrive in September. The PE lesson encouraged students to work on team-building and getting active. In the science session, students got hands-on with their first chemical experiments and in English, they explored the theme of respect in different media before responding imaginatively themselves. Some learned how to order ice-creams in Spanish, while others studied the historical context of the lyrics of ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ in a History lesson. Geography challenged students to consider how to earthquake proof structures, but with limited resources, depending which country they were allocated. Overall, a varied experience of learning, the Regents Park way was offered. In line with our reward culture, the Year 6s all left with certificates, recognising that they had successfully completed their day and embraced the Regents Park ethos. We gave them one final challenge to takeaway and that was the ‘Summer Homework’ booklet, filled with activities from each subject area that link to the Year 7 curriculum. Students who try the hardest will receive rewards with Mr Cunningham challenging them to beat the record set by a previous year group for the most students in the ‘Headteacher’s Hot Chocolate’. After a successful transition experience, we look forward to seeing the next generation of Regents Park students in September. Wearing their uniform with pride, having challenged themselves with the summer homework, they will be ready to respect new classmates and excited about the creative learning ahead of them.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Mathematics Bletchley Park Visit We are very excited to be taking our Year 7 students to Bletchley Park in September! Bletchley Park was the centre of British code breaking during the World War Two and key to defeating the Nazis. Did you know that by 1945, 75% of the workforce at Bletchley Park were women? Women were initially brought into Bletchley Park to provide administrative support. However, as the war advanced, women were increasingly recruited for their linguistics, physics and mathematical ability. Critically, women went from having their intellect dismissed, to ultimately playing a key role in code-breaking. Before the invention of electronic computers, “computer” was a job description, not a machine. Both men and women were employed as computers, but women were more prominent in the field.

How can my child’s learning in maths be supported at home?

Your child is set weekly Mathswatch homework which supports and extends on their in class learning. Mathswatch assignments have videos linked to them which go over the topic again, which students can use to help with their homework. If students are struggling with a topic not linked to their homework, videos can be found on MathsWatch by clicking on the video tab and searching for the topic. Students can also access the YouTube channel, ‘Maths – The Regent’s Way’ which include videos created by our department, and these demonstrate the methods we use at Regents Park. Here are some of the methods your child has been using in lessons this year:

Left to Right: Rozanne Colchester; Pamela Rose: Ruth Bourne

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MathsWatch Masters 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.

Hastjyot Vaneeza

Corey Emilia

Year 9 Nelly Kinga

Year 10 Daniel

Eren Gabe

Gayathri

Bryony Saana

Adarsh

Top 5 MathsWatch Masters (based on time in application) Year 7 Year 8 Milana Kundai Bobby Fatimah

English

Whole-school Friday Reading It’s been a busy summer so far for reading at Regents Park! Firstly, all students across the school have been enjoying short stories read to them in three parts, every Friday, period 1. We started with Roald Dahl’s creepy tale, The Landlady, before getting all gothic and sinister with H. G. Wells’ classic, The Red Room and ending the year with Ray Bradbury’s, All Summer in a Day. Year 7 & 8 students said: “We like the teachers reading it to have loud voices.” “We are enjoying listening in Spanish. We have been doing our work, as we’ve been listening.” “It’s quite compelling that it gets left on a cliff hanger every Friday.” “It’s working well, having a section read to us each week.” Plenty more whole-school Friday reading to come.

next year!

Department Libraries Departments across the school have been working on developing their own ‘Department Libraries’ of exciting and inspiring fiction and non-fiction texts. Science, history, geography and English have so far taken delivery of a mixture of new and classic texts. Students are being encouraged to borrow these books – just like a regular library – to take home and enjoy at their leisure. These books have been chosen by teachers in each subject area, with the idea that they will develop students’ knowledge even further and enable students to see these subjects as existing outside of the classroom and indeed, outside of the school.

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Debate Club This term, Debate Club has been handling some tricky moral dilemmas such as: the ‘trolley problem’, as well as, big environmental questions regarding plastic use and deforestation. The group continues to display an impressive level of respect and maturity during discussions, even when their opinions differ hugely! Debate Club continues to run in room 14 on Thursdays from 2:45pm - 3:30pm and is open for anyone to join! Spelling Bee On Thursday 6th July, Regents Park hosted the inaugural Southampton City-Wide Spelling Bee. The Spelling Bee was attended by local schools including: Year 7 and 8 contestants from Regents Park, Upper Shirley High School, Redbridge, Bitterne Park, St. Marks and St. George’s Catholic School. All students wowed the judged and the level of competition was exceptionally high! A massive well done to our Regents Park spellers who achieved 2nd and 4th place overall. 2nd Place: Adam, Year 7 4th Place: Alhameen, Year 8

Editor of Telegraph Travel Visits RPCC Rachel Cranshaw, ex student and Senior Commissioning Editor for Telegraph Travel, visited us today to give our students some insight into a career in journalism. They had a Q + A with her and did a creative travel guide challenge! Rachel is an ex-student at Regents Park, so it was wonderful to have her back to share her journey with current students and invite them to consider a potential future career pathway!

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Media & Film Well, another year is nearly over! Our wonderful Year 11s have made us all very #greenandproud and demonstrated such a high level of resilience and motivation throughout this whole year. We’ve had a big push to get our coursework completed to a very high standard – they look fabulous! This coupled with exams and revision has made for a very busy year. Year 10 media studies students have completed their first full mock exam and are very much looking forward to the summer break. We’ve covered loads of topics: print advertising (Quality Street & This Girl Can), film marketing (The Man with the Golden Gun & No Time To Die), film industry (James Bond franchise), online gaming (Fortnite), radio (The Archers), magazines (Pride & GQ) and have just begun our study of TV. We’ve also started to plan our official coursework. We’re making DVD covers & theatrical posters for a mystery or musical film. Exciting! Our Film Studies GCSE launched into full swing this year and we’ve got two very engaged classes, one in Year 10 and one in Year 9. Year 10 students have explored narrative in District 9, style and aesthetic in Attack the Block and representations in Tsotsi. We are part way through our study of Whiplash for our independent global film and, when we return in September, it’ll be the turn of James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and cult-classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Year 9 have developed both their practical skills and theoretical knowledge through this year. We’re focussing particularly on the context of apartheid and South Africa at present, in order to help students’ wider knowledge for our study of Tsotsi and District 9 next year. We’re currently exploring the world of stop-motion films and are using these in tandem with our screenplay skills. New for this year, Year 7, 8 and 9 students have the pleasure of bespoke film studies units made just for them to give them a taste of what the subject is like before selecting their options. Years 8 & 9

have completed their ‘Disneyfication’ and ‘Studio Ghibli’ schemes, and this half term it is the turn of Year 7. We’re exploring heroes in films and what makes a true hero, according to some complicated narrative theories! We’re evaluating Tony Stark in Iron Man and Westley in The Princess Bride, with the additional option for investigating Frodo in Lord of the Rings, or Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Students of the Fortnight for this Term: Miss Smith Izzy Lucy Senesa Gracie Leila Mrs Anibaba Jamie RubyJosh Julia Connie

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Science The science department is proud to have a dedicated team of scientists, able to deliver the science curriculum including biology, chemistry and physics, to all student regardless of age, need and ability. The department benefits from seven well-equipped, purpose-built modern laboratories that were commissioned just over 2 years ago.

Their behaviour and commitment was outstanding throughout. All together, six examinations were completed. Two Chemistry papers in Year 10 and two physics and two biology papers in Year 11. In June, 14 Year 10 students had taken part in a trip to Barton Peveril Sixth Form College. The day was a BBC sponsored event aimed at students with interest in medical related careers and consisted of a series of guided dissections of pig’s organs including: brain, eyes, heart, breathing system and digestive track. This proved to be very successful, with students from all backgrounds and was tightly linked to our curriculum in biology. A fantastic day enjoyed department will continue to offer a weekly science club, open to Year 7 and 8. At the same time, we will also continue to offer revision sessions to all students at Key Stage 4, with the view to support and prepare them for any forthcoming examinations. by all students involved. In September, the science

In September, the science teaching team will see the addition of 2 new members of staff, bringing the science teaching team to full strength.

After many months of hard work and revision sessions, our Year 10 and Year 11 students have successfully completed all their GCSE examinations for the second time running post pandemic.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Creative Arts & DT

Artsmark Gold Award Regents Park Community College has gained Artsmark GOLD again! “The arts continue to have a high profile at Regents Park Community College. You offer a broad range of arts subjects at both KS3 and KS4 including art & design, photography, BTEC performing arts, dance, music and textiles. In addition, you offer Bronze Arts Award at KS4 and a number of extra-curricular opportunities such as acting, dancing, singing and playing musical instruments. It was great to read that as a result of your focus on boys you have introduced a new GCSE in product design and film studies, which has proved to be popular with your targeted group of students. The Curriculum Cohesion Project also supports the importance and

value of the arts across departments. Departments are planning and working together and drawing on the arts to support students’ learning experiences. For instance, the social sciences department has linked with the drama department when studying WW2. Through the Evacuees Project, students have explored entertainment of the time through 1940s karaoke lessons in music. The newly created Design Hub is a further example of your commitment to the arts. Your many partnerships are opening new doors for students to perform and see performances. Students are able to learn musical instruments with Southampton City Music Hub.”

KS3 Art Homework

Year 7 and 8 have been working hard on their homework with the theme ‘Earth day’. They were given a brief to create a piece of work that is inspired by Earth day, to celebrate the world we live in. Students completed a range of pieces such as poems, landscapes, posters. It was really lovely to see students being creative in their responses.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Year 7 Food Tech

Year 7s are learning about sustainable and seasonal eating this term, with a range of delicious recipes. Students started with peeling and knifes skills and developing their confidence. They have been making scrumptious recipes in the kitchen such as: fruit salads, seasonal veg cous cous, scones and fruit crumble.

Year 7 Art Year 7 students have been working on an African project. Students have researched into patterns and created their own clay tile inspired by this. They have included techniques such as engraving, adding texture and creating different layers. Students are developing colour schemes for how they will paint them once they are out of the kiln.

Year 7 Graphics In graphics this term, we have learned 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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Year 8 Art Year 8 students have been studying the artist, Wayne Thiebaud. They completed accurate replicas of his painting and then used this to inspire them to design and make a clay slab pot, to look like a slice of clay. Students were given the option to choose a theme which they like, to help decorate their cake. Students have worked hard

to develop their clay sculpting skills and are looking forward to painting them, when they have been fired in our kiln. ICT & Business Goodbye to Year 11

We said goodbye to our Year 11 students after they had completed their exams in May. Mrs Moussa had a special treat for Year 11X/Cs class and we wish them all the best of luck for their future.

KS4 Computer Science Year 10 have just completed their mock exam, and we concentrated on unit 1 - system architecture. We are moving on to unit 2 in September to be ready for the next set of mocks in November. Congratulations to Ezra and Hong for being the stars of the year! Year 9 started practising their skills in programming using Python. They have also been practising exam skills for the end of unit assessment. Congratulations to Hikmet, Andrei and Leo for being the stars of the year!

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS ICT Creative iMedia – KS4

As part of iMedia, students undertake two controlled assessments covering different topics within IT. Year 10 have just sat their mock exams and have completed their first controlled assessment with results due in August and started working through their second assignment, which is to produce an interactive website aimed at promoting an activity centre to young people. They will be continuing this assessment on websites when they return in September. Congratulations to Daniel & Lola for being stars of the year!

Year 9 have been spending time on a selection of mini projects, testing their digital editing skills ensuring they cover the key skills to prepare them for the first controlled assessment, which they have already started and will be continuing in September. Congratulations to Wiktor and Victoria for being stars of the year! KS3 ICT Both Years 7 and 8 have been studying computer science topics like coding and algorithms. These topics will equip our students with the knowledge of computing and prepare them for their GCSE options in computer science and ICT courses. Congratulations to the following students on the right, for being nominated by their teachers as being stars of the year. Enterprise & Marketing Year 10 have just sat their mock exams and have completed their first controlled assessment with results due in August and will start working through their second assignment, pitching a business proposal for Baslow bags, in September, as well as continuing the study of the exam unit for enterprise and marketing concepts. Congratulations to Manjeet & Sophie for being stars of the year! Year 9 have been studying theory in preparation to

7BW: Binti & Poppy 7BX: Nefeli & Logan 7BY: Mohammad & Alfie 7BZ: Phoebe & Michael 7GX: Jireh & Luisa 7GY: Aiden & Ethan 7GZ: Baboucarr & Sanupa 8BW: Zaine & Eliza 8BX: Lilly & Zaki

8BY: Jake & Emilia 8BZ: Cliff & James 8GX: Amir 8GY: Oskar & Enis 8GZ: Kinti & Alice

start their controlled assessment in September to design a business proposal. The coursework has been released in June, titled Ali’s Ice Cream Treats. Congratulations to Shoeey for being star of the year!

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Cyber Ambassadors Our ambassadors are preparing for the next term in September, deciding the different activities starting with our open evening to highlight online safety.

Business Studies Year 10 have just completed their mock exam for paper 1 and will be preparing for the mocks in November for paper 2 and a full revision of the topics covered. Congratulations to Jamie & Jack for being stars of the year! Year 9 have been studying operation management, which is all about how products are made as the most effective production method. In September, they will move onto human resources. Congratulations to Lily and Andrei for being stars of the year!

Social Sciences Miss Harrison has been taking part in a research projection with the University of Southampton looking into the impact of the Titanic disaster on the local community. We have been exploring the impact on trade and migration, how it affected Southampton – as lots of the crew lived and were from Southampton, as well as, why it became such a disaster through both a historical and scientific lens. Once the research is complete, there will be series of lessons rolled out across Southampton for future KS3 students to learn about!

Germany / Austria Trip 2023 What a fantastic week we have had in Germany and Austria. Students got to sample the delights of Munich whilst undertaking some serious learning at Dachau. This visit allowed students to see and hear the poignant message of the impact of Nazi brutality. We relaxed in the English garden and tasted some fantastic traditional German food. The walking tour of Munich bought to life the study of the rise of the Nazis, as students were able to visit the site of the infamous beer hall putsch and the execution tower. The next stop was Salzburg – we stopped on route to visit the Eagles Nest, where Hitler sought sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the political world to plan his domination of Europe. This highlighted the intense nature of 1930s German. Then on for a bit of fun at the Alpine Slide, which the students loved. We also visited the salt mines

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which is one of the oldest salt mines in the world. We topped it off with a walking tour of Salzburg and took in the sights of the Austrian city. The students had a great time and represented Regents Park in a polite and friendly manner – our German is also improving too!

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Physical Education

Rounders club has had an impressive turnout with a variety of different age groups, abilities and gender. All of which has contributed to such an inclusive environment, where students have developed a range of skills and confidences within the sport. The attendees have then used these skills to represent Regents Park in a rounders tournament against other schools. Our KS4 girls’ team have shown outstanding commitment and performances in all games and have shown great respect when representing our school. Huge congratulations to all involved! This Girl Can – Girls PE Champions and This Girl Can

Biggest Football Session This year, Miss Robinson, Miss Grannum and the This Girl Can Ambassadors (TGC) ran The Girls Biggest Football Session, where we had over 60 girls taking part in skills, drills and tournaments. Our TGC Ambassadors showed excellent student leadership through the drills and skills they ran and developed. As well as this, they officiated the tournament games and ran challenges whilst teams were off. Furthermore, we had Mel and Laura from Stoneham Ladies Football Club, who came in as role models for the girls, helped run sessions and joined in with the management of football teams. This has generated an exciting and stimulating environment for our girls and our Ambassadors have been truly inspirational.

This year the PE Champions and This Girl Can Ambassadors have developed their teamwork in order to collaborate on a number of different events. Our students have developed leadership skills to deliver lessons to Year 7 and 8s. They have been creative in organising a swimathon/rowathon as part of their charity event to raise money for the CALM charity and Young Lives vs Cancer and they have shown good levels of commitment to supporting extra-curricular clubs. As we approach the end of the year, we had some exciting positions opening. This position is to assist Alana and Ethan as head This Girl Can Ambassador and head PE Champion. The interview process took place just before the summer holidays.

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GoLead Programme This year, Miss Robinson has worked with 9 female students from Year 8, 9 and 10, through the delivery of the Barclays GoLead Programme. This has encouraged the selected students to develop their character skills (leadership, resilience, communication/teamwork, problem solving and feedback) and have an influence on the development of girl’s football at Regents Southampton Secondary Schools Swimming Gala On Wednesday 10th May, Regents Park competed in the Southampton Secondary Schools Swimming Gala at The Quays. The students were all extremely supportive of each other, showed respect for other schools and represented Regents Park brilliantly. Overall the team’s results were:

Park. Following the ‘develop’ workshops, where students created their ideas for increasing girl’s participation in football, Alana, Daisha and Ellah presented the teams initiative and student voice to the leadership team, in which they loved! Through the success of the programme, our 9 girls have increased girl’s participation in football at lunch time by 2500%, and have created a change in the face of girl’s sport at Regents Park, which we are excited to continue. Congratulations to everyone that competed and contributed to such an amazing result. Year 7: Olaf, Bruce, Jacob, Lando, Lisa, Erin, Tilly & Andriana Year 8: Jake, Jacob, Iwan, Ethan, Monica, Alice, Paisley, Bella & Mitchel Year 9: Alana, Savannah, Lily, Sophie & Joseph Year 10: Lewis, William, Eren & Ethan

• Boys team 5th overall • Girls team 3rd overall • Regents Park 3rd overall

Languages

Year 9 Customs & Traditions

Year 9 are working on customs and traditions across the Spanish-speaking world. Students in 9B1 have been finding out about Mexican folk art and have been creating their own mirrors in the artisan style, which follow the principles of radial symmetry.

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