Regents Review Winter '18

The Regents Review Winter 2018

GENERAL NEWS

Alumni Who was your favourite teacher at Regents Park and why? My favourite teacher was Mr Wingfield, who is now retired but used to be my tutor and maths teacher. Throughout my time at Regents Park, he was very caring and helped me, as I did not speak English when I first arrived from Poland in 2006. How has your time at Regents Park helped you with your life after education? I first learned how to speak English at the school, I had lovely teachers who assisted me every step of the way and the school’s support system was in place for me to be able to participate in school life and succeed in the future, my friends were also my key support system during that time. What did you do when you left Regents Park? When I left Regents Park, I enrolled myself onto a uniformed public services course at Richard Taunton Sixth Form College where I spent 2 years before going to University of Portsmouth to study Criminology and Psychology. Throughout my time at university I volunteered with the police firstly as a shadow with CSI officers, then in year 2 I decided to take a gap year to volunteer full time for a year within the forensic department at Southampton Central Police Station. There I spent about a year volunteering and a job opportunity came up to join

the police as a PCSO, I have been on the job for 2 and a half years and due to become a Police Officer in January 2019. What advice would you give your former 14 year old self? I would tell my 14 year old self to not give up on my dreams, I believe we can become whatever we want to become with enough effort and if we want something enough. When I first arrived into the country, I did not speak any English and with some hard work and support I became fluent in just over a year, I would definitely tell myself to be consistent and persevere. I wanted to be a police officer since I was very little, and I applied a number of times starting from age 18, for various roles and was unsuccessful for various reasons however I persevered and worked harder. I went to university, I attended courses, I volunteered and did not give up my dream as I wanted to go to work and love what I do every day which is to serve the community I grew up in and assist any way that I can.

Charlie Walker Story On Friday 16th November, Year 10 and 11 students and staff were lucky enough to hear the fascinating and motivational story of how Charlie Walker decided to follow his dream of travel and adventure and set off on a 43,000 mile bicycle journey across the world. He managed to reach the furthest cape in Europe, Asia and Africa before returning home, but not without encountering the extremes of weather, remoteness and physical exhaustion during the four and a half years he was away. The audience was captivated and we hope that the students went away feeling inspired to employ the same type of perseverance, determination and passion in their GCSE studies and in the future.

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